The Washington critic., 1889-06-06
THE TowN,s pAorooRApH.


The solicitation of subscriptions of
small amounts with q printed appeal At
the head of the paper, to which the
Presidents name is signed, is an oddity,
but that's what Is being done now.
The committee in charge of the noble
work OF raising money for the Johns
town sufferers had lot of blank sub
scription lists printed. At the top, in
small, quiet.looking print, is a statement
that 60 is authorized to collect
money for the Johnstown sufferers,
and that he will turn over the proceeds
of his solicitation TO the regularly Sc
leoted treasurer. To this is written on
each of the blanks President Harrison's
signature, bold and broad as TO lines
and angular rs TO formation. The
Presidents signature is, by the way, the
boldcst of any of the post bcllum Pres
idents. President Cleveland's was q
very small, delicate signature, Arthur's
was rather large, Hayes commonplace.
Grants small and Johnson's not par
ticularly striking. Lincoln's was very
small. But the present Chief Execu-
iive's bold 'Beni. Harrison" looks rs II
written with q quill pen with broad
nibs and with firm, heavy pressure
and plenty OF ink. Mindreader Bishop,
In lecture that he used to interject
during his interesting entertainments,
used TO say that handwriting afforded
absolutely no clue to the writer's char
actcr, and that there was but one gen
eral rule that would hold that was,
that big, tall, heavy mans writing
was always small and q small mans
big. President Harrison is physically
our smallest President, and his sigma.
ture Is the boldest and most imposing of
any modern Presidents. These sub.
scription blanks, authorized by the
Presidents signature, will be highly
priced some day.
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Greenough's monstrOus statue of
Washington, that has been consider
ately hidden under a close wooden box
like house on the plaza east Of the
Capitol, is again out in the sunlight II
was covered up last winter to prevent
deterioration and discoloration by the
weather. The way the covering was
taken off was very simple. The affair
was of wood and ordinary in construc-
tion, save that the house was built with
one side fitted to place, but entirely
separate and independent of the other
three sides and roof. When they got
ready to take the covering off the other
day this loose side was taken away
and the other three sides and roof
dragged away bodily TO an obscure
corner Of the grounds, TO remain there
till next winter.
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tNhaaa,,ur Gtut,,.. II aan.,. naogenrI
of the First Precinct puts his pen to a
sheet Of paper little black kitten, that
| is sure to be somewhere in the neighbor-
hood, pucks up its ears and starts in the
direction of the almost imperceptible
sound 1t takes the little animal very
short time TO reach the top of the desk.
and it makes straight for the pen.
When it fails in rubbing against the
pen IL contents itself with following
with its paws the lines rs they are
traced on the papear. When stopped
| In its diversion 1t seems to realize that
it is likely to become obnoxious, and
nestles quietly in the station keeper 4
| elbow until he has finished his work
II is remarkable in possessing that rare
| quality In felines-affection 1t has its
favorites whom it will purr about and
follow, while it passes Others by in en-
tire indifference, not to say aversion.
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Notice that mans walk said a
physician, following with his eyes Q
man who was swinging his hands at q
very violent wag rs he strobe along the
sidewalk. "He swings his hands more
than most of us, but we all have tina
tendency Now look at that horse; Sc,
how his fore legs move with referenc,