The morning times., 1897-03-02


right to place more
than one guest in room.
The pTiDCpal stIoet car nues pass and re-
pass the rain Dad stations The Baltimore
& ONO station is but u sfoIt distance from
the Capitol, and it is not more than a nile
or a mile and half fTcm that station to
any lo.el in the city. The Pennsylvania
statoIlS atthe corner OF Sixth and streets
northwest, which is not more than a quarter
OF block fIom Pennsylvania avenue 1t
was il this station that President Garfield
was SLOT, and in the tiled floor of tie ladies'
waiting-I oomis gold star TO mark the spot
where he fell.
1t is Doubtful If there is any city in the
United States that has within its limits
egreater variety ofrestaurants. Those who
have moDey to spend, and are willing to
part with it, can FIND s oCd cooking and
at as high prices s anywhere in tie ooun-
try. These places, however, are few.
The great mass OF humanity can live more
cheapIy in Washington than in any other
city in lie world, with the possible excep-
ton Of London or Berlin.
The dairy lunch room is a distinctive
feature Of the Capital City. These are
scattered all about. Upon every block
in the business center of the city can be
found from one to three of these popular
eating houses The first dairy lunch
room established in this country was
conducted by Frank X. Ward on street
between Ninth and Tenth streets north
west. This was done about $50 The
proprietor made fortune, but lost it all
in speculation, and he was finally killed
by the wheels OF trolley car.
1t was not long after that dairy lunch
rooms began to spring up all over the
city, and there must be at least a hundred
OF them now. The food furnished at
these places i s fresh, whoIes ONE and
cheap. 1t consists largely of breadstuffs
in different forms, pie, cakes, milk, coffee,
and cold meats, but i n no cases liquors of
eny description. 1t is not an infrequent
occurrence to see some of the most emf
neut meninthe country atthe dairy lunch''
room, especially for their midday lun-
cheon. In nearly all of these places a
charge Of not more than D cents is made
for any one thing; in some OF the more
pretentious, however, warm meals, cooked
20 order, are served at very low rate. No
visitor need go hungry for a good whole
some meal; these restaurants can provide
him with it for from 20 to 40 cents
The food at this class OF restaurants can
be depended upon to be fresh as the
proprietors purchase in the morning only
enough to last them through the day.
There are dozens Of restaurants of other
kinds; some of which are more expensive,
but upon the whole all are very reasonable.
Many of them are connected with hotels,
and to these are also attached drinking
places. There is no "Raines law pro-
vision, as in New York; and in consequence
bounteous free lunches are served with
drinks.
Visitors, who desire to practice rigid
economy, and their number is not few,
can maintain themselves comfortably, with
good pleasant places to sleep and all they
want to eat, for as little as 81 day; and
this at Inauguration time, when prices for
some articles are necessarily advanced.
ofcourse, efforts are made TO extort money
from the visiting guests, but when so en-
countered IN one place, 1t is well to try
another. The people of this city realize
that they have a monopoly on inaugural
ceremonies, and as they come but once in
four years, the ever ayaricious are inclined
TO look upon high charges as one OF their
privileges. 1t has always been the rule Of
the inaugural committees TO regulate as
far as possible the prices which shall
prevail.
Places swherelodgings are offered for ten,
fifteen, and twenty-five cents night are
In many places unsafe for VISITORS as one
is liable to awaken in the morning and find
that some other guest got up first and
appropriated all of the wearing apparel OF
his fellows. This does not apply to all
such places, hut visitors may Well exercise
great care in selecting their lodgings
1t is not hard TO learn the geographical
divisions OF Washington. 1t is divided
into four sections, northeast, southeast,
northwest, and southwest. These divisions
radiate from the Capitol. The numbered
streets run north and south, the lettered
streets east and west. The avenues, which
are usually the wider thoroughfares, lun
In all directions.
The visitor desiring to find the location
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