Show guard capitol against fool gold thievery washington much attention la is being given to gold these days at the en pitol while a force of wor workmen I 1 man on tl the ie inside of the sennie senate wing Is the lavish display or goldleaf used in tile the cel ceilings lings and el si dewalls other artisans on tho the outside are picking from tile the marble that which glitters but la is not gold foot fool gold or iron alron pyrites which since the discovery of america has given the inexpert false dreams of groat great wenith wealth the marble used in the senate and house wings of the capitol shows many outcrop outcroppings pings of foot fool gold and many visitors have picked nuggets with their knives halves taking them homo home probably with an excess of falth faith 11 ns to their intrinsic value lint but the public must not be deceived when it visits the halls balls of congress so the workmen on ilie I 1 lie outside whose maln main job la Is to preserve tile the historic structure from decay by pointing up tip the joints of the fitzge blocks of mar inar ble ure are niso also removing tho the spurl ou j gold god specially that sn in reach of visitors thus taking temptation from their reach and ana blend Les from tile tho stone |