| Show l WASHINGTON MONUMENT I 6 Carving ol of tho tha I Memorial r Hacked by the tho Souvenir Ir 2 Hunters 2 4 MM Wh Washington W manu monument monument ment Is badly scarred by the depredations lions of or the souvenir lends fiends Inside the memorial slabs presented by b the states slates In the Union at nt the tho time of the manu monuments ments erection and by b various societies I clelle most There arc are more that 1 lW O of or these and many of at them lire are In a sad Saari condition of or mutilation heads Madl arms legs and drapery draper bear benr eloquent witness to the manner manlier of or visitors Just exactly what value real or sentimental the left leU ear car lobo lobe I for In Instance instance I of or the tho Goddess of or Prosperity stance can have for tor any person Is III hard for bra a n sane fane man anon to understand Some Seine Somebody Somebody body got It however Most Moat of ot the slabs presented by the states elates bear simply names and dates dales In large t bold bald letters letter that defy deer umbrellas and the like and these remaIn un untouched untouched touched touche save sate sobY by pern Us that mark their owners names Hamer nut Hut of or the dell deli delicate cato cate there thero Is little left lett The handsomest t slab lab I b though one ono of ot the smallest measuring feet teet In III that presented by the American Medical as 18 B representing n a group of ot the Of lr medicine U it Is about mid midway midway way up the monument about where there climbers climber rest and about four tour feet fett from irom the floor lipor a n 1 convenient reach Hence the condition of ot the th figure two head headless headless less len and three armless Two TIo lands landl above Is ft n slab represent representing ing a locomotive The locomotive looks as 81 a If It It had got gOl the worst of at a collision lon The souvenir hunters huntera did It ft Not far faraway faraway away WILY Is a 11 large slab occupying the cen center center center ter of ot one wall avail for tor a height of or six feet teet In Uc hili present condition It U would do for tor fora torIi a Ii punIc purzle pur picture H Before foro the enthusiastic tourists got nt nl It with their um umbrellas umbrellas umbrellas and canes It Il represented ted n a fire Oro engine of or the old type A Volunteer lire fire department de of ot some city cit presented It Probably the tho name of or the tM city I It is Ie In some somo old record It Jt Istl en On the teb Onto Onee It was but tho the souvenir sharks harks I got It lt HOne One thing they the pot got Is the fine carving of or the pelican tho the symbol s of or orthe the state of or Louisiana Tho The h b that Instead of or being a n the tho pelican Is carved In the tho stone atone Intaglio fashion rash Ion and no predatory pr umbrella can enn candig dig 1111 that out When most of ot the tho vandalism m In tho the monument occurred no ono one knows but It probably took place before the check checkIng Ing lag system was there compelling vis visitors to leave leae all nil Implements of de destruction e before going up the tho menu manu monument meat ment At Mount Vernon there Is a II small army arm of or guards guarda on the lookout for tor the worker of or souvenir Iniquity In Wash old home there Is one thing that strikes I the eye ee by Its contrast to the prevailing simplicity It la is the carved mantel piece pitco of or Carrara marble In the dining room with watch watchers ers era In every room lame collie Individual man managed aged to get In his hi work and knock oft off the head of at a n galloping deer In tho the cen con center center conter ter of or the group Tho The animal remained headless for months Then one day back came come the tM head hend In a 11 little box postmarked Paris The culprit has realized the evil of ot his ways Said tho the accompanying note nate It H did not occur to men mn In my own country where whore everything Is I so per par perfectly pr preserved serve 1 tho the outrage that it Is 18 Isto isto to lo mutilate historic places for tor relics relic Here nothing Is preserved everything Is s chipped and marred and broken by bJ travelers like myself I T return here herc herewith herewith with etc eye at nt all The head was stuck on the Kino gins stained the marble and the milk white deer has ban hll a yellow ellow streak around his hla neck New York Tork Sun |
