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Orleans Who Enjoy Conventions Find Washington Ideal City

with a handful of Cavalry, seized the
sleeping Gen. Stoughton and carried
him away before his own superior
force kew what had happened.
Justice is still dispensed in tie an
Gent red courthouse at Fairfax. erect.
ed just 127 years ago. A few yards
across a wooded lawn is the office OF
the county clerk, in which are pre-
served the original wills of George and
Martha Washington.
Continuing on beyond Fairfax Court
House, a comparatively short ride and
o. is sitting on the BAN: of Bull Run.
the scene of til first battle of the Civil
War. Tide two hours longer and one
is over the Blue Ridge Mountains and
If the valley of the Shenandoah. where
%Stonewall' Jackson and Gen. Phil"
Sheridan operated during The dark
days of the rebellion.
Visitors to Icshington can. during
their. temporary stay in the Capital,
easily journey to Gettysburg. the food
| tide of the war. or motor to the battle
field of Antietam. Appomattox. the
scene Of the closing act of the drama,
is easily accessible to those who con-
vene in Washington. Convention dele
gates may even be photographed with
the President of the United States. and
many of them are.
About 200 conventions are held in
this city annually. with an estimated
total attendance of 100000 persons.
. RELIABLE authority states that
each convention visitor spends a
minimum of $40 a day while in the
city. Assuming that he remains only
three days, he will have spent $50
before he embarks for home. It II
merely a matter Of mathematical cali
culation to see that approximately
So, 900, 900 Is distributed every IL
months among those who cater to
the entertainment of the visiting
hosts. No wonder that the local
business houses support the Wash
| ington Convention Bureau or should.
The Washington bureau arranges
| for the registration of the visitors.
obtains suitable hotel and rooming
accommodations, plans sightseeing
itineraries and in numerous other
ways "greases the road" for the
| strangers within the gates.
The choice of the hotel for conven-
| ton headquarters, however, Is left to
the judgment Of the convention offi-
Gals, for the bureau exercises no
favoritism.
| 1t is q fine commentary upon the
| integrity and business acumen or
| the merchants and hotel keepers in
Washington that there is no attempt
to mulct the organizations meeting
here.
Many of the delegates are accom-
panied by their wives, and these
| women invariably wish to visit the
shops and large stores. The conven-
ton bureau, in such cases, obtains
the services of a companion-guide to
assist the visitors about the city.
I The open season for conventions
here includes Spring, FAN and Win
ter, May being the banner month.
Washington is skilled in the gentle
art Of entertaining it's guests. 1t has
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ON THE TRAIL OF THE HURRICANE:

cutters hold themselves in readiness
| to assist vessels in distress. and a
single year showed more than dozen
ships saved from total loss by these
busy little Government craft.
Sometimes the hurricanes are de-
layed until November, and occasion
ally they make their appearance as
early as the latter part of August.
The storms generally find their birth
in the vicinity of the Leeward Islands.
and sometimes they come as far as
from the Cape Verde Islands. They
move at the rate of 400 miles day.
travelling in a nOrthwesterly direction
until they strike the American coast.
Then they perform right-about
change, and swing with great sudden
ness to a northeasterly direction. In
stead of decreasing in velocity as they
strike the American coast, they In
crease rapidly until they travel at
speed of a mile or more minute.
In the last 40 years or so the courses
of SO of these hurricanes have been
traced by the photographic Office. The
cause of them Is not definitely ascer-
tanned, but their coming can now be
foretold with considerable precision.
This fact enables the Navy to issue
warnings by wireless that save thou.
sands of dollars to our coast cities ana
shipping.
Sometimes these warnings appear
unwarranted and the hurricane does
not develop. but no chances are taken,
and whenever a high wind in the
month of September or October Is re-
ported to be approaching from the
Leeward Islands, or from the Cape
Verde Islands, special warnings are
issued.
A West Indian hurricane means
days OF anxiety to the Inhabitants OF
the Southern coast cities. The Gov
eminent gets reports of the approach
ing storms long before they reach the
American coast. When the storm
strikes it may demolish sea walls, tear
down telegraph and telephone wires.
and destroy buildings and ships at
anchor in the harbors. Galveston.
Charleston and other cities have paid
dearly in the past for their UMPIRE
paredness.
In a single season hundred vessels.
large and small, have been wrecked,
a thousand buildings seriously DAM
aged, scores Of lives lost and hundreds
of miles of sea walls. docks and tele.
graph wires destroyed. ~
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baboon AkiliZoote. one Of the speci-
mems brought back by the Smith.
sonian-Chrysler expedition. He was
sick when captured and members OF
the expedition nursed him back to
health. Throughout the long voyage
across the Mediterranean and the At
Iantic he was allowed the run of the
ship, and became a great pet Of the
British and East Indian sailors.
The largest monkey family here is
that of Johnsons Vervets. Thirty
were brought back from the flanagan
yika Province, where they are as COM
mon as grey squirrels around Wash
ington. They are captured by sur
rounding a tree with native boys.
Then the tree is shaken violently.
escape through the grass. running
scratch and bite fiercely when cap
tured but soon become used to cap
tivity and are excellent pets.
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IN the next cage TO this family is the
= single anubis baboon. with short
tail and face strikingly like that of a
dog. He comes from Central Africa,
where the variety inhabits rocky
fruits and insects obtained by turn
ing over the rocks. They are very
hardy in captivity. They are dis
tinguished by their long. brown hair.
His next door neighbor is the Moor
| Macacque. purchased at a bird store
in Port Said. 1t evidently had been a
pet of some natives. 1t is distinguish
ed by it's metallic call, almost like a
tin whistle.
The gelada or bare breasted baboon,
looks as If he were wearing pink
vest. There is no hair on his breast.
| He comes from Abyssinia, where he
| lives in the rocks in troops of 5000
to 10000. He has a loud, metallic
| bark. This specimen Is the most SOM
Der individual in the monkey house
| looking as If he always were plunged
| in deep thought.
One of the picturesque monkeys is
| DE Brazza's guenon. which has long,
| white beard, white nose looking as
| il it were powdered and pink patches
| on it's head. The specimen at the Zoo
| probably is the single representative
Of this family in America. A very
close relative. the Diana monkey,
lived here for many years but finally
was poisoned by some visitor who fed
it laurel leaves through the bars.
In the next cage is a pure white
monkey which is believed to be par
| tial albino of the olive baboon family.
This animal does not have the typi-
cal pink eyes Of the albino. It's prin-
cipal trick is to stand on its head at
! a word of command.
Nearby is the green guenon from
West Africa whose hair actually has
a greenish tinge. 1t is notable for
it's very long tail and for its friendli-
ness to visitors.
The most graceful animal In the
collection probably Is the gray spider
monkey, which ranges from Costa
Rico to Colombia. DR.. Mann, who
has watched troops of them in their
native jungles, says that they seem
to float from treetop to treetop. NOV
| ing with grace and lack of effort
' ha rdlx cxceeded in birds The tail
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Of course, such an example is an
exception to the rule. A city greedy
enough to practice such banditry and
deception soon finds itself on the out
side looking in,. so far as conventions
are concerned. Those in charge OF
convention arrangements today have
learned not only to discount much OF
the highly embellished literature sent
to them. but delegate surveyors to
visit and investigate the claims of the
cities under consideration.
These surveyors check up on every
statement and as they are members
of the organizations they represent
they are equipped to appraise the
value of the accommodations ofered
by the city under investigation.
TT may be said without successful
contradiction that Washington,
New York, Philadelphia. Atlantic City,
Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco
and Atlanta are the especially favored
convention cities although scores of
other American communities entertain
large proportion of the visiting
hosts.
Washington, the National Shrine, is
without doubt today the ideal conven-
ton city. Rich in historical settings,
refreshingly reposeful, sincerely hos
pitable, with ample accommodations
for those who tarry awhile, the Capt.
tai City is unsurpassed. Its wide ave.
nues. it's leaf-arched residential streets.
it's circles and 'triangles. it's parks,
public buildings and chic shops. its
atmosphere" at once rank it as the
grande dame of American cities.
Traditionally, if not altogether geo
graphically Southern, Washington pos
sesses the genuine quality. Within
it's precincts have dwelt America {
most notable men. Scores of buildings
of universal interest and il portance
stud the white city on the Potomac
Less than a mile from Washington, or
the Virginia side of the river, is still
to be seen mute witnesses of the
mighty struggle of the States. earth
works constructed for the defense ol
the city.
Arlington National Cemetery, with
it's regiments of valiant dead. it's toni
of the Unknown Soldier, and the ia
nous Lee Mansion, is but matter o.
a few minutes drive by motor Twenty
minutes away is Alexandria, quaint
picturesque and altogether charming
in a sort of dignified remoteness, a.
O., who has laid aside his labor t;
| browse meath a shady tree.
Less than one hour from Washing
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ambitious American cities to snare
the most important Of these national
conventions.
NEARLY all the large municipal.
~ ties support we'll organized con.
vention bureaus. whose business 1t Is
to bally.hoo the particular towns they
represent. These bureaus must go
after prospects much as salesman
approaches a customer. The "up-and.
at-'em" convention bureau must mass
an array of facts and arguments as
to why its city deserves to be selected
for convention purposes. It must ex-
plot its hotel accommodations. it's
geographical advantages, Its trans
portation and amusement facilities,
its historic features; in short. it must
sell" the city.
In its effort to corral a convention
the convention bureau is often aided
by the local Chamber OF Commerce
or Board of Trade. Sometimes one
or both Of the latter institutions per-
form the bally-hooing where there is
no convention bureau.
The secretaries Of national fra
ternal and other organizations are
persistentiy bombarded with folders
Of facts. figures and fancies, from
cities that recognize the business
axiom, ''It pays to advertise" Thus
has arisen spirited competition. One
town will extol its climate, another
will recommend its famous food, and
so on ad infinitum, each city seeking
to eclipse another.
Not all cities angling for conven-
lions do so through civic pride alone.
for. be it said, it is profitable. Given
convention of respectable proper
tions, the citizens of the fortunate
city collect, particularly those citizens
interested in the hotel and restaurant
business, boarding houses. stores.
shops, theaters and banks. Taxi and
bus drivers thrive. and an era OF
prosperity prevails while the conven-
ton visitors remain In town.
Even the railroads recognize the
material advantages Of catering to
the convention bodies and compete
for. the privilege Of transporting them
at special rates.
When one considers that hundreds
Of conventions are being held every
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BY THORNTON FISHER.

n n AN Is gregarious creature.
NH Since the dawn OF human
history he has been a
Joiner" The prehistoric
nomad, scaling bleak cliffs
and piercing tangled jungles, discov'
cred that it was more expedient, II
not safer, to organize himself into
tribes as a protection against the dan
ger-infested country in WHICH he lived.
To the present day Of grace his
progeny has evinced a penchant for
wearing buttons. pins, badges ana
other symbols indicative OF member
shin in secret or public organizations,
subscribing obediently to the norAen-
clature and ritual OF the lodges. clubs
and associations with which he ts al.
filiated.
The American savages travelled and
fought in tribes, each tribe adjoining
itself with unmistakable symbols
And so on. down the flaming centu-
ries. men--and women--have or
ganized themselves into groups. To-
day there are the college fraternities.
labor organizations. business organi-
cations. associations for social well
and numerous other bodies designed
for the protection. education or rec
reation Of their members.
Many Of the male adults one passes
on the streets display somewhat prom
inently on their attire emblems or
membership in one or more or the
thousands Of clans which are con-
spicuous in the national life today.
Some Of the more enthusiastic orna-
ment their automobiles with charac-
teristic insignia
Hundreds of these organizations are
national i'm scope. with a combined
membership running into millions.
Therein lies the answer, How come
conventions"
Brother Smith will leave his home
in Sauke Center. Tex. and travel
hundreds of miles to attend con.
vention where he will meet Brother
Jones from Augusta. Me. Brother
Brown. from Portland. Greg, will
meet Brother White from Brooklyn,
y. Y. During, let us say, the con-
vention of the Royal Order Of Ante.
lopes these and 40 more meet. and
before the convention adjourns for
another year, they have established q
beautiful friendship.
Then, too, there are the scientific
men, who convene one or more times
a year to discuss new theories and
new devices for the advancement OF
the science in which they are en-.
gagged. Practically all the great Sc.
cret fraternal orders congregate once
q year at some designated place.
AS a result of all this there has de-
veloped a friendly rivalry among
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This is the largest OF the balloons
whose native habitat is South Africa
where it destroys stocks and crops.
Old Chak IS no misanthrope, like his
relative, the Barbary ape. He can be
approached without danger and sell
dom loses his temper. He under
stands that he has a days work to
do for his daily bread, and refuses to
do more. Promptly at 6 o'clock every
evening in the Summer he quits his
showmanship, goes into his mouse
and carefully closes the door. He mas
adopted the 12-hour day.
The Oldest monkeys in the Zoo are
the RheSus monkeys, a colony OF
whom were transferred there years
ago from one Of the Government medi.
cal laboratories where they had been
used in research work. They are
healthy and hardy. One OF them sell
dom is sick and they stand the Winters
in the open well. These are the
bandaloos of Kipling. the common
monkeys of India. and they are sent
10 the United States in lots of a
thousand for use in shows, as pets.
and for medical experiments. Several
generations have been born at the
Zoo.
In the next cage to these are three
japanese monkeyS-see no evil, hear
no evil. speak no evil. These live in
troops high in the pine trees through
out the Japanese islands. They are
the most motherly of all the monkey
family with a single very rare excep-
ton, no specimen Of which has been
brought to the United States, which
lives in Northern China. The three
at the Zoo are a perfect family
father, mother and baby. They are
very shy and will hide whenever a
crowd gathers about their cage.
What would appear to be the most
Intelligent simian in the Zoo is Hum
boldts woolly monkey-the highest de-
welcomed of all the New World varie-
ties. DR.. Mann, however. is dubious
about the brains of this particular
specimen in spite of his high, rounded,
symmetrical skullcar. He has extreme
" negroid features. His forehead
does not slope back, as is the case
with almost all other monkeys. But
he is not very initiative and shows
no originality.
He has other virtues, however. and
IS one Of the prides Of the collection.
He is a handsome animal with fine
black coat He is meticulously clean
No lice ever find foothold in his
hair Most monkeys, in common with
other wild creatures, are affectionate
and make excellent pets when young
but become cross and dangerous as
they grow older. This variety remains
gentle and loyal to it's master to the
end of its life. 1t is the. best Of al
monkeys as pet
The woolly monkey inhabits the
3ungles about the upper Orinoco. In
South America it is much III demand
both as a pet and as table delicacy
It has the best meat of all monkeys
1t has been hunted so ruthlessly thai
it is becoming rare. Unfortunately. i
is not hardy away from its native
land but the specimen at the Zoo seems
20 have become acclimated and never
has been sick.
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Another very delicate little creature
in captivity is the antellus or sacred
monkey in India, dedicated to one of
the Hindoo gods. 1t is very seldom
seen in this country, due to the diff
Guilty of keeping the animals alive.
In its native land 1t runs in great
packs. raiding gardens and markets.
It was once capital offense to kill
one Of them. and still is considered a
sacrilege. 1t is characterized particu-
larry by it's long. supple tail.
Then there Is 1.-The rat that thinks
he is a monkey" This is one Of the
golden balloons brought back by the
Smithsonian-Chrysle expedi 10 n {.
Three Of them live in one cage and
are very friendly, both among them
true balloons, but when small have
distinctively rat-like appearance.
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A CURIOSITY Of the simian race Is
the sooty mangabey, one Of the
three varieties of this classification in
the Zoo. 1t has no hair on it's face.
and perfectly smooth cheeks give 1t
an appearance very much like that
OF tanned, freckled-faced white
a person in the last stages Of tuber'
culosis. since the cheeks are sunken
in badly. The face is that of a deep
thinker-deep.set eyes under pre-
dominant brow. But appearances are
deceitful among monkeys as well as
humans. Actually this creature is
"low brow" 1t never has learned to
do even the simplest of tricks.
Another monkey family whose APP
pearance is deceitful is that of the
Javan macacques, Of which there are
six at the Zoo. They have exception
ally intelligent faces, but in reality
they are vicious creatures, always
lighting among themselves and dan
gerous TO approach. They are the
best breeders in captivity but have
little actual intelligence.
Quite different are the blue mon.
| keys. The family of "a half dozen at
the Zoo. distinguished by their excep'
| tionally long, slender tails and blush
| fur, is very tame. They are hunted
ruthlessly for their pelts in Africa and
are becoming quite rare.
Among the Zoo simians are two who
have vanished from the monkey house
because of their ugly dispositions.
| First is Barum Singh. big yellow
| baboon who shows a disposition to
| tear 10 DTS ali OLHeIs VI MS hiho WIN
| whom he is placed. He is kept in the
reserve building behind the birdhouse.
| There is little likelihood that his tenn
per ever will improve. Most of his
kind are tanned easily and make
friends both among themselves and
with their keepers.
The second exile, a bonnet ma
cacque, presents a peculiar complex.
! He is not savage with other monkeys
and he is friendly to the keepers. He
shows many indications of unusual
! intelligence. But he hates women
When he was kept in the monkey
house he would fly into a terrible rage
scream and tear at his bars when
ever a woman appeared before his
cage. He was frightful object in
his inexplicable fury.
The most civilized monkey in the
collection probably It's the yellow
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GEPTEMBER and October are the
~ hurricane and cyclone months
along our Atlantic coast. and the toll
placed upon our shipping and COM
merce each year averages goodly
sum.
One year the damages to shipping
may not amount to much, but every
third or fourth year several millions
of dollars are lost through the storms.
Taking the seasons as they come, the
nearly $2,00O,00O. A good deal of this
is due to the destructive effects of the
high winds in the harbors of our coast
cities.
The photographic Office has made
great efforts to chart the hurricanes
and provide methods of prevention to
reduce the damage. During the hurri-
cane season revenue or Coast Guard
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are so restricted that some of the
brotherhood are compelled to sleep on
billiard tables and in linen closets. The
most capacious banquet hall in town
turns out to be 60 by 25 feet in dimen-
sions, and the highly touted audi
forum proves to be as vast as the
Bingville Opera House
Obviously the Lo Brotherhood of
Sons of ST. Swithii as been handed
an overripe lemon. and as the mem
bers depart they join in the chorus of
that lingering old song, We'll never
go there any more"
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week In the year throughout the land
one realizes the enormous amount OF
money being :. expended. And some
one is proflting.
Ordinarily amiable municipalities
contend bitterly every four years for
the favor of the two major political
conclaves. The business men OF these
cities subscribe generously and un-
reluctantly. huge amounts to intrigue
the conventions to their respective
bailiwicks.
1t is not to be wondered at that
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their chagrin they also learn that an
ordinarily $3-a-day room has cata-
pulled itself into the high-hat class.
and during the convention will bring
Sc a day. A 75-cent meal suddenly
takes wings and scars to astonishing
heights. In fact, every commodity
does a Lindbergh and the sky is the
limit.
Hotel and rooming accommodations
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in their efforts to lure passing con-
ventions are interested in their mu.
nicipal growth. People who. in the
ordinary course Of events, would not
or could not visit a particular city are
often attracted to it as place in
which to live and work. They see adj
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ton one may ramble about the Mount
Vernon estate Of the Father of His
Country. Only 20 miles away is the
tranquil. proud little village of Fair
fax. Va. where the daShing Mosby,
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all the equipment for the purpose
physical, historical. educational, rec
reational and social. AS al ideal
convention city the National Capital
is unsurpassed.
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entertaining the herd.
These efforts are legitimate. and it
must not be thought that the cities
seeking conventions are simply seiz-
ing the chance to "cash ill.," There
is another side to 1t.
Many of the towns most active
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there has grown out of mans
tendency to herd, the most vigorous
sort of bidding for the privilege OF
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