Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-10-08

i On the basement floor going south. Is the
| law library and the crypt of the Capitol. Be-
| meath the crypt is the Under croft in which il
was proposed to deposit the remains of Wash.
| ington.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Returning to the rotunda by the steps near
by, the door to the south leads to the old hall
Of the Representatives, now the national
statuary gallery, containing fine collection Of
marble statues of departed men of prominence
! in national affairs vacated in 1857 for the new
| and superb hall Of the Representatives the
| main door of which is at the end of the cor
| ridor going south. The House of Representa-.
| tives is larger than the Senate chamber. beinc
1898 feet and &c feet high There are seats fol-
| $50 Representatives and $500 persons in the
galleries. The hall has some fine paintings,
In the lobby and retiring room in the rear is
collection Of portraits Of former Speakers
The mace. which is the insignia of authority OF
the House, may be seen in the Office
OF the sergeant-at-arms, near the eastern
end OF the lobby. At the foot of the eastern
grand staircase. Tennessee marble is the sta,ue
OF Jefferson, and over the landing the painting
OF the signing Of the Emancipation Proclama-
ton" Over the western grand staircase is the
chromo-silica Westward, Hon. cost $40. 900.
The attic and basement floors are not OF
special interest
Leaving the Capitol by the rotunda and steps
70 the western exist an opportunity may be had
Ior closer inspection Of the terrace, stairway
ana statues. A visit NAV also be made to the
botanic garden and the Bartholdi fountain be-
fore taking the street cars to the
EXECUTIVE MANSION
The official home Of the President, on the
western plateau Of the city, is open from 10 q.
m. till 2 I'm. The President receives visitors
ITO pay respects" on Mondays, Wednesdays
and Saturdays at pm.
The executive mansion or white House." as
1t Is popularity called, is of the Ionic order and
was the first public building erected, 1892 at
the capital. 1t is 17OxS6 feet and cost with re-
pairs and changes, S1,600,00 The eastern
half IS the official and the western the private
residence CT the President. The east room,
open to visitors, is Greek in design and S0x4O
Ieet IN size. In this apartment and the pri-
vate suite of parlors and corridors is the gal
lery OF portraits of the Presidents and four of
the presiding ladies of the white House."
The state dining room and the Conservatives
are at the western end of the grand corridor
ihese are only open to the public during
drawing rooms or presidential receptions.
THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS.
The executive mansion is surrounded BY five
out OF the eight great executive departments,
and open from am. to 2 pm. On the east is
the Treasury department. The building is $40
x2S1 feet. Its principal objects of interest are
the cash room. opposite the north main door,
the vaults and redemption division permission
to be obtained from the United States treasurer
north corridor, eastern end), the gallery of
portraits OF the Secretaries in the Secretary's
suite OF offices, second floor, south side and
the secret service collection Of counter
letters tools and work in the attic story west
side. North OF the Treasury building is the
department Of Justice. In the office of the
Attorney General, second floor, is the gallery
OF portraits Of the chiefs of this branch of the
executive.
West of the executiva mansion IL tbo ,,,,ss;r.
granite structure, 567X342 feet. 145 feet high
covering A. acres. with 566 rooms and two
miles OF corridors. and occupied BY the State
(south pavllion), War (north and west pavilions)
ana Navy (east central paviiion) departments.
The edltce Is the largest and finest for its pur-
poses IN the world and cost $40, 100000.
The chief object of interest to strangers in
the department of State are the library third
moor, containing the original and engrossed
ana signed Declaration OF Independence, and
the diplomatic reception and ante-rooms con-
tanning portraits OF the Secretaries of State. In
the Department of War the library, OF the fifth
moor, west corridor, the gallery of portraits of
Secretaries OF War. in the Secretary's Office
second floor, west corridor. and Headquarters
OF the army. first floor, north corridor are
interesting. In the Department of the Navy
the library, fourth floor, east corridor the
superb models of war vessels, cast corridor
ana Office OF the Secretary with portraits. near
by ARE worthy OF VISIT
THE CoRcoRAS GALLERY
North of this building is Corcoran Gallery of
Art, Tuesday. Thursday, and Saturday free:
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Twenty-Five
cents admission. Hours 9 a. m. to d. m. The
galleries of sculpture in marble and reproduc-
lions OF the best works of antiquity and paint
lhgs are among the finest and in some respects
are without an equal in the country.
North OF the executive mansion is LAFAYETTE
square, containing the bronze equestrian
statue OF Gen. Andrew jackson, by Clark Mills.
which cost $4,000. 1t is proposed to
erect the new statue of Lafayette and his
copatriots, Rochambeau. Duportil DEstaipg.
and DeGrasse, to cost $4,000, in this SQUARE
next year.
The street cars on the north side of this
square going east will convey tourists to the
Post Office department, marble building of
the Corinthian order, 3OOx204 feet. cost e.
7OO.OOO, In which the dead letter museum on
the north side, reached by the east door to the
third hoor. Is the chief object Of interest. The
Interior department (patent Office building) is
opposite and contains the vast model museum
OF the patent Office on the serond floor, reached
from the main or south door. This building.
chiefly in marble, is 453x331 feet and cost
~, SOC, 900. 1t belongs to the Doric order.
Two squares beyond, by way of 7th street, ia
the immense brick structure, the pension
building, 400x2OO feet, IS feet high, cost ST.
DOC, 900. The court within is used for inaugural
while SO, 900 persons could find standing room
in the building
The structure on the south is the United
States court house
Any OF the street car lines going south will
carry strangers to a broad belt of park known
rs the mall, which connects the executive man.
slon grounds with the Capitol parks. Beginning
on the west Is the towering Washington monu.
ment, the lofiest constr ton of masonry in the
world. 555 feet high, 90 feet square at the base
and "a feet at the top. 1t was commenced by
an association and run up to 178 feet and was
completed by the government-1876-S cost
l,3O0,OOO. 1t Is constructed of MARYLAND mar
bie- The elevator carrying visitors to the look
out runs from am. to pm. The view from
the top OF the obelisk is beyond the powers of
description. The country for miles around
and the city below has the appearance of vast
map.
The brick building southeast is the bureau Of
and printing, open from 10 am. to
/. m. The building is 2O0xl35 feet: cost $500 600
Here the paper money, securities and revenue
stamps OF the government are engraved and
printed. The Long bridge, over which most of
the national armies marched into Virginia dur
ing 1915. is at the foot Of l4th street
The next building west is the Department of
Agriculture, open from 9 am. to D. M. with
It's long ranges Of green houses propapatino
grounds, gardens and arboretum of trees and
shrubs adapted to the latitude of Washington
Then in the tour eastward comes that beau
tiful type OF the Norman style of architecture.
The Smithsonian Institution building. open from
q IN. to P. M, 447x16O feet, built of Potomac !
stone, cost 200, and exhibiting towers of |
inherent and symmetrical designs. On the first |
door Is the unequaled collection Of birds, and |
m, fha or,1 H.