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Show ' I Politics Makes Strange Members of Congress, Tool WASHINGTON. An epitome of mankind's virtues, ocoupnlUips, aspirations and deeds is found in oongr ess. Within the panes of the congressional I directory that of the Sixty-sixth congress has just been issued senators anil ; representatives record their ow n biographies, biog-raphies, j Mosl of 1 1 10 lawmakers are law-.vers, law-.vers, hut anions the membership are an iron inoider. banker, slock raiser, j live surgeon, physician, cheese manufacturer, manu-facturer, glass blower, baggage master and "a business man anil political accident." ac-cident." Although autobiographies deal with the authors' past, a surprising font lire was that many members did not have more to sav about their an- cestry. Several, however, trace their lineage back to members of the Continental Conti-nental congress, and one announced he is a "direct deseciithnl of the father of Hannah IHistin" of colonial and Indian lame. Another ir.-inbor said he is 'best known as a platform orator." Other members with an eye lo thrift did not fail to advertisf. (hie said his firm originated a well-known chilli, another that he brought the tirst automobiles automo-biles into this country from Europe, and another that he is president of a 'press-clipping bureau. One recites his collegiate achievements, and admits getting into congress after his "characteristic determination" carried him through an untiring campaign in a popular automobile. One member "was raised on a dairy farm," another lives "on a gravel road," and another "entered public school at an early ago." |