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Show or three of the Democrats who but Iatel i" rooms of the Capitol not only satisfy the cravings of nature ties friendships, avert enmi- ic thf em the coraer. Mending ice cream and strawberries with the conversation, are two men who were up rtatwentyminutesago.metaphoriaaUy andAetoncally tearing each other to ''Do yon think they will fight a duel?' asked a stranger in the housTgullery the other day, when Congressmen Roger, and Kelley were savagely attacking each other in debate. "No? 'replied a veteran observer, "they Sbotg0dOWnBtairB6nd8Plit- J1?!m ""Jf8 congressman lunches modestly. Oysters on the shell or roasted roast-ed are prime favorites. Bread and milk u another popular dish. Four famous bread and milk eaters are rising Jim Morse, of Massachusetts; Cogswell, of the same state; Barnes, the Georgia heavyweight; Farmer Funston, of Kan-sas. Kan-sas. Half-and-half, a mixture of cream and milk, is often called for. and rvc. ,se of the Dishes the Law-Makers of the Country Feed Upon, irB Iff THE KESTAURANTS. i jjsof Congressmen and Senators Heavy Eaters Notes of Interest, In-terest, Washington, Juno 20. Statesmen jman, and, Human, must er erhaps we shall find something tomans tom-ans for a moment by stepping into ie dining room most frequented by law nke Over the door is a sign: , FOB MEMBERS ONLY. : gut we don't stop for that. No one jjj, We walk in, and find a sundry i usually pretty civil assortment of atesnien sitting round the tables, eat- sionally a dish of pure cream; but the proprietor of the restaurant points out to us the interesting fact that it is always the city and never the rural member who wants cream. The man from tho farm has been educated edu-cated in a school of domestic economy which teaches that eating cream is wastefulness, waste-fulness, since cream makes butter, and butter can be sold, and milk rM take the place of cream, why not eat milk? Therefore milk it is for the farm boy or farm man milk in his coffee, milk on his fruit, milk with his oatmeal or rice. An old philosopher of my acquaintance ac-quaintance says if this drinking of milk In the country and consumption of cream In the cities goes on for a hundred or two hundred years the peopla of the cities A I ao. Hit,: I 1 It irEMPFJUXCE STATESMAN AT LtttCH. j' and drinking. There is quite as ucb drinking as eating, for bottles of and wine are everywhere to be seen, course there are temperance men in Egress, temperance men who are tee-talers tee-talers here as well as at home; but pre are others who pose as prohibition-i prohibition-i in the districts which they represent,' il in Washington drink like fishei neof the first things that attracts our lention as we enter is a little scene in e far room, devoted to the use of lata. la-ta. There sits a well known prohibi-)n prohibi-)n statesman sipping wine with a f emi-ne emi-ne friend. The pair are evidently out Ir a good time, for the sparkle of the foe is already to be seen in their eves. id there is a bottle in the cooler which B not yet been opened. Congressmen complain that the air in e hall of the house is dry and arid; at there is something in it which uses thirst. However this may be, the ct remains that a surprising number them have their bottles of beer before m. A few drink wine, but only a iv. The average congressman does not ink wine when ho has to buy it him-If. him-If. The average congressman counts e cost of things, because he has to. ring is at best' an expensive thing in ashington. I know newspaper men ho have incomes exceeding a congress-ins congress-ins salary, and they can't save a cent, jwthe congressman who has no in-oie in-oie but his salary and that is all the ijority have manage to make both Is meet after paying election expenses d entertaining their constituents, is ore than I can understand. There is a law, or, what is the same ing, a joint resolution of Congress, f or-iding or-iding the sale of liqtior in the CapitoL ;t, goodness knows, that law is a dead ter. One may have served him as ach beer, wine and whisky in either e house or senate restaurant as he res to drink or pay for. . Nor does he '.. ti o.' :l STATESMEN AT THE PTE COUNTER. will become so superior to those of tha country in brawn and brain that the latter lat-ter will be in danger of falling into sorf-dom. sorf-dom. This is an extreme view. Pie is also a prime favorite with hungry hun-gry statesmen. It is more than a luxury it is a staple. If the supply of pie in the Capitol restaurants were to be suddenly sud-denly cut off, I fancy the shock to congressional con-gressional nerves would throw the wheels of legislation out of gear. To see pie eating in its highest state of development one does not need to go down stairs to the dining soom. In certain little alcoves al-coves and shadowy nooks of the main corridor of the old Capitol nooks whose echoes are of the days of Webster, Clay, Calhoun and John Quincy Adams is the art of pie biting practiced to perfection. Here come great statesmen to eat pie and doughnuts and drink milk, all served by a solemn old woman who has been in the very spot and self same pie business for a quarter of a century. At this rude counter one may see such men as Speaker Reed, Judge Payson, Cabot Lodge, R. R. Hitt, Roswell P. Flower, Julius Csesai Burrows, McKinley, Judge Reed of Iowa, "Billy" Mason, Frank Lawler, ex-; . Sneaker Carlisle, W. : D. Bynum, Ben Butterworth and Tom Bayne standing side by side and devouring pie and milk j with railroad station eating celerity and ; unconventionally. I There are some secrets about the man-1 ner in which statesmen eat. For in- j stance, in the house of representatives are a half dozen or more men who are never seen in the restaurant nor at the old woman's pie counter. If you want to know how these men lunch you must go dow;into their committee rooms, where, in a secluded corner, they may be found opening a snug little basket put tip at homo by. the hands of their good wives'. These are men who find it almost . impossible to live on their congressional salaries, and who are forced to econo-1 'uiize in any way they can. TAJOSa LCN'CH 1ST HIS 6EA.T. : Occasionally in the house itself ona raayseeaman like Judge Kolxnan eating eat-ing from his desk meanwhile watching witheaglo eye the proceedings going on about ium proceedings in which - he takes such lively interest that he cannot spare the time to go out to eut. : . Walter Wellmajt. BREAD MILK BRIGADE. ed call for "cold tea" when he wants , as in the old days. The waiter 2gs him a cute little caraffo contain-!agood contain-!agood sized drink, and the customer it out and gulps it down. Every ; knows it is whisky there is' no dis-; dis-; about it though nobody pays any Wion. Though there is plenty of W and plenty of drinking in the P'tol, it must be said for the states- that they drink in moderation. Nig tins whole winter I have seen but 'member of congress on the floor in 'ate of intoxication, and this one gets about three times a week with ami regularity. In the senate there !o statesmen who habitually drink liquor than is good for them, but two. Congress "Is a pretty sober e average law maker usually break-:ts break-:ts at 9 o'clock and spends an hour or ith his mail or in visiting the dements de-ments before going to the Capitol. generally arrives at the scene of his ,at 11 or 11:30, unless there is a "ttee meeting which he must at Then he appears an hour ' earlier cen 12 and 2 o'clock he goes down basement to get his lunch. The "eon brings together congenial spir-' spir-' !f0S3iP. anecdote and badinage are jutul over the ale and oysters. . Here . ere a pair of congressional dromios be seen together. Some .of these 'J1 friends lunch together every day of Jf lives. Evei-y day several lunch par-fonned par-fonned upstairs, and when one., , CSe coteries gathers about a table nce their food with wit tud story fares of statesmanship and some- even dignity itself are forgotten. a of War Governor Andrew, of nusetts, and of Randolph Tucker, l& nia' may'often 1)8 e11 lunching cr' as may any number of south- jliera" and ex-generals of. the JU rmy. ; Vjaiy as npt McKinley, the apostle j7 Protective tariff, will be seen shar- wtUe of ale with Roger Q. Mills. ( 'Wmed Oatee, of Alabama, chief of 'electioa law forces, is hobnob- with Mr. Lodge, champion of the llegislation. ea Reedwat |