Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-29
What Other Visitors Talk About.

" gu - VI comments regarding the Pres
ldents new office People will visit US, and
VIII ever continue to do SO. It is there, and
there to stay. All we can do is to explain
us presence truthfully. and as truthfully
add that 1t was put I'D against the protest q
or a united press and people
as an instance of the widespread fame
vi the capltaIs smoothly paved streets a
VISITOR t remarked to me the other day:
Say he said, L have been baselv de-
ceived. l have always understood that all
OF Washington's beautiful streets were
paved with asphalt. l am stopping with
some friends IN Georgetown. and my front
window, looking out on a Belgian block
paved street, reminded me of New York
explained to him that the streets of
practically the entire city were paved with
that material, but that here and there were
rev blocks in the business and outlying
districts still laid in stone: but when he
came IN town few years hence he would
note their entire disappearance
invited a man from st. Louis to have
Drink or Potomac water In a cafe, with
drop OF something else on the side He
was on his first visit to the capital, and,
noting the clearness of the liquid, he re-
marked:
Got a new filtration plant here?'
NO., answered, not yet, but the COM
pletion of fine, costly plant is in the near
future
Thought He Was on the Mississippi.
But this water Is clear and looks all
right. he continued. I thought Potomac
water was like the Mississippi product, one
third water and thirds mud
On, no. l answered, our water is all
skeekee as to clearness. except at certain
seasons IN the winter and. spring, at time.
unfortunately, when most Of our visitors
are with us; At those seasons we offer no
What's "all skeekee. mean in Wash
ingtoneseT he asked. inquiringly. getting
out his pencil. III Hg q ~
of it. y sval- 81 -. '0
80 much for reputat1on.s Our reputation
for certain things IS axed1 We can only
remove general Impressions 40 to the sup
posed muddy conditioner our water during
all seasons by the Proclamation Of the COM
%stter OF Of G painful a ~s CANNOT rs
issue broadcast that precimation this fall.
When we do Issue 1t, as we will some day,
notes. "a"
The people will theft say. the water in
Washington is like cfystais We will re-
cover from the effecti on THAT general I'm
preston but we Will nAYer recover from the
shock OF the makeshHt executive office to
buildings until it Is Eazedt and suitable
appropriation forced from Congress by
overwhelming public opinion which will
erect a building commensurate with the i'm
POAeo"S0 Va w ING BeHeIdl SCOpe
of its structures and the plan Of Its future
in this respect.
Burying General Impressions and
Bugaboos.
1T takes time to bury general impress
stons. We have buried beyond resurrection
several general Impressions regarding our
city, and one Is that Washington Is mala-
rial. Washington IL astonishingiy free from
malaria. Well do recall. Just before / set
physician advising me to take care of my
self and not stay out nights On account Of
the Potomac fats The Potomac flats used
to be q great bugaboo. We have inferred
for good that general impression. as we
have made parks of the flats.
'WashingtOn may now be said to be a
winter resort and place where invalids
come to escape the rfg0rs of winter In a
healthful atmosphere. The summer con-