The Alaska sourdough., 1911-10-17
M,KANNA AND WASHINGTON

when he found himself before the Douqlas public school last Wednesday morning on the invitation of the prln- cipal, Miss Holmes, to speak of the na- tional capital, "I am delighted to be with you this morning. I agree with one of our great American statesmen, Daniel Webster, who said that when ever I meet a boy, 1 raise my hat to him. We know what man is, but the possibilities in every boy deserve the salute. The chances for the girls to- day are just as good as they are for the boys. There are no limits to the opportunities for the ambitious boys and girls. I am also glad to be with with you this morning because l am ever glad and willing to lend hand to public instruction. The admittedly best definition of education is to be able to think straight on any given proposition.
 ''You are here learning and storing up good many facts, large part of which you will forget, but the learning of them will train your minds so that you will be able to reach just con clusion once you are in possession of the necessary facts.
 ''Nothing so educates as travelling, because one meets different peope,l with ideas which are strange to us, but see ing them in their own homes, we real ize that often their point of view is as good as ours. Talking of travelling brings me to the subject.
 Washington, laid out on its splendid plain, with it's double arbored streets, its gardens, and magnificent buildings, is indeed the city beautiful.
 ''The first night we were in Wash ington, we went to 'The Belasco, the theatre of the White House. It is right across the street from the pres ident $ residence. The time came and passed for the president to go up, but there was none of the usual noise to urge the performance. A lady near us remarked that the president was coming, and when we asked her how she knew, she said, Why look. His box is all decorated. And so it was, with flags and bunting. The president came in about three minutes later. As soon as he appeared, the orchestra burst forth with the strains of the Star Spangled Banner, and we all arose and stood while it was being played. The play was Madamoselle Rosita, the Flower Girl played by the famous Austrian actress, Fretzi Schef She came across the stage with Shetland pony loaded with American beauty roses and showered the president and his party with them.
 '' We saw President Taft again at the open air military mass Every year some religious organization is asked to hold services for the soldiers and sailors who died in the Spanish Amer ican war. This vaar the Catholics wera asked to conduct them and they had an open air mass, on the White House ell lipse at the foot of the Washington monument. The president and his cab met, about twenty senators, over 100 representatives and 30,000 people were there Cardinal Gibbons was to have officiated, but being sick, he designated Monsieur Russell to take his place. We saw the president again at Arlington, the national cemetery, at the unveiling of monument to Captain L'Enfant, the man who designed the plan on which the city of Washington was built. The president spoke that day, as did the French ambassadors, and Senator Root. Visitors to Washington can see the president most any day at the White House. The capitol is on the opposite side of Washington, and is the build ing where congress meets. On the right is the senate wing, and on the left the op. 1