The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-05-23
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INTERIOR EXHIBIT

Have you seen tho man with one
pen who signs ten perfectly good
checks at time" He signs the quar-
terly pension checks the Pension Of
fee sends its long list or pensioners.
and may be seen at the educational
exhibit in the Interior Department al
Nineteenth and + streets.
Have YOU seen the educational NOV
les in the auditorium OF the SAINT
building. part Of the visual methods
used by the department in eduCa-
ton? All sorts OF interesting sub
jeCts are shown during the exhibit to
full houses. And the Home Clubs
fine orchestra plays at the same time.
Take the Potomac Park car and you
will get of right at the door.
Have you seen the bomb that was
sent to Assistant Postmaster General
Palmer: the inside workings Of real
shrapnel shell such as was used t.
put the fear of the Yanks into the foe;
the work our Indians are doing all
over the country; how to dig for oil
and where; the model Of President
Lincoln's queer idea Of freeing strand
ed ships from sand banks? Not to
speak Of a million and one other in
teresting and Illuminating things
there.
ChO-Cho, the Health Clown.
II you go in the day time you see
and hear Cho-Cho, the only clown in
the Government service who lectures
to the Riddles about good health rules.
He's not only funny and will keep you
laughing, but will tell you some real
straight health facts at the same
time. If you want to know whether
your little Sammy or Mary is physi-
caIly fit, take them along and they
will be weighed and measured by rep
resentatives of the Children's Bureau,
who will tell you all about them.
Do you know the strides the Geo
logical Survey is making in perfectinS
methods of using the camera from an
airplsne to map difficult country?
a camera with three eyes that will
some time soon revolutionize present
day typographical mapping. There is
a comera with three eyesp that win
take a crooked picture and another
that will straighten it all out again.
II you are interested in metals of
all sorts, COAL oil, and gas. there are
corners devoted especially to these
subjects by the Bureau of Mines.
st. EIIEabeth's Exhibit.
One of the queerest of collections is
in the corner devoted to the work Of
the patients of st. Elizabeth's, across
the river-sketches done by insane
patients that show what is going on
in their minds. II you can make them
out you can do something few are
able to.
AS you enter the northwest door
you will believe yourself in one oil
the national parks in the midst of
the forest-not only will you see il,
but you'll smell it.
II you have ever wanted to take
up a homestead in the West. the col
ored photographs covering all phases
of farming, irrigation, reclamation,
andp national park work will make
your desire doubly strong.
5000 Visit In Day.
Although this exhibit covers the
work of one department-the Interior
and is a temporary exposition last
ing till the end of next week, the COM
pIeteness of it is remarkable, as is the
interest taken by the public at large.
Yesterday there were almost 5000
visitors, and the number grows daily.
The success Of the showing is max
ing the other Federal departments
jealous, and much has been said Of the
advisability Of having a permanent
Government exposition as a regular
affair in its own building. covering
the work and all the worldwide ac-
tivities OF Uncle Sans forces.
The department is anxious that the
public take advantage Of the free ex-
hibition, in order to let folks know
just what il is doing. 1t is said that
the people in Washington know as
little of the work Of the departments
here as is possible, and this is the
best chance to get acquainted