National Republican., 1875-07-01
The eentsnnisl ARsin.

70 TIE EDITOR of the National Republican,:
SIR: MY nrst communication on the subject ofths
Centennial has, Is I promised, been provocative.
The primal suggestion Of carnival has been fol-
lowed by others, contemplating gardens in the
Old-world fashion, with large bands Of music
hourly catering. Very good. Let rs have the
gardens, the bands, the music. Certainly We
cannot surfeit the multitude with the multitude
Of attraction. Every new feature will have It's
large following, and variety will keep up daily
one yos sSs l, % Ssd Ml M
ure. / simply deny the assertion. Perhaps ne
was not q witness. grant the "raoesn on the
course race 10 most unsatisfactory. Starting
from the Capitol and running to theth Treasury,
the race was no more interesting tnan one Pc
tween o street-car and butchers cart. Inc
folks that lined the sidewalks saw the contestants
as they passed. and saw them no more. a real
race is round. Another feature OF our one caInt-
val that was o failure was the tournament.
God save rs from snotheri confess TO Q strange
sensation Of modification at the tournament.
bT the leysraEe of q larger stick, seated (the
man, not the sticky on q spawned horse, In TINS
age not only horselaughf but asinine. GOOD
now-pshawI No more of such puerilities, please,
not even for the deleciation OF young misses VINO
pine and Pcut to be crowned queens oi oesuty,
Queens of love, queens Of silly sentmentalsm.
than the which nothing is more vomitive 70 the
stomach except It be ipecschuana.
But the carnival-the masked proeession-Was
not failure. or course It might and should be
improved on: but no fuller richness Of limitless
fun and pleasure ever was devised to please, or
ever gave greater pleasure than this, The expe-
rispee Of our young men in the arrangement and
carrying out Of masking party at that time re-
mains. and the said experiences will provide some
tennfai. -. -
There is one thing which is sure to mortify rs
next year, when the visitors hoek nitnerwsre' sne
the visitors from old Europe, fresh from the care
ly-trained surroundings Of their Government
Capitol Hin, where the marble building stands,
surrounded by unfinished grounds, quagmire In
wet weather, dust bins In dry vesther-eyeryshing
visitors with an apparent fact that an 10th to
state, but which Is nevertheless true, namely;
that We invite the world to feast and feed 4 on
husks; that we say come and then seem 20 chal-
lepge contempt and obloquy BY setting our house
in disorder-by reversing all the rules Of polite
breeding in receiving our guests In the dishsoeie
Is this too strong langusgeH Let any one walk
around the Capitol Q half hour and answer. Pos
tepnial Is ten wears on, or Congress bade him
think 30. But this putting on viii not change
the fact that in q few months We must face the
inevitable. can conceive Of no greater short
sightednes IS than to attempt to disturb the Ospi-
tol grounds unless Mr.. Olmstead had the means
Of pushing the whole work through In time ior
the Centennial. Far better to have left the
grounds as they were until the exposition is over,
and then taken half q century TO the improve
ms5ts 4 need BE- than 70 nave S & SommsnGsG men isd
our Capitol building IN the midst OF mud pud
die next summer >
And the merchants on the Avenue-what are
they doing, not proposing to do? The proposi.
tion is, we know, to pave the Avenue anew; but
When-six months from now, three monthsf
Messeurs, the Avenue cannot be paved In day,
o week, . month. Every delay now initiates
do business on the broad boulevard see the throng
of visitors within few weeks Of our Shores there
will be great f1utter Of enthusissm-money Will
be raised auckly-the pavement will be contract
ed fer in thirty days, and the consequence Will De
q worthless roadway, which VIII last couple Of
years a larger expenditure, and, possibly, an un-
completed work. What is TO be done must be
commenced now.
FRANK U. STITT.
June IS, 1875.