Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-05
.lfT YHY is Grants face turned
NV from the Capitol"'
" You hear the question

" You hear the question
i asked twice every day
| provided you live on the Hill and take
| the cars to work, going and coming
And everybody has a reason. Gen.
orally it is a criticism, but once in q
| while defender puts up an explana
ton like this:
because he prefers to look at the
Wh1te House, where he lived, and al
Arlington, where he ought to be
buried"
Wants to face his brother gen.
eral-"
Who? Sherman? Say, remem Der
what Grant said after reading Sher-
mans history of the war?'
Il can tell you"-the promise was
gentleman with a bronze button on
his coat. Grant said, 4 thought |
was in that war until 1 read brother
Sherman's book Grant was the
greatest general in the Union, sir. ]
fought under him, and l know. And
next to him put Mcclellan and Con-
federate Robert Z. Lee of Virginia
sir!
The eu1ogy went unchallenged. For
it is doctrine. that U. S. Grant will
live, personally. until the last pulse
beat of the last boy in blue"
And for that very best of reasons
the belongings of the commanding
general of the Army will be of in
terest to every veteran who is able
to attend the unwilling ceremony to
take place in the more or less near
future. These treasures at the Ma
tional Museum include:
shoulder straps, buttons, hat orna-
ments and epaulets. grouped in the
order in which they were earned
serve as so many stepping stones
to the heights of military glory to
which the hero attained and war
grimed uniform which looks as if il
had gone through more than enough
to win the "gold-fringed epaulets OF
the general of the army" which blaze
in gorgeous heap nearby.
The Grant collection is large enough
to fill several great cases, and so va
ried in character as to represent al
most every quarter OF the globe. The
smallest exhibit is jade cup, the
size and color of wild ducks egg
and not much thicker than it's shell
1t was gift from the regent OF
China, at the time of Gen. Grants
visit to the orient. The largest pres
ent is a ponderously magnificent buff
fet. composed of cloud-tinted onyx
and mounted in dull. carved brass
The citizens of Pueblo, Mex. took
this method of expressing their APP
probation of their warrior guest
Which shows how nice Mexico can be
when she tries.
No matter how the monument man
ayers may pose the statue, Grants
head, historically, can never be
turned. seeing he has already har-
vested his immortality and will live
forever in story and song-but:
The weapon he fought with is so
much junk today. Carbine. muske
and rifle have given way to machine
guns, and clash Of sabers, man to
man, has been replaced by the purr
of long-distance shells. The old ar
mory of fame is a morgue.
But the flag that Grant and his blue
army fought for is still in style. And
1t is the flag that counts.
GIVES SIR. if was to die, the folks
along my route would send me
neckties, instead Of flowers"
"Glad you warned me. I shall see
that my notice winds up with kindly
omit neckties.
When you near talk ike tnat, you
naturally pause for details-which was
why a woman whose name might have
been. Mrs. Paul Pry, but doubtless
wasn't, halted on a post Office step
near enough to listen in on two mail
carriers who were comparing Christ
mas experiences:
"Got twenty-five last Christmas: all
white, except a couple Of silver grays
and a blue. Not lady along the line
had caught on to the fact that I never
wear anything but a black shoestring."
You got ahead Of me. I only drew
fourteen: all Of the. kind fellow gets
married in. Came in mighty handy,
too, for dances and gifts around-and,
Of course, if was fine in the families
along the line to remember me so hand
somely-as high as neckties were last
season.
ut will be the same this. time. son
with occasional handkerchiefs or, once
in a long while. three pairs of socks
in q box. AS my old girl says, if they
would just, think Of a Turkish towel
or some table napkins or any little home
thing to take off the cuss Of neckties-
not that I'm kicking. understand-Im
appreciative and all that
Sure. Why, say, there are a dozen