Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-06-28
WASHINGTON LETTER
rsnecial correspondence.l

| that amateur photographers should OBJ
| tain a permit to take pictures any
where in the parks and public grounds.
This was done to relieve President
Roosevelt's children from the annoy
ance they suffered from the snapshot
procliyities of tourists AMI residents
who went taking pictures.
General Bingham. then in charge of
public buildings and grounds, prohibit
ed picture taking, and it has been rig
idly enforced by the government police
men In the parks ever since. Colonel
| Bromwell recently announced that the
order would be abrogated except as to
the grounds around the White House,
where It will still be necessary to have
permit to take pictures.
Passing of ChamberIin's.
The sale at public auction Of the old
Chamberlin hotel. corner of Fifteenth
and streets, marks the fall of the cur
tain ON the final act in the history Of
the most celebrated and unique resort
In America. There never was another
place like John Chamberlin's in Wash
| ington or any other city, nor will its
| duplicate ever be seen. The remarka-
Bile personality of Chamberlln himself
was a guarantee tlrit he would not OPP
crate place on commonplace and con
yentional lines. His house was called
hotel, and so 1t was utter fashion, but
it was far more In the nature Of club
| ard rendezvous for a coterie of men
that included many whose names were
| household words throughout the ma
ton
| 1t was in 1888 that Chamberlin took
| possession of the modest looking red
brick structure which had been the
home of Hon. Fernando Wood, eX-
mayor of New York city, while lie was
a Democratic member of congress. The
property still belongs to his heirs and
is being sold for their benefit.
| BraddocIS's Rock.
| 1t has been suggested by L. V. De
| Graw, fourth assistant postmaster gen
eral, to Mrs. II. V. Boynton. former
secretary general of the Daughters of
| Founders and Patriots of America.
that the historic spot to he marked
this year by hat society be the place
| where the forces of General Braddock
landed in their incursion against the
| French and Indians The rock that is
said by tradition to have been the one
used as stepping stone for the troops
| when they landed is at the foot OF
what is now known as Observatory
hill, at Twenty-third and b streets
northwest.
President In an Auto.
President Roosevelt. who has had
an aversion to automobiles. went out
for his first ride in Washington few
days ago. He left the White House IN
big touring car hired ut local gar
age. accompanied by Assistant Secre-
tary Murray of the department of com
merce and labor and Mr.. Hay, who is
the private tutor OF Theodore Rnose
Welt. Jr. The president and his com
panions took long ride out the con
duit road along the Potomac in the di
rection of Great Falls.
1 DOhcs
Three thousand incandescent electric
lamps will soon be placed in the dome
of the capitol, and It will ten outshine
the dome Of the Congressional library
far famed for its great brilliancy.
The lights are to be arranged In -four
rows around the dome. The first row
will light the large fresco painting at
the top The other rows will be of diff
aerent distances and SO arranged that
they cannot be seen. Only the light eff
feet will be noticeable Lights will also
be placed over the eight large oil paint
ings that hang on the walls of the ro-
tunda.
| Walls of the Rotunda.
| Elliott Woods, superintendent of the
capitol. is conducting an experiment on
section of the wall In the rotunda
with the view of determining what is
best 20 do to produce the most desirable
color effect In the walls.
For many years paint has been thick
ly applied to the dome and upper walls
of the rotunda. The scheme now Is &c
remove the paint from the Virginia
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and allow the walls to remain without
coloring Of any kind, the expectation
being thai age will give more pleas
Ing and effective tint than can be OBJ
tanned from paint.
FranIxing Garden Seeds.
For the first time the postofllce de
partnent few days ago passed on the
/ right OF congressman TO send through
the rail under his frank garden seed
th8t he bought in The open market. Fol
, years and years congress has beer
making enormous appropriations fol
the purpose of seed for congressional
distribution, and this seed has always
been sent through the mail under
franks. But never until recently has
any senator or representative foundH'
necessary TO buy seed In addition<ts
those furnished by the government
| This distinction belongs to Repre-
sentative Brooks of Colorado. IA mem
bcr al large" The department held
that seed not furnished by the depart
ment of agriculture could not b.
franked.
| Proposed Convention Hall.
81 am glad to see this movement fol
a big convention hall In Washington,
said Congressman 4. NJ. Bliss OF
New York It the Shoreham.
with the building Of mammoth
auditorium l am here TO predict thai
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