In Winter Quarters From Dumbiedykes to Town And Back Again
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But come to think of it why indeed should not the statue now and then bring the laughter that [101] In Winter Quarters always lies so near the tears? Have we so soon forgotten Sir Tobey and the Dromios? Why not therefore high comedy as well as great romance and tragedy effectively dispensed at differ- ent hours and seasons from the self- same monument? And while on this subject, many of you have seen of course the famous Lafayette group of statuary opposite the White House grounds in Washing- t...on. The marquis high upon his pedestal with a flowing drapery de- pending from an extended arm looks down upon a female figure placed in supplicating posture at his feet. The lady looks up appealingly into the hero's face and holds aloft for him to grasp a sword. America pleading for his help perhaps; but once upon a time a sacrilegious wag remarked, after studying the situation, that the woman is really giving expression to a very elemental human thought: "I say, old Top, please hand me down my [102] Parkways and Willows clothes and you shall have your blade!' ' How short indeed the step at times from sky to earth !
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