| Show M Il T AT SENATOR win WhO WEARS WE RED ED FLANNELS BY Dr ChARLES RLES P nT SEA Service Writer WASHINGTON Jan Aint 38 28 It surprising observed a haber- haber haberdasher haberdasher haberdasher dasher I know how old fashion ed congressmen are arc Id I'd never ne particularly noticed it myself Goshi Gosh I yes yc es said saIl the baber- baber dasher particularly senators The lower house housa aint so bad They're mostly younger men I guess that accounts for It But the senates senate's full tull of ot old roosters who can reo re member back to the Civil war ar and a lot of ot cat cm stick sUck to the same old styles they wore then Would you believe belle It con con- continued con the haberdasher I I seU sel ell suspenders to half halt a do dozen en sen- sen senators sen Say they cant can't keep their pants on with belt There was a a lot of jolln about abou Magnus Johnsons Johnson's Gosh it if folks did but know lIe II aint the tho only one by any manner manne 0 o means When When he ho was out ou makin speech Magnus had 11 o habit of ot oft off hi his coat and vest That That's how ho he happened to got ce found out But Dut It if you could look under under- underneath neath the whole senates senate's coats and ves vests Ill I'll bet you'd find sos sos- penders Renders on 30 20 per cent you noticed queried the haberdasher how many sen sen- sen atom atom-a wear those old style straight collars rolled over a bit at the Corners corner and open opell In front to give their adams adam's apples free froe play black string ties They aint been good style since I been In the business but bill old bozo bozos wont won't stand for tor else Why I saw a picture ot of Daniel Webster once that had hadon hadon on one ot Qt those collars and ties tics I 1 got ot one oils customer said sail the th haberdasher lowering his voice vole and glancing nervously over hi ht his shoulder to make sure ho wasn I detected giving such ouch confidentIal I Information awaya away a a senator senator- senator I that I 1 have to get ct red flannel flanne underwear for tor He H could kep just a aY as Y warm arm n 1 something un up up to date but ho wont won't hare bave It at any price Ho lIo Insists on red No No I couldn't tell you ou who hela he is 15 lie lIe mightn't like It and 11 lose loso his trade I wouldn't ts voul like t myself It If the story got out on him play horse with hin about It That's a cinch It aint once a month the haberdasher assured me that I Isell Isell Isell sell a n nightshirt to anybody but senators and a few representatives tives All my regular trade wears pajamas pajama of ot course except those old coots up on the Hill Yo know what I mean Those old old old- fashioned nightshirts that pull on over your our head bead and come down about to the calves of ot your legs with scallops cut In the sides I wouldn't even keep em In stock it if it weren't erent for tor the the the- congressmen con- con congressmen gressmen I sell No demand I Theres some swell dressers in congress too the tho haberdasher admitted only you'd oud think they'd most all alt be swell dressers dresser and they aint They dont don't average a as as swell ell swell not halt as swell swell-as swell as enouch folks They wear good enough stuff stutt but they want ant It Queer I 1 think some ot of em cm put It on to t get et talked about Why hy I got a customer customer-an customer an 01 old 1 guy In tn th the lower ver house he Is- Is who wears boots I dont don't handle footwear myself but Ive I've seen em ci on him when hes he's been ben In In Boots that putt puff out at the bottoms of ot his hi pant pants |
