Show T washington it whim whisperings engs Interest interesting ind bits of news Gatli gathered ared oj at ano t h 0 national capital jlia r y 44 04 44 popular misconception Mis concepti D on of the cloakroom ASHINGTON every now and W washington then theres a paragraph in a local paper or perhaps in a dispatch sent out front from here that has to do with things political mention of clot cloakroom t com gossip at the capital to tell tho the truth it Is doubtful whether halt half a dozen people outside of those who live in washington or who have been hero here in a more or oi less intimate capacity at ono one dino or another know what the capital cloakrooms are like in ill fact from a remark innocently dropped by a friend at 0 mine from egypt ill once upon a time and who may be taken as fairly representative at least of several million ordinarily intelligent folls folks lin im quite sure they an idea 1 I never could understand bald this thin simpleminded simple minded person apropos of a comment of mine on some cloakroom brilliancy how it was this great government provide something better than cloakrooms for senators and representatives to use when they are not working but havo have to be thero there just tho the annie I 1 liao have no doubt that this modern egyptian had pictured in his minds eyo eye a n cloakroom all cluttered up with assorted garments in even the best of weather lioi and mado made uninhabitable by soggy mud splattered golos hes and dank smelly raincoats coats on wet days as the only place to which patriotic but pestered statesmen might resort whon tagged or in need of a 0 kinoko the reality la Is so diffee ent as most of u us a w who it a live hero here are well aware for the republican and Democrat lo le cloakrooms of the house for instance are furnished with such attention to solid coin comfort fort not to speak of luxury as to make the lounging room loom of the tha ordinary club look like a parlor in thrums by comparison theres a scrumptiously thick carpet a perfect lock flock of astonishingly comfortable chairs and halt half ft a dozen loather leather covered davenporte davenports davenp daven ports oitt of remarkably form fitting fetting qualities it la Is in the cloakroom cloak room that hat the legislative isla tive back unbends and the brow un unwrinkled wrinkles atlas having a temporary respite un straps his world burden dumps it in the nearest corner slaps brother atlas atla s on art the back and borrows a cigali relieved from a pose that Is oftentimes physical as well as mental atlas becomes human |