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y *The Botanical Garden

The Botanic Garden has specimens
of vegetation from all parts of the
world. 1t occupies the block on the
south side of Pennsylvania avenue
at the foot of the Capitol
This stately and beautiful garden
will one day become a part of the
national boulevard, in line as il is
with the Capitol. the Smithsonian,
Agricultural, Washington Monument
and Lincoln Memorial and their
grounds. which will in turn be in
line with the proposed memorial
bridge which will join Arlington with
these other memorials.
The Botanic Garden will, by that
time. be established in it's new home.
the tract of land which was once
the James Creek canal, which runs
eastward from about the line of the
War College to point south of the
Capitol. The present Botanic Garden
is the site of the beautiful Bartholdi
fountain. which stands in the middle
of the grounds on the north side, and
the Grant Memorial. occupying the
center of the east side of the grounds.
These are two of the most beautiful
Of all such works in the National
Capital.
Open during sun hours. Hot houses,
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frayed from funds out of the sale OF
lands donated by Maryland and Vir-
ginia. The site is a part of what
was then David Burns farm. its corn
field stretching to the waters of the
Potomac. about half a mile to the
south. When rebuilt after the fire
the long wings at the sides were
omitted. 1t is built of white sand
stone.
The Executive mansion is we'll
guarded, having it's own entirely ade-
quate force of police officers and secret
service men on duty inside the man
sion at all hours, while there is a
continuous patrol of the grounds sur
rounding the mansion. Automatic
alarm signals are in different parts
of the house and grounds. and there
are telephones and telegraphs to the
adjacent military posts, where there
is strong force of military police
and soldiers that could be summoned
without delay.
The corridors and the ground floor
are filled with historic mementos of
past and gone mistresses Of the man
sion. Bits of china used on the din
ing tables in former administrations
are shown in rooms of the ground
floor. which are used as dressing
rooms for the guests at the state din
ners as we'll as for the most distin-
guished special guests at the state
receptions. Special blue cards are
sent to these special guests in their
invitations, admitting them through
the gates of the south grounds and
by the small door under the south
portico. The south side OF the house
was intended in the original plans to
be the front entrance. but the plan
was changed before the house was
completed.
The mansion is open to visitors
from 10 o'clock in the morning to
. o'clock in the afternoon.
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*Carnegie Institution of
WASHINGTON

The Carnegie Institution of Wash
ington, at 18th and p streets, is an
organization of national scope, which
was founded by Andrew Carnegie in
1902 for the advancement of research
and knowledge. Its laboratories and
departments of research cover many
fields of study and are located in
various parts of the country. 1t now
has an endowment of s20,00O,000.
Three of the institutions establish
ed departments of research are also
located in Washington. The depart
ment of historical research, with ac-
commodations in the Woodward build
ing, at 18th and H streets; the
geophysical laboratory, 2s01 Upton
street, especially adapted for study
of the constituents of the earth's 8
crust under conditions of high tenn
perature and high pressure; and the
department of terrestrial magnetism,
with laboratory and office building
located at 36th street and Branch
magnetic survey of the sea and land
areas of the world has been under
taken. Other departments of research
of the institution located outside of
Washington are as follows: Depart
ment of botanical research. Desert
Laboratory, Tucson, Ariz.; department
of embryology. Johns Hopkins Medi-
cal School, Baltimore, Md; depart
ment of genetics, Cold Spring Harbor
Long Island, n. Y; department OF
meridian astrometry. Dudley Observa-
tory, Albany, n. Y; Mount Wilson
Observatory, Pasadena. Calf, and
Nutrition Laboratory, 80 Villa street
ROStOn. Mass
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THE Union Station

The Union station exceeds the
United States Capitol In dimensions.
being $50 feet long and S43 feet wide.
served for the President of the United
States and for distinguished guests Of
the nation. The main waiting room
has a height of 12o feet. and the cir
cular window. in each end Is IS feet
in diameter. The passenger con-
course. 76o feet long. is the largest
room in the world under one roof,
An army OF $4,000 persons could
stand upon its floor at one time. The
station Is built of white granite from
Bethel. Vt. 1t was designed by Daniel
character, like unto the great tri-
umphal arches of ancient Rome. All
roads lead to the Union station, In
cluding the street railways. The
railroads from the south enter the
city through twin tunnels under
CaDitOl Hill
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THE Pan.American
Union

The Pan-American building is a
work of art done in marble.
The building is located at the en-
trance of Potomac Park on Seven
teenth street. between B and c, facing
upon the Executive grounds. COM
monty known as the White Lot. The
structure and grounds represent an
investment OF $1,1oo,00o, of which the
American republics contributed $780,
600 and the late Andrew Carnegie
$S50,000. The Pan American Union is
the international organization main
tanned by the twenty-one American
republics. as follows: Argentina, Bo-
livia, Brazil. Chile. Colombia, Costa
Rica, Cuba. Dominican Republic, Ecu
dor, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mex
leo, Nicaragua Panama. Paraguay,
Peru, Salvador, United States, Uruguay
and Venezuela. The Secretary of State
Of the United States presides at the
meetings of the governing board of
the union, the latter being supported
by quotas contributed by each coun-
try, based upon their population. The
director general-of which there has
been but one other--is DR.. L. S. Rowe.
DIR. Francisco J. Yanes Is assistant
director, and Franklin Adams, coun-
selor.
Open to visitors from am. to 4
D. m.
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*The Scottish Rite Temple

The Scottish Rite temple, at 18th
and streets, cost $1.5o0.000. 1t Is
the national home of the supreme
council of the southern jurisdiction
of the Scottish Rite in America, rep
resenting fourteen Masonic bodies
with a membership of $4,000. 1t is
modelled after the mausoleum Of Hall
carnasus in Asia Minor. regarded by
the ancients as one of the seven Won
ders of the world. It Is one Of the
most impressive structures in wash
ington and we'll worth a visit. The
pipe organ is the third largest In the
world.
The temple is also the home of
the william r. Smith collection Of
editions Of Burns, including many
rare prints, as we'll as books and
paintings and other articles associ-
ated with the poet Burns. The late
William r. Smith. we'll known as
superintendent of the Botanic Gar
dens, was an enthusiastic devotee Of
Bobby" Burns and spent years of his
life in making this valuable collec-
ton. Mr.. Smith was aslo a Mason Of
high degree. a member of the Scottish
Rite, and his treasures find an appro-
pirate resting place in the wonderful
18th street temple.
The collection is open to inspection
by the public from . am. until 1 pm.
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The Lincoln Memorial

The popular ideal of a memorial to
Lincoln could only be satisfied with
a design combining grandeur with
beauty.
Such is the great Lincoln Memo
ria.-isolated, majestic and serene.
There are many interesting statis-
ties about this memorial-the figures
and measurements of it's majestic
dimensions and proportions; the fact
that 1t cost quite bit more than
s2,000,00o; the consideration which
finally determined the site in Poto-
mac Park on the same east-and-west
axis with the dome of the Capitol and
the Washington Monument. But there
are even more significant facts which
one does not get from figures One
is that from the first digging to bed
rock for the foundation to the COM
pletion of the memorial there was a
spirit of cooperation and devotion on
the part of all concerned. from the
members of the commission to the
stonecutters and laborers. The same
workmen who were there at the be-
ginning were there at the finish.
There was no strike The cost of this
memorial was far less than would
the same size for secular and COM
mercial uses. And in all the processes
of what builders call heavy operation,
from the quarrying of twenty three
ton blocks of stone 10000 feet up In
the Colorado mountains and trans
porting them to the banks of the
placid Potomac to the dangerous
caissson work fifty feet underground.
no man was killed and none seriously
injured. This, too. in stupendous
work that was in progress more than
ten years. counting from the date of
1911, when Congress created the Lin
coin Memorial commission. with
President Taft as its chairman. This
commission worked with the Federal
Commission of Fine Arts throughout
the undertaking, determined to OBJ
tain a memorial which the American
people would for all time instinctively
feel to be worthy of bearing the name
of Abraham Lincoln.
Henry Bacon. the architect. called
as his associates Daniel Chester
French, the sculptor. and Jules
of their work together they formed
a virtual brotherhood in the spirit of
Lincoln. They read Lincoln and
studied Lincoln together.
Before one stone was placed upon
another in his marble home of memo
ries Henry Bacon determined that
the great central room should be a
place where the people could be
alone" with the Lincoln to be created
by French. He planned. too. that in
the lesser space. but not less sacred.
the paintings Oh IueTlH ~oulu teii
again in allegory the meaning of Lin
coins immortal utterances.
One of the best of the distant views
of the memorial is to be had from the
heights of Arlington across the Po-
tomac, from the porch of Robert T..
Lees home. where Lee pondered and
chose the other way.
And 1t is planned-at least hoped
to put. some, day. a monumental
bridge across the Potomac from the
memorial, from the great shrine hous-
ing the speech of malice toward
none" to the other shore, where 5000
unknown and $4,000 known soldiers
of the Blue, the Gray and the Khaki
sleep together in peace.
Open to visitors from am. to 4:30
pm. daily-and from ! to 4:30 pm. on
SUNDAYS and holidays.
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Adjacent Battlefelds

Washington is girdled by battle
fields. each with its history. Today
virtually all of the activities of the
Army are represented in the posts
surrounding Washington. During the
world war these posts contributed to
the work of organizing the armed
forces. One of the first officers train
ing schools was located at Fort Myer.
Boiling Field has contributed air
plane development since the armis-
tice. These posts bridge the gap be-
tween today and the civil war de
fenses of Washington In almost a
continuous circle they were flung
around Washington.
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THE Corcoran Gallery OF
Art

The 'Corcoran Gallery of Art was
given to the city of Washington by
the late w. W. Corcoran, who built
the original building at the corner of
17th street and Pennsylvania avenue,
now the United States Court of
Claims. He left provision in his will
for the new building which now
adorns the corner of 18th street and
New York avenue. A school Of draw
ing, painting. sculpture and design is
now established also in the art gal
lery, which has many beautiful and
famous specimens Of painting and
sculpture. There Is also loan ex-
hibit always in progress In the hemi-
cycle, the small hall built for the pur-
pose.
The building is Of Georgia white
marble. Thirty pillars OF white mar
BILE support the enormous skylight.
Visitors are admitted free on Tues
days. Thursday, Saturdays and Sun
days and on holidays. Mondays, We'd
nesdays and Fridays an admission fee
Of 20 cents Is charged.
Open from 8 am. to 4:3o pm; Sum
days. from 1 to 4;S0 pm.
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fBolline Field

The present aviation site known as
Boiling Field was named for the
late Col. Raynal c. Boiling, who was
killed in France during the world
war. 1t consists of 500 acres of land
situated in the southeast part of the
city, in the section known as Anacos-
tia, on reclaimed land along the Ana
costa river, extending from it's mouth
up to the Anacostia bridge. The site
is the property of the United States
and the expenses of reclamation have
been paid in equal proportions from
the United States Treasury and from
the revenues Of the District of Colum-
bia. The personnel at the naval air
station comprises fourteen officers and
100 enlisted men.
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*The u. S Post Office De.
Dartment

The main Post Office Department
building, at 11th street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue, was completed in 1899
at a cost of s2.55S.S35. 1t is built of
gray granite; is 127 feet high, with a
tower of 315 feet. The building is 200
feet wide by 400 feet long. 1t is
occupied by the Postmaster General,
assistant posmasters general and the
executive forces. This force directs
the entire postal system of the United
States. numbering. roughly speaking,
about $40, 900 employees.
In the court within the building
hangs the largest American flag
made. 1t is 10 feet inches by 81
feet. The clock in the tower OF the
building is Is feet from rim TO rim
and the minute and hour hands, which
are made of pine wood. measure Z II
and 5 feet. respectively. The height
of the numerals is feet.
Open TO visitors from am. to 4;3o
p.n.
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*State, War and Navy
Building

The State, War and Navy building
IL the largest building in the world
constructed entirely of granite. 1t
was designed by A. B. Mullett. former
supervising architect of the Treasury
Department. 1t was originally in
tended to be five different buildings.
A unique feature is the cantilever
construction of it's stairways. and 1t
is difficult to conceive the method Of
their support. The cost of the build
ing was S10,03S, 4S2.42.
Only a few OF the War and Navy
onices are now located in this build
ing, but 1t does house the State De-
partment in its entirety.
Open from 10 am. until 2 pm.
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Thomas Jefferson, comprising $50
volumes. A second fire in 1925 only
slightly damaged the library, but in
1851 a third and more disastrous fire
destroyed $4,000 volumes which it
then contained. Two-thirds of the
jefferson collection was included in
the loss The new building was COM
pleted in
While therservice of the library is.
as its name suggests, primarily to
Congress. 1t is in effect the national
library of the United States. For
reference use it is absolutely and
without formality free to any reader
over sixteen years of age.
open from 8 o'clock in the morning
until 10 o'clock in the evening on
week days; Sundays from to 10 p. m.
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+ TheLibrary of CONGRESS

The Library of Congress, east of
the Capitol and facing it, is the larg-
est and most elaborate library build
ing in the world. 1t occupies three
and three-fourths acres of a site OF
nearly ten acres; has cubic contents
of 10,725,920 feet; contains 43O.255
square feet, or over nine and one
half acres of floor space, and l02
miles of shelving.
The library was established in 1900
in the Capitol building. In 1914,
numbering a little over 800 volumes,
1t was destroyed by the burning of
the Capitol by the British. 1t was re-
established in 1915. at a cost of $685.
$50, by the purchase, under an act of
Congress, of the private collection of
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told General Land Office

This building, occupying the square
bounded by e and F. 7th and sth
streets. was designed by Robert Mills
1t was built of marble from New
York state in 1880. In 1t Samuel, B.
Morse worked over his original tele-
graph instruments. 1t was built at
cost Of 100000 and was used for
many years as the Post ONCE De-
partment. after the land once was
moved into the: :patent-office building.
various Offices Of the War Depart
ment and 10 now occupied by minor
govsrnment odtces. Open from 10 am.
to 2 p.n1.
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The Naval Radio Station

The naval radio station. over on the
Virginia hills at Arlington, Is the best
equipped, wireless station in the
world. The three towers are plainly
visible from the city. Communica-
tion is haa with Mare Island Cal. /;
Key West. Fla. Colon, Guantanamo,
San Juan and other, government sta
tions. The sea range with ships of
the Navy Is 5000 miles, Arlington
has even had communicates with the
Eiftel Tower In Paria
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+The National Bureau oi
Standards

This bureau of the Department of
Commerce was created in 1901 and its
work covers almost the whole field
of Standardization.
In order to carry out the extremely
varied work with which the bureau
deals. it's laboratory equipment is un-
usually complete. The various in
struments and machines installed in
the fourteen permanent buildings in
clude balances suficiently sensitive to
determine a difference in weight of
l part in 100.oo0.0o0 and a testing
machine capable of pressing down.
ward on a full-sized building column
with a force of 5000 tons. Open to
4:30
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1.-THE Pension Office

The Pension office, in Judiciary
square on F and G streets. between
4th and 5th streets, is said to be fire.
proof an assertion that led Gen.
Sheridan to eXclaim what a pity.
The cases on file exceed a million;
about that number of beneficiaries
are carried on the rolls and the out
lay of the bureau is now about
$3.50, 100000 a year.
Open from 8 am. until 4:30 pm.
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+The Army Medical. |.
Museum

The Army Medical Museum. 7th and
streets southwest, is Of the greatest
interest and value to the medical and
surgical profession and contains some
$4,000 specimens. The exhibits illus
trates the means and methods of mill
tary surgery and all the diseases and
casualties of war. making a gruesome
exhibit of preserved flesh and bones
which fill one with horror and dismay.
There are 1900 skeletons Of American
mammals.
Onen frnnn Q m to 4 n. n,
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bureau of Engraving and
Printing

The bureau OF engraving and print
ing, at 14th and B streets southwest,
is considered one of the finest manu-
featuring plants In the world. II
cost S2,SSs, 900 and, here is where all
your money is made. and the process
is such that II Is we'll worth a visit.
Open from 8 to IL am. and from to
ESQ pm.
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THE Patent Office

The patent Office is one of the gov
ernment activities that makes money.
1t has issued about 100000 patents
and it's earnings have been far in ex-
cess of the cost of buildings and eX-
penseS since its origin.
The patent Office is bounded by F
and G streets and by 7th and 9Th
streets.
Open from am. to 4:30 pm
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THE National Museum

, The new National Museum has a
library which contains the most COM
plete collection of medical and surgi-
cal Literature in the world, surpass-
ing even that of the British Museum.
Visitors are admitted from 8 am. to
4 pm. daily. except Sunday.
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+The Memorial Continen'
tai Hall

The Memorial Continental Hall, on
18th street which was erected by the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton. cost approximately 100000. 1t
was designed by Edward Pearce
Casey and is built of white marble.
An official guide will take visitors
through the building.
open from am. to pm.
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THE Weather Bureau

NJ streets, contains delicate instru-
ments by which changes Of meteoro-
logical conditions are recorded, Here
one can see the method of forecasting
the weather for the next forty-eight
hours,
open 10 am. to pm
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n from 9 am. to 4 pm.
THE Fish Commission

occupies the old ante-bellum arsenal
at 6th and B streets southwest. 1t Is
a place every fisherman and sea food
dealer should visit.
Open from 10 am. sR 2 pnn.
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THE American Red Gross
Building

The American Red Cross building, on
south 18th street, is Impress
i've structure of white marble. Con-
gress provided the site and paid for
part of the cost, the rest being given
by Capt. James A, Scrymser, Mrs.
Russell Sage, Mrs. e. II. Hartman
and the Rockefeller Foundation. The
Red Cross moved into this new home
just as America entered the world
war. The interior of the building Is
In keeping with the dignity and SIM
plictty of the exterior.
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*The Navy Yard

The Navy Yard has little to reward
the visitor, outside of the gunshop,
the museum and few trophies. IT
stands on the bank of the Anacostia
1tver, at Sth street southeast
Open from 8 Am. to il noon-and
Houl.1 to p.m~
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THE Naval Observatory

The Naval Observatory, on Wiscon-
sin avenue. 10 open to visitors when
the skies are clear. on Thursday even
tngs from to 10 o'clock, for q view
OF the heavens through the twelve
inch telescope. Applications should
be made to the superintendent.
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tTelearaph and Cable

sPostal Telegraph and Gable COM
pany. Evans building. 1870 New York
avenue. Main $500.
fWestern Union Telegraph Com
pany, 7oS 14th street. FRANKLIN 710o.
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Government Printing Of
flee

The government printing Office is
the largest and best-equipped print
ing establishment in the world. 1t
has floor space OF fifteen acres.
There is a splendid cafeteria, assem-
bly, hall, recreation rooms and a roof
garden.
A school for apprentices has also
been re-established after thirty-five
years aboliShment, and now twenty
five young men are being given
thorough training in various branches
of the printing trades.
The mechanical equipment of the
government printing Office is unsur-
passed. 1t has the largest battery of
typesetting machines in the world,
including 81 linotypes, 100 monotype
keyboards and 125 casting machines.
They set enough type in a year to
make 675.o0o columns of ordinary
newspaper matter. The office also
has $50 printing presses, ranging
from small platen presses to the big
presses which print the well-known
Congressional Record. The postal :
card presses produce 100000 cards
a day. or more than a billion and a
quarter year. Other presses turn
out money-order blanks, census cards,
and income-taX forms by the hum
dreds of millions. The office is like
wise well equipped with bindery and
plate-making machinery. The public
printer is preparing to add a much
needed photo-engraving plant to COM
plete the work of the government
printing office.
The public printer has to buy more
than 5o,000.o00 pounds of paper a
year. If laid fiat, in sheets. this
amount of paper would cover an
area three times as large as Pitts
burgh, Pa, and If made up into oc-
tavo books. it would form pile 400
miles high.
The government printing office en-
ploys approximately 1000 persons the
year round and the pay roll for these
workers Is close to S6.000,000 annu-
ally. All appointments in the gov
ernment printing Office are made un-
der the civil-service law.
The plant produces printing and
binding to the value Of fully S13,-
100000 a year, for all Of which the
public printer is reimbursed by Con-
gress and the departments on an
actual cost basis. One years work
includes more than $4,000 separate
and distinct Jobs of printing and
binding. In addition to the work
Incident to the printing and binding
of millions of publications, the govern
ment printing off1ce makes nearly all
of its own printing inks. press rollers
CLUES. carbon paper, type and type
electrical. machine and blacksmith
shops and even operates a laundry
which washes and irons a million
towels a year for the use of it's en-
ployes. So that, all in all. the gov
ernment printing Office Is the most
complete institution of Its kind in
all the world.
| to 4:so pm. Special guides provided
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CAR LINE INDEX.
To reach places of public interest
use car lines as indicated by mark
before name of place:
fDarkgreen cars Washington
Hallway and Electric Company.
sLight-green cars-Capital Traction
Company.
tBoth lines.
All places are northwest unless
otherwise specified.
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*The Department of JUS
& tice Building

The new Department of Justice
building at Vermont avenue and K
street. houses the attorney general
and his legal staf.
Open from 8 am, until 4 pm,