The Yale expositor., 1912-06-20

cosely, but the story was taken seri-
ously and the Missouri representative
had hard work trying to put the yarn
on its right basis. 1t kept appearing
and reappearing head foremost and
finally the speaker gave it rE-
Could Teach Him to Drive Mules.
The messenger who has been at
tached to the speakers room in the
capitol for long time is a colored
man named Neill. He held his posi-
ton through successive speakerships
from the day of Samuel ]. Randall of
pennsylvania. One day after the con-
gressional elections which returned
Democratic majority to the house of
representatives, Neill met in the cor
ridor Representative Burleson of Tex
as. Mr.. Burleson and Mr.. Clark were
and are close friends, although today
the Texan is supporting an opponent
or Mr.. Clark for the presidential NOM
ination. Neill said:
Good morning, Mr. Burleson.
hear Mr.. Champ Clark is going to
drive a pair of Missouri mules down
ed speaker Is that true, Mr.. Burle-
SOM"
We'll, Neill," said Mr.. Burleson,
Mr.. Clark is a man of his word, and
If he was going to drive the mules you
may be sure that he WILL
II don't just like to tell Mr.. Clark
so myself, Mr.. Burleson. but would
you mind telling him that If he
is going to drive any mules there amt
nobody in Washington can teach him
how better than me?"
Burleson duly reported the facts IN
the case to the next speaker of the
house.
Pick Flaws In Statues.
In advance OF any findings OF
the fine arts commission which
Is charged with the work Of
making Washington artistically
worthy, the newspapers and residents
OF the capital are calling attention
to the shortcomings, as they view
them, of some of the statues of the
great ones as they appear in the pub
lie parks. There are as many minds
on the matter of worthiness or lack
OF worthiness as there are monu.
ments.
For one who knows that he is not
qualified to pass judgment there re-
mains only the course of setting down
what others say. At the south front
OF the treasury building there stands
an equestrian statue of William Te-
cumseh Sherman. The Sherman horse
is not attempting, like the horse of
General Jackson which stands In
Lafayette park, to break the natural
law of gravitation, but fault has been
found with it nevertheless, and re-
Gently men, who are supposed to
know all about art as it applies to ev-
erything which comes within It's
scope, have said that the horse is
bad. Nevertheless, it looks like
very good horse and there are men
who know horses and who sa.' it Is
well-nigh perfect
Horse Seems to Be Headless.
There is one curious criticism
passed on the Sherman status. 1t is
said that If you stand at certain
place on Fifteenth street and look at
tie horse it appears TO be headless.
1t Is true that Sherman's mount has
its head low. The general has given
it the bride and has allowed it to
rest its neck" for that is what
horse does under certain circum-
stances. From the Fifteenth street
point of view you look at the head
straight on, and because it is in line
with the body, Of course you cannot
see 1t distinctly. Perhaps the criti-
cism would not be worth attention
were it not for the fact that 1t is the
one most constantly in evidence. 1t
probably had its origin with one of
the guides to the city, who was trying
to find something new to say about
the statue to the strangers in our
midst" who had paid him 80 cents a
head to be enlightened on the show
things of the city,
In the center of Thomas circle
there is an equestrian statue of Gen
eral Thomas, Pap" Thomas, the Rock
of Chckamauga. 1t is said that the
hSuic vi tht Stutldl IL IOl lhdl
it should be, but it might be the
worst thing ever perpetrated in
sculpture, and yet the monument it.
self would be beauty. The horse is
delight to the eye. 1t has beer pro-
nounced the most perfect horse in
bronze or marble that this country
holds,
Freedom Shrieked Again.
Some time ago a statue of Koscius-
kc was erected in Lafayette square.
The fault-finders have had time for
campaign, and those who seem to
know something about art maintain
that the fault-finders have plenty of
justification for all that they choose
to say.
We have the word of Thomas
Campbell that Freedom shrieked as
Kosciusko fell" Now the humorous
ly inclined say that freedom shrieked |
again as Kosciusko rose in bronze.