Evening star., 1934-09-23
BY FRANK G.. CARPENTER.
CHAPTER MI.

and from many of the foreign govern
ments to be incorporated in the about
to-be-built structure. Forty OF these
stones were built into the old part OF
the Monument; the remainder now lie
In a low, long, narrow shed, over which
its western shadow falls. There must
be several hundred OF them. some
large, some small. In looking over
them l find a large part come from
the various Odd Fellow and Masonic
organizations. The Philadelphia and
New York Fire Departments furnished
two great slabs and others are gntS
from Methodist and Presbyterian Sun
dav schools. The ladies Of Lowell fur
nish a slab of marble which is IN
scrlbed.
Here. industry her greatest tribute
pays
To him whose valor won us prosper
Gus days"
The members of the Dramatic AS
sociation of America are represented
by a square block Of pure white mar
bic. from the center of which rises
Nfe-size medallion of Shakespeare
over whose head are carved the WoroS
"All who live must die" Many OF the
States have sent memorial blocks Ne
yada's is a cube of gray granite, 4
feet in diameter. with the name OF the
State written upon it in letters OF sll-
yer. the strokes of which are an men
wide. Kansas boasts a coat OF arms
on its block as do several other States
The foreign stones are the hnest
of the collection. That of the SWISS
Confederation is Of granite, beaut1ully
polished. with the face feet long
and 4 feet wide. on which is inscribed
in bronze letters To the memory OF
Washington. Brazil sends a beautiful
crav marble cube. bearing the i'm
pcrial coat of arms: China a slab oi
green stone covered with tea-ooX char
acters, and the Sultan has large
marble slab elaborately carved with
a gingerbread work of blue and gold.
The MOrmonS are represented by a
beehive carved on stone, and a label
showing that it came from Deseret:
Above it is written the watch-Word OF
the church. Holiness to the Lord"
In addition to the above there are
q number of stones sent by individual
societies who wish to advertise them
selves, and some by others who would
like to make the Monument national
museum. Among these latter is an
Egyptian head Of some dark stone
perhaps 8 inches square, imbedded in
a thin tombstone of white marble. The
inscription states that the stone head
is two or three thousand years old,
that it came from a temple erected to
Augustus on the banks of the Nile. AS
Augustus was born only about go years
before Christ. it is hard to see how
they make the stone even two thou
sand years old, to say nothing OF three.
Another stone purports to come from
Carthage. but the picture on it looks
wonderfully like the trade mark of a
patent medicine advertisement and l
notice a doctors name at the bottom,
Barnum's Circus.
Barnum's circus has been here this
week, and, as usual, all Washington
has turned out to see it. The National
Capital is the best circus town in the
country. Every one goes, from cabl-
net minister to bootblack, and I saw
United States Senators, Representa-
tiveS and generals of the Army scat
tered here and there among the 10000
who were present Monday night. Sen
ator Butler of South Carolina sat just
below me, Gen. Wolfords long nose
shown out from the next tier and
Marshal McMichael came walking in
in a swallow tail coat and white neck
tie. Many of the Washington bellies
were present.
When the circus was at its height
the clouds which had been threaten
ing all the evening burst forth in a
furious thunderstorm; the rain came
down in torrents. Soon the tents were
saturated and drops Of water began to
fall on Jumbo the white elephant.
and on the gaily-clothed women and
nattily-dressed men. AS the circus
went on the storm grew fiercer. Now
a vivid flash of lightning would draw
a Shrek from some timid female, and
again and again the horses for the
circus performance in the arena,
frightened by lightning, jumped to
one side and threw their riders to the
ground. BY the time the performance
was ended the audience presented a
sorry sight. and the wilted throng
splashed out through the muddy pools,
denouncing the circus, the rain and
nature in general.
Mai Hayworth, superintendent OF
Indian education. says that the rapid
disappearance of the buffalo from the
Western plains is increasing, and that
now few are to be met with in the
United States.
MANY of them in the North have
gone over into British America, he
explains. Where a few years ago I
have often had to stop for an hour and
a half to let passing herd go by, now
none are to be found. The Indians feel
the loss greatly. Indeed, they see
little hope of making living in the
future unless they become civilized. y
Justice Marshan's Statue.
Chief Justice Marshall'S bronze
statue. which was dedicated Satur-
oav and which cost $4,000, is a
of the Capital. Washington has sew
eral large fortunes represented by
its statues. Greenough'S naked Wash
ington at the front of the Capitol
cost $4,000 and the ridiculously
placed Naval Monument at the foot
of Pennsylvania avenue cost S25,OOO.
The bronze statue of Freedom on the
Capitol dome cost $4,000 and the
groups of the Emancipation in Lin
coin Park, $4,000.
The audience which celebrated the
dedication of the Marshall statue was
made up of the most noted men that
one will find gathered together once
in a twelvemonth. The cabinet, the
Supreme Court. the Senate and the
House we're present, together with the
leading literary and social lights OF
the Capital.
A trio of famous old men sat
together in the front row-George
Bancroft, w. w. Corcoran and Robert
c. Winthrop of Massachusetts,. Ban
croft, as old as the century, with
his long white patriarchal beard, his
thin face and slender frame, sat
erect during the exercises, and at