Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-04

II do. but not in the sense you mean
1t Is fresh. yes. But ii is the freshness
of the flower
Anent American Independence.
Onward went the automobile gliding
across busy streets and car tracks. More
than once indignant citizens refused To
move from the juggernaut-like car until
1t was fairly upon them. jumping agilely
and angrily to the curbing when they
finally comprehended that the machine
was not going to get on the sidewalk for
them
That is one feature that 1 greatly ad-
mlre, remarked the Chinese editor-"the
American independence. There is nothing
more splendid than the man who is de-
termined to stand by his right and see
that he gets justice.
Such a man you see In every street in
Washington. Such man we meet when
we take our walks about. He is always
In evidence. He makes you walk clear
past him in the street. and If you are in
a carriage 1t is your duty to that
he is not run over. Oh. the man of in
dependence Is admirable,'
BY this time the vehicle containing
the editor and the nonentity had arrived
at the Peace monument and was turning
southwark to pass along the asphalt road
way intended for automobiles.
The statue seemed to catch the editor S
eye. He asked several times where il
had been made and why L had been
erected. He was told of the incident lead
ing to its erection and he seemed deeply
impressed.
so that marks the terrible times of the
civil war;" he murmured to himself
what wonderful statue that is. See
how the goddess weeps. on the shoulder
of the stronger deity. She is weeping
doubtless for many things besides dead
sons and burned homes. She weeps for
the lack of progress, the hindering of
civilization and the strong efforts of man
to turn back the wheel of time and stay
the hand of improvement.
We'll may she weep. 1t is her con-
ISOLATION
The editor then asked whether the COM
OF a statue showing the goddess laughing
as typical of the present time. He was
informed that this had never been con-
sidered by the authorities. AS the auto
mobile passed the Capitol Ii Sum Ling
gazed raptly upon it.
What splendid building for the MAX
ing of the law" he explained $50 there
is where the honorable congressman
gather of a winter and discuss what this
country can best be without
1.-The dome is real nice, isn't it?' re-
marked the nonentity.
'Ah. yes: beautiful and like the cap
of liberty" replied the editor. that is
indeed remarkable. the resemblance of the
dome of the Capitol to the French cap
Of liberty. Only it is entirely artistic. the
dome is. and without the horrible sug-
gestiveness that attends the cap.
Indeed. the whole building is ex-
pressive of the idea of liberty. There is
freedom in the scheme of architecture.
Nothing crowded; nothing cramped. Ev-
erything free and with plenty of ROOM
His attention was called to the statue
of Liberty at the top of the Capitol.
"A woman at the top" he remarked
that is like a woman. Laws and regu-
lations only seem to finally bring them
out at the top. They are wonderful be-
ings, and it Is well they have such a
figure at the dome of the Capitol
1.-The beautiful feature of the Capitol
to me-" continued the editor. purely and
entirely regarded as a feature is the
grounds surrounding the building. They
are remarkably we'll kept and in a con-
dition of freshness that makes one want
to stop his vehicle and walk in them"
Around the broad path the automobile
swept. coming out on the other side
where the statue of George Washington
arrayed in a blanket continually faces
the Capitol.