Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-28
1.-THE EXHIBITION CITY,
Term Applied to National Cap
itaI by Westerner.
HAS ENDLESS ATTRACTIONS
inducements to Outside Merchants to
Visit Here.
REFUND OF RAILROAD FARE
Changing kaleidoscope of In
spring, Interesting and Educa-
tional Pictures.
HAS ENDLESS ATTRACTIONS
REFUND OF RAILROAD FARE

he national capital bears many nick
names, being termed "the City of Magnifi-
cent Distances" the Forest CITY," the Of
| fcial City," 'the Paris of America and
| the Capital City" Other designations
| also have from time to time been bestowed
| upon 1t, but it remained for representa-
| tive In Congress from western state to
! recently give to the local community the
| cognomen of "the Exhibition City" What
ne meant to express was that within the
| District of Columbia is an apparently
| never-ending series of interesting exhibits.
| The western statesman had in view, it is
| believed, the many attraction that are
| presented to visitors, beginning with the
great white building perched on the brow
| or Capitol Hill, then to the eastward Uncle
| Sans naval gun factory. one of the great
est under the sun; westward picturesque
Arlington, the silent city Of the nations
| soldier dead. and southwark on the banks
Of the historic and winding Potomac
| Mount Vernon and the tomb OF the iminor-
! tai Washington.
he observation mentioned is regarded as
| OF particular interest a this time when the
| business men of the city are striving to at
tract here visitors from the surrounding
country and the sunny south with the
| view of inducing them to deal with Wash
| ingtons commercial houses. In this effort
The Star is lending a helping hand by its
liberal and enterprising offer, displayed
| within the big black circle on another page
| or this edition, and which was conspicuous
| ly printed in The Star yesterday. This Offer
which holds good until the beginning of the
new year, provids for the refunding of the
| fare of persons residing within radius
| of fifty miles of this city upon the pur-
chase Of $50 worth Of merchandise from
| certain merchants.>
Given a Two-Fo1d Advantage.
-he merchant in country, hamlet village
town or city who is preparing to lay in a
| fall and winter stock of any line Of goods
that can be procured here, is thus given
two-fold advantage over any inducements
that may be offered by any other city. He
Is given less than excursion rate over
the railroads. in the first instance, while
| secondly, he can spend his spare time most
| advantageously and Interestingly in seeing
| the many points of real interest that
| abound on every side. At this particular
| time he may see Washington in its golden
autumn glory, while little later he can
| come to the capital when Congress is in
! session and the city is at the height of its
| gay social season and in the midst OF its
| win ter hurly-burly
| But at all times, winter, summer spring
or autumn, Washington presents an ever
| changing kaleidoscope of inspiring, inter-
| esting and educational pictures as it werS
In the big Capitol building alone there is
| much of interest to be seen, beginning the
tour away down in the regions of eternal
gaslight under the great white structure
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| systems are at W. TX, and ascendirg through
ethe several floors 10 the top OF the MASSIVE
| dome, surmounted by the Goddess of Lib
| erty, which may be seen for miles by those
approaching the city. The Capitol and its
| immediate surroundings form one of the
most interesting chapters Of the nations
| city.
Where Peoples Money is Stored
| Then there are the stately, public build
| ings wherein is transacted much Of Uncle
| Sans business affairs The Treasury De-
| partment with its subterranean vaults in
| which are stored the glittering millions Of the
peoples money, and its secret service
bureau, where the sleuths who apprehend
counterfeiters are directed. Also, nearby,
the bureau of engraving and printing,
where the greenbacks are manufactured,
and where the visitor view the inter-
| estng process of real money-Inaking.
There is much of interest too, in the
trinity building, devoted to the purposes Of
the State, War and Navy departments, and
said to be Of the finest structures of
/ the kind in the world. The Patent Office
is another source of interest to visitors,
for within it's caDacious walls are to be
found the models of inventions from the
time of the formation CT the government,
and including all manner of queer things,
simple things and the wonders of the rwen-
| tieth century, which in their wizard-like
| production have staggered the arts and
| sciences of a few years ago.
Museums Are Interesting.
! The museums are a distinct and intensely
| interesting feature of the capital city.
There several of them. and they are
| LOADED to the gunwales," as a sailor
visitor once expressed it, with about
everything under the sum- and many things
from under the and the earth" There
| is the National Museum which presents a
| series of world lessons and furnishes
education in itself of the cuTios,
habits, implements, musical instruments,
weapons and what not of the peoples. of the
| world of this age and ages gone; the Smith
sonian Institute with its thousands of Illus
trations of natural history; the Army
Medical Museum with its illustrations of
| the horrors of war. wonders of modern
surgery and the most advanced phases of
I meSGa th hes great advance
ment made in the invention and manu-
| facture of implements of warfare ant relies
| Of the civil and other wars in which this
country has been engaged; the museum IN
| the Department of Agriculture with its
thousands of exhibits that are OF pdrtcu-
| lar interest to agriculturists and those en-
| gagged in the cattle and fowl industries;
| the Dead Letter Museum In the Post Office
Depa rtment, illustrating the oddities and
| freak articles that are sent through the
| mails, and also the letter carrier service OF
many countries and the wonders or the
| modern mail systems.
The White House, the home of the Presf-
dent of the United States, is a distinct
| feature of the city. Within it's massive
| walls have resided many of the chief execu-
| tives and every inch of the noted structure
| is of absorbing interest to the visitor.
Elaborate and Beautiful.
| The Library of Congress- with its gided
dome and it's wealth of literature, is an
| other striking point of interest in pictur-
esque and historic Washington. 1t has
been declared by visitors from foreign
climes to be the most elaborate and beau
| tiful structure of the kind in the world. In
| it's hundreds Of alcoves are millions of
| volumes, representing practically the litera-
| ture Of the universe. Its interior walls form
/ q vertiable panorama Of art, and visitors
| have declared that its very atmosphere
| furnishes an inspiration to those who go
| there.
| The Corcoran Gallery of Art contains
many hundreds of paintings and statuary
| pieces, the work O. master minds in the
| United States and the old world, and in
! itself furnishes chapter in art instruction.
| The great Washington monument which
l pierces the azure sky, 555 feet above terra
/ firma is shrine Wkich 1t is declared Ill
| Americans should visit From its ton the