El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-05-22
Monuments Help Make Washington BeautySpO OfNaton;
"Cy OF Stataes "Appropriate Name For Capital OfU S.

WASHINGTON, D. C.. Nay Alt
w tie Chris would say the towns
full O. tombstones Johnny Mac
would probabl-- say-but I am not au-
thorized to speak for Johnny Mac as
am for Little Chris, but he prob
ably would say he had to run so fast
TO keep up with his father that he
didn't see them Nevertheless, the
monuments In Washington are one Of
the really interesting things about
the national capital
lTonumeuts are eVeryW here-every-
body who has ever been anybody
seems 10 have drawn one There are
monuments to our more or less pa
friotic public men since the time Of
George Washington II they are not
IN one Of the circles or squares or
before some public building or in
some garden or other, they have
or in the capitol itself, either IN
Statuary han or sucked away some
where in a niche
Statues are Ike photograph
very deceptive. Some Of them
must flntter the oririnaIa, hut
II some OF the originals looked
like the statues, then there
should be q law against putting
up a statue or dedfcntinE q bust
Of q nan after he S. dead.
But, for the most part, they are in
tereslng, and they add greatly to
making Washington the beauty spot
OF the United States. No other city
has such beautiful parks, so many
trees on its streets and, OF course.
so many beautiful buildings. for the
funds OF the federal government have
been behind the building work and
some real results have been secured
No city So Beautiful
No other city In this country has
SO much beautiful, historical statuary
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Of the most beautiful, a memorial TO
the great Grant, Is now In course OF
constructing in the botanical gar
dens, facing the capitol Lack OF clay
for making the model Is delaying the
work Of casting the main bronze
group, but the two smaller groups,
representing scenes during the civil
war. are already IN place The granite
base and the marble sections are com
pleted- Il viii be one OF the master
pieces OF the world when completed,
they say, and this is not difficult TO
A Mexican Battle.
OF paintings historical ana other
wise. there are many wonderful ones
in the capitol, in the art galleries
in the Congressional Library and
elsewhere. One that attracts the at
teHticn OF an Fl Pasoan is the Bat
the stairs leading to the senate gal
lery. 1t Is a fine painting and the
artist must have been a long time
making It, but II the battle ever
looked like that when old Cen Scott
and Capt. Grant and their fighters
were taking Chapultepec, then it out
did anything OF a spectacular nature
ever conceived BY Dillingham; Tor his
Hippodrome and laid in the shade for
color and grandeur anything Garnett
King ever worked up for an FL Paso
Os-Aple parade
At the foot Of the stairs. looking
up a. the picture, stands a statue
when I first looked ] thought Il had
a cynical smile on It, but perhaps
not Il is the statue Of John Han
cock. who made signatures famous
II he ever saw a battle ana could
smile, I'm sure he WOULD have q
smile On his face
Parks and statues-
But anyhow, the City OF Statues
might well be applied TO Washington
and IL is worth ones while just %
wander from place 70 place and IN I
spect them. You can't even feel so 4
zuti-German Il you stop over In the 1
corner OF lafayette square where the 4
squirrels are playing about the base I
OF baron Won Eteubens statue ana ]
read how he offered his sword 20 the
Contineual army and drilled its raw
recruits into major generals About
the bases OF most OF the statues are
historical cannon worthy OF inspec-
from come historical I
fought. cannon with a history and /
surrounded by sentiment and 70
nance. With the little birds playing I
in the trees overhead or on the grass /
about your feet, the squirrels run |
ming hither and thither for peanuts 4
or anything else 70 eat, the bulbs 1
poisoning in their yellows. puppies /
and pinks In the beds-its inspiring I
and makes you realize what a real /
spring is like
FL PuHo Vegetation There.
And Washington has every variety 1
Of tree IN the World-if It viii grow /
in the Washington climate II they /
are not IN the parks downtown, they /
are IN the capitol grounds or the bo- I
rauical gardens Now I know where ]
20 get the names OF al the desert I
plants around Fl Paso. They have q 4
whole house fun Of them. all prop 4
erly and plainly labeled, 50 that Jack |
Shsehan or .Wilie Winch could IN /
derstand them Every plant that 4
grows on the rocky hills about FL /
Paso f. found in this collection Some /
Of them have names we never knew 1
belonged 10 them, OF course, but we 4
would all know the plants For In
stance. they don't call the tequila
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