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Show senate spent $-11.83 plus freight to have a consignment of the liule glass boxes shipped from the factory. In 1930 the senate ushered in the Christ nuts season by ordering on I Jeeember lti from the Luke Krie Chi-Tiiical Co., two gas riot pistols at $50 each and two dozen gas riot pistol shells at. $40 a dozt'n, presumably pre-sumably to be used on any groups of the unemployed who became too persistent in their appeals for help from congress. Senators Continue To Live In Former Prosperity Style Expense Accounts For Free Barber Service, Uottled Spring Water, Nickel Plated Openers, Shown By Press Writer lly RAYMOND CLAPPER United Press Staff Correspondent (Copyright 1932 by United Press) WASHINGTON .April 25 (UP) Though ruthless econ omy is about to be decreed for the government departments, congress has not yet undertaken to set an example itself. Not only are senators and congressmen keeping wives, daughters, sons and other relatives on the payroll, as described de-scribed by the United Press last week, they are also managing man-aging to continue to live in the style to which they have been accustomed. Escape Depression They have completely escaped the ravages of a depression which has even stripped million-v aires of their yachts and caused fiUirh men as Charles Schwab and j Percy Rockefeller to h'r.t as pub- j licly as possible that they may j spend their declining- days in the pool-house. I In the senate hnrbershop, for in-1 stance, senators can still get f t ee service, haircuts, shampoos, shaves j and massages. A squad of barbers maintained on the senate payroll as "skilled laborers," attend to the tonsoriul requirements of the senators. sen-ators. Kvery senator has a shavitog mug furnished at government ex-ppn.se ex-ppn.se of course. When congress ended last year and a number of Democrats replaced re-placed senators. Hie senate' barber shop bought 18 mure mugs at $1.5U each. Thi-y are splendid .mugs, with the names of the senators in gold letters. A mistake was made and one name was changed for wliich a bill of 75 cents was turned hi, certified, and paid out of the contingent fund of the senate. Ttie senate shop is complete to the last detail. Was not the disbursing dis-bursing officer of the senate billed for three blackhead removers at 15 cents each not so long ago? Water $1000 Yer Month Washington city water is as pure as any in the country. It is used s) constantly in automobile batteries, j But the senatorial stomach prefers more expensive bottled waters. So I the government pays between $700 and $1000 a month to supply the senators with fancy drinking water. For six months last year, the ' senate spent $637.50 on 51 cases of appolinaris water alone, though it I was in session only one month of that time. Here is a typical month's order for bottled water: 20 cases White Rock, 27 cases mountain valley water, 10 cases Capon spring water. 10 cases Kalak water. Senatorial tastes vary and a senator is as particular par-ticular about his water as a Frenchman about his wines. Further, among the bills paid out by the senate disbursing officer is one to Acme Plating and Manufacturing Manu-facturing Co., for nickel plating five bottle openers for cloak rooms at 50 cents each, total $2.50. It would be lowering the senatorial standard of living to permit a senator sen-ator to have his White Rock opened open-ed with an opener from which the nickel plating had worn off. Senators all use blotters when signing letters at their desks in the senate chamber. But each senator's sen-ator's desk is equipped with a little box containing fine sand used years ago for blotting So last year the |