The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-23
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lzSNsYLvANlA AVENUE as SEES FROM
The treasury.
yilcated elsewhere, because there is
oll7 one America. only ono United
states. orly one capital, and because "a
capital can have but one -lcH thorough
fare Hero may be seen every day o.
rlc year. bu. particularly when congress
b. m session Tie outward show of an the
Ike oi The country. and much az that Of
the Wifrie world Here ore types of all
rsfioualties and the blcndings thereof
which make up .hc American people
livery state. almost every county, lu The
nation contributes its quota. lt tbs
strangely mixed races which are found
in the American national life have al
this early day IN the country S history
aag sum and sequence which might toe
lid % iairlg typ.fy lhe American, that
Individual can surely he found on Penn
sylfanil avenue. lie s. here and MAY
b. walking past mo as J write. bpi
must leave % the anthropClogist The tasA
OF picking him out OF thc tIr0ng and
daecIioing him. am sure, however. d.
H. still more Ancl0-Saxou tllan ANYTHING
else 4 little dark, though n0t
d nulatto, Yankee ia his voice
perhaps Icuiouic IN some Of his
f5ste1. southern in his dress English ~
his s.ufdiness. far western ia his self
confidence and freedom Of speech. The
typical American is here and he takes
as naturally 10 Pennsylvania avenue "a
roots 20 their mother soil. The avenue
IFS american. q show place and clearing
house o. Americans and Americanisms
lie moves Up and down conscious that
he Is 90 home. and conscious. also. that
though representatives OF al the carth's
nations aio here Boz their native costumes.
they look on but 10 admire and 90 learn
io appreciate the grandeur and vastness
of The republic which IS here sampled as
iH o tricr. 20
One OF the peculiIltie5 OF Penusyl.
yanil avenue j. that IL Is O fuoet with
a1!g one side. Ii has two sidewalks, 70
ls sure. and both are Swallowed by build
ines from one end OF the long street 90
TIE other. but only one pavement Is used
d. pedestfians on only one side are there
h.lgin shops and gaudy windows The
north side Of Pennsylvania avenue j.
iuotrOp0litan-nay ccsmopoiiton-whlle
Tie south side b rural. or 20 least sub
urban. WHY this is SO do not know.
one side IS as pretty as the other, and
both are ugly ana old fashioned aFchi-
lec.uralr, Yet, as sometimes happens
fro thOroughfare. for no apparent rea-
SON other than blind chance the north
sic Is full of life and motion, while
TIE south remains stagnaut and dull
on tie north side are hundreds 0i hand
come shops, many large hotels, news
plper Offices and theatre The south
Eide Is mostly given up 10 small hotels.
restaurants, hardware stores. blacksmith
Shops. and saloons IN which fashionable
me1 10 not often drink On Che north
pavement thousands OF persons daily
walk from Capitol 20 treasury while Ola
dents say no man was ever known %
LIZ the whole length Of tho thorough
f.ro On the south side. Tho walking l.
f.st AS rood Oh one side o. on the other
In, human nature, it appears, always
N.lyws the crowd.
as
Strange as Il may seem. there ID not
On paan5rlrauia avenue. from one end
81 the otlier, government buildings ex'
.p.ed, a first class modern city business
t. 4 vast majority Of the structures
az cuaiut old things with gable roofs
ana 'lirh dormer windows, pokoa, out
ila.n tEsir tops Ike sentry boxes. there