The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-18
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

zone would think that there would
never be another Inauguration here in
Washington" said Alfred Frazee. of
DAYTON Ohio. at the Regent yesterday.
THE lack of permanence in the struc-
lures used in Inauguration ceremonies
certainly gives that impression. Here is
"A great event which takes place quad
rennially, and every four years new
stands are built. new platforms are erect
ed, only to be torn down in few days
1t ought to be well understood by this
time that Washington is going to be
parade city. Whenever there is a great
event to he celebrated, you can be sure
henceforth that the best parade will be
in Washington. Why not. then, make
some permanent preparation for such
things. md put up some permanent struc-
lures. At times these structures would
have to be supplemented by temporary
ones, but there would be use enough for
several stands to warrant their being
put up to stay.
Why not put an ornamental stand of
stone say, in the park opposite the White
House? You could build in connection
with it. reviewing box for the Presi-
dent. and you could make the whole thing
a great ornament to the city. There are
many other places where stands could be
put, but none where. TO my mind they ought
to be constructed Of stone. There ought
however, to be something Semi-pernane nt
put in these other places. Every four
years. at the front of the Capitol yol.
have to build big platform and pavilion
in which the President takes his oath
You build it of wood. and tear it down.
when II might he made of steel, put to-
gether In few hours. and stored away
for safekeeping when taken down. Those
HFrsF IL g.Ha
do not see why they should not be done
in Washington. ! daresay the stands with
the steel supports would not cost much
more than twice, or perhaps, three times
as much as the structures of wood, and
they would last almost indefinitely. What
has been done on athletic fields for pure
~ commercial reasons. should certainly
he possible in Washington for patriotic
reasons.
The Washington Society OF Artists.
when it holds It's annual exhibit in the
hernicycle of the Corcoran Gallery will
not have the entire art field of the city
to itself. 1t will only be sharing it with
another, younger. but no less interesting,
society of artists which will be holding a
little exhibit of its own in the rooms of
the Art Students League on Seventeenth
Street While the object of the Wash
ington Society of Artists viii be to please
and instruct, the object of the other or
ganization will be to amuse. The exhibit
Of the latter will be, as it were. an annex
to the former, a sort OF affair to be en-
tered by presentation Of Il coupon from
the ticket which admits 10 the more pre-
tentious show.
The young artists and students of the
Art League are very busy preparing what
they call Fake" exhibition. Its main
DurTpSa Is a f..rfoa tr,ro in,
humorous light the serious work shown
at the Corcoran Gallery. and the artists
who are exhibiting. A similar exhibition
was given last year. with great success
There VIII be pictures burlesquing the
peculiaritieS~ of local and foreign artists
in various and inexplicably clever ways
and there Will be catalogue to guide
the uninitiated into the path leading to
the point OF the joke. and 90 amus@ him
further by various poems. and other skits
The sundry 'clcverneSses" have not vet
been all developed. but something well
worth taking in is promised. The doors of
the Fake exhibition will open just be-
fore the doors Of the real thing close.
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EX-Secretary Villas, who was at the
head Of the Department of the Interior
during Cleveland's first Administration,
has been in Washington for some days.
waiting for a case that he is interested
in to come up before the Supreme Court.
In the lobby of the Raleigh last night he
Chatted about men and things of today.
Il have gone back to my law practice
said he and do not follow the political
life of the country as closely as | used
to. 1t seems to me quite fit and proper
that man should be able to serve in
some measure his country, and then take
up the business of his life"
Mr.. Villas nevertheless still holds his
political opinions. and adheres to the
principles represented by Mr.. Cleveland,
especially in regard to tariff questions.
Referring to the attempt made by Repre-
sentative Babcocl1 to strike the trusts a
blow by reducing or doing away entirely
with tariffs on articles manufactured by
companies whose products have been pro-
tected by duties he said.
Il am glad to see that some members
Of the Republican party have come to
their senses ana see how the country is
being oppressed by the trusts. 1t is
good sign when the first step is taken by
member Of the Republican party"
1t Is not commonly known that prob