The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-06-19
EDITOR TAKES TRIP
ROUND TOWN WITH
HIS YOUNG FRIENDS.
Tells of His Own Jaunt
With Acquaintance
From West.

print and less seldom use that old
personal pronoun about which we
heard SO much in school.
As editor of The Tiny Herald 1
feel that should have some privi-
leges at times. II for no other rea-
son than to have a little chummy
talk with my readers. l simply can't
hide myself away from my friends
all the time, so for this once, any
way, that personal pronoun is going
to be used, and you-ail of you-and
your editor are going to get ac-
quainted.
Know Your own City.
First of all. / want to get some
thing mighty important off my
chest. Only the other day a friend
of mine from out West dropped in
on me while l was pounding away
at my typewriter. After we had
exchanged notes on our various ad-
ventures since we had last met, my
friend wanted me to take him
around town and show him some Of
the sights. Now, I've been in
Washington for-well. I'm ashamed
now to say how long l have been
here. but it's a good long time. But
Judge for yourself why I'm
ashamed to give the date of my
arrival.
At any rate, I took my friend by
the arm and out of the office we
went. When we reached the side
walk 1 stopped. Where could I
take him? What could show him?
Ny friend noticed my hesitancy and
pulled impatiently at my arm.
Come on, you" he said. what's
the matter? 1 can't stay in Wash
T.
are you going to show me? Bring
out your wonderful sights" he
added, sarcastically.
Editor Nearly "FIoored.-
His Impotence and sarcasm had
me pretty nearly f1oored- l honest
" didn't know what to do or where
10 turn. l have seen the Washing
ton Monument, of course. 1 have
even been over on the Ellipse, but
i have never been up in that huge
structure of granite and marble.
I've been in the Treasury Building
and. of course. up to the Capitol and
the Library of Congress With the
exception of visits to one or two
other public buildings, that has been
the extent of my sightseeing in the
Nations Capital, and I've been here
=, But to go on.
As said, / was at my wits end.
To gain time l asked him in my
best finland manner II there was
anything in particular that he
wanted to see FIRST To this day 1
firmly believe that he saw through
me at that moment. for he an
swered. quite as off-hahdedly as
had asked him, that he wanted to
See the Government Printing Office.
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where Lincoln died. the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing. the House
and Senate Office buildings, the
Capitol. the White House. the-the-
the-and he ratified off the names of
several million places he had heard
of that he wanted to see, taste and
touch.
At that moment a sightseeing
bus rolled past and furnished what
l thought was a life saver. What
do you think" I asked brightly, "of
taking a trip on one of those
buses? We can see the whole town
then and the guide will give you
names. dates and everything else
besides. Come on. let's get one of
them"
Wouldn't Take Bus.
Not me-" he said. These buses
are alright, / suppose, but 1 want
TO see everything in my own way.
Let's go. Were wasting time"
saw there was no use arguing
further so in dismay 1 replied
weakly, "All right, then, let's start"
SO. off we started.
Our first destination, / decided,
would be the Washington Monu-
ment, so in that direction we went.
1 can't go into details. but 1 want
to say now I am a booster for
Washington's memorial. When we
reached the top of the Monument
after a journey of several minutes
up in the elevator 1 was for the sec
ond time that day at loss to know
what to say or think. That view
from the windows was-well, I
can't tell you how 1 felt.
Had Much to See.
Ny surprise and wonderment
were repeated again and again
when we walked slowly through
the Library of Congress. the Capt
tol. the Lincoln Memorial-which
latter place is not yet completed
and dozens of other places about
which 1 had heard but had never
seen. OF course, my friend and 1
didn't make this tour in one day.
1 had work to do, and. as he said.
there was a limit to the amount of
walking he could do. He was here.
though, for little over a week. and
i went out with him every dav on
happy-go-lucky sort of sightsee-
ing trip. We went where we
pleased and we stayed as long as
we pleased. but we saw and learned
oceans of things.
My friend has now returned to his
home in the West. but / am still
keeping at sightseeing. The Library
OF Congress cannot be appreciated
in an hour OF two. let alone the
National Museum, so I am making
regular visits and seeing Just a
little each day. l said seeing" bat
really meant learning"
Time to Get Busy.
So this is the thing which was
mighty important that I wanted to
tell you. II any of you have done
as I have-that is, lived here for
err, some time-and haven't seen
some of the things around you, then
il is time for you to get busy.
Here's a little pointer, too. If you
will put in your summer sightsee-
ing in Washington. I venture to say
a lot of things teacher will talk
about next fall will not sound like
Greek to you.
One more thing before I finish.
II after visiting one of these places,
you think you can write TO me and
tell me what you have seen, I'll
print your letter in The Tiny Herald.
IL you do write me about your