Show old lady was surprised in the great boston public library there stands on a pedestal in a corner of bates hall the main reading room a bust in very dark bronze of oliver wendell holmes the patron saint ot boston As lindsay swift the assist ant librarian was wall ing about keep ing an eye over his charges the other day he saw two old ladies who were wandering about the building ap the ahr ne and to his aston ashment and horror overheard the following words as both the good lames critically examined the likeness why I 1 never knew remarked one to the other drawing back a little that dr holmes was a negro new york times |