Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-09-16
WASHINGTON IN SUMNER TIME.
Some Of Lies Compensations to the
Citizens.

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Citizens.
To an even greater extent than Is
common in most Of the large eastern
cities, is Washington deserted TINS
summer. No sooner has June been
fairly ushered in than the hegina sets
in, and not until November does the
capital resume its normal social and
executive character. The philoso-
phically inclined, doomed to remain in
this Sahara during the heated season,
consoles himself with the reflection
that in most cases the exchange OF To-
cation means a compression OF the
comforts of home life into the narrow
limits of a hotel room. He notes with
no small delight the record of the tenn
peratures in the more popular summer
retreats, which varies but little from
that of the city that claims his pres
ence and labors. 1t is true that in
midday the great and broad stretch of
Pennsylvania avenue seems n vast
column of shimmering heat, seen
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ument in the vista assumes such a
shaky appearance as to presage a
speedy and complete collapse; but the
cepting this very heated hour, when
but few are abroad, the temperature
Of Washington is as comfortable as
can be found in any of the places of
rest p~atronized by the citizens.
The protracted extra session Of this
year kept the members of congress
and the executive of the nation at
their posts through the month of July,
but now senators and representatives,
president and cabinet, those who APP
point and those who wish to be APP
pointed, have alike left WashirgtCl
behind them. Those, however, remain
who are to carry out the orders left
them by their chiefs, who are to give
the capitol and the White House their
belated spring cleaning.
But Washington is not a dull Place
in summer. What richer musical treat
could be afforded than three concerts
a week in the open air by that far.
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A bathing beach is at the disposal OF
the citizens, while various points on
the Potomac river both above and be-
CIV the city form the ad quem of many
a jaunt of any desired duration or dis.
tance. 1t is, indeed, from the heights
on which some of these parks are
placed, that one comes to appreciate
the symmetry and proportion of this
seat of the national government. From
the top of the u%ndulating slope or
which the city is built, one notices the
, perfect harmony of the variou:
: features of its municipal totality. 1t!
streets and avenues stand out to view
, like the veins on a maple leaf, Will
the capitol is set forth, an architectu
. raj jewel, in beautiful and appropriat,
setting, The buildings, both private
I and public. seem to possess a unit,
. such as is totally lacking in New Yorl
and Chicago, where "sky-scrapers'
stand forth with so much prominence
' as to spoil the artistic effect tina
< grouping OF buildings can be made Il
/ possess. Neither is there to be seer
q any such compression of buildings O
e of traffic as Is noticeable in the neigh
borhood of the Common of Boston
i Business seems to be distributed over
e greater area, while still confined t
certain main streets. The genera
openness of the city reminds one 0
Philadelphia, though Washington il
less diffused than Philadelphia an.
g possesses fewer unused areas than doe
n the City of Homes"
Some Of the resorts in the immediat
e vicinity of the city possess most at
tractive features. Glen Echo, with it
J. undulating and grassy slopes, and Cab
in John, with its wonderful single-spal
bridge (the longest in the world ar
reached by the city street cars A tri
down the river takes us to the lawn
of that old Virginia plantation, Mar
u shall Han, or to Mount Vernon c
memory and association sacred to tn
9 patriotic American. For those VIII
have, a day at theih disposal. a trip
the gulf and a dip in the salt water
afforded both by rail and by boat. Blu
i an almost constant breeze, supple
mented by an occasional jaunt to som
Of these summer parks makes tn
summer resident in Washington cor
tented with his lot.-R. II. Johnson 1
lions Herald.