Show HERO IS FORGOT FEN FEW BOSTON PEOPLE VISIT HOME OF PAUL REVERE Outsiders Largely Pay Tribute to This Patriot of Revolutionary Days I Children Lead Their Parents Par-ents to the Place Visitors to the Paul Revere house In North square opened about a year ago ns a public museum number rela tively few Dostonlans and according to the custodian the larger number of Boston people who do go to the house nre with guests from other places whom they are showing the sights says the Boston Herald This Is my first visit here said a Boston business man one day recently re-cently on entering the house I am over fifty and have lived In Boston nil my life I have always had It In mind to come down this way some I day and the only reason J didnt was because 1 thought I could come any day I finally got hero through the Interest of a young son of mine lie came home from school the other day bubbling over with Paul Reveres ride that the teacher had been road Ing to him lie asked question after question that I was not able to answer an-swer What did Paul Reveres house look likehow old was It now His teacher said It was about 100 years old when Paul bought Ita fact that was news to me The teacher also told him there was an old flintlock fowling piece In the house which was Pauls own gun and that youngster wanted to know Just what It looked like and how was It different from other guns The lad stumped me so I said I wouldnt put off this visit another an-other day c According to the custodian this case Is a parallel of many Parents aro awakened to the significance sig-nificance of the place and Its teachings teach-ings when their children begin to ask questions which they find they cannot can-not answer A little later these same parents will come again accompanied by their children and you may hear one say proudly llere son look at this gun which was once Paul Reveres Re-veres and listen now while dad tells you all about It Only a few children come here as yet said the custodian There Is much here of historic Interest and children should be taught more frequently fre-quently about Paul Revere as a matter mat-ter of patriotism Once In a while a school teacher brings a delegation of pupils Sometimes Sunday school teachers do the same In many cases foreign children of the North end can relate more facts about Paul Revere and his famous ride and about the old North church than the children of Boston I know one bright little American born ItalIan Ital-Ian boy to whom Paul Revere Is the most wonderful hero In the world In summer the visiting list at the house Is much larger than In the winter months The summer attendance attend-ance Is largely made up of westerners west-erners |