The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-11
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

While it is generally admitted by the
SCuiptoTs of Washington that the eques-
TRAN statue OF General Logan unveiled
Tuesday is a fine piece of work, there are
those outside the ranks of the artists who
find fault with it Franklin Simmons, the
sculptor has had the doubtful pleasure
OF hearing about as frank a criticism OF
his production as he could ever wish 10
have made. The critic WAS an officer in
the army. one who had known General
Logan during his lifetime quite well At
the close of the ceremonies Of uuveiliuS
Mr.. Simmons approached the officer and
asked him what he thought of the statue
The hat is Tilted too Tar over his nose,
replied the OfnCeT. 1t is too low IN the
crown No one ever saw a cavalry officer
carry his sword ike that. of 70 one side
and one leg IS longer than the other
With these bun comments the officer
! walked away
The Architect of the Capitol, and the
head gardener have taken in hand the
slope below the terraces on the west side.
and have set to work to make it a lawn
of which the city Will be proud. Gangs
of workmen have been employed for some
days digging up the grass, and spad1hg
around the plants All sorts of weeds have
invaded the plot of ground and il is con-
sIdered in its present condition to he a
| disgrace TO the magnificent building that
| 10. Sers above it.
! The bad condition Of the place Is due
chiefly to the sewer improvement which
was made about two years ago The en-
tire grounds were cut across 10y deep
/ trench which was dug to accommodate
4 the sewer that carries Off the water Oh
/ Tiber Creek. The earth thrown up
| covered a good deal Of ground, with
! all the
I grass vas destroyed Last fan an
/ attempt was made 10 raise crop o.
| grass. but the effort was not SuceeSSi vi
/ 1 his spring most OF the tufts o. green mat
| S1rOIItea last year are dead, ana the rest
! are in danger Of being choked 10 deStth pS
IdandeliOns The Iaborers under Gardener
COgan are engaged in roofing out the ustl-
| demon Sprouts. which means dlsslhS "
T! practically the entire lawn. When TINS
! work is finished the ground VIII be pre-
pared and seed Will be soWn. from Wnich
| a hne growth of lawn grass IS expected
There's an old friend said conduc-
! tor on one OF the Capital Traction Com
pany's lines yesterday. as he slipped a
green ticket into his pocketDook. That
ticket must have been issued ten years
| age. ! came to work with the railroad
about that time, and that was the kind OF
ticket they were then using 1t is a mar
vel that anyone should preserve IN his
/ pocketbook or elsewhere 4 small bit of
| cardboard for that length Of time. espe-
ciaIIy when il is worth only cents Yet
1 that's precisely what somebody has done
| Il is quite = common thing for me TO get
/ tickets Of old issues, and this one OF ten
/ years ago is not the only one of its kind
! that / have come across this year took
! another about eight months ago from an
/ old negro nanny, and as she was the
1~-Lrla To..Fs FT4E.TE.
I she got it She said it had been in her
purse for eight or nine years, and that
! she had not been on q street car since
the cay it came into her possession
About six months after / began work here
I the company issued a new ticket. and
there have been lots OF changes since
then.
/ prom the .coIored people that come in
from the country we get all sorts OF
! abused and mutilated tickets Sometimes
( they are worn 50 You can ScarceIy see me
I face, and II Is often that tickets indt us 20
; 10 be passed out in little envelopes by me
( conductors OF the bOb-tailed cars come
! into M hands OF course they have 10
{ he rejected Torn tickets are common
/ enough to be troublesome The rule OF
/ the company is that torn tickets shall be
{ accepted II all the pieces are presented.
S Sometimes / am offered only a Sintll sec
{ ton. and there is a kick when J refuse 10
( accept it l am making collection o.
| Ole street car tickets. and often ! take OLD
/ issues and pay the rare my sell
! a once familiar sign on WashiRSton's
| streets is now but rarely seen and one of
/ the picturesque occupations Of the city
! has become thing Of the past with the
I disappearance Of the rneEdicaut umbrella
member Time was. not so very long ago.
when the wandering repairer Of shelters
from sun and rain was a weIl-known fig
ure about the city bat the department
stores with their repairing branches Rave
taken the trade from the curb-stoue ink
/ ers Together with the old-fashi5ned
/ scissors grinders and their gTindston=s in
/ green wooden frames, the umbrella rlend-
/ er has been forced out OF business ~ TIE
entrance into the field Of competitors too
powerful for them to COPE with