Show airews rr rrr sr arrrrror s What the Lawmakers Eat in Summertime 111 SII1NnTONAmon the thou WASHINGTON mind things that influenced tho making of the tariff bill In congress there line linen overlooked ono element ele-ment that had Indirect but Important erect on the ruining or lowering of schedules Three times a day this Influence got to work on tho senators sena-tors and congicsamcn perspiring In tho midsummer heat of tho capital It was their dally diet The menus of Washington are a culinary jumble a gastronomic lash u geographical mixture of tropical und tumporatu zono cookery They must serve the pie caters of Now England the Fronclillled palates of New Yorkers York-ers tho beefeaters of tho north tho Ironclad Btomnchs of tho west and the uneasy livers of tho south The city has not completely acquired ac-quired the art of hot weather dining I that you can find best exemplified In Egypt India nnd the far east where Englishmen and Americans live In ox lie It struggles between carnivorous appetites and tropical temperature What sort of a tariff decision would you expect from a man who eats beefsteak beef-steak for breakfast yet this Is what you can find on Washington bills of Faro Then there are 17 different kinds of cereal foods that leave a sawdust nourishment your stomach and a dozen different acldy fruits that Carlsbad doctors toll you to avoid There Is nothing In tho world that lies heavier on a tired flaccid midsummer stomach than mi Iced melon tho first thing In the morning yet n majority i of the tnrlffnmkcrs ate them dally Tho Internal chill their digestive organs or-gans get Is n rapid cooler for tariff reduction enthusiasm Tho capitol restaurant serves more dairy dishes and plo than at any other time of the year Tho average lawmaker eats at 1I00na good habit In this country If only he would eat digestible food But he turns his liver with overdoses of milk pours down quantities of Iced drinks amid layers of pie and devitalizing food The one salvation Is that roast beef generally cold still remains the principal blood making brain sustaining sustain-ing musclo giving meat dish of the capital Hut It Is tho night diners that furnish fur-nish tho most amazing specimens of menus The bills of faro of tho lendIng lend-Ing hotels follow closely parallel lines Their principal dishes can bo classified classi-fied as follows Twentyfour different kinds of Ices Fifteen cold naiads Fifteen different ways of cooking potatoes Twontynlno vegetables hot and coldEight Eight fish cooked In 1C different ways Thirteen fresh fruits Eight varieties of choose Seventeen hot roasts and entrees of which eight wero chicken and birds |