Evening star., 1897-01-16
Another Suggestion of Inaugural
Decoration,

10 the Editor of The Evening Star:
In The Star of Thursday 1 noticed some
suggestions from citizens relative to the
decoration and illumir alton of the city dur
ing the inaugural season. with a view /
presume. not only to the entertainment of
the large number of strangers who will
visit Washington on that occasion, but al
so that they may take home with them
none but the most favorable Impressions of
all things seen at the capital of their coun-
try.
In this conn ection, therefore, 1t has oc-
CURED to me to suggest that the adoption
by Congress of joint resolution similar to
the following. with respect to the Ecking
ton and Soldiers Home Railway Company.
might contribute somewhat to that end:
A joint resolution to temporarily improve
the appearance of the motive power of the
lexington and Soldiers Home Railway
Company of the District of Columbia dur
ing the inaugural season, and for other
purposes
Resolved by the Senate and House of
representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled. That in or
DER that the large number of strangers
who will visit the capital of the nation TO
witness and participate in the inaugural
ceremonies of the 4th day of March may be
impressed with the symmetrical beauty
and nineteenth century progress of all
things animate and inanimate within the
limits of the model city of the republic, the
lexington and Soldiers Home Railway
Company be and is hereby directed on or
before the 1st day of March, 1897, 10 i'm
prove the appearance of the hair motors
by which said line is endeavored to be ope-
rated. by docking the tails of such hair
IEotors and clipping them a la mode: and
wherever the framework of such hair mo-
tors protrude through their natural incase-
ment, By reason of improper handling, or
by the wear and tear of the various parts
upon each other. such protuberances and
exposed abrasions shall be artisticaJly con-
cealed from the gaze Of such strangers by
a colCring of adhesive fiesh-colored trans
fers. of which said company has a super
abundance: and such repairs shall be made
in the most Elusive and deceptive manner
of which the mana cement of said company
Is capable.
We'd That for thirty days immedi-
ately preceding the said 4th day of March
each and every one of the hair motors used
On said compaliys line shall receive three
Square meals day, and the Commission
ers of the District of Columbia are hereby
authC rized 10 defray the expense of such
extraordinary feeding out of the fines col
-lected by them from said company through
the enforcement of the penalty provision of
tfe act of June 10, 1896, for failure to ex-
pertinent with mechanical air motors WITHIN
the liberal time fixed in said act for that
purpose.
Resolved. That for ten days Immediately
preceding and subsequent to the said
Fourth day of March. 1t shall be unlawful
Tor any manipulation OF such hair motors to
ei'danger their natural capacity or endur-
tance by the application Of extra pressure
in the nature of leather persuasion TO in
crease their momentum in ascending any of
me steep grades encountered on the line of
sald road. but In lieu of the methods ordi-
Garliy employed to induce such asceuts
said hair motors shall be lured to the sum-
INIT by a handful of hay applied to their
safety valves with the same adrottness as
lhat displayed in facilitating a POSTPONE
ment OF the installation of rapid transit by
the application or compressed air to Iegisla.
lion 10 secure additional time
Resolved. That any failure on the mart of
SAID company 10 comply with the provis
ions OF this act shall subject such com
pany 10 the imposition by Congress of ad-
d!tt9lal privileges and franchises at the
next succeeding session of the national
legislature.
Resolved. That all acts OF said company
proved "p
nile a compliance with the provisions
OF such a resolution might not contribute
anything TO the comfort of the visiting
strangers who will be compelled to patron.
1ze this line. IL might conduce to their en-
ttertalnment as anording an allegorical rem
1esentation Of beauty and the beast.
T. p KANE