. Book of the Royal blue . statues of deceased citizens of the Stateworthy of commemoration for their historicrenown or for their civil or military the accompanying photographs show,the hall is circled with marble and bronzeeffigies of great men dead. What is now Statuary Hall was occupiedby the House of Representatives from 1807to 1814, the year of the ruin of the Capitolby the British invaders. After the restora-tion of the building, two or three yearslater, the House reconvened in this hall lower than the floor of the old senatechamber, now occupied by the UnitedStates Supreme C
. Book of the Royal blue . statues of deceased citizens of the Stateworthy of commemoration for their historicrenown or for their civil or military the accompanying photographs show,the hall is circled with marble and bronzeeffigies of great men dead. What is now Statuary Hall was occupiedby the House of Representatives from 1807to 1814, the year of the ruin of the Capitolby the British invaders. After the restora-tion of the building, two or three yearslater, the House reconvened in this hall lower than the floor of the old senatechamber, now occupied by the UnitedStates Supreme Court. It is believed thatfrom this fact originated the habit of callingthe House of Representatives the lowerhouse. Everybody knows that the twobranches of Congress are co-ordinate andthat neither is higher or lower than theother, but the phrase upper and lowerhouse persists. dickens first House met in this chamber whenDickens made his first visit to the United THE OLD HALL OF FAME IN THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL. 7. States, and pai-t of his unpopularity wasdue to his description of the place and thehabits of the members. He said : It is a beautiful and spacious hall of serai-circular shape, supported by handsome part of the gallery is appropriated to ladies,where they sit in front rows and come in and goout, as at a play or concert. It is an elegantchamber to look at, but a singularly bad one forall purposes of hearing. The House is hand-somely carpeted, but the state to which thesecarpets are reduced by the universal disregard ofthe spittoons, with which every honorable mem-ber is provided, and the extraordinary improve-ment on the pattern, which has been squirtedand dabbled upon in every direction, does notadmit of being described. It is strange enoughto see an honorable gentleman leaning back inhis tilted chair, with his legs on his desk beforehim, shaping a convenient jilug with his penknife,and when he is quite ready to use it shoot theold one with his
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