The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-21
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WHAT CLOTHES!
BY HELEN ESSARY

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The costumes of congressional
WIVES are often fashion news.
The costumes of congressional
GENTLEMEN are seldom men,
toned, unless the bow ties and
back hair are longer than usual.
During one of this weeks ses-
sions of the about-to-retire
Seventy-fourth Congress, an au-
gust crop of sightseers sat in
the special visitors gallery and
whispered earnestly about the
clothes of the gentlemen on the
floor of the Senate. "a silly
term, ION the floor of the
Senate"-I repeat it,
Said the coatless man in the
checked suspenders, sleeves
rolled up over brown arms:
"Look, Mama. The fellow
over there in the second row
where the Democrats sit. (.
That's Senator Pittman. He
looks after our dealings with
other countries. That's a good
looking brown suit he's got on.
"That big man a cOupla seats
down is Tom Connally from
Texas. He's in navy blue with
o plain tie. Looks just like q
picture-book Senator. Don't he?
"That dressing looking little
one in gray with white trousers
and shoes? Why, he's Capper
from Kansas. Runs farm papers
and is rich. They say he likes
to dance, and is a hit with the
ladies. / bet he won't be as rich
as he was when Congress signs
that tax bill on the dotted line!
whats that, daughter? The
fellow without a vest? Let me
have the chart. He's number
one. Schall, from Minnesota.
.. looking hot and mussy in
. black suit and a black tie and
all that shirt front.
Flows that, Mama? That
Snappy dresser in the double.
breasted blue suit. Got every
button buttOned, too. Wait q
minute now. Why that's Nc
AdOO from California. You
know him. He used to be mar.
ried to President Wilson's daugh-
ter. Had a bunch he might be
President himself before Mr..
Roosevelt stepped in. McAdoo's
collar sure is high. His tie
fits pretty, don't it?
"The father of the jaZzy &C
treSS, Tallulah Bankhead? Kind
q quiet looking man in an old
blue suit, on the next to back
row, you say. That's Tallu.
labs uncle. Her fathers in the
House."
"Shhh, Mama. Not so loud
.. They'll throw us out. Don't
do that. You can't point at
Senators. You ought to know
him, anyhow. That's the great
Senator BOrah. Some folks are
thinking just now he might
make q good President. What's
he wearing? Sets like a new
suit to me. It's grey. Maybe
he is getting his White House
clothes ready.
"That Palm Beach one is
let me have a look. Seat No.
twenty-nine. That's Fletcher
from Florida. Naturally, he'd
be wearing Palm Beach.
whats that, son? That
gtOcky-built fellow in brown?
Looks like he put on a little
weight lately. That's Ben
nett Clark, son of Champ who
almost got to be President, first
time they elected Woodrow Will
son.
"See the pretty pair there in
summer suits There-there
sitting way back. It's Nye of
North Dakota and Norris of
Nebraska. They're the radical
boys.
"NOw, Mama. You're not 60
ing to ask me about the pretty
fellow in whiskers. All the Ia
dies want to know about him.
That's Jim Ham Lewis, the
swell talker from Illinois. Look
ing pretty slick in dark blue.
Senator Copeland of New
York is wearing his buttOnhOle
bOkay. Like he always does.
Burton Wheeler of Montana
looks as pure as a lily in white.
Don't he, Mama? Just as if
he hadn't squashed them until
ity companies.
"That little smart-IOoking man
with the nose Well, even
If you are from Vermont, son,
you ought to know Carter Glass
from Virginia.
what did you say? Who is
that cute plump one with pink
cheeks and big eyebrows get
ting in the chair on the high