Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-02-12

Il has not grown As other American cities
grow: Its progress has been tardy. This yean-
ling OF towns, SO Carefully fcstered on the
banks OF the Potomac. has not sya9ec Itself 10
any great extent OF that popular me'hod OF
improvement 80 succe ssfally adopted by Chi
eago and Boston-the method OF burning: AMI
US increase has been more reflection OF the
extending magnitude OF other celterS than
CUSTOM has grown among the rich or energetic
auu mourning Inhabitants OF other places Of
gong 10 the capital 10 see what il Is aka:
. ms9s OF them have been so fascinated
lngton may fairly be called rho winter
ela OF Ne" York. as Newport Is the summer
oon,1r .. the metropolis Add 20 the exotic
population The enlarged ranks OF public onicIals
and clerks, the growing circle OF scienrtfc And
literary people. who from choice or goyernmenf
c eSo nave been led 10 make their homes
tneTe. together With the leedful Contingent of
small traders who supply the daily wants az
these elements, and you have a general I'll 2SSi
hcat,on OF the hundred and sixty thousand
heads counted By the new Census. A city with
out commerce and without suburbs drive a
mile or two In any direction and you ind your.
self Ia the midst OF woods set but spaTSely with
houses or cabins and With only the great oil
Jared dome, like shining cloud IN tie air 10
remind you Of the human mass so near-Wasa-
ington nevertheless wears distinctly the ap-
pearance OF capital which has risen 70 the
emergency.
ii las this special charm 70 commend II
SDeNe o. her places, tia. While Boston AMI Saa
ttaHCi@co ana Cincinnati and Naw 1 ork De
spite their numerous points OF other tnsn com
:heTIl31 interest, are work-a 5ay towns the
maiden capital" shows gayer disposition
3dd qe' otes Itself largely 20 social pleasures.
40 me OUTSIDER me difference is that between
friendship ana Irritation. You ike you mas
love, the particular big local capital where YOU
i've and DO business, out YOU approach wash
Nagton Win 7 sanse OF Us being something
piQaaht ana novel, with which you may tribe
an entangle yourself In make believe strarn-
tnent having al! the stimulus aud none OF the
drawbacks OF steady devotion. Besides, It Is q
city provided with sights" There are CON,
gress and the Capitol; there ara Mount Vernon
and kalorama, where dwelt the author OF Tba
"Columbiad," III profound conviction OF his
John Bridge. the longest single arch In the
world; Arlington, with its earlier historic aud
Later war memories: Georgetown, with It's OBJ
seryatory. It's college and Its convent; besides
all these, the Corcoran Art Gallery, the smith
s0nian Institution, the cUrioaiues OF the Patent
ttice, the Treasury with its hundreds or rooms
and thousands OF employees, where you peer
Ito the busy brain cells OF the government
While they are IN full activity.
You arrive by an early morning train, ana are
greeted py gong beating for breakfast at the
statioh which makes Jon feel like an tmpes-
sipie CnlneSe embassy. But armed with q
pocket copy OF the Constitution. you re-as5ert
your blrthrght, and after going 10 the hotel
where You walt some hours for room, you
step forth into the broad airy streets. They
have continental width and extent making
1t impossible to crowd them except on rare oc
c4sions, ana In the more retired one children
g!ide peacefully along the asphalt on roller
skates. Walking these thoroughfares. YOU
Know that the trail OF the Boss Is over them
all. out IL Is picturesque trail excellent ia its
TtouitS, whatever II may have been morally.
Many OF the houses In the new northwest end
are well Set OH by trees and lawns; some stand
on terraces decked With vines and Shrubbary.
ana the avenues are lined With more than a
hundred Thousand trees judicfously planted
elm and tulip, buttonWoOd and Cottonwood
The ash, the negundO. the maple. The QUALITY
Uf the houses Is still unequal. Here aud there
You see relic OF the village era-some little
whitewashed hut sticking pertinaciou5iy TO the
side OF q file modern brick structure OF com
Portable and tasteful STYLE ike Wasps' nest
attached to a real human habit alton: and II
Is amusing TO come upon building-in what
is known, according TO the barparOuS noinen-
ciature OF the place, as r -Street-Hhlch befrs
on one Side the legend LAW College of
the niYersity OF Georgetown" and on the
other, capitol Laundry" Such conjunction
Is only to be explained by the tendency OF peo-
pie nowadays 10 wash their dirty linen 10 court.
Black men and women are numefo "a. ana
laugh very loud on the streets with refreshing
Ireedom. There is everywhere about the ctr q
slight but racy touch OF southern Character
istics, tnterfused With the yigor OF other p0r-
tons OF the MON; and for the sake OF this
you are Willing TO forgive the copiou5 tobacco
Stalns-thoSe blotS On the national escutchtou
which disflguTe the sidewalks. and around
which you See an English tourist and his wife
making their way With a pardonably imperial
Gisdain.-G;e0. L. Ldtffop, IN H1rpp,'S Mpyr-
ziiie 7Or Hairb.