The Washington herald., 1907-08-25

IL al aL Wltiu lIldb DioWS no ptic
good" is a tlme-tried and fre-tested max
i'm, and holds particularly good with this
years summer visitors to this city.
There has never been, within the men,
ory Of the oldest inhabitant. a year like
this for tourists. The managers OF down
town hotels and smaller family hotels.
boarding houses. and other phalansteries
are put 10 their wits ends to find room
to accommodate the ever-increasing thr0ng
that arrives in the city with every train.
from all points of the compass.
Many Of these tourists are returning
from the jamestown Exposition. and be-
fore going home TO tell their folks all
about the big show, they made up their
minds TO run down TO Washington TO see
the White House, where President Roose-
velt and his family live and where that
dog Pete" chases people Up trees and
keeps them there all night or makes
them Jump into FISH ponds until some
body comes and fishes them out
Monument in Lead.
There seems 10 be keen rivalry between
the Capitol, the White House, and the
Washington Monument as points Of com
parative attraction in the minds Of the
tourists, and the Washington Monument.
according TO reports gathered from guides
and officials, seem 10 slightly have the
better Of the White House, which ranks
as a close second, with the Capitol as
a good third.
All the other attractions. like the
Smithsonian Institution. the Congression-
al Library the National Museum. Mount
Vernon. Arlington and Soldiers Home
are we'll patronized by the crowds Of
sight-seers.
And il Is not only the hotels and board
ing houses that are benefited by the
influx Of visitors; the souvenir shops,
clothing stores. photograph galleries, soda
water fountains. and candy emporiums
see the golden harvest flow into their tills
from the pockets Of those who come 10
Washington ito do or to die" II is a
bad year for the towns and cities nlat
stand this loss, but the wind blows good
for Washington shopkeepers.
Autos in Demand.
The sightseeing automobiles find they
have not sufficient machines to handle the
thrcng Each machine averages about 80
passengers a day. and indications point
to an even more busy future than the
past has been. AS one OF the managers
of the big touring wagons said:
The crowds will increase every day
from now on. The man who has 70 work
for his daily bread and who saved enough
money 10 go 10 the jamestown Exposition
and take his wife. daughter. and son.
made UP his mind to see the whole show
or nothing at all, and so he waits until
now and later on. being satisfied that by
this time the show would be in its fun
glory and completed in every department.
We can't handle the crowd Never as
busy in our lives. All nice people, the
better middle class. as It were. Good
many Of them from Southern parts with
fair sprinkling OF Western folk, who
viii drift into the fair a little later. Yes,
fine business. yes, indeed"
Exhibit Genuine Patriotism.
I'VE average about 1000 visitors a day. "
said Chief Guide Kennedy at the Capt.
tol yesterday afternoon. They're all
nice people OF the honest working class.
They are anxious TO see and TO learn and
the genuine patriotism they exhibit when
looking at big paintings or statuary of
great Americans IS very resssuring and
refreshing. indeed. All good, sound
Americans.
Il believe this is the biggest summer
for tourists since the Philadelphia Cen
tennial in 1876, and the crowd Is grow
ing every day. Let them come, the more
the merrIer."
The biggest business we ever had In
fact, we are doing a regular winter
business. Have never seen anything
ike It before. The year of the Chicago
Fair was probably the next busiest, but
does not come up 10 this"
The above is the expression CT the man.
ager Of one OF the best known downtown
hotels. and his view was seconded by the
other proprietors and managers Of hostel
ries in the downtown district
what Visitors Buy.
A lecturer on one OF the rubberneck
wagons. speaking of the peculiarities of
the average tourist, said that it is a fact
that there are very few men visitors
who do not invest in either a hat or a
neektie or both. while doing Washington.
The women. he said. generally squander
their money in souvenirs, knick-knacks.
or umbrellas
''One thing is certain" said he Of the
megaphone, I'VE never get any tips from
women; men once in a great while un-
deTgo an attack OF generosity and hand
US broken cigar or a nickel. But, say;
gee; don't say anything about that, be-
cause were not supposed to accept
bribes"