Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-01-30
A Middlebury Map in Washington

Editor Register,
Dear Sir
1t is an oriental saying that every
Moslem should visit Mecca, before he
dies l think it might be said with
even greater propriety that every good
American should at least visit Wash
ington once in his lifetime Washing
ton is a beautiful city It's broad well
paved streets and avenues lined every
where with trees and shrubs, with open
places where avenues and streets in
tersect, with its parks, places it in a
class by itself. Its public buildings
are among the largest and finest in
the world Its libraries and works of
art are attracting more and more at
tention year by year. The Washing
ton monument and Lincoln Memorial
now nearly completed at a cost of
$2000,000 are memorials of which any
city or nation may we'll be proud.
Strange as it may seem one never
weares of looking at the Washington
monument, even old residents of the
city tell me that it never loses its
charm in the changing lights of day
and night. The public buildings of
Washington are revelation to one
who has spent most of his life in the
country
Washington is unlike any other city
in that it is the seat of government
of one of the largest and wealthiest
nations of the earth, and its business
is largely connected with the govern
ment. Over one hundred thousand
clerks are required to assist officials
1t is also the headquarters of a large
number of organizations as the Daugh-
tiers of the American Revolution and
the Red Cross The latter organization
alone employing some seven hundred
clerks
have visited Congress. OF course
l have, as every loyal citizen should
do. | went into the Senate first where
| found twelve or fifteen senator's some
of whom were discussing the propriety
of committee to investigate the navy
scandals employing legal counsel.
Some of them were very sure it would
be necessary to get at bottom facts,
while others declared in a somewhat
grandiloquent style that it was bad
practice and wholly unnecessary to do
so. There was roll call for a vote
at two o'clock but as there was no
quorum the discussion went merrily
on | went into the House and found
proportionately smaller number of
members in their seats Not more
than ten per cent of seats occupied l
should Judge, and discussion of even
less interest than in the Senate.
There has been many changes in
Washington in the last six years since
| was here, some improvements and
some that does not add to the beauty
of the city The low lands along the
Potomac have been reclaimed and made
into a beautiful park. The Geological
Park has been improved and a large
number of interesting animals intro
duced. A large number of fine build
ings have been completed. The two
large museums have been re-arranged
and filled with innumerable objects of
interest One might spend days and
months with profit in these buildings.
The old building is rich in everything
pertaining to military affairs, while
the new building is more especially full
in all objects of natural history Here
we found the specimens collected %
the Roosevelt Expedition to East
Africa.
During the war there were built a
large number of large cheap concrete
buildings, in close proximity to the
old solid beautiful structures of other
DAYS, that some way gives one a very
uncomfortable feeling When they will
be removed no one can tell, we only
know it is not likely to be at present.
The climate of Washington is NOT
tropical at this season, the temperature
varying from 80 degrees to 40 degrees
by day to 20 to 80 degrees at night
and at times even lower. Just now
the city is coated with ice and sleighs
would run well anywhere within the
city limits.
Yours,