The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-12
TOURISTS LOOK AT
MANY STATUES BUT
not MIR. STINNETT
DIFFERENT IDEAS PREVAIL.
49, TO FORM or AMusE.
MENr AND ENTERTAIN
MENT nv WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON, Sept. IA
friend who occasionally catches
the paragraphs this writer scrib-
hles said: II remember once YOU
wrote about what you would do
~ Washington if you were a
tourist. Tell me, what would YOU
see and where would you 20 if
you weren't a tourist?a
Il took a little digging TO get
what he meant. but i got it. He
didn't want TO see the Washing
ton Monument, the Capitol Con-
gress IN session, the Lincoln Me-
mortal and such. He wanted to
take the back roads and depend
on them to give him the feel Of
the country-or in this case, the
city-he was passing through.
It was a tough assignment.
After all, whoever heard Of any
one trying to explain how not to
be Washington guide? But it
was fun trying and I'm going to
pass along this list of things to
do and places to 60 in Washing
ton that tourists might miss.
First, I'd turn my back on the
Washington Monument and
match horseshoe pitching or the
sQftbalI games in the t-ee-shaded
areas of Potomac Park. These
contest are nearly always de-
partmental and although / doubt
that you'll ever find cabinet
member working up lather on
the team, you would be surpris-
ed If some one pointed out the
big Hexecsp that sometimes are
in the galleries.
Having wendell down tree
shaded Mount Vernon Memorial
highway to the ore-time home
Of George Washington, would
take one look at the back door,
walk out through the lockwood
hedges to the left, glimpse at the
little octagonal schoolroom two
pupils only and be sure that
Mount Vernon was much better
than the postcards.
I'd 60 down to the waterfront
tits only the Potomac) and have
lunch or dinner at one of the
seafood "jerntsYAand / would
insist that the waiter or waitress
tell me what's Gin season" with
the specific understanding that il
don't like it. I'll send 1t back).
/ would 90 to the Department
of Justice building beat my
way right through to the office
and conference room of the At
torney General and spend as
long as liked looking at the two
murals by Leon Knoll One OF
them is called aThe Defeat OF
Justice" the other, sThe Vic
tory of Justice. In this latter,
would note that Chief Justice
Harlan r. Stone is one of the
principal characters and l would
reflect that when this mural
was painted, Mr. Stone was just
another Associate Justice.
Since thees nnurals are among
the very few in Washington not
on the tourist agenda, and al
most the only ones which critics
agree are practically the best
would be positive that / had
made my bow to some of the
greatest of today's art-of which
Washington, oddly enough gnev-
er having been considered q
world art centerl, now is very
full X.
would pull all the strings I
could to get into the Washington
Navy Yard 1t really isn't a
Navy Yard, but it's lis acres
of the Nays best in modern
'ordnances, which incIud e 5
everything from minutely :
ground lenses for binoculars to
gigantic 16-inch guns. Besides,
it's the only place in the world
where you can see such historic
ships anchored almost bow-to-
stern as the old Hartford" and
the POTOMAC which has car
ried President Roosevelt from
the fishing trips of peaceful days
to conference in the North At
lantic.
I'd drive without stopping)
through the hills of Arlington
Cemetery; walk for hours along
the old Canal that winds for
more than 200 miles up the
Potomac river; pedal bicycle
through the maze of Rock Greek
Park; and telephone my con-
gresham and say / didn't want