Hoar, Lodge, Tellman (the pugilist)
&c. &c. We sat there for sometimes after a Mississippi man
had spoken & was speaking on the subject of Oleomargarine (a week's
session on this!) and then went over to the House, just
as Mr. Moss was being sworn in & they began discussing
"retired pay" matters (army) &c. It is sur- prising to me the
hubbub which pre- vails in both houses. While Mother
took a walk (she got sick of it) I went back to the
Senate and Oleomargarine was still the subject of
discussion. There were a few more or less interested listeners some
tireless stenographers taking it down but a good many were going out,
walking about, or reading or writing. Mark
Hanna
was busy at telegrams.
Mother had got lost while I was gone - but was found
again, and we got washed & rested and drank some ice water and
sauntered down to the station to the 4:10 train - a full one - watching
the
Monument and the dome disappear in the bright
afternoon sun. It's a three-hours ride to
Philadelphia, but rather interesting as there's
Baltimore to
Hoar, Lodge, Tellman (the pugilist)
&c. &c. We sat there for sometimes after a Mississippi man
had spoken & was speaking on the subject of Oleomargarine (a week's
session on this!) and then went over to the House, just
as Mr. Moss was being sworn in & they began discussing
"retired pay" matters (army) &c. It is sur- prising to me the
hubbub which pre- vails in both houses. While Mother
took a walk (she got sick of it) I went back to the
Senate and Oleomargarine was still the subject of
discussion. There were a few more or less interested listeners some
tireless stenographers taking it down but a good many were going out,
walking about, or reading or writing. Mark
Hanna
was busy at telegrams.
Mother had got lost while I was gone - but was found
again, and we got washed & rested and drank some ice water and
sauntered down to the station to the 4:10 train - a full one - watching
the
Monument and the dome disappear in the bright
afternoon sun. It's a three-hours ride to
Philadelphia, but rather interesting as there's
Baltimore to
Hoar, Lodge, Tellman (the pugilist)
&c. &c. We sat there for sometimes after a Mississippi man
had spoken & was speaking on the subject of Oleomargarine (a week's
session on this!) and then went over to the House, just
as Mr. Moss was being sworn in & they began discussing
"retired pay" matters (army) &c. It is sur- prising to me the
hubbub which pre- vails in both houses. While Mother
took a walk (she got sick of it) I went back to the
Senate and Oleomargarine was still the subject of
discussion. There were a few more or less interested listeners some
tireless stenographers taking it down but a good many were going out,
walking about, or reading or writing. Mark
Hanna
was busy at telegrams.
Mother had got lost while I was gone - but was found
again, and we got washed & rested and drank some ice water and
sauntered down to the station to the 4:10 train - a full one - watching
the
Monument and the dome disappear in the bright
afternoon sun. It's a three-hours ride to
Philadelphia, but rather interesting as there's
Baltimore to
