Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-04-19


lows, reds and whites, the trees partly
leaved, and spring, with all its allure
ments, is present.
The school children will continue to
come all through April, and with them
will come the objects of even greater
interest than school children-the
brides and grooms. Washington is
busy city when congress is in session,
but it is a buster city when the excur-
sionists are in session. The railroads
seemingly make it as easy as they can
for Americans to see the capital of
| their country at its best. If the rates
cannot be accounted as really low,
then there is evidence here that the
parents Of the American school chill
dren must be fairly prosperous. It
costs something to live in hotels in
Washington, and it costs something to
/ do sightseeing in an approved way.
/ None of the thousands upon thousands
of children now here seen to present
any evidence Of the existence of hard
times.
Shortly now about four thousand
L L
will come to washington as delegates
from their numerically strong order to
the annual convention of the organiza-
| tion. The Daughters hold their meet
| ings during the week in which falls
April 10 which is the anniversary Of
/ the battles Of Lexington and Concord.
The Washington guides who take out
~, 10 Of eff Ia
I interest are mighty careful what an
swer they make to questions put to
! them by Daughters of the American
Revolution. Somebody has said that
the Daughters know more about Amer
lean history than American history
knows about itself.
Fuss Over jackson Statue.
There is a sharp controversy in this
town because of a proposal to remove
the statue Of Andrew Jackson which
stands in Lafayette square, and to re
place it with one of George Washing
ton which stands in a little park close
to the Georgetown line. Washington
is divided into two warning camps on
the proposition and some things not
altogether pleasant have been said by
both sides to the controversy.
The fine arts commission of Wash
fngton, an official body, has been try
ing for years to prevent the erection
of statues and monuments in the
parks which are not artiStically cor
rect and beautiful. Now General
Jackson was General Jackson and
everybody here admits he should
! be honored with statue but
the hard truth is that the statue of
Old Hickory in Lafayette square has
been a butt for fun and ridicule for
a good many years. It is called flip
PANTY and frequently the Rocking
Horse Statue" The general is shown
on a rearing horse and the wonder
always has been how he manages to
keep his seat and how his mount man
ages to keep his balance.
Now, no one of course objects to the
appearance in Lafayette square of a
statue Of George Washington. The
whole trouble has come from the pro-
posaI to make Jackson give way to
Washington. Jackson rides his horse
in the center of the park, the most
commanding park site for memorial
in the city of Washington. The facts
that the site is commanding and is in
the direct line Of view from the front
door of the White House are chief
reasons why many people think that
the place now occupied by Jackson
should be given to Washington.
4 May Add Statue of DeGrasse.
There are FIVE statues in Lafay-
cite square, one Of Lafayette, one Of
Rochanbeau, one of Kosciusko, one of
Won Steuben and one of Jackson. A
plan has been proposed by several pa
triotic societies to add a sixth, of Adj
miral DeGrasse, whose fleet helped
the Americans win their victory over
CORVALLIS at Yorktown. The pro-
posal to honor Decrease first was
made several years ago. The war di-
yerted attention from the project but
it has been renewed and now it seems
likely the great French sailor will
have his memorial in the capital of
the country which in considerable
/ measure lie uG1pOQ u lIdhC DOooIOACs
While the proposal has been to put
statue of De Grasse in Lafayette
square the chances seem to be against
it's location in that park, which Is not
by any means large one. The five
statues already there stand one in
the center and one at each corner.
Another statue would unbalance
things, and this is why probably con-
sideration will not be given even to
placing a memorial to Washington in
the park unless the statue of Jackson
is removed.
Some time ago the Sons of the
Revolution, with the French Ambas-
ksador j. j. Jusserand as their guest,
visited Yorktown, the scene of Wash
ingtons great victory which was made
possible by the aid of the French. It
is possible that the memorial to De
Grasse will be erected in this old Vir-
ginia town which the French admiral
saw when he arrived off the Vir-
ginia shore to prevent aid from the
British fleet reaching the beleaguered
British garrison.
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feathered monster which formerly In