Show THE NATIONS PAGES alio nor who walt on anil some interesting character and peculiar bits of lifo aro found in the of tho senate and house of representatives ta tives in tho upper branch of congress there aro about fifteen and in the lower branch about thirty five pages their duties are well known to the average reader their fields of labor arc the floors of alio two branches of congress A page for the senate however never docs anything for a member of tho house and vice versa sometimes a page is found who a of ago and nearly full grown but they average from nine to fourteen years and most of them arc very small in stature and upon first appearance boyish in character As years go on sf they aro retained tho little fellows bacomo sagacious naga cious often proud and not infrequently tho statesmen in bearing and conversation there is no better for n boy in which to become an actor ho has alio best of opportunity port unity to study every phase of character bp caking of the pages sometimes imitating alio acts of superiors reminds me of an incident that occurred a few days ago A very diminutive pago alio was borno upon the rolls of alio last congress was superseded pers eded when he learned eliat hit place had been given to another he became considerably dejected for this little fellow had dissipated in a mild way and had been profligate so that he was found almost without fund and was as far away from ciomo as alic state ot missouri is from washington but the boy had been an observer and know a trick or two ho studied tho situation ho solved it going to his boarding bouso ho hastily packed up his effects without attracting alio attention of anyone with great caution ho removed them to quarter of tho city then ho went out to bid his contreres confreres con freres adieu meeting ono of them alio was about ten years old and as tall as a mans arm is long lie said well goodbye good bye old fellow im off my constituents have given mo tho flinko I 1 was defeated in caucus and beaten in convention the situation however leaves roo a little hat I 1 am nearly broke but I 1 have found 1 way out 1 will jump my board bill they all do it sometimes the pages run in schools liko fish and bacomo clannish not infrequently one meets a crowd of them ill under three feet in height at the midnight hour making alio town howl many of them cigarettes and play billiards there is not n very great proportion of them who fall into these channels of tion tholo who do generally come from the larger cities then the pages leavo a way of hazing and fomo of tho capers they play upon ians or inexperienced boys arc wonderfully aad terribly ono of the figorito tricks in the alno of hazing b to take a in the lower basement under tho hall of tho house and show him alio rubber man the basement is very dark and very brocail ami cavernous portions of it arc unlighted cd and tho unsophisticated youth soon finds himself lol alio surroundings roun dings aro weird and frightful and it sometimes takes ari hour to cot out rages receive avo dollars per month during the session those in alic house aro generally changed every two years but tho boys in tho senate arc retained and komu of them grow up to manhood from childhood at their pota of duty as did senator german of maryland it Is said that a considerable sid erable number of tho pages in the house aro blood relatives to members and sometimes abo members have their bons eons appointed washington cor in |