Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-27
Around the City
Consider the lions.

Consider the lions.
You cannot do otherwise, If you ride
by the Grant monument every day In
the year. Even if you sit on the side
Of the car that faces the Capitol grounds
and center your thoughts on the dear
trees and grassy stretches, there are
always other passengers to consider the
lions for you-generally like this:
"Oh. Frank, look at the bronze seals. :"
'"They are not seals They are lions"
well, aren't seals sea lions? Only, !
never knew before that seals had long
| hair like women
That isn't hair, it is name. And they
are not seals. l tell you: they are regular
| lions"
That's all you know about It. Looa
at 'em launched up on their fippers
| like seals on rock-and don't you see
| how slippery wet they are, as II they
mad just mad a diver"
The Frank-man, who has been defend
| ing the king of ,easts, gives up hope
| less cause and the woman's interest Is
diverted by the Peace Monument.
Another critic in another car will con-
tribute something like this:
Il suppose they'll finish that Grant
tomb some sweet day. Wish they'd take
that fence away SOS body could see.
W hats wrong with those lions? The
two this way LOOK ulStdSbu, U
me, with their sA.n hanging in fiabby
folds, like that"
Her companion proves herself to be
intimately acquainted with the bronze
beasts. and interrupts to hand them out
good word.
Those folds are not lion. They are
Stars and Stripes. Each is crouching
on the fiag--dont you see?
"Oh. sure enough; 1T is flag. l thought
1t was mango. or something like that.
f,,yr xr-hny
One man, who needed no badge to
label his patriotism. went on this way:
What in thunder do they mean by
plastering lions all over this town.
They've got four whopping big fellows
done in concrete at the ends of the
Avenue bridge; two fat green bronze
ones on the art gallery steps, and then
this near-jungle over here. l thought we
had done with such animals when we
twisted the British lions tail. The old
American eagle is good enough for me"
Then, again, some enthusiast will break
out INTO paeans over the lions and for
the statue that isn't there.
"Senator Flank told me that they're
going to put the statcher up pretty
soon. and that It Will be the finest mon
ument in the country-I said to him. l
said. that Grant was tho greatest hero
this country ever had. said-and l
he stands up there. guarded by those
four splendid beasts"
Then. again, he may look like Daniel
In the lions den
Still, when II comes to heroes. what ;
the matter with Daniel?
Two women were waiting their turn to
be served in the suit department Of q
store AS they sat in deep-silled window
with the new spring sun shining In on
them and with new spring suits on dis
NAV all around. the woman with the
lorgnette was reminded Of an experience
in New York.
.sWashington's the incest place to shop
N the whole country, and I've been around
enough to know-and New York's about
the worst. according to my notion-If
Won want to get proper attention OF the
clerks there you have TO go shopping like
a fashion plate. ! remember one rainy
morning put on my oldest st, clothes ,taaa ana
waist. In the first store I entered. l
noticed that though couple or man
clerks were chatting with young woman
in the lace department. neither OF them
made the least motion TO wait on me. !
am not In the angel class. so when l
thought ii about time to call them down
did it. The nearest man-only 1t seems
ridiculous to call him man-sauntereo
over YEARLY and proceeded In what ne
plainly intended to be a disdain1ui man :
ner to take down q bolt Of linen from
shelf. As soon as got the fabric between
my Fingers raised my lorgnette to ex-
enine the weave, when. to my astonish-
ment the clerk began pulling down more
bolts Of linen and explaining volubly the
merits of each. 1t was not until ! was
handed my package with really polite
smile that the why Of his sudden change
OF front occurred to me. He had judged
me by my good old honest everyday suit.
and then thought 1t prudent to correct
his opinion at sight Of Q gold lorgnette.
Now. you'd never have that happen to
you in Washington.
Chalk another vote for the man who
said things about the bad manners of
little old New York!
II you also are q polite person. who con-
et<Sers ~ the kind thing to cloSo tha dor