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WASHINGTON, D. c., April IA
rival Congress is in session in Wash
ington this week. 1t comes every year
and never fails to be a decided attrac-
ton for the time being. 1t is the Con-
tinental Congress of the Daughters OF
the American Revolution, with dele
gates from practically every state
and territory in the union
The presence of the Daughters in
Washington adds as much to the gen
eral activity as though it were
National Convention of one or the
other political party. They now hold
their Congresses in a building of their
own over in Continental Hall, on the
northwest edge of the City, but
stones throw from the great State,
War and Navy Department building.
The stormy scenes, which generally
attend their Congresses, are there
fore now in a building of their own,
rather than in large vaudeville
theater, where they were accustomed
to meet before Continental Han was
constructed.
House of Representatives has some
kind of a stormy incident, just before
the Daughters assemble in their an
nual Congress. So it is that the
Daughters are always ready with a
retort when good humored critics refer
to their combativeness. Why" they
say, eff you want to see real fight
ing, go up to the House of Represen-
tatives. Can't we have a little lati-
tude in our proceedings, if the men,
trained to parliamentary proceedings.
can not get along peacefully"
When Representatives DalzelI, Will
Jams, Hopkins, and Bennett passed the
lie virtually last week in an angry
debate over the admission of an insane
girl is an immigrant at New York,
the Daughters now have a good ex-
cuse to do a little ''scrapping" on
their own account.
The coming of the Daughters on
their annual pilgrimage to Washing
ton leads to many pleasant reunions.
The social feature is never to be over
looked There are teas and parties
galore, where smartly gowned ladies
from far and near mingle. The politics
of the congress is also a feature which
predominates in the hotel corridors
proves interesting to the sterner sex
at the Capital-always on the alert for
variety during their sojourn in Wash
ington.
The spring days, which have been
bright and pleasant, have
brought great throngs of visitors to |
The annual spring races
are here now and that always fills the |
hotels with a crowd of sports. But |
thew are only handful to the thou |
sands who are pouring in by every
train on sightseeing trips. Many are /
school teachers and high school pupils !
on the Easter outing. The railroads |
from every direction have made very
low rates which these VISITORS Nave
improved and virtually every hotel
and boarding house in town has been
crowded to the very doors. Occasional
stories are told of those who, unable
n find accommodations. walk the
streets at night without a place to lay
their heads.
The. mecca of all these spring vis1-
.ors, except the sporting fraternity
G tho White House offices. They want
n see the President. But the crowds
# excursionfsts have become so great
hat the President has had to curtain
he number of those whom he will re-
GIVE and many of the excurslonlsts
nave had to return home without see
no the President. In a few instances
members of Congress had made ap-
continents for these visitors to see the