Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1912-08-23 | Page 7 | Popular Symbol of Value

POPULAR SYMBOL OF VALUE Young Man Evidently Was Lacking In His Appreciation of the Country's Coun-try's Statesmen. fY There is plenty of food for cynical 1 ' thoughts in the national capital, as is Bhown by the following incident which Tiappened on a Washington street car: A worldly young man, prone to criticise, crit-icise, was gazing at the advertisements advertise-ments which decorate the interior of the car. One advertised a new kind of collar for men. The dome of the capitol was represented encircled by one of the collars, and on the senate sen-ate and house wings of the building build-ing were placards giving prices and sizes. The placard on the senate end of the capitol read, "Quarter size," and that on the other end said, "Two for a quarter." The worldly cynical young man turned to his companion. "That," he remarked, "just about expresses my opinion of some of these here congressmen." Judge.