The Washington herald., 1910-07-09
TALK OF THE TOWN.

Those in charge Of the parks Of the city
evidently think that the statues In Lafay-
cite square have attained a state Of dirt
and depravity that is not comparable with
their proud position, for squad OF men
has been az work on them for some time
rnanicuring the pedestale and seeing that
the shoes OF the figures are well shined.
IN addition 10 this they have gone
over the entire upper part OF the monu-
ments and thoroughly cleaned them, so
that all the statues now appear Ike the
one 10 the gentleman with the unpro-
nounceable name in the northeast corner.
II Is supposed that the same treatment
win be accorded TO all the other statues
in town that need it, and most OF them
co.
The pedestals Of the monuments are
cleaned with the usual preparation used
for cleaning stone. and the bronze OK the
statues viii be- scrubbed until It shines
in the sun.
II has been a long time since this has
been done systematically, and - Is
thought that when all the monuments are
thus cleaned the appearance OF them
viii be vastly improved Certainly the
ones in Lafayette Square look great
deal better for their bath and massage.
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II is to be hoped that the fortune that
will come to Robert ST. George Dryeh-
forth. If he does not do lot OF things
mentioned in the viii OF his father, viii
be sufficiently large 70 give him the
measures after he reaches the age Of
tventv-eisht that he viii have been de-
MED before that time. If not. 81 is feared
that he will think that he has received
the wrong end of the bargain.
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on the Fourth OF July number OF the
representatives OF the local press gath
cred at the Bathing Beach during the
hours when the pools were not supposed
to be open TO the public. But DR.. Hud-
son had kindly offered TO allow the re-
7orters swim after their arduous Ia
bors OF the afternoon.
All the Others were young men; indeed.
there wasn't a man there who was not
Young enough TO be the son OF the re-
porter with the iron gray hair.
They had had couple OF swims around
the pool and were going to get out when
some one suggested an interpaper race
across the pool. They all had good
start on the older man. but he managed
10 beat them by a slight margin
Then DR.. Hudson got up an impromptu
fftv-yard dash for all Of them-the last
man 10 serve the refreshments. All hav-
ing assented, the superintendent OF the
pool and DR.. Tindall. the secretary Of the
Board of Commissioners, agreed to act
as referee and starter.
All the men lined up on the bank. and
at the word they were of The younger
men got the start on the old fellow. and
for a while it looked as il he would be
left in the ruck. But stroke by stroke
he pulled up and passed them all, until
at the finish he was a good I'VE yards
ahead Of the young fellow who covers
police for one OF the afternoon papers
Everyone congratulated him on the fine
showing he had made, and asked where
he had learned TO swim so we'll We'll.
bovs." replied he, II was once adver-
Using manager for one OF the biggest
breweries in Pittsburg. and one Of my
duties was to take a drink with all the
advertisers whenever they called. I
don't know whether that had anything
TO do with It or not but ever since I
have been able to swim anywhere and
any time, and I usually come out first
You see it's the early training that
counts"
Every once In awhile the poor tele-
phone operator who is known as in
formation has some new Job tackled onto
her. It ie considered all in the line of
business TO answer calls asking for the
correct time. the score OF the ball game.
or to find who lives at q certain number,
or IL they have 'phone-but there was
a new one sprung on her the other day.
| Il, all came from the fact that three
young ard aspiring representatives OF
] one Of the pansrs In town have dubbed