Little Walli Pewter Figures Lost and Fallen Over

I'm really liking these two little pewter figures. One is a little guy who fell over with his skates and the other is the little guy who is lost, looking.  I looked them up and they are vintage figures designed by a guy called Walli Ortman in the 1970s for the Hudson Pewter company.  Apparently this company stopped doing business in 1978, so these little figurines are that old, presumably.  They actually weigh quite a bit each and have a great heft so I can see using them as paperweights.  The little one with one copper skate is missing his second skate and the little guy with his hand to his eyes has two little copper buttons. The nice thing about these is that they are signed.  About three inches high they are quite delightful. I have them up for sale on Ebay but definitely enjoying them before they go.

Wisdom in Congress?

While on my way to a meeting in a Senate office, I happened across a collection of representational sculptures in one of the underground connecting passageways. These larger than life busty ladies and lusty lads had labels such as Wisdom and Knowledge and brandished spears and tools to emphasize the point to us passersby! I quickly snapped these fabulous figurines dressed in first century Greek garb with my very 21st century cheapo cell phone that allows me to miraculously send these images instantaneously to my computer for later retrieval when I want to blog about something.  What would those personages from that far-off time think of our everyday gadgets? Were these ladies about to jab me for daring to photograph them so glibly as I passed by their grand gestures on the importance of rational thought?   Alas, I'm sure they'd get pretty upset at our modern world for usurping their power and believing  in nothing but ourselves and our own strengths. Or does Wisdom forgive us such trespass?