The morning times., 1896-02-23
What fhe Pathor Of HiS Country
Mighf Do and Say if he Had
ViSifed Washington on
his Nafal Day.

One romances tells about friend,
Gaatea her head fine day to step down from
pedestal interesting conversation with Pygma
lion and other people who happened to be around when she came
1t possibly into the heads of people in Wash
VINO Know t Te o NO Id m bad m
say Benjamin Franklin Chief Justice Marshall Lincoln George
Washington Washington Dolly Adams La
Fayete saints the Revolution and after they
could only leave their castings rub off their paint and take
These people doubtless have and heard great deal that
entertained edited them immensely from their
respective places where grateful country has placed Them but
would certainly be of interest to know what the father and
mother of their country think of the g5ansons and granddanghers
Imagine sixty-fve millions people leisury
his knckerbocker and his long buff stockings his silver
powdered powdered queue; broad
face his frank eyes; his we'll barbered cheeks and chin his silk
by silver perhaps the
sword, nnocuous in the sheath, he at Valley Forge
You hear folks he along that he just down
from the heate where he has been doing the old impossible gen
eman and forgot disrobe the He followed by
are guing him about his orgeunes and wondering II he IS
going down to the First precinct to report the loss OF his everyday
But the old does understand the English language
as is spoken by the new He does not answer ques
He is thinking aFge deep Rondepous thoughts about the city R
sees they high
circles alleys guilds companies
oed people baptized in his And with it all he is stranger
in his house. alien among his friends
Rip looking disntegrating would
be tragedy compared to George Washington taking mental
shots OF the politicians and local of Washington He has
struck cyclone of wonders since he softly closed the iron
grating of the tomb at Mt Vernon behind him and his
their sentimental journey the Probably they rowed
the Hector and Ephram and landed somewhere
Stephenson's wharf
midnight and Hector hands the venerable old lady
of the Then he lifts out Marse George while Epraim
ties up the antique ship to the corner of the wharf
then follows Private Secretary hurber with hamper
steamed and painting down stream let the dux popu
loose the ducks of Ouantico.
a fat na
Hector.
'By hadom says the father of his country.
der who it may Listl Lst speaks" continues
the cherry he repeating Horao telling Ham
Good luck, Mr. PRESIDENT let me hear from you at Indian
Head But don't hurry back accounton
regard the country perfectly safe in your absence"
"a strange President that said George to Martha and to
that founded the ballot This bad arrival
There nothing Democratic Republican Popustc Mugwump
people only day Inauguration that royal reception bus
ness the 1st of January and who spends his time with the
over nv Grand and bobt of the President as is and the the
President think that great government
founded smiles with compacency making lighthouse officers
decoy government
Caesar right past my of night like
ters of the naked tribes Oh eerson Oh Jackson! Oh Sco
to this complexion have at last Mehinks this
OF stat tat non nomins unbra .,-,,
dat big basket"
nobodys business parental the nation
way the great destiny
forth on the next day to make in his beloved city He
House
through the glass port hole and shook his head Of
couldn't in None but English actors need apply This the
President of the past might have known had he
the gracious reception Olga
Presidential regime and BESIDES the present actor not
dressed in the gab the fisherman of Buzzards Bay.
Go with ancient pilgrim to the District Building 1t is
about He the Commissioners business
Would like Ross Would like Mr..
Tuesdell Out at lunch Or Major Powell? Out at lunch The
for work The sleeper Of Mount Vernon takes seat
and tries the subject of the fall of political
since the golden age of the republic
"Al tommy rot" says George the Great George the An-
cient The knew the without modern improve
Washington good enough uggle with speeches at
banquets, doesn't
Why sir actually getting behind the by cling
edge ancient traditions Had George WASH
ington day that bel eve he would have left
Vernon farm dreay waste He would have
put trolley would have been still lighting
his tfu glare of taow dip It would have been