| Show 9 9 I CAN THEY DO IT ITI I II I ON PER I 4 0 4 By CHARLES P. P STEWART N NEA EA Service Writer WASHINGTON Jan 30 One he hears s 1 quite a bit about the congressional congressional congressional smart set Also its it's re referred referred referred re- re to sometimes as be fast set One can get into it too at a price It isn't particularly exclusive but its it's pretty expensive That's why its it's mainly purely congressional Washington's permanent officialdom officialdom official official- dom isn't well enough paid to af afford afford afford af- af ford such society A good many man congressmen cant can't very well afford it either To be sure they're paid a a. a year ear now as compared with only last season Its It's quite a difference Still the smart set appears to be living up to it Maybe rather more so A A. few rich men set the pace and it makes the others hump to keep up with it So and ought n not t to keep the company he does its does its it's too swift for his bankroll One hears that re remark remark remark re- re mark lots of times They say there ther are congressmen whose credits credit's none too good at the department stores Ten thousand a year isn't enOugh to maintain an otherwise Impecunious smart setters setter's smartness and pay ordinary b bills lIs lIswith with likewise Of or course a great many congressmen congress congress- men men doubtless doubtless a large majority majority- lead very staid quiet lives at the I capital or 01 out in the suburbs Its It's the smart set however that's most noticeable The folks foils back home would open their eyes if the they could see some some- of or their theIL representatives representatives representatives enjoying themselves In Washington The very fact that the smart sets away from rom home probably Is Isone Isone Isone one of the main reasons why its it's so smart smart even even ven smarty A certain type of persons of impeccable de decorum decorum decorum de- de corum in in the midst of restraining surroundings tend to go go on the rampage lacking such influences Nearly everybody's a little that way The rhe congressional smart set consists of lower house members principally The senators are older men on an average for one thing and their wild oats are all in In if It they ever sowed any Then TJ again theres there's a kind of majesty about a senatorial job that doesn't attach to a representatives representative's and it has to tobe tobe tobe be lived up to Yes a i can go in tom for more or less frivolity if he chooses without detracting from his dignity Some do choose What's the smart set like Well Veil the Scott divorce case gave gave- a little peek behind the curtain Nothing so very dreadful nothing dreadful nothing to justify justify justify jus jus- a divorce decree as that case demonstrated But peppy There is plenty of entertaining which is perfectly harmless but it j punches holes if done extensively I even in a income There are rumors of poker parties from penny ante on up UI to quite imposing Imposing fig figures fig fIg- ures Pokers Poker's illegal also also at at any rate in the District of Columbia Columbia- but only mildly so so If Its It's amateur Now dont don't anybody make mako the mistake of assuming that the congressional congressional con con- gressional smart set and congress congress con con- gress g are identical Its It's spec specifically pally cally stated that numerous congressmen dont don't belong and that outsiders' outsiders can and do 10 get In If It they want to to- to are congenial and can stand the fInancial financial finan fInan- cial racket Washington's a gossipy gossip place anyway r |
