The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-28
washington ADVISED
TOPLEASURE SEEKERS
Capital Is Mentioned ~ Mecca for
Those Deciding in Favor Of
Short Vacation.
ROUTE FOR DAYS OUTING GIVEN

From the Philadelphia Record
II you haven't had your vacation
this year you still have a recollection
of last years outing. of how you
packed I'D a lot of your belongings and
went away for a regular two weeks
| stay and got sunburned and tired and
| returned TO home or business SO worn
out that 1t took you three or four
months to recover your natural good
humor. and probably you have gotten
tired of planning where to go, where
you would feel satisfied for a two
weeks visit, and have about decided
to try a new plan for this years rec
reation.
Maybe you have been thinking how
much nicer IL would be to divide your
vacation into little bits and make a
hit with the boss by suggesting to
him that you are SO much Interested
in his welfare that you think you
should not leave him alone for such a
long time as you did last year. and
that you will keep right on with your
work as usual. only taking a day OF
now and then. when the work would
not seriously suffer for a few hours.
But. of course, you can't take the
time to think up where to go for so
many one-day outings. so here's help.
with the one clear understanding that
you ASK the agent" because you know
time ables and rates are subject to
change.
OF course. your first thought for such
an outing would be to see as much as
you can and learn as much as posi-
BILE, and what better can you do than
visit Washington. the National Capital.
Your friends have told you 1t is warm
there in summer. but did they tell you
OF the nice breezes from the Potomac
River. and that nearly all residence
streets have lots of shade trees?
On certain days the railroads run a
one-day excursion at SEQ. reaching
Washington about II o'clock. and return
ing from there about :, giving YOU about
eight hours there, which Is enough time
to get a hurried view of the most i'm
portant places, il you arrange syste-
matically.
A good plan is to go direct from the
Union station via trolley to Lafayette
Square and view the group OF buildings:
the white House In the center. the Treas
ury on the left. and the State. War and
Navy Departments on the right. Then
il hungry get a good lunch close by on
F or G Streets or elsewhere in the vicin-
ity. Then you take a ride from Twelfth
street and pennsylvania Avenue 10 the
long bridge and walk back along the
Tidal Reservoir. getting thus view of
the Potomac River and Arlington Gene
terry on the hilltop beyond. with the Lee
mansion in the center. Pass the new
buildings of the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing. the Agricultural Department
buildings to the right. After passing the
great Washington Monument. turn west
past the Continental Memorial Hall and
the Bureau of American Republics. on
up Seventeenth Street to the Corcoran
Gallery of Art. which Is free on Sunday
afternoons and open on that day from
1:3O to 40. A short walk through the
Executive grounds back of the White
House brings you to the new National
Museum, open l to 40 on Sundays, and
free.
The next place OF special interest is the
Capital Building, a short trolley ride east.
and which Ii sometimes open on Sundays
until $3.50 p. m. but not always. Then
ride on Pennsylvania Avenue from the
Capitol to the Treasury to get view Of
the Postoffice, local and Department. at
Eleventh Street: the new Municipal
Building. at Fourteenth Street. the New
Willard Hotel, on the northwest corner OF
Fourteenth Street. and return via F and
G Streets cars to the Congressional Lii
brary, seeing en- route the Patent Office,
between Seventh and Ninth Streets: the
big red Pension Building, and the Gov
crnment Printing Office, on North Capt.
tol Street, just above the Union Station.