The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-07-02
BY ALICE LOUISE LYLE.
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t''AS W. il'i . All al Allt llhlAt NfthlN
paper with rhapsodies and poems
tribute to her beauty.
4 But tho trouble with Washington's
spring is II doesn't stay put. Just
when all the official hostesses have
taken down the winter draperies.
put the priceless rugs In moth-stor-
age; placed their furs IN the re-
irigerators OF the summer--along
comes a cold wave. causing all and
sundry to shiver and "cuss' till the
cold wave passes and spring prom
iscs to be good and stay.
The august body known as the
United states senate feels the call
of spring no less than the feminine
members of the official families.
Evidence is given when a riot of
new cutaway coats striped trous-
crs beauteOus neckties and notice
able waistcoats breaks out on the
senate floor.
4 \ picturesque figure of the sem
Ae Is Senator Shortridge CShort-
Fbs, In affectionatc nickname),
from California. Tall, well built.
bald as an eagle, agile and good
natured, Senator Shortridge holds a
strong place in the estimation of
ms confreres. owing TO the lack
OF seats on the republican side of
the chamber, Senator Shortridge has
had to take seat on the demo-
cratic side, which causes much con-
fusion to the galleries. He, too, has
been affected by the call OF Cpring.
and has blossomed out in "A happy
looking suit of what a woman would
call near plum -colored;" it is sub
dued in hue, faultless in fit, and the
senator from California does noble
credit to his tailor.
Senator "TomY Heflin, OF Ala
bama, is another of the well
sroomed. While running bit to
overweight, and not having as much
hair as he had when he first came
to congress, he is classed as one of
the picturesque figures in the sem
ate ana is favorite with the gall
leries.
All this dressing and tailoring isn't
for the senator's alone, it's for the
ealleries--and for one gallery in
particular. the special gallery where
the senatorial and cabinet ladies' sit
and where the special friends of the
senatorial households are taken
when they visit Washington,
Dignity IL. Of course, supposed 10
be the keynote Of every session of
the senate. Sometimes the keynote
is there. all right. and again it isn't
visible to the naked eye.
Ihe days of debate on the Four
Power treaty We're fraught with
WOrflsome anxiety on the part of
the senator's, there were some whose
vote was q toregone conclusion, and
there We're others who were doubt
iuL Comments from the floor
IlOdtp0 tho ca a
the most dignified of the entire body
tWho thought his tone was "sotto
Nolce) asked another member.
when third rose to inguire,n
Nhat the Il does he want to
bring that up for now?"
Tempers were near the breaking
point, and al a night session, when
senator McNary was in the chair |
ana Senator Reed was delivering the |
most effective speech he has de- |
llVered during the entire session. the /
empty seats on both sides Of the /
senate were mute evidence of the /
ieeling of the senate. Senator Me- /
Nary IL stickler for form, and at
a burst of "unholy laughter" from /
the cloak room the official gavel |
was near to the breaking point bv /
tne vigorous raps the chair gave.
She laughter ceased, but the |
e~ty chairs bore no returned mem |
bers.
In direct contrast to the air of the |
senate IL that of the house. Pep .
ana energy, minus the heavy dignity. |
perVaue this active body, and ii |
sometimes seems TO be anybody's |
speech when an interesting topic Is .
up for debate.
In the senate, If the galleries
srow enthusiastic and venture TO ex- |
press themselves, the fat old men
VINO Keep the doors fly down The .
s,eps and rap one on the back, with .
the admonition to "cut our that .
morse or get out of the gallery"
O.. different in the house, here a .
a,tHuIy spirit prevails that finds its .
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