The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-03-25
Socisl Gossip
At Wellington
By: Sally Gordon

Mother and tn
| girls" are hitting the trail regularl
to the senate Office these bright sprin
DAYS to listen in on the oil scands
hearings.
| When the public lands committe
adjourns its hearings the women fol
parade across the capitol grounds t
the senate and crowd the galleries.
1t is interesting to hear the plain
or garden variety, OF women com
ment on public men. A conversation
illustrative OF this was carried or
behind me yesterday in the senate
gallery. You can make up your OWL
mind how much husbands and party
affiliations colored the expressed opin-
ions.
"7'here comes Senator Tom Helm
o. Alabama with a bushel basket OF
books and papers. Yes, that big man
with the Prince Albert coat and white
vest
THE first time | heard him speak
said 10 myself There's a guy who
knows what he is talking about and
knows how to say it; but since !
understand politics better don't
wonder they call him scrouge OF the
senate
HE talks on the Teapot Dome
affair. about which he knows nothing,
on the slightest provocation. His GEES
lures are lovely-really gEaceful-but
he gets so purple in the face when he
orates I'm afraid some day he's going
10 have a stroke OF apoplexy. He
AN clear the floor in shorter time
han the sergeant-at-arms. One OF
he wits of the upper house calls him
The lunch hour OF the senate
Alice Roosevelt Longworth puts
IN her hat as soon as he is 'recog-
Izied' and prepares TO depart. If |
happens to dam the flood |
I his eloquence. off come her cha
eau and she settles down again to
nioy herself Somebody in his own
arty ought to tell Tom in diplo-
latic language to shut up
There's Senator Walsh OF Mon
ina who is the original interroga-
on point in the oil investigation.
'n't it remarkable that the amputa-
on OF that walrus lip drapery he used
} wear should make such a change
his appearance With his 'bobbed'
oustache he looks ten years younger
almost handsome.
They say he's 4 widower. This
vestigation has boosted his politi-
II stock TO a point where presiden-
al lightning may strike him"
When the roll was called my gal
ry neighbors spotted the new Colo
do senator, Alva B. Adams. whose
lme comes first on the senate list
Il adore to hear that man question
e witnesses at the hearings" said
e loquacious lady. "He is an in
'oeni. mild-mannered somebody but
ties them up in bow-knots. He
ks the witness a question, then in
'out ten minutes brings him around
&c to face with it and makes HON
onder why in thunder he ever gave
ut answer"
This reference to Senator Adams
minded me OF gallery experience
lated by his wife, who is an attrac-
e person OF French-lrish ancestry
d heaps OF pep"
A frightened looking visitor who
I next to her in the senate gallery
injured the remark. as they looked
wn upon the grave and feverened
Ions. Il guess nobody dares to talk
OK to those men"
"Oh, ! don't know about that re-
ed Mrs Adams, with fash from,
dark eyes, There's one of them
10 lives at my house who gets talked
ok to whenever he needs it."
When again picked up the thread
conversation behind me Senator
bert NJ. 1aFollette OF Wisconsin
s under discussion and this is wba,
'eard; Just look a, him. said one.
: tries so hard to appear Indifferent,
en- they arc roasting the old gard
he can't make his eyes behave
sy VIII twinkle in spite OF him.
II the Democrats fail to nominate
rosressive there will be a third par
and III wager my Easter hat ,ba,
tile Bob will head the ticke, a.
ifed to be an actor when he was
'oung fellow, you know. but ne
e Il up because he was too sbo,,
take serious parts"
Senator caraway Of Arkansas has
sea ms calling was the next IN.
nation CLEANED from personified