Evening star., 1917-03-04

secretary, Joseph Henry, the institution
was established on a very wise ana
solid basis. The new and old National
Museum and the Geological Park come
under its Jurisdiction.
| The Geological Park, located in Rock
| Creek valley. comprises 167 acres OF
picturesque country. 1t contains about
| i.400 animals from all parts Of the world.
! 1t ospen until pm. every day.
The new National Museum. located on
| the Smithsonian grounds. is one of
the leading attraction Of the capital.
Its many million specimens of curios.
| relics. minerals, mounted animals and
birds would take years to study care
fully.
The municipal building. constructed
of Vermont white marble at a cost of
s2.0OO.000. is an excellent example OF
the present-day tendency to produce
public buildings OF the greatest beauty.
1t contains the offices of the District
Commissioners and all municipal de-
partments except the courts. Washing
tonians have no vote. therefore the
three Commissioners are appointed by
Senate.
New City Post Office.
The new city post office adjoining
Union station is the most recent ad-
dition to Washington's beautiful build
ings It's construction cost of Wood
bury granite totals about s3.000,000. 1t
is the most modern post office in the
world. ~
! Another distinctive Washington
building is the new railway terminal.
Union station. 1t affords a most fitting
and dignified entrance to the National
Capital The terminal improvements
and construction of building cost near
1Hr q
south enter the station through the
twin tunnels running through Capitol
Hill
The Pan-American building is con-
sidered by many the most beautiful in
America. Its wonderful glass-covered
court, sixty feet square, the sunken
gardens. beautiful statuary and artistic
grounds are the admiration of every
one. The building Is conducted by the
twenty-one republics of North. South
and Central America, for the develop
ment of pan-American commerce and
friendship. Its construction cost was
S1.000.o0o. one-fourth being paid by the
American republics and three-fourths
by Mr.. Andrew Carnegie.
Memorial Continental Hall. erected
by the National Society, Daughters of
the American Revolution, is an exqui-
site example of colonial architecture.
The beautiful south portico is unique
by reason of the thirteen solid marble
columns. a gift from the states forming
the original thirteen colonies. It's beau
tiful Vermont white marble construc-
ton presents a most imposing appear
ance. The national society each year
in April holds a convention in this hall,
over 1000 delegates attending.
Corcoran Gallery of Art.
The famous Corcoran Gallery of Art
was founded and endowed by the late
William w. Corcoran in 1869. a gift to
the people. Below the elaborately
carved cornice runs frieze bearing the
names of eleven famous sculptors and
painters. Original marbles. bronzes.
rare paintings, by the most celebrated
artists, and casts and replicas from the
finest specimens of antique and modern
sculpture fill the rooms and line the
corridors. Tuesdays. Thursdays, Satur-
days, Sundays and holidays the admis-
sion is free, other times rs cents is
charged.
The Lincoln Memorial, now under
construction in Potomac Park, at the
axis of the Capitol and Washington
Monument. is expected to be completed
in 1919. Its construction lis of Colo
RADIO white Yule marble and is to cost
s2,o00.000. Its height will be 1913 feet
from the park level, the length 2O4 feet
and depth 1s4 feet. The central hall
will be sixty feet high. seventy feet
long and sixty feet wide. and will con-
tain a large statue of the martyred
President.
Two conspicuous landmarks seen
upon the hills surrounding Washington
are the Lee mansion. at Arlington, va,
on the west, and the Soldiers Home, to
the north.
Arlington, the former home of Gen.
Robert E. Lee. was built by George
Martha Washington and father of Mrs
Robert E. Lee. in 1902. After Gen. Lee
left to join the Confederate army the
estate was used by the Federal govern
ment for camp. hospital ground and
later as national cemetery. In one
grave are 2.111 unknown soldiers who
fell in the great civil conflict.
The Fort Myer reservation, adjoin-
ing Arlington cemetery, contains much
of interest.
Home for Regular Soldiers.
The Soldiers Home, a beautiful
stretch of rolling country, comprising
512 acres. consists of five dormitories
with every modern convenience, a hos
pital. chapel. library and various other
buildings. Soldiers who have been hon.
orably discharged after twenty years
service, or have become disabled. are
eligible to the home
Sixteen miles south of Washington,
DOTuerlHS the Famous POTOMAC, reach
ed by both trolley and boat and a fine
modern highway just completed from
Alexandria, is Mount Vernon, the home
of George Washington. The autoist
can make the distance from Washing
ton in about forty-five minutes. Few
tourists ever miss this national
shrine when visiting the capital. The
grounds and buildings, with all their
original design of furnishings as when
Martha Washington was mistress. have
been restored. The Mount Vernon
Ladies' Association of the Union pur-
chased the property in 1860 and are the
present owners.
Alexandria. Va. possesses many his
toric attractions Christ Church, built
in 1873, of which Washington was
vestryman. is well preserved WASH
ington,s pew. marked by silver plato,
is still in its original state. CARLYLE
House. famous in French and Indian
war days as the meeting place OF six
governors and Gen. Braddock and
where the first demonstrations were
made against English rule, is another
place of attraction
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