Evening star., 1937-03-07
Nearing the End
Of the Session.

the following picture of a scene in the
House of Representa-
Nearing the End tives on the eve of
of the Session. the close of a session
of Congress.
Each morning session brings more
disappointments to the members of the
House-members who have fondly hoped
that during the last six days the
would be able to get their little bills
through One by one the days drop
out and they can do nothing. 1t is
humorous and pathetic to see the eager
ness with which members stand in their
places after the prayer and wait for
the Speaker John G. Carlisle) to get
through laying before the House the
documents and personal requests that
accumulate upon his desk. Fifty bits
of paper are flourished in the air; fifty
members are eagerly and anxiously wait
ing for the moment when the Speakers
eye is supposed to be abroad in the
House, while occasionally one member,
more eager than the rest, calls Mr..
Speaker too soon. Then they all shout
Mr.. Speaker Mr.. Speaker
The Speakers calm, steady voice con-
tinues. Also the following as he hands
another document to the clerk, who pro-
ceeds to read the title. When the title
of the last document is read there are
fifty excited and trembling members
cranning their necks to catch the Speak
ers eye. There are fifty 'muffs Then Mr.
Holman holds up his long. bony hand
and cries Judgment Fifty shame
faced, disguised, disappointed and indig-
nant members, with their bills clutched
in their hands. listen to the Speaker S
calm voice putting the question, The
gentleman from Indiana moves to dis
pense with the morning hour The
morning hour is dispensed with. Then
no one but Mr.. Holman or Mr.. Randall,
armed with an appropriation bill, can
catch the Speakers eye
The following in The Star Of March
/, 1887, refers to New York's newest and
tallest skyscraper,
new 1orh new which, at height
"Skyscraper." of 235 feet would
now seem to be a
veritable dwarf alongside of the 1872
foot Woolworth Building. the 850-foot
Rockefeller Center Building and the
1,248-foot Empire State structure:
WndC Is QeCldTeO " NC tllc 1lilCSL FACW
in Gotham is soon to be obtained from
Cyrus w. Fields twelve-Story Wash
ington Building at Broadway, Battery
place and Greenwich. This structure
has been rising. story on story, for a
year past. The middle tower looks like
a balloon-shaped cage with person in
it, but it is to be merely an observation
tower. 1t will be ready in another
month The view is one that has al
ready been heard of in Europe. A flag
staff, rising so feet above the top. runs
through the tower, which is itself fifty feet
above the roof The highest observation
point will be 235 feet above the street.
The tower rises 16 feet above that and
the flagstaff will be 301 feet above the
sidewalk. The other towers will be used
for cooking, and in the Summer the
space between the culinary towers and
the observatory will be covered with
canvas and dinner will be given there.
The top of the flagpole will be 5 feet
higher than the highest part of the
Bartholdi Statue. The top Of the spire
on Trinity Church is 286 feet from the
ground; the tower on the Produce Ex-
change, which really furnishes the best
view in New York, is little less"