Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-08-31

Would Bs Publsc Renefactor Who
Was Not Appreciated.

Was Not Appreciated.
Please give me dime
| was seated in the Mall at Central
Park locking at the statue of Robbie
lurns and thinking thoughts that many
f, man has thought before about his in
.tarred life, when my reveries were thus
uned into another channel. | didn't
Ike IT,
why the devil should give YOU
,imes" replied sharply, hoping thereby
70 get rid Of him.
Rut il didn't have the desired effect.
He wS=e't an every day sort of tramp,
albzoSgh ais apparel WAS shabby enough.
There was q moldy air of better days
about him. He heaved whisky tainted
sigh. and seating himself alongside of
mel couldn't resent that, because he
had Just as much right to seat as / had
he began to unfold his tale.
Il recognize in you.S he began, "a
kindred spirit. |, too, am worshipper
at the shrine of genius. Nothing delights
me so much as to see the memory of
great men fittingly honored. Years ago,
in a fit of generous enthusiasm, con.
cnived a scheme which, had it been
favorably received, would have filed this
park and all other parks and public
squares in the land with statues of man.
kinds greatest benefactors.
"But pardon me, he added, interrupt
ing his narrative, do you happen to have
the mate to that cigar about your"
told him that hadn't.
SWall ravor mind I aipst YarfS,ulor.
I'll take chew of tobacco, if you happen
to have it.
told him / had none.
Another whisky tainted sigh impinged
itself upon my olfactory organs, and
then he continued
Nothing so helps a man to rise gu
perior to the petty and soul enthralling
concerns OF every day life as the contem-
plation and study of true greatness. To
assist in the attainment of that lofty state
of mind there is nothing so effective as
the presence of the counterfeit present
ments of men who have lowered like sun
kissed mountain peaks above their fel-
lows. With that conviction strong upon
me l abandoned the haunts of men and
gave myself up to thought. In due time
the inspiration came. At the lowest esti-
mate there are 10000 men in this
country who get shaved by BARRIERS on an
average three times week. At an alb
surdly low estimate that involves an ex-
penditure of 30 cents week by each
man. That, sir, as have proven over
and over again, amounts to 81 200, 900 q
week, or $62, 400, 900 year.
"Just think of it! All that money
practically thrown away. proposed
that these 100000 should form vast
anti shave or shave yourself associa
ton, and that the money thus saved
should be put into fund to purchase
statues for beautifying our parks and
places of public resort. All the reward
that asked was that i should be mad
the treasurer of the fund. Had tht
scheme been carried out the artistic beau.
ties of ancient Greece would be as nothing
compared with ours. But my schem,
fell unheeded on the miserable horde OF
mercenary self seeking men who lib
this country by calling themselves Amer
leans. That was IS years ago. AS YOU
may perceive, if you observe me closely
l have not shaved from that day to this
tried to be public benefactor. Societ,
scornfully rejected my offering. There
fore, society owes me living. And thai
sir, is why / vsntured to ask you for d
dime"
Hi, therel get out of this" harshly
exclaimed a Park policeman, who hao
stolen upon us unawares. didn't b.
you I'd give you taste of me club If
caught you around here again?"
Shades of Scott, and Burns, anG
Shakespeare" muttered the tramp as h.
shuffled off. @Has it come to this-tha
your most ardent devotee should be the
sport and jest Of sparrow cop?"-M
Quad.