The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-01-10

pleasure of meeting the first lady OF
our land, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson. I
must confess now that I was disap-
pointed in not meeting Mr.. Wilson. !
but he was sick.
We all found her not very diff
ferent from other ladies we know
She seemed to remember that she
was once a little girl Cbut l know
she never knew the pleasure of being
one of Mrs. Moorehead's tomato
girIs). She treated US so kindly and .
asked Us questions about our toma-
toes, etc.
Now We must leave the White
House and make out way down /
Pennsylvania avenue to the cap
itOl. What a beautiful building it |
is. As We come nearer the building
grows larger and larger and | believe
what my dear, good chaperone, Miss
Harris, tells me, that it is not only
one Of the most beautiful, but also
enc of the largest buildings of its
kind in the world. 1t covers three
and one-half acres of ground and it
has SO many rooms that there are
parts of it in which we might wander
about in for long time, should We
get lost, without finding our way out
Entering the capitol we find its
rooms swarming with people. Why
it is a. city itself, the chief business
of which is to make laws of our ma
ton. The two great law making
bodies are at the opposite ends of the
building. In the south wing is the
hall of the house of representatives.
and in the north is the chamber of
the United States senate. We enter
at the house side, and pushing our
way through the crowds, soon find
ourselves in the galleries of the larg-
est legislative hall in the world. We
sentatives. I wish l knew just how
high the ceiling is, it is so very, very
high.
| Below the ceiling running all
. al Oulu Inc IOOIl are UduhS VI s5dllCI-
les which begin at the edge of a1great
pit and slope upward to the wall.
As we sit in the gallery We look down
into the pit upon our representatives
| in congress at work. Each has a
desk much like a school desk before
him, it looks something like school
room with the speaker of the house
in the teachers place. | was so glad
to meet the speaker of the house, MIR.
| Champ Clark. | think it just grand
that our congressman, Mr.. Frank
Clark, had us take luncheon with
him at the Congress Hall hotel. And
all those little boys who are running
about with letters and papers in their
hands? They are the page boys of
congress; they run errands for the
| congressman. | wonder if they are
really. more pleased with their posi-
ton than the corn boy is with his?
But then all boys can't be corn boys,
so we will not object to the page boy.
Next we visit such very interesting
building. 1t is a large granite build
ing, containing the state, army and
navy departments. The state depart
tween the United States and foreign
nations. There, | am told, all our
treaties or contracts with foreign ma
tons are kept. The navy depart
( &c he rtI 81 h,;
which faces the White House. There
the secretary Of the navy has his Of
!, fees. A country like ours must have
many war ships to defend it, There
We saw so many beautiful models OF
war vessels. These models are toy
ships, in all their parts exactly like
our own men-of-war, only thousands
, Of times less in size. Passing down
, Pennsylvania avenue, we visit the
!; treasury department. The treasury
| has to do with the money of our gov
eminent. The money is sent to the
treasury to be kept until needed.
, think that from now on my civil gov
eminent lessons will not seem a
: bundle of perplexities. l really
know what they mean by congress,
house of representatives, state, war
and navy departments. l so much
wish l had time and space to tell you
all about the lovely theater parties
at which we were nicely entertained.
All about the reception given all the
girls canning club prize winners of
the Southern states and ladies in
charge of these clubs.
Our visit to the zoo and all about
, the wonderful animals. OF our trip
to the Arlington cemetery, where We
saw the famous Robert E. Lee home.