The critic., 1891-02-21

~. 10 Aa %,
by thc ownersbis nf nm,dnr, ,ens,r
wberc "So,iv,' Mad,snn i,vaa nmJ reJ,ncd .n
long a Social opaen altar her bushand;s icr,o IN
os fresident cSnired ''''' "o' ""''"'o WI"
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m, Uyosr,,n,o, lr,,,,,x.,
Immediately south OF the White House
es, struct,,rs sfu armisd ar d ne % s, los
i,nnnsins obeIist ever corstrm,.ied liz /, Ia SSS
ieet above IT, base wSich IL ~ feat aboyo
4 1913 ana the canstnne fornins she apary
was placed in position Iecember q issd Il,
il are ISL blocks Of Inserted % stones IS or Conner
riffs from yarious countries and socinties'
fhe total cost will he over Al a,O. .o00 Y. n r.
full park.
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~. , .,o.es o0o.' ."'v,g
Io the west OF the washington monument
on tne n,gnost eleyatlon tnat porders the
betb He,shts and r'er q sge
stands the Navai opseryatory. The MI on
wnicn ~ stanos " famous Ior naving peen
Ine Sainplng grounu on Wasnihgt9n anu nraq- ,iiIi
march 70 the fatal held, where the English
General Iell victim TO MS self-conceit and
vsani,y; Iraaiton also points OUT this hilL as
,r,e tne ueC,slxo DaIt,ee ground petween tne DIS
nam nannas. ~ .nis oDservatory contalhs tne iargest
reiracling teiescope IN the world next 70 tne
new cuua.or,al JUST pulIt ior Tue DICK w
issersatoIy. ~ ts alu tnat most lnterest'ng
II not greatest, astronomical discovery OF tho
country was mhoe, ,ne moons OF Mars, The
Tas,. ,h,ra sau s,i,y NIL y. % anu
IWenty .mru m s.Ieels norlnWest, Ine herdic
caDs 10 gotoIWehty'second ana u streets'
nv, ,,, n
INe Agf7cuHu7dt department.
This building is situated east OF the Monu-
and glowing flower garden In the country,
and the grounds contain the most complete 9
Afboretim probably in the United States.
Attached to this Department are the Expert
mental Gardens, whose oftlces are imuiedi.
ately west OF the main buiIding. The Rolf
Line cars 20 right past the Grounds.
The Smithsonian institute and National
Museum.
The visitor NAV obtain considerable enter.
tainment and instruction by spendine several
hours In the Smithsonian' ipsiItntion end
National Museum. These arc two handsome
b,r bniidings s,tmatad in tha ,mmanae narS
living sonth Of b street. between Seventh and
Twelfth streets. There is simply a mammoth
q Ciovernment for the coj}ection ~ evsrv
thing in nafure. science' iiterafure history
and Art that is rare intercstina and valnabIe.
one enfers fhe hall 0f the NstjnvaI Wmsenm
The 6rst nbiact ~ nterast Ia a cniioction ~
the nersonai effects NJ 9leorga Wasbin ytnn
inel,ldine his ciotb,no famjlr china and cem,,
ntRnHilS. RpUnnd fhiQ QtrQfnh
eoections Wf ano,st ~ eyerv ,c are an.
ticles The artist will find rare etchings,
specimens OF the engravers art In Its perfec.
ton The surgeon Will see whole eases full
calling from the smallest and most complex
to the largest and simplest. The numlsmatist
may revel In O. collection OF rare coins. from
copper cast that bears the stamp Of the
caesars. The geologist Will find himself In a
maze OF specimens dug from every section
OF the country. The ethnologist may pore
Tor hours over the models OF the Gin houses
and the homes OF the Aborigines. The lover
OF antiquities In general will have an un-
bounded range OF subjects, from the Egyp,
relies OF p9mpeii TO the arms and implements
of bric.a .brae and fine china viii disoover n n
PARADISE Of earihen nroduetions. The dam
TEST wares from, Limoges. Bacearat. Hnnsarv
tnd C,ermany will nleose the eve and tIe
process of mannfacfure IL displayed. In the
idermy Viii find eass after ale s,as ease Of b,ras
beasts Ash and reniiles stnffed and i'm lara III
oicoboi Rack of fhe smIthsonian I, niiId,ng
is a 1900. /" where are a number of live wild
and groups Of smaller animals and birds
comprise the collection. The Smithsonian
lnstitutioh anu Nationai museum ouuuings
are open from q, m tc p m. 10 VISITORS
dnu may DC rencned Dy tno seventh street.
Belt iihe ana Nihth sireet iine Oh street-cars
nv,
Passing eastward from the Museum, over
one rai,Ifoad ,i, n,luge tnat spans slxti. street
NY ,ntouEn tno p,e,ty paIt ayInn y,l9 uctwcen
% naime anu MissouV, ~, 1aye,,,ss,,ne
IenI'sS Sa1y,ania avenue, Oh tlo botahlcai .lar.
9ens. lhese interesting srounns are open
uai'y a arnin IN the mnrn,ng , t9o ih tne even
iMng, Msg lucy were sseaoiisneo ally m,tY yenrs ayo ;
nnS and at, aIe Ti,eu ".n une
s m aarnGs are ,Sn 81 ,rses
the centre conservatory is the famous Bar,
tholdi Fountain that attracted so much at
tenton at the Philadelphia Centennial.
w., ,',,s ,' 49, . F., A..
.i, vusl nai WAY aSf1ss f bne hvohue i from the
no,ti.ast snslo " .he potuiicai 1arueii anu
AZ the West ioot oi tne ,uapltol Sroun1s Us the
r.I rence monuhoht a inns Was desigiled ny Az,
saIars % % ho " opol Oh ife aeap soSss ana
sailors 81 'ne iate war ~ ,s Oh marble no ana
proposed to- remove thls monument to one
Retracing our TENS we find
The prinf;no oud Enorani,,o R,,yao,
@ ,".'"9 Wv 1n'3' "e,"S D"'e e""'
,o dne gtea, ,, money inui Sl ~ sne Sovethmeht y
iochtou w .ne corner oI rourIeehtu anu
hlreets seutnwest, souIhodst from tne nionli,
ment and southwest from the Agricultural
a nuteau: u ~ ,s feachea Dy tne bet, Lihe cars
ana Is opened 10 visltors every Jay.
Ddvy Burns Cottage.
one OF the curlosities OF Washington !s old
pavy burhs' tottage, on seventeenth street
he;, hear tne t,Ver' ~ may ne reaehed py the
urlVe south oi the fresldent's House or by
the MetropoIttan OF Avenue llne OF cars. Nexl
door 20 IL Is General Van Ness once stately
mansion, where he brought his bride; slarcis
Burns, one oi the original helresscs OF wash
insten'
The Corcoran Art gallery Is at the corner Of
Pennsylvania avenue and Seventeenth street
opposite the War, Navy and state department
IL Is open Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur
days free; on other days Except sundays q
small admission fee Is charged. This gallery
although not to be compared with tho greaI
Old World galleries, is nevertheless very
creditable institution for So new a country
as the United States. 1t contains among othei
original objects Powers great statue OF the
"Greek Slave"