The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-03
: The Social Side of Washington :

or trip to Utica. N. ". Just in time
to remove the stains of travel and don
glad apparel for the dinner given In
their honor by the Aforementioned
and Mrs. Wickersnam. The latter was
one OF @ series of dinners given for
them by the Cabinet. and In view OF
the Attorney Generals evident need of
friends In Congress. his "fnakinE up
TO the ey-oiiicio presiding officer of
the upper house was most timely.
Society took few hours of from
order to attend a special meeting Of
the Wotnan's Welfare Department of
the National Civic Federation, OF which
Mrs Samuel Spencer. widow OF the
former president OF the Southern Rail-
way, is the chairman. a short ad.
dress by the Attorney General set
forth tile OBJECT OF the meeting, which
was discussion or the BILL recently
introduced In the House by Reprcsen-
tatiyc .oicott. providing for tho crea-
ton OF a national board OF sanitary
Inspectors for the Federal buildings
and ofices. The meeting was also
addressed by Surgeon General Charles
Stokes, ". $. NJ: Colonel Judsop. u. $.
the District OF Columbia, and Miss
Brown, president OF the Y. w. G.. A.
The latter spoke with special refer
ence to the provision made for the
Tor the army of young women who
would soon ingather from the various
states TO Washington in connection
with the taking or the fourteenth cen
Stokes offered statistics showing the
ovcrcrowdlns of illy-ventilated gov
eminent buildings was regularly cost
ing Uncle Sam Is per cent. OF the
clerks efficiency.
Mrs Taft. Mrs. Meyer. who was act
Ing hostess for tho meeting: Mrs.
Wickersham and Mrs. Ballinger, wives
OF Cabinet officers: Colonel and Mrs.
and Mrs. stokes and Mrs. Henry
RaIncy, wife or Representative Ratney,
of Illinois, were among the INTEREST,"
ed people present.
Visitors to Washington who think
they have seen the sights of the. city
when they have made the rounds Of
the buildings ETC., will discover a new
sphere OF Information in y group OF
buildings overlooking the northwest
ern part OF the capital. known oiiicial-
Ily as the National Bureau of stand
ards. The presiding sentns or THIS
! comparatively new branch OF the Fed
! eraI work is DIR. Samuel ". stratton.
who, In ten minutes. can tell American
| housewives more about the real rea-
sons for the high cost of living than
Senator Lodges whole investigating
committee could In an hour. The i'm
I
custodian of the national yardstick Is
indicated By recent report. which
shows that In a. single State east OF
the Allegheny Mountains the people
are paying s40.0o0.o00 annually for
| toodstuffs they do not receive. because
Of imperfect measures and scales
| In Europe. where wages are low
and living is high. women are par
| ticular to get all for which they pay.
! but in the United States little or no
attention Is given the subject, and the
| have bad measures as the. dishonest
vender OF goods, who consciously
charges for more than he gives TO his
(, customers.
Visitors to Washington at this time
arc particularly fortunate in the OBJ
portunity of seeing well-nigh perfect
collection of fac-simile etchings By
James Mcneil Whistler. The collection
is on exhibition in the print division
OF the Library of Congress. and con-
complied BY Edward G.. Kennedy for
the Groller Club. of New York. with
the hardly consent. but ultimate
cheerful assistance OF Mr.. Whistler.
Years OF labor were expended upon the
catalogue but they were years of
a labor for love, and Will spare col
| lectors of the future MANY difficulties
and perpleXlties. The plates are ar
ranged ehronoloEically. so that the de-
velopment of facility as well as style
can be noted by the student and lover
OF art, and. viewed as whole. verifles
| the remark OF Royal Gortissoz. that
l"Whlstler created out OF a magnificent
| ly disinterested passion for beauty
GRACE PORTER HOPKINS.