The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1915-06-18
THE NATIONS CAPITOL.
Harry Petree writes Interestingly
OF His First View OF
Washington.

The following are extracts from a
letter from Harry Petree to lis faith.
er giving his impression on his first
sight Of Washington. Tie letter was
not written with a view to publication.
but II is 50 interesting that We have
begged the privilege Of publishing 1t:
"The city Is fine. and ! only Wish
had more time to see 1t. A good many
OF the places are closed except during
work hours and Sunday Is the only
ime one can lind to see them. Last Sun.
day I went out TO see the monument
and went up In the elevator. The mon.
ument Is so high, and as II Is perfectly
smooth II Is hard TO realize how high
It really Is. II Is about w feet square
at the base and the walls IL feet thick.
At the top the walls are Is inches
thick. The elevator goes up every 30
minutes, and goes very slowly, taking
about ten minutes to 10 up. At the
top, or rather at 500 feet elevation,
there are windows, two on . side, 50
that you can get good view OF the
city. The city lies before you like
map, only In natural colors. On one
side Is the Potomac, stretching away
some ten miles. On another Is the
Lincoln Memorial, In tile course OF
construction. In this part Of the city
there are miles OF parks, for Washing.
ton seems to be . city Of parks. Next
To the river is q lake, called Tidal has.
In, connected with tie river In one
place. ON another side you can see
the White House, and many other
public buildings.
1.-The Smithsonian Institute Is close
at hand. There are Two buildings In
this, one which | saw vas historical,
containing priceless relics, and such
things as a history Of navigation,
hundred OF models Of boats and 20 Oh
from the earliest times TO the present
ocean liners and battleships. When
have more time am going back and
look at II more at leisure. Then
there Il the National Museum which
! intend TO see next SUNDAY, which
contains all kinds OF stuffed animals,
skeletons OF prehistoric animals. and
50 on. II was for this that Roosevelt
killed the animals, birds, etc In AZ.
rlca. II will take half day or 70 10 get
any kind Of q view OF this. Tie build
Ing Is about 800 by 800 feet and cost
- 100 900.
Then | went to the Pan A merican
building, All these buildings are Of
white stone and very beautiful. The
path leading up 70 this HAs lined
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After dinner SaiLiger ami | After
some debate decided 70 see the Cor.
coran art gallery. We reached II about
200, The first floor OF the building
Is given up TO tine specimens OF sculp.
ture, and II WAS good enough, although
perhaps my Impractical eye ~as not
able to appreciate II q would one who
knew something about II. The next
floor WAS given to paintings, and these
made me wonder what ! saw In the
marble work ~ all. When time Vas
up At &:30 we had not seen nearly all
OF them and decided to come back
again when We had more time.
Last Monday evening ! went down
to the library Of Congress, which Is, ]
believe the finest In the country. mot
that l have seen all the fine libraries
In the country, but l mean TO say
that ! believe ! have heard or seen
that statemenU. When you enter the
main door you are struck by the beauty
OF the interior. II was without a
doubt the finest and most beautiful /
had ever seen. II was all of marble OF
dazzling whiteness, most wonderfully
carved and decorated In colors. 1t was
night and the lights served perhaps to
bring out the beauties OF II. On the
second story, as much as / was able to
find time to see, was made up OF ex.