The Sunday globe., 1901-07-14
BY H. =. SUTTON.

further and at his suggestion she
changes the password
This is where Mr.. Stiyers prevents
me from giving it to anybody else, l
thought; and said aloud, Il must be
going to bed, girls You will not want
me to hear what you are talking about.
anyway"
Please don't, Wait a minute. Al.
ma had another adventure and she
wants you to help her out"
Wants me?'
Yes; l was telling her you knew
everything"
Thank you"
You see, there's an old professor
from the Columbia or GEORGETOWN
University comes down to see her. AL.
ma can run the gamut on modern ton
les, but the professor finally asked her
what she thought Of Henry VIII"
Bluff King Hal?"
! don't know Alma knew little or
nothing of that individuals history.
/ she raised her hand in an endeavor to
A'Ie the fact she was laughing, and
said, oh, that tooths started aching
again. and she rocked back and forth
/ saying, 'Umph. Umphn at the conclu.
sion Of each sentence As must be ex.
pected, the professor speedily took his
leaVe, promising to call again. at
which time, he trusted, there would be
an Improvement in the molar."
Well what am ! to do?"
she wants you TO send over by Ida
a short sketch Of King Henry VIII.
Inls she VIII memorize, and when the
professor comes again she will be
ready for him.
"I'll do 1t tomorrow afternoon. or
in the evening, better, | guess. IN
have to ride over to the Congressional
Library to refresh my memory"
Monday morning I rode the wheel
10 the office, Methinks I've reached
the expert stage as a cyclist. Mr..
Whitney ! found to be very methodi-
cal He numbers all his letters and
the memoranda Of the answers there
to.
When you get your busy done" said
he as he brought over the correspond.
ence you can 90 to the ball game"
This, I learned. was his wav Of saw.
ing / could have the remainder of the
/ Day after the letters were finished.
| was really glad Of it. For some time
| ! had been desirous Of sending a letter
TO the Gazette, back in the home town.
and here was the opportunity I want.
ed TO give the veteran editor and his
readers my impression Of Washington
l suppose every newcomer has the
same fever, ] wanted to tell them I
had walked the selfsame Avenue
| that historic ground-where Clay. and
Calhoun, and Crittendon had trod
/ More than that I wanted to tell Blem
/ or a wonderful monument I had ms.
/ covered at the national capital. one
| that will live after pedestal of marble
| and statue Of bronze shall have crum.
| bled in the dust. So, after finishing Mr..
| Whitney's letters, took my seat at the
! typewriter
Let's see; I'll tell them about my
/ trip TO Arlington. TIL begin and end
it with a verse. That's the popular
way.
/ With life's ftful fever ended, there the
/ bones Of heroes rest;
4 They have served their country nobly:
they have stood each trying test.
/ Carved their virtues on a tablet. point.
ing upward to the sky;
/ .Grayed on hearts of coming nations.
their good deeds can never die.
To the Nations Hall of Fame. de.
signed hy LEnfant after the ancient
Greek Pantheon, the several Common.
wealths are invited to contribute eff.
gies of two of their famous sons. The
Old Colony presents Samuel Adams
an. John Winthrop; the Green Noun.
tain State brings Jacob COllOmer and
Ethan Allen; the sister with La
. Belle River flowing westward to the
sea, gives William Allen and James A.
| Garfield, faraway Oregon sends her
noted explorer f. D. Baker; Missouri
lovingly tenders Thomas Benton and
r. J.. Blair; from Michigan comes
Lewis and Cass the Empire State finds
fitting representatives I'm George Clin
ton and Alexander Hamilton. Lizzie
Rhody gives Nathaniel Green ant
Roger Williams, the Mother Of Presi
dents contributes Thomas jefferson
while her daughter 10 the westward
sends j. VI. Kenna, New Jersey pre-
senrs Phil Kcarny and Richard Stock
. ton, Maine, from the east, brings VIII
lam King. Wisconsin from the west
. Icre Marquette, Illinois tenders Jane.
..uelds and no less than three othei
. States could fitringly DO the same, IA,
Land of the Nutmeg gives Roger Sher
man and Jonathan TrHmbull, and thu
, Granite State brings John Stark ant
Daniel Webster. Yet the national cap
hital has "a monument greater than al
of these.
, The War of the Revolution mad,
the American Republic an endur
y ing fact in history and at the sam,
- time added another noble name 10 th
roll cali of the great captains
/. "rho FIRST The last the best.
@ The rIUu.UuafUs of the West
{ Whom envy dared AOt hate.
g Bo1uDlfhal the name Of Washington
{ TO mslo man blush. there was bu
h one"
Fitting. theB that his splendl
d strength Dis proud patience. his swcc
B. Iausteritv. hardly rivalod IN the hi.
e tory Of humanity should be symbO
o lied by a simple marble shaft. Heave
G pointing Yet located at the nationa
Z capital is "a greater monument eve
o than this
e. rn parks circles and reservation
Z are placed statues TO individual
d crowned with the laurel wreatl
B. whether the victories were those q
o. peace or war Notable among thes
% are Albert Pike. Benjamin Franklir
9 Marquis de- Lafayette. admiral Dupont
e General Hancock. General Tecumse
y sherman. General Rawlius, and score
{ OF others. Yet the national capital ha
{ "a monument greater than an Of these
/ It is the monument that FAM
, Ibuided 10 the memory Of Theodore
, OHara. the soldier lad. from the darl
- and bloody ground OF old Kentucky