New-York tribune., 1901-09-06
TO KEEP HIS MEMORY GREEN.
THE FIGURE OR SET OF FIGURES" TO
BE MADE OUT OF MR.. LAW
SONS YACHT.

In spite of the dark cloak Of gloom in which
he just now chooses to enshroud himself, Thomas
w. Lawson. of Boston, has had one OF the most
successful summers that he could wish He
has had his name in the paper just about every
day. He had scarcely begun to build his yacht
to defend the Americas Cup when even the
New-York papers printed his name. rather con-
spicuously. AS things went on they printed It
often, and as soon the yacht was done they
did better still; they began TO print his grevous
complaints in full. Those must have been happy
days for Mr.. Lawson.
BY and by his yacht began to race with the
yachts OF the New-York Yacht Club. Mr.. Law
sons yacht was beaten by them in calm and in
storm; it beaten in a whole sail breeze
beaten in a two reef breeze, beaten at drifting,
beaten at running, beaten at reaching, beaten at
beating. What difference did 1t make? Mr..
Lawson's name was printed in all the papers
every time just IL his yacht had Then
he announced-what it would seem anybody
ought 10 recognize-that his yacht would have
distanced all the others all the time If the New
York Yacht Club had only had. better manners
OF course such dear. sweet, coy little yacht
couldn't sail when she felt so snubbed.
Finally Mr.. Lawson's yacht sailed against
some oyster soops or lobster pots something
that they have down there at Boston. and left
them simply nowhere, or, rather. left them at
Boston, and into the papers again went Mr..
Lawson's name. And now. lest forget"
Mr.. Lawson is going to have his yacht remod-
elled into "a figure or set of figures to illustrate
the incident" This is wise. The papers. how
ever good their intentions cannot go on print
ing Mr.. Lawson's name forever. Other things
Will turn up and fill the space and something
in the nature of a triumphless arch on Boston
Common a button with Mr.. Lawson's photo
graph on IL would be chaste and neat and would
serve 20 remind Bostonians that a Boston man
did once have his name in the Newly papers
pretty often for quite a while. IT is not clear
from Mr. Lawson's announcement whether he
means TO turn all the metal into some one great
monument, TO make IL up into handy little
souvenirs and place them where the iron. or
whatever 1t is which they contain. will most
frequently enter into the souls of the tyrannical
members of the New-York Yacht Club. AS far
has been heard in this city, nothing has ever
been put in the place of the cogswell Fountain,
which years ago given to Boston ana then
given back again. The present opportunity
might be good one for filling up that hole
II is said that some Boston people do not share
Mr.. Lawson's views as to the indignity which
he thinks that he has suffered, and his city
Yacht Club If so, 1t is unfortunate that he
should place his city in such light. Boston
has always been a modest and unassumlng
town, working quietly for the good of all the
world and ii is making earnest efforts to
gain dignity and commercial recognition. It's
we'll ntentioned citizens should he assured that
New Workers do not for a moment entertain
any hard feelings against them or their town on
account OF Mr.. Lawsons childish bursts of tenn
per- or understand them at all representative
Of the sentiment OF his city.