The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 12, 1929, Page 10

By ALLENE SUMNER (NEA Service Writer) Washington, Jan. 12.—Just why the | Senate gaiieries are always full with senerally a standing line, and just why several dozen behemoths could squeeze themselves into the House gallery any day and time of the ses- sion and have plenty of room to spread out their elbows, is beyond me. For, in my opinion, the House has everything that the Senate lacks in} the way of color and excitement and} Picturesque personality. | For one thing, the House is not 100 Per cent masculine. There are the four congresswomen, Mrs. Norton on the left or Democratic side. and Mes- dames Kahn, Rogers and Langley on the Republican side, and they are by no means wasted on the desert air so far as their colleagues are concerned. Congressmen interviewed on the! subject of congresswomen seem uni- versally enthusiastic, nor does one de- tect a gallant pose. The congresswomen have not fol- lowed Lady Astor's example and tak- j en to red gowns for congressional at- tire. Each one is almost invariably in black with a shoulder flower or pearl choker giving just a slight con- cession to femininity. | But the House picturesqueness is not confined to the women. It boasts infinitely more morning costumes than the conservative Senale, to say nothing of a variety of hair cuts, or none, that make the Senate effects monotonous indeed. eee Outstanding in picturesqueness, perhaps, is Congressman Edgar How- ard of Nebraska, former secretary to William Jennings Bryan and a close friend. He has a falsetto voice which he employs in perturbing questions that throw the House into convul- sions. Major Charles Manly Stedman of North Carolina, 87, who served in Lee's army, was wounded three times, and surrendered at Appomattox, is a picture with his snow white hair and beard, looking exactly as a southern major should look. He remembers the Civil war as though it were yester- day, but yesterday's happenings have already gone from him. Finis Garrett of Tennessee, minor- ity floor leader, has a worn and hag- { ‘ook these days as he drapes his long, lank figure over his chair, bows his head over his twirling thumbs, and makes no pretense of looking happy. Ne tried to slip into Tennessee Sena- tor McKellar’s seat, lost, and must c2 home after 12 years in congress. “La Guardia and Loren Black of Ne York are openly known as “pests.” La Guardia keeps a vile l.uking black stogy, unlit, in his mouth, during sessions. They say he knows pazliamentary law better than the House parliamentarian and can ti> things into knots anytime he likes. He and Black play ball together on prohibition. The other day, within five minutes, they run the gamut from women spies hired by prohi- bition agents to the charms of Texas Guinan. The House lapped it up. They like their entertainment. Blanton of Texas seems to be the House's heftiest “boomer.” . How he c:n boom. George Huddleston of Al- abama, who kicks off his slippers and puts on his shoes before he comes from his office to the House, is a swell fire-cater, too. The gallery likes him. Speaker Nick Longworth appoints a speaker pro tem and mills around the House casting an upward eye to the front row of the gallery, center, where his wife nee Alice Roosevelt, is twirl- ing her lorgnette and never missing a trick. Longworth has the reputation of being the best dressed man in the House. Over here's a congressman with his little son in pink rompers in his arms. The child's asleep. So is Congress- man Hersey of Maine, who has the happy faculty of sleeping through anything, even La Guardia, they say. Bachelor George Holden Tinkham of Massachusetts is called “the ideal congressman,” the sort a movie di- rector yells for when he needs one. He has the largest staff of secretaries in the House, handling about 50,000 letters a year. House decorum is fully as sporadic as that of the Senate, but it certainly is quiet through the praying. “It knows it needs it,” the would-be wags comment. The House divans at the rear aren't upholstered so swell as those in the Senate, and congressmen seem to “mill around” rather than sit down on the sofas as their Senate friends do. SS | INNEW YORK | e-—<—$—$<$—_______» New York, Jan. 12.—From time to time potential visitors drop notes ask- | ing where they can go to see the} “who's who” of Manhattan. That's a rather large order, and! ‘ot easily filled. ~ But I can attempt a brief summary as the New Year opens, although this is liable to change, since the “who's who” is a nomadic tribe. _e # There is, of course, the Algonquin. This is a rendezvous for a certain group of smart writers and amusing conversationalists. Its pivotal point has for some years been “the round table,” where gathers as amusing company as may be found in this Tambling hamlet. There is a mixed company from Vanity Fair, The New| Yorker, varied newspaper columns and such. One may find here such folk as Donald Ogden Stewart, Franklin P. Adams, Frank Sullivan, Heywood Broun, Alex Woollcott or Corey Ford. In the neighborhood can often be spotted Dorothy Parker and some of her “merry crew.” There is generally a scattering of visiting movie celebrities from Hollywood and newspaper writers. At Sardi’s, in 44th street, there is ®@ ramification of the Algonquin crowd. The mid-town boys drift here, and again one finds actors, column- ists, press agents and such scrambled about at the tables. About the walls are hundreds of cartoons of celebs and near celebs. Some of the less .” It's a turnover crowd and only a few newspapermen are regular attendants. eee ‘The Astor table at lunch time is an- other rendezvous for Broadway. Pro- ducers and managers, playwrights, and backers, songsmiths and musical bak eee gets, £ lig g acts “just in from the listen more closely ageF -.. It's all wet. . Play St. Paul... .” And there’s Dave’s where sand- wiches are majored and where col- umnists are flattered by having sandwiches named for them. If this be flattery and fame . . . oh, well! If you care to pay up to $3.50 for a single sandwich, it’s quite possible. Also it’s possible to see actors who make enough money to be epicurean. Lindy’s is, of course, where Roth- stein and his fellow millionaire gamblers hang out. It’s what they call an “up-and-up” place. What I mean is, the guests seem to have swank. They all appear to have easy money and wear trick clothes. Reuben’s another sandwich resort, “catches them” after theater. The Colony club on a Saturday or Sun- day night has the brilliant spenders. But it’s exclusive, and one has to be ® member. - . Rather even GILBERT SWAN. (Copyright, 1929, NEA Service, Inc.) [ Our Yesterdays | FORTY YEARS AGO Frank Dresser, St. Paul, formerly of Bismarck, is paying the city a visit and renewing acquaintances. ‘Under the auspices of the gover- nor’s guards, a grand ball will be given next week. Rupert's orchestra of Fargo will give a concert and play for the dancing. Rev. W. J. Anderson, Brooklyn, N. Y., has arrived in the city, and will fill the pulpit of the Presbyterian church for the next three months. Charles G. Simpson, head farmer at the Fort Berthold Indian Agency, arrived here yesterday with eleven teams driven by reservation Indians, who had come to trade skins for to- bacco and other luxuries. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Secretary Porter will leave soon for a tarpon fishing trip in Florida. He will join Senator LaMoure and family, who are there now, and Sen- mire Ser. of Fargo, ne Noble of au are expected join jsehs Sol J the Krist Kjelstrup, of Hoffman, Minn., has arrived in Underwood, and will assume the duties of cashier in the Security State Bank. 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