The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-12
DISTINCTIONS ADVANTAGES.
,,, C,TY,s EXCEPTIONAL EDUCA-
TIONAL FACILITIES.

.,itute and National Museum.
,,,,,.r,. is Much to Be Had in the
Of RecrentiOns-The Death of
,,,rriet Jane johnson "a Great Loss
washington Society other
-,,ttcrs of Special Interest.
washington, d. c., July 10.-Although
r,.-bington, like any other Capital, is
,.arv expensive place in which to
-.;1a there is no other in the coun-
49,. where so much that is really val
,,,a may be had without money and
..bou+ price That looks like a para
teal statement-but refers to educta-
" ,.,,sj facilities and "feasts of reason"
.,ar than to food and shelter. While
,.,,sa-rents in d. C. are naturally away
~, and everything edible commands
'to highest price, the would-be doc
ar lawyer or dentist, the student,
,ho scientist, the struggling artist or
.,,+hor may find more facilities for ad-
,arcament here, without a cent to pay,
,bso are possible anywhere else in the
United States.
To take up one phase of the subject
81 a time; suppose that a poor but
osniring young man, living in some
~ district where Opportunities"
aTs scarce as the typical hens teeth,
%asires to take up a particular branch
" study or research, or to follow out
somp line of art or science, and at
he same time to earn his own sup
port
He can certainly accomplish his pur-
nose no more quickly nor surely than
70 come to expensive Washington, hav-
first taken Civil Service examination
and secured a clerkship, however,
1naager the salary in one of the de-
nartments. Several of our prominent
Colleges have night classes, which have
turned out many full-fedged and aft
ervards successful physicians, dental
surgeons and lawyers, whose daytime
hours were spent in government work.
for which some of them received COM
nensation as low as $40 per month
.Where there's a will there's a way;
every time and Washington is very
properly. the garden spot for supplying
the way. Take the matter of libraries
alone: the National Capital has thirty
one of them, the smallest of which
would be considered a first-class, not
10 say magnificent book-collection in
the general run of cities. Space for
bids the full list but here are a few of
them: the Library of Congress, which
as everybody knows is the largest lib
rary on the Western Hemisphere, con-
taius upward of a million volumes, and
furnishes a palace in which to peruse
hem-delightfully cool in summer, well
warmed in winter, we'll lighted with
ice-water and other conveniences fur
nished entirely free of cost, by liberal
Uncle Samuel The student may have
his choice of table, desk or alcove.
placed there for his use; and Uncle
Sam also employees people to bring and
al, l, tow
er desires, and meantime maintains sill
ence so that nobody may be disturbed
in his studies. Paper, pens and ink are
furnished freely and one may read or
study all day and every day. if he
cares to do so.
Then there is the new Carnegie Lii
brary, another though less sumptuous
palace of white MARBLE where the
seeker after knowledge may not only
study as long as he likes, but may
take out books and keep them, TOO,
until he has absorbed their contents
The Carol Institute Library contains
about 5000 volumes; the Peabody. 10,
OOO; the Masonic Library, 5000; in
short a grand total of more than s.
100000 volumes to which the Wash
ington public has free access.
Among the book collections not
often found elsewhere may be men
TONED the library of the Army and
Navy Medical School; the National
Museum Library the Department of
Agricultural Library, the Geological
survey Library, the Bureau of Eth
nology Library, the Bureau of Amer
lean Republics Library the Bureau of
Forestry Library, the State Depart
ment Library the War Department
Library the Navy Department Lii
brary, the Columbian University Lii
7
me Georgetown University Library,
me Patent Law Library, the Bureau
ol Education Library, the Christian
science Library and the Library of
me Society for the Home Study of
holy Scriptures and Church History.
If the student needs object lessons
ne can find plenty of them in the
ShIthsonian Institution and National
museum, which together constitutes
one or the greatest museums in the
world This is only small part of
What ne can get free of charge in the
way OF learning, for besides the libra
res ana museums. are art galleries,
the Botanical Gardens and the Zoo,
mere are several magnificent collee-
tlohS or bric-a-brac, such as Chinese
worries and wood carvings, porcelains,
Dutch water colors, idols and arms,
open to the public. The Geological
"i Wy VIII IufnlSn excellent maps
Iree of charge, and the Bureau of
Ethnology gives away every year en-
tertalning books full of pictures and
West
Suppose, for the sake of economy,
the student rents a small house on the
outskirts of the city, with a garden
attached to it, and that in order to
make ends meet he desires to plant
me place in vegetables. All he need
70 DO is to apply to the Agricultural
department., which institution will not
only furnish him with seeds of the
very best varieties of vegetables that
are raised, but in addition will, upon
ms making application, furnish him
win strawberry plants, vines, fruit
Tees shrubs and flowers, and exotic
PANTS for his windows and front yard.
there should happen also to be a
pond or a stream of water on the place
Where he is living, the Fish Commits
SION will stock it with fish, and if he
Is married and his wife should wish
TO add something to the family eX
chequer by devoting her time to some
nome industry, the division of ento-
mology of the Department of Agricul-
.ue would readily supply her with
Dees, mushroom spawn and silk worms
IN addition to all this, by merely leav-
ing his name at the departments, he
would receive, free of charge, bulletins
swing expert information and con-
ttlning the latest results in the line
OF study in which he is interested, as
n fCfy nd