(ifass. Book COPYRICKT DEPOSIT WASHINGTON C. T. HUNTER'S OFFICIAL GUIDE BOOK W. J. ELLIOTT. Editor February. 1909 COPYRIGHTED ALL F< I G H T S K E S E R \ t D Two Codes Receivefl P£B 24 lyoy Copyrufnt £nfry ASS O- XX& No CC5PY a. Preface More to illustrate the vicissitudes experienced by the street waifs of large cities than to exploit the publisher of this book, the editor of the Official Guide deems this the proper place to say a few words on Mr. C. T. Hunter. It is but a few years since he was known as the "King of Washington News Boys." He is now only just past thirty years of age and since .his fourth year he has been literally thrown upon the streets to make a living. At that baby-age he lost his father and the child through necessity took to the streets, selling newspapers to support his mother and still younger brother. In front of the Treasury building he daily sold the morning and evening papers, and wet or dry, cold or hot, the little childish voice could be heard by clerks, visitors and passers-by calling out the names of the different newspapers under his tiny arms. The boy grew and fought his way with his fists, his sunny dis- position, his ever-ready good humor and obliging disposition, until he secured the acknowledgement from his fellow Arabs of being "King of the Bunch." Mr. Hunter early got inside the newspaper buildings and became an expert in tlie circulation department. He had wonderful control over the newsboys and they implicitly obeyed and believed in him. Hence many a "beat" he gave his rivals in other newspaper offices by "cornering" the boys and "filling them up" with his "extras." He has handled great and minor newspapers from the New York American to the IVashington Mirror, and from one and all he has tributes to his honesty, faithfulness and integrity. The child and boy Hunter early learned the lesson that "hon- esty is the best policy" hence his sterling reputation at the age of thirty among the banks and business men of the Nation's capital. Branching out from the circulation department of the news- papers, Mr. Hunter opened various stores, along different lines of business, from Lunch Counters to Elevators, until he finally settled down some ten years ag-o at 113 Pennsylvania avenue, N. W., and opened a Bicycle Shop. This store he has made his headquarters, 4 HUNTER S OFFICIAL GUIDE BOOK. SO to speak, but his business activities are not confined to the bicycle or skate trade, or indeed, to any particular or special line of trade. His irrepressible energy compels him, where his natural intelli- gence points the way, to tackle any enterprise from publishing a newspaper to producing the finest and most complete guide book this or any other city has been favored with. It has been his ambition for the past few years to produce something permanent in the present line of publication, and like everything else he has undertaken, he wanted only the best and m(i>t complete, hence his postponement of the enterprise until the present year. Air. Hunter prefers that the editor present the admirable fea- tures of his Guide Book rather than attempt further eulogy of a life but barely commenced, and which offers possibilities bv reason of training and environment to reach almost any rung on the ladder of fame. His portrait lacks all that make his features striking and attractive The genial smile, the laughing eye and the bantering good-fellowship must be seen and felt to appreciate a nvm wlio has been known on more than one occasion to strip off his overcoat and present it to some shivering wretch who had seen better days, and with whom Mr. Hunter had the passing acquaintance of the news- boy and the patron. The Department stores of Washington find it no rare occur- rence to see Mr. Hunter enter with oneor more tramps or "down and out" acquaintances of former days at his heels. An order to fit them out from shoes to hat is the customary outC(~)mc of the visit. The editor has witnessed some peculiar scenes of this character ill -Mr. llunter'.s store on the Avenue. Former publishers of daily and weekly newspapers, editors and reporters, professional men of unquestioned standing a few short years ago, come and go and never empty handed, although many of these derelicts have been refused assistance and abandoned by their own relatives. Such is but a mere pockct-i-hotograph of the i)iiblisher of Tin: Officiai, (iiwDK Hook. That he is one of the best known men in the Capital goes without saying, .every publisher, editor, reporter, banker and business man in the city having a speaking acquaint- ance with "Hunter, the Bicycle Man," as he modestly but shrewdly prefers to be known. The Nation's Capital It was only after a friendly contest that Washington was finally selected as the chief Seat or Capital of the American Republic. The claims of New York, Philadelphia, (especially), Baltimore, and less important cities were all vigorously urged and their respective part- isans were many, influential and eloquent. The Congress, at length in 1790, empowered President George Washington to select a location for a Federal Capital on the Potomac River. When a young man Washington was attracted by the scenic, com- mercial and strategic advantages of the present site of the Nation's Capital. .\s a surveyor of the virgin territory lying along and debouch- ing in ca])ricious magnificence from the noble stream, his trained eye >panned the unbroken forest and the silent river at his feet and he men- tallv developed the picture of a Capital worthy of a great nation; with a navigable river emptying into the sea. It was one of the flitting, intellectual dreams incidental to his pro- fession, his age, and the purity of his peaceful ambition, in peopling the solitude by which he was surrounded. In his gloriously youthful im- agination, he erected "Spanish Castles" of temples, warehouses, ships and marts elt Line cars run south- ward ui)un it from Pennsylvania avenue to the lUireau of Engraving and Printing, and so on around to the Capitol. At the right (north- ward) the street slopes steeply up the hill to F street. -Around the corner to the left, on Fifteenth street, are the Grand Opera House (Chase's), the armory of the Washington Light Infantry, the hou=e of the Capital Bicycle Club, etc. This brings us to the end of the Avenue, against the southern por- tico of the Treasury, and in sight of the impressive Sherman memorial. Turning to the right, up the slope of Fifteenth street, we pass the busy terminus of F street, and go on to G, where the Riggs House forms a dignified corner-piece. .\ few steps farther, tlie broad avenue in front of the Treasury opens the way northward, and brings us to that goal 01 l);itriotic ambition- the Wliiti- House. iii'.\ti:k s oi-i-iciAi. c.riDi: r.ooK. 13 The first appearance of the White House never fails to disappoint Ijoth strani^^er and visiting" citizen. It is neither ini])osing- nor impres- sive and as a "palace" would not be accepted by a successful South Amierican revolutionist. 15ut the simple and historic pile of long, low buildings surrounded by well-kept lawns and embelished with stately trees and luxuriant foliage grows upon the thoughtful and the observ- ant pilgrim and visitor until an inward acknowledgement is made that the place is in keeping with a democratic form of government, the Chief Magistrate of which resides unmolested and practically un- guarded within its walls. Opposite the White House the visitor may take a seat in Lafayette Park, or inspect the statues of General Andrew Jackson, the hero of New Orleans, the beautiful Lafayette statue, and that of the Count Rochambeau, who with seven sail of the line, five frigates and five smaller vessels and several transports arrived at New- port July to. 1780. I'he Count brought with him six thousand fighting Soldiers' Home men to the aid of Washington and his opportune arrival infused new courage not only into the sorely pressed army of Washington but to the whole country. In fact, his arrival gave a new turn in the war, and the surrender at Yorktown was foreshadowed. The magnificent and commodious State, War and Navy structure, fronting the .Vvcnue a short block from the White House, will instantly arrest the attention of the visitor. Europe itself offers nothing supe- rior to this beautiful building and there are but few such departmental buildings in the world. The visitor usually ends the .Vvcnuc inspection at this building and rarely proceeds to olcl. historic Georgetown, which was a nourishing provincial city before Washington was ever evolved from the brain of its founder. Obeying this customary habit of the visitor we will take a green car and visit the "tail end" of the great .Avenue. 14 ■ hunter's official guidf book. No other place so disappoints the visitor anxious to see as the Navy Yard ; nevertheless nine in every ten persons are most desirous to visit it. The gunshcp museum and trophies are about all to reward the vis- itor's curiosity that the Navy Yard presents. It stands on the banks of the broad tidal estuary of the Anacostia River, at the foot of Eighth street, S. E., and is the terminus of the cars from Georgetown along Pennsylvania avenue. The Anacostia line of street cars along M street, S. E., also passes the gate. . This navy yard was established (1804) as soon as the Governn:ent came here, and was an object of destruction by the British, who claim, however, that it was set on fire by the Americans. It was restored, and "for more than half a century many of the largest and finest ships of war possessed by the United States were constructed in this yard." Two spacious ship houses remain, but the yard is now almost entirely given up to the manufacture of naval guns and ammunition and the storage of equipments. It often happens that not a ship of any sort is Bureau Engraving and Printing at the wharves (though a receiving ship is usually moored there), and the sentry at the gate is almost the only sign of militar}- occupation al)Out the place. The first great building on the right, the Gun Shop, at the foot of the stone stairs, is the most interesting place in the yard. It is filled with the most powerful and approved machinery for turning, boring, rifling, jacketing, and otherwise finishing ready for work the immense rifles ref|uirtd for modern battleships, as well as the smaller rapid-fire guns forming the supplementary batteries of the cruisers and other vessels of war. The great guns are mainly cast at Bethlehem, Pa., and brought here rough. Observing carefully the posted regulations, the visitor may walk where he pleases through these magnificent factories and watch the extremely interesting process, and should it happen that any vessels of war are in the harbor, permission to go on board of them may usually be obtained. HUNTKR S OFFICIAL GUIDF BOOK. 15 The office of the commandant of the yard is at the foot of the main walk near the wharf, and there appHcation should be made for per- mission to go anywhere not open to the pubHc. A large number of guns, showing types used in the past, are lying near the office, and a series of very interesting cannon captured from the Tripolitan, British, Mexican, or Confederate enemies whom the navy has had to fight, are mounted before the office. Among them is the famous 42-pounder, Long Tom, cast in 1786 in France, captured from the frigate Noche by the British in 1798, and then sold to us. Later it was struck by a shot, condemned, and sold to Haiti, then at war with France. This over, the cannon had various owners until 1814, when it formed the main reliance in the battery of the privateer General Armstrong, which, by plucki'v Typographical Temple fighting three British war-ships off Fayal, in the Azores, so crippled them that the squadron was unable to reach New Orleans, whither it was bound, in time to help the land forces there against the victorious Jackson. The brig was afterward sunk to prevent her capture by the British, but the Portuguese authorities had so greatly admired the little ship's action that they saved this gun as a trophy, and sent it as a pres- ent to the United States. A museum near the gate is worth visiting, as it contains many pieces of old-fashioned ordnance and ammunition, and many relics of historical or legendary interest, of which the most popular, perhaps, is the stern-post of ilie original Kcarsargc, still containing a shell received during her fight with the Alabama. The door of the museum is shaded 16 hunter's OI'FICIAL GUIDE BOOK. by a willow grown from a twig cut above the grave of Napoleon at St. Helena. The residences of officers on duty at the yard are near the gate, which was built from designs by Latrobe. The Marine Barracks, three squares above the Navy Yard, on Eighth Street, S. E., occupy a square surrounded by brick buildings painted yellow, according to naval custom, and are the home station and headquarters of the Marine Corps ; but, except that here is the residence of the famous Marine Band, they contain nothing of interest to the visitor, unless he likes to watch guard-mounting every morning at 9, or the formal inspection on Mondays at 10 a. m. The Marine Band is the only military band always stationed in Washington, and available for all military ceremonials. These advantages have given it great ex- cellence ; and its music at parades, President's receptions, inaugural balls, etc., is highly appreciated. This band gives outdoor concerts in summer. Pennsylvania Avenue, looking west from Sevenlh Street The Naval Hospital, for sick and wounded officers and men of the Navy and Marine Corps, is at Pennsylvania Avenue and Ninth Street, S. E. ; and at Second and D streets, S. E., is Providence Hospital, founded in 1862. Anacostia is a name applied in an indefinite way to the region opposite the Navy Yard, and is reached by a new bridge, crossed by the street cars of the Anacostia & Potomac line. The village at the farther end of the bridge, now called Anacostia, was formerly L'niontown, and from it branch roads lead up on the Maryland heights in various direc- tions, where electric railroads and park villages are rapidly extending. Twining, at the eastern end of the Pennsylvania .\ venue bridge ; Lin- coln Fleights, in the extreme eastern corner of the District; Garfield and Good Hope, on the fine Marlboro Turnpike, which is a favorite run for cyclers; and Congress Heights, farther south, are the principal of these suburban centers. All of these high ridges were crowned and con- nected by fortifications, some of which remain in fairly good condition, especially Fort Stanton, just south of Garfiild. A wide and interesting IIUXTI'U'S iiI'l'KlAl. 1,1 lltl' I'.doK. 17 view of the city aiul ihe rotomac Valley is obtained from its ramparts, and also of the great Federal Insane Asylum. Returning to the Capitol and passing the Library of Congress which will be noted further along, the visitor's attention is instantly charmed by this most imposing structure, where the people's repre- sentatives enact the laws of the country. The building- is situated on Capitol Hill, one and one third miles from the White House and Treasury. It is reached by the F street and the Pennsylvania avenue cars, both of which ascend the hill. One may leave the Pennsylvania avenue cars at the Peace Monument, near the west entrance, and thus gain the grandest approach; or may continue (on the Navy Yard car) to the top of the hill. The building is open daily, except Sundays and holidays, from () to 4:30, or until one-half hour after adjournment. During a term of Congress the forenoon is the best time for inspecting the legislative halls and the various committee rooms. Congress goes into session at 12 o'clock noon ; visitors are allowed upon the floor of Senate and Hou^^e until 11:45, thereafter in the galleries only. The several galleries are designated over the doors: Gentlemen's, Ladies', Reserved, Diplomatic Corps, Press. Those marked Ladies' and Gentlemen's are open to the public. The Capitol is distinguished for its commanding situation and ma- jestic proportions, for its dignity, grace and beauty of design, and the adornments and decorations which beautify it without and within. All these unite to give it rank as an architectural object among the noblest in the world. From an elevated site on Capitol Hill, 90 feet above the level of the river, it overlooks the amphitheater of the Potomac, and is a conspicuous feature of the landscape for miles on every side. It is set amid grounds whose extent and arrangement add much to the archi- tectural effect. The building faces the east, for in that quarter the projector> assumed that the city would grow ; but the development of Washington has been toward the west, and it is from this direction that the C^^'itol is usually approached. From the main western entrance of the grounds, near the Peace Monument, the approach leads up the gently rising lawns to flights of steps, which give ascent to the upper terrace or open court, which extends the entire length of the west front and around the north and south ends. Here a beautiful view is afforded of the city and encircling hills. From the court the west door of the building gives access to flights of stairs which lead to the Rotunda. On the east front arc three grand porticoes with Corinthian col- umns, and there is a portico of similar columns on the end and west front of each extension, and a loggia on the west front of the main building. Broad flights of marble steps lead up to the porticoes from the esplanade on the east. The central building is constructed of \'irginia sandstone, painted white; the extensions are of Massachusetts marble. The 24 columns of the grand central portico are monoliths of Virginia sandstone. 30ft. 18 hunter's official guide bouk. high; the lOO columns of the extension porticoes are monoliths of Maryland marble. The entire length of the Capitol is 751ft., 4in. ; width, 350ft. ; area over three and one-half acres. The corner stone of the main building was laid by President Wash- ington on Sept. 18, 1793. The wings of the central building were com- pleted in 1811. The Rotunda in the centre of the main building is the room to which one usually comes first, and it is a convenient point from which to visit the various parts of the Capitol. The north door leads to the Supreme Court Room, the Senate, and the stairway to the Dome ; the south door to the Statuary Hall and the House; the east door (Rogers Bronze) opens on the portico, and the west door leads to the west entrance. A convenient programme for seeing the Capitol is to study first the Rotunda (from the floor), then to visit in succession the Hall of Stat- uary, the House and its committee rooms, the Supreme Court, the Sen- ate and its rooms, the west portico for the view ; then to ascend to ihe upper part of the Rotunda and beyond to the Dome and its view. Note the magnificent marble corridors and stairways of the exten- sions; the pilasters, columns and capitals, sculpture and frescoing; the tessellated floors, and the vistas through the windows, giving glimpses of the city and the Washington Monument, the new Library, and the Capitol itself. The Rotunda it an immense circular hall 97 2-3ft. in diameter, and rising clear from floor to inner shell of Dome and canopy, 180ft. above. Light is admitted through the 36 windows of the peristyle. The walls are adorned with paintings, sculptures and frescoes, and the vaulted canopy top above the eye of the Dome glows with color. The eight oil paintings in the panels of the hall have for their subjects memorable scenes, in the history of the continent and of the United States. The key to each picture hangs beneath it. They are : — Landing of Columbus. on San Salvador. Oct. 12, 1492. (By Van- derlyn.) Discovery of the Mississippi by Do Soto, 1541. (By W. H. Powell.) Baptism of Pocahontas, Jamestown, Va., 1613. (By John 0. Chapman.) Embarkation of the Pilgrims from Delft-Haven, Iu!v 21, 1620. (Weir.) The Declaration of Independence, Philadelphia, July 4, 1776. ( By John Trumbull, of Connecticut.) The scene is the hail of the Conti- nental Congress. John Hancock. President of the Congress, is seated at the table, and in front of him .stand the Committee of Five — Thomas Jeflfcrson, John .\dams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert L. Ivivingston. The Surrender of Burgoyne. Saratoga. Oct. 17, 1777. (By Trum- bull.) "The painting represents Gen. B)urgoyne, attended by Gen. Phillips and followed by other officers, arriving near the marquee of Gen. Gates. Gen. Gatos has advanced a few steps from the entrance to meet the prisoner, who is in the act of olTcring bis sword, which Gen. hunter's official guidk book. 19 Gates declines to receive ; and invites them to enter and partake of refreshments. A number of the officers of the American army are assembled near their General." — Elliot. Surrender of Cornwallis, Yorktown, Oct. 19, 1781. (Trumbull.) "The painting represents the moment when the officers of the British army, conducted by Gen. Lincoln, are passing the two groups of Ameri- can and French guards, and entering between the two lines of victors." —Blliot. SOLDIERS' HOME. The Soldiers' Home stands in the midst of a noble park, with a wide outlook from high grounds directly north of the Capitol, from which it is distant four miles in a straight line. It is a favorite terminus for driving and bicycling, beautiful roads leading thither from the head of Connecticut avenue or Fourteenth street, and less desirable ones re- turning through the northeastern quarter of the city. Two lines of street cars approach the Soldiers' Home, giving the tourist an alternate route going and coming ; and he should devote the better part of a day to this excursion. The direct route out is by the cars north on Seventh street, connecting with the Brightwood avenue line from the boundary to the Eagle or western gate of the Soldiers' Home grounds. A short distance beyond the boundary, at the right of the road, are seen the tall brick buildings of Howard University — a collegiate institution founded soon after the war, as an outgrowth of the Freedman's Bureau, for the education of colored youths of both sexes. Its first president was Maj.- Gen. O. O. Howard (who had resigned from the army temporarily to undertake this work), and it has maintained itself as a flourishing insti- tution, having some three hundred students annually. The Soldiers' Home is the forerunner and type of those which were erected in various parts of the country after the Civil War, but it is not in the same class. It is an institution established in 1851 by the eflforts of Gen. Winfield Scott, and out of certain funds received from Mexico, as a retreat for veterans of the Mexican War, and for men of the regular army who have been disabled or who, by twenty years of honorable service and a payment of 12 cents a month, have acquired the right of residence there the remainder of their lives. This gives the veterans a pleasing sense of self-support, in addition to which many are able to earn money by working about the buildings and grounds and in various ways. There are ordinarily about five hundred men there, who live under a mild form of military discipline and routine, wear the uniform of the army, and are governed by veteran officers. The af- fairs of the Home, which has now a fund of over $1,000,000 and a con- siderable independent income, are administered by a board composed of the general of the Army and his principal assistants at the War De- partment. The main building is of white marble, three stories in height, and is fashioned after the Norman order of archectiture. On the grounds are several elegant marble cottages occupied by the officials, a pretty church of Seneca stone, a capacious hospital building with wide piazzas, from 20 KrxTF.R's OFFICIAL GUIDI-: BOOK. which charming- views of Washington and the Potomac can be had, a fine hbrary building, well stocked with books and periodicals, and nu- merous other structures. On the brow of one of the hills stands a bronze statue of General Scott, by Launt Thompson, erected by the Home in 1874, at a cost of $18,000. The entire estate is inclosed bv a stone wall, surmounted by a small iron fence of handsome design. Fifty acres are under cultivation, and fine crops of fruits and vege- tables are raised. Near the main Imilding is a large cottage often used by the Presi- dents of the United vStates as a summer residence. It is surrounded by noble trees, and has a very attractive appearance. Pierce was the first President to pass the summer here, and Buchanan, TJncoln, Johnson. Hayes, and Arthur have preferred its quiet comfort to the statelier life in the White House. In the rear of the Home, on the wooded slope beyond Harewood Road, lies one of the national military cemeteries, entered by an arch upon whose pillars are inscribed the names of great I^nion commander? in the Civil War. Here rest the remains of about 5,500 Federal and 271 Confederate soldiers, less than 300 of whom are unknown. The grounds contain a pretty stone chapel, in which lies the body of Gen. John A. Logan. The foregoing is the stereotyped description of the Soldiers' Home, in Washington, and to which admission is had by wounds, disease or specified service in the Regular .\rmy. The V^oluntccr Soldiers' Homes, of which there are nine, viz: Maine, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, \\'isconsin, Kansas, California, Tennessee and Virginia (Hampton), are an en- tirely different proposition to the Regular Army Home in the Capital City. These Soldiers' Homes are asylums for grafters. Every of- ficial, from the Commandant to the lowest civil employee, sit up at night.s drafting schemes to starve the old soldier inmates and rake off their ])er centage from the stomachs or backs of the "saviors of the Union." Oh, it is pitiful, but it appears irremediable; .such is the inill and influence of these officials. Let us go over this matter carefully and do no injustice to inmate or official. There are nine National Soldiers' Homes and perhaps forty or more State Soldiers' Homes. Of the three million men who sprang to arms to defend the Republic there are in all the State and National Soldiers' Homes to-day less than thirty thousand ex-soldiers! Surely this is a record the old soldiers can be proud of. Thirty thou- sand derelicts out of three millions who went out in the pride of youth and with a patriotism that scorned bounties, pay and reward to save the Union of their fathers! Of these thirty thousand broken-down old soldiers there are not to exceed fifteen thousand in the nine National Soldiers' Homes. On these fifteen thousand inmates a swarm of para- sites thrive, live and graft. Let us illustrate : In Johnson City, Tennessee, is located what is designated as the Southern I'.ranch.' It has the full complement of officials, viz: a Com- mandant, an .\djutant, a Treasurer, two ch:iplains (Catholic and Pro- testant), a Quartermaster, a Commissary and three Physicians. In 1 1 1' X T I'. R ■ S < ) l* I" I C 1 A I. on Dl' UOO K . 21 each of the offices are employed numbers of civilian clerks and a few old soldiers to offset any criticism excited by the monthly pay roll. This assertion applies to all the National Homes including Marion. (Ind.) ; Leavenworth, (Kan.) ; Danville. (111.) ; Dayton, (Ohio) ; Togus. (Maine) ; Hampton, (Va.) ; Milwaukee, (Wis.) ; Johnson. City, (Tenn.) ; and the Pacific Coast Home. The most flagrant and open corruDtion exists at Johnson City, Tenn. Hon. W'alter P. Brownlow, M. C, is the local manager and resides at the Home. His quarters are in the Hospital and the suite of rooms he .)ccupies with his wife and niece comnrise the whole of the second floor. These rooms are luxuriously furnished and horses and carriages are always drawn up in front of the building, the drivers being old soldier inmates and on the pay roll as employees of the Institution. The scan- dal is emphasized by the fact that Mr. Brownlow is the Secretary of the National Board of Managers for which he receives one thousand dollars per annum. His salary as Con- gressman is $8,ooo per annum, he has an electric street oar line running to the Home f rom Johnson City and Carnegie, for concerts and entertainments to draw the citizens of Johnson City and Carnegie to the Institution and, of course, to patronize his street car line. Plis brother is the leader of the Plome band, consisting of about a dozen instruments. The brother knows as much about music as he does of astronomy, but he draws seventy-five dollars per month and rations. The spectacle of a brother of a Congressman marching in front of a dozen bandsmen, twice or thrice daily, or when there is a funeral, is anything but edifying to the men who went out to. save the L'nion when the Brownlows were in hiding in the mountains of Ten- nessee. "Parson" Brownlow, the uncle of the Congressman, was a loyal and aggressive Unionist, full of courage and grit. He made the Congressional district, now represented by his nephew, a bulwark of loyal Unionists surrounded by Southern sympathizers. On his repu- tation and record the nephew has been enabled to hold the district and the suffrages of the gallant mountaineers in and around Johnson C:ty. Jonesboro, etc. Congressman Nathan Hale, also of Tennessee, and a fine type of the typical Southern gentleman, in a controversy with Mr. Brownlow pub- lished a list of the Ih-ownlow family in office, and the total amount paid in salaries to the various members thereof. Mr. Hale omitted from his list several Brownlow office holders. It was next to impossible diat he cculd get them all. From a careful enumeration the Guide is able to state, without fear of contradiction, that Mr. Brownlow has every male and female relative, except his wife and niece, who are .iving in the Hospital of the Soldiers' Home in Johnson City, in some l'\deral position, the poorest job falling to the drum major (his broth- er) mentioned in this chapter. ft will be fouufl no exaggeration to state that this patriotic Tennes- see family draws from the National Treasury not less than twenty thousand dollars per annum. Mr. Brownlow thoroughly understands the game of politics. When- ever any one of his constituents become too prominent or dangerous as 22 hunter's official guide book. a rival he immediately places him in some position with a salary at- tached. He has thus disposed of would-be rivals and held his district against all comers and all odds. The very Commandant of the Sol- diers' Home in Johnson City, Judge J. P. Smith, secured his "phat take" by his pretensions to represent the district in Congress. Colonel Smith served as a lieutenant for a short time during the Civil War. His qual- ifications for Commandant of the Home are exclusively comprised in his political pull and the fear of Mr. Brownlow that the "Judge" might secure the nomination for Congress in his district unless taken care of. The same story with variations applies to all these Homes or Asy- lums for the brave men who saved the Union. At their establishment General Benjamin F. Butler (then in Congress) said that "these Homes will be a heaven for the officials and a hell for the inmates." The gen- eral's prediction has turned out correct. It was scandalous enough when ex-Congressmen like the Command- ant of the Marion, (Ind.) Home were appointed to these positions by the National Board of Managers, but the selection of modern ex-Regu- lar Army officers for Commandants of the remnants of the patriotic youths who, almost half a century ago, went out to save their country is, indeed, the limit. Col. T. T. Knox, the Commandant of the Hampton, (Va.) Home, or Southern Branch, as it is called, was in swaddling clothes when the .-elicts or derelicts he now rules with unnecessary severity marched with Sherman to the sea, or swept the "valley" with Sheridan or participated in the campaign from the Wilderness to the finish at Appomatox. Hun- dreds of them stood upon the heights of Gettysburg unappalled by all the Southern valor and fury hurled against them. They fought An- tietam when Colonel Knox was a baby unconscious of the tremendous issues at stake, and yet at this very hour no ex-Union veteran can leave the island on which the Hampton Home is located, without a pass signed by this appointee of Mr. Brownlow. The regular and profes- sional soldier stationed at the fortress can pass in and out at pleas- ure without a pass or challenge, but the men who fought with Grant are subjected to the humiliation of exhibiting a pass at the gates, some- thing after the manner of the Chinaman's certificate of residence or "chock chce," as it is pronounced by the Celestial. The regular or professional soldier is, besides, well fed and warmly clfithed. He would not serve thirty days if compelled to eat the food, wear the clothing and be subjected to the discipline of the ex-\''eterans of the Union ! That these are facts can be easily and inexpensively established or disproven. If, then, they are facts, as the writer asserts and who ought to know, having experienced them, what is Congress, the law-making power going to do abt)ut it? Uayton, Ohio, has the largest, finest and best conducted National Soldiers' Home. Its Commandant, Colonel Clarke, is a humane and juflicious officer. Colonel Byron, the custodian of the Post funds and Commissary of Subsistence, is deservedly popular among the inmates. Colonel f?yron is no grafter and the men of the Homo get all that's HUNTERS OFFICIAL GUIDK HOOK. 2'-i coming to them. The editor heartily wishes he could pay the same tribute to the commissaries and quartermasters of the other Hemes. The State Soldiers' Homes are, as a rule, better conducted and the men better fed and clothed, while the discipline is not of the semi-penal order under a West Point military satrap, as it is at Hampton. Bath, Steuben County, New York, has one of the largest of the State Homes, sometimes accommodating three thousand inmates. The average, how- ever, is not over twenty-five hundred members. The Home is located about two miles from the city and is in the hollow of an amphitheater surrounded by mountainous hills. With the catholic spirit of the Em- pire State ex-soldiers of the Union, who served in any State troops, are admitted on precisely the same conditions as the New York veterans. The Quartermaster and Commissary of the Bath Home is the son of a veteran soldier, and hence the members are fed and clothed up to the last cent of the annual appropriation. And the annual appropriations bv the different legislatures are amply sufficient to feed the members as they are not fed in any National and but few State Homes in the coun- trv." Erie, Pa., has a splendid State Home, but only her own ex-soldiers are admitted. Vermont likewise has a fine exclusive Home. Also New Jersey, while Massachusetts has a semi-combination corporation Home, run by some G. A. R. officials and partly supported by the State. It is on top of Powder Horn hill, overlooking the ancient city of Chelsea, and is semi-penal in its discipline and management. Its full capacity, however, is about five hundred inmates. The ex-soldiers of any State are admitted here as in Bath, but owing to the grafting management but few soldiers apply outside her own troops. The editor of the Guide Book served in the 59th Mass. V. V. I. from the Wilderness to Appomatox, but the Home on Powder Horn hill would be the last place he would seek from adverse storms or "shoulder his crutch and show how fields were won." All of the Western and Middle States have fair copies of the Bath Home. Sandusky, Ohio, has an excellent one. on the cottage rather than the barracks plan, which is most commendable and is mainly due to ex-National Commander Brown, the editor of the Zanesville Signal, and one of the honest tvpes of the gallant ex-volunteer soldiers of the Civil War. The editor is fully aware that the limits of a Guide Book has been exceeded in this "write up" on Soldiers' Homes, but he also has the knowledge and experience that few, if any, of the professed or real friends of the ex-soldiers of the Union, compelled by adverse fortune to live and die in these institutions, take interest enough in these unfor- tunate derelicts to save them from the shoulder strapped harpies or pol- iticians of the Brownlow type, living oft" and preying upon the gallant men who "touching elbows" stormed the entrenchments of an equally gallant foe or with (then) youthful voices sang "John Brown's Body" to the swinging step of the forced march and bivouaced in sunshine and storm on the bare ground awaiting the coming battle with the heroism of Americans. They were no professional soldiers taking up arms for a living, but 24 llfXTHR's OFFICIAL GUinK I'.OOK. citizen soldiery, bone of our bone and flesh of our flesh, who "kept the oath they swore" to save the Union or perish in its defense. Save them now from the grafters who are robbing their stomachs and backs ! TO THE "ZOO," ROCK CREEK NATIONAL PARK, AND CHEVY CHASE. This is an excursion into the northern and most beautiful corner of the District, reached by taking the cars out Fourteenth street to the boundary, and then (by transfer) the Chevy Chase line. The latter extends from Sixth Street (connecting with the Seventh Street line) along U Street West, through Hancock Circle (where New Hampshire Avenue crosses Sixteenth Street), and thence turns up the hill at Eigh- teenth Street, and goes across Rock Creek, and out into tlie country, along Connecticut Avenue Extended, passing on its way half way around the Zoological Park. A zoological garden is among the most recent additions to the sights of the capital. It is open all day, including Sunday, and no admittance fee is charged. Previous to its organization and the purchase of this site of about 167 acres, in 1890, the National Museum had accumulated by gift many live animals, but had no means of caring for them ; these at once became the nucleus of the new collection, which was placed under the general charge of the Smithsonian Institution, with Frank Baker, M. D., as superintendent. Two definite objects have been in view here. The original idea was not a park for public exhibition purposes — a popular "Zoo" — but a reservation in which there might be bred and maintained representatives of many American animals threatened with extinction. Congress, however, enlarged and modified this notion by adding the exhibition features, making the place a pleasure-ground as well as an experiment station, and consequently imposing upon the District of Columbia one-half the cost of its purchase and maintenance. Never- theless, the managers do all they can to carry out the original, more scientific intention. A walk of five minutes from the cars at the gate brings the visitor to the principal Animal House, which is a commodious stone building, well lighted and well ventilated, and having on its southern side an annex of very fine outdoor cages, where the great carnivora and other beasts dwell in warm weather. The collection is not very large, as the funds do not at present allow of the purchase of animals, which must be ob- tained by gift or exchange. Captures in the Yellowstone National Park arc permitted for the benefit of this garden, and have supplied manv specimens. The hardier animals (except a few antelopes and kangaroos, which have a stable) are quartered out of doors all the year round in wire en- closures scattered about the grounds. These are all healthy and happy to a gratifying degree, and as a result they produce young freely. The herds of bison, elk, and deer were recruited mainly from the Yellowstone IIUXTr-R S OFFICIAI. CriDK BOOK. _.) Park. The former occupy adjacciu patldocks upon the risiiii^' ground north of the animal house, and the latter enjoys entensive pastures and a picturesque thatched stable somewhat to the east, on a hillside sloping- down to Rock Creek. In another quarter are to be seen the cages of the wolves, foxes and dogs. The beavers, however, probably constitute the most singular and interesting of all the features of the garden at present. They consist of a colony in the wooded ravine of a little branch of Rock Creek, where they cut down trees, burrow in the banks of the stream, and construct dams and houses, precisely as in a state of nature. The Bear Dens are the best of their kind in the country, being rude caves blasted out of the cliff left by an abandoned quarry, which form a natural retreat for their big tenants. Chevy Chase is a charming suburb, just beyond the District line, at the extremity of Connecticut avenue extended, which is cut straight across the broken and picturesque region west of Rock Creek. The forested gorge of this romantic stream east of the avenue, and embrac- ing most of the region between it and the proposed extension of Six- teenth street, or "Executive avenue," has been acquired and reserved by the Government as a public park ; but as yet no improvements have been attempted, and it remains a wild rambling-ground full of grand possibilities for the landscape artist. Chevy Chase consists of a group of handsome country villas, among which an old mansion has been converted into a "country club," with tennis courts, golf links, etc., attached, and here the young people of the fashionable set meet for outdoor amusements, in which fox-hunting with hounds, after the British fashion, is prominent. A large hotel was started here, but the building is now occupied as a school. An ad- ditional fare is charged for travel beyond the circle at the District line, and there is little to attract the traveler farther northward. Instead of turning back, however, it is a 'good plan to walk southwestward eight or ten minutes, passing old Fort Reno, and striking the Tenally- town road at the Glen Echo Junction, where he can return direct to Georgetown, or can go on to Glen Echo, and then up to Cabin John Bridge or Great Falls, or out to Rockville, or back to Georgetown by the electric line along the bank of the Potomac. GEORGETOWN AXl) ITS MCINITY. Georgetown, now West Washington, was a flourishing village and seaport (the river channel having been deeper previous to the con- struction of bridges) before there was a thought of placing the capital here ; and in its hospitable houses the early officials found pleasantcr homes than the embryo Federal city then aft'orded. Its narrow, well- shaded, hilly streets are yet quaint with reminders of those days, and it has residents who still consider their circle of families the only persons "true blue." Georgetown is still a ])ort of entry, but its business does little more than pay the expenses of the office. Before the era of railroads Georgetown had distinct importance, due to the fact that it was the tidewater terminus of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, which was finished up the river as far as the Great Falls in 1784, 26 hunter's official guide book. and in 1828 was carried through to Cumberland, Maryland, at a cost of $13,000,000. It never reaUzed the vast expectations of its promoters, but was of great service to Georgetown, and is still used for the trans- port of coal, grain, and other slow freights. Pennsylvania avenue forms the highway toward Georgetown, but stops at Rock Creek. The cars turn off to K street, cross the deep ravine over a bridge borne upon the arched water-mains, and then run east to the end of the street at the Aqueduct Bridge. Here a three- story union railway station has been built; into its lowest level comes the cars of the Pennsylvania avenue line, and the top story forms the terminus of the electric railway to the Great Falls. Stairways and elevators connect the three floors, and reach to Prospect avenue above. Georgetown does not contain much to attract the hasty sight-seer, though much for the meditative historian. A large sign, painted upon a brick house near the Aqueduct Bridge, informs him that that is the Key mansion — the home for several years of Francis Scott Key, the Georgetown College author of "The Star-Spangled Banner," who resided here after the war of 1812, became district attorney, and died in 1843. Similar personal memoranda belong to several other old houses here. On Analostan, for example — the low, forested island below the farther end of Aque- duct Bridge — lived the aristocratic Masons during the early years of the Republic, cultivating a model farm and entertaining royally. One of the latest of them was John M. Mason, author of the Fugitive Slave Law, and an associate of Mr. Slidell in the Confederate mission to England, which was interrupted by Wilkes in the Trent affair. The most prominent institution in this locality, however, is Georgetown Col- lege. This is the School of Arts and Sciences of Georgetown Univer- sity, which is under the direction of the Fathers of the Society of Jesus. This school, consisting of three departments — postgraduate, collegiate, and ])rcparatory — is the oldest Catholic institution of higher learning in the United States, having been founded in 1780. The college was chartered as a uiiivcrsitv bv act of Congress in 1815. and in 1833 was huntkr's official guide book. 27 empowered by the Holy See to grant degrees in philosophy and the- ology. The present main building, begun in 1878, is an excellent speci- men of Rhenish-Romanesque architecture, and its grounds cover seven- ty-eight acres, including the beautiful woodland "walks" and a magnifi- cent campus. The Riggs Library, of over 70,000 volumes, contains rare and curious works. The Coleman Museum has many fine exhibits, among them interesting Colonial relics and valuable collections of coins and medals. Not far from the College, on a prominent hill, is the Astronomical Observatory, where many original investigations are made as well as class instructions given. Thirty-nine members of the faculty and 300 students comprise the present census of this school. The School of Law, situated in the vicinity of the District courts, is one of the best in America, numbering on its stafif several leading jur- ists ; the faculty now numbers fifteen, the students over 300. The School of Medicine is fully equipped for thorough medical training under distinguished specialists ; the faculty numbers forty-nine, the stu- dents 125. The total number of students in the university is about 750. Oak Hill Cemetery, on the southern bank of Rock Creek near P street, is a beautiful burying ground rising in terraces and containing the graves of many distinguished men and women. It is reached by the line of the Metropolitan street cars, more commonly called the F street line ; leaving the cars at Thirtieth street, a walk of two squares north will bring the visitor to the entrance. Near the gateway is the chapel built in the style of architecture of Henry VHL This is matted by ivy brought from "Melrose Abbey." In front of the chapel is the monument of John Howard Payne, the author of "Home, Sweet Home," who had been buried in 1852 in the cemetery near Tunis, Africa, and there remained until, at the expense of Mr. Corcoran, his bones were brought to this spot, and in '83 were re- interred with appropriate ceremonies. The statue of William Pinkney is near here also (he was the Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Maryland, and nephew of William Pinkney, the great Maryland lawyer). It represents that prelate in full canonical robes, and was dedicated to his memory by ]\Ir. Corcoran, who was the friend of his youth, the comfort of his declining years. The mausoleum of Mr. Corcoran for his family is a beautiful specimen of mortuary architecture; this is in the northwestern section of the cemetery, while in the southeastern is the mausoleum of the Van Ness family, whose leader married the heiress, Marcia, daughter of David Burns, one of the original proprie- tors of the site of Washington City. This tomb is a model of the Tem- ple of the Vesta at Rome. The cemetery comprises twenty-five acres, incorporated in 1849, one-half of which, and an endowment of $90,000, were the donation of I\lr. William W. Corcoran. Here were buried Chief Justice Chase, Secretary of War Stanton, the great Professor Joseph Henry, and many others illustrious in American annals. Ex- tremely pleasant rambles may be taken to the north and east of this cemetery, and it is not far across the hills to the Naval Observatory. This is the astronomical station of the Government under control of the navy and presided over by an officer of high rank, whose first ob- ject is the gathering and crllcclion of information of_ use to mariners. 28 hunter's official ouidk hook. such as precision of knowledge of latitude and longitude, variations of the compass, accuracy of chronometers and other instruments used in the navigation of ships of war. an'd similar information more or less allied to astronomy. Purely scientific astronomical work is also carried on, and the equipment of telescopes and other instruments is complete, enabling the staff of learned men— naval and civilian — attached to the institution to accomplish notable results in the advancement of that de- partment of knowledge. The special inquirer will be welcomed by the officers at all suitable hours, and on Thursday nights cards of invita- tion admit visitors generally to look through the great telescope. This observatory dates from 1892, when it was moved from the wooded elevation, called Braddock's Hill, at the Potomac end of New York avenue, which it had occupied for nearly a century. That ground was a reservation originally set apart at the instance of Washington, who wished to see planted there the foundations of the National Uni- versity — the dream of his last years. It is called University Square to this day. GEORGETOWN TO TENNALLYTOWN AND GLEN ECHO. From Georgetown an electric road runs north out High street and the Tennallytown road to the District line, where it branches into two lines. Leaving the city quickly it makes its way through a pretty sub- urban district, out into a region of irregular hills and dales, where, about one mile from the starting point, the new LTnited States Naval Observatory is seen about a quarter of a mile to the right. Jwst be- yond its entrance is an industrial school. The general district at the left is Wesley Heights, ninety acres of which, and the name, are the property of a Methodist association, which proposes to establish there a highly equipped university, to be called the American, modeled upon the plan of German universities, and open to both sexes. The site of the buildings will be west of Massachusetts avenue, where it inter- sects Forty-fourth street, forming University Circle. Tunlaw Heights is another local "subdivision" here ; and somewhat farther on is Oak View, where there is a lofty observatory, open to anyone who cares to climb it and obtain the wider outlook, embracing a large part of the city. A few years ago there was a great "boom" in suburban villa sites near here, and many noted persons built the fine houses which are scattered over the ridges in all directions. Among them was President Cleveland, whose house. "Red Top" (from the color of the roof), is passed by the cars just beyond Oak \^iew. It was afterward sold by the President to great advantage, and during his second term he occupicil another summer home not far to the eastward of this site. The cross- road here runs straight to the Zoological Park, a trilk over a mile eastward. Woodley Inn is a summer hotel on the left of the road, which keeps northward along a ridge with wide views, for a mile and a quarter farther to Tennallytown, lately become a suburb of considerable population, largely increased by families from the city in summer. .\ road to the left (west) from here gives a very i)icturcsquc walk of a mile and a halt' over to tlu- Uccciving Keservoir. and a mile farther wil! IIUNTKR S Ol'FIClAI, f.rilH'. HOOK. 29 take you to Little Falls, or the Chain Bridge. Up at the right, at the highest point of land in the District (400 feet), the new reservoir is seen, occupying the site of Fort Reno, one of the most important of the circle of forts about the capital during the Civil War. A wooded knoll, somo distance to the left, shows the crumbling earthworks of a lesser redoubt near the river road, which branches off northwest from the village. Three-quarters of a mile beyond Tennallytown the limit of the District of Columbia is reached, and the Junction of the line to Glen Echo. Th-: main line runs north to Rockville, Maryland. The Glen Echo line runs a car every half-hour (fare 5 cents) along a winding road through the woods to the Conduit Road and ])ank of the rotomac, at the Glen Echo grounds. GEORGETOWN TO GLEN ECHO, CABIN JOHN. AND GRE.\T , FALLS. The Georgetown and Great Falls Railroad Company operates an electric line to the Great Falls of the Potomac, which aff'ords one of the most delightful excursions out of Washington. Its large cars leave Great Falls o( the Potomac the Union Station, in Georgetown, and take a high course overlooking the river valley, which becomes much narrower and more gorge-like above the city, with the Virginia banks very steep, rocky, and broken by quarries. The rails are laid through the woods, and gradually de- licend to the bank of the canal which skirts the foot of the bluff. .About three miles above Georgetown is the Chain Bridge, so called because the earliest bridge here, where the river for some two miles is confined within a narrow, swift, and deep channel on the X'irginia side, was made of suspended chains. The lofty bank is broken here by the ravine of Pimmit Run. making a convenient place for .several roads to meet and cross the river. The bluffs above il were crowned with strong forts 30 hunter's official guide book. for this was one of the principal approaches to Washington. A mile and a half above the Chain Bridge, having run through the picturesque woods behind High, or Sycamore, Island, owned by a sportsmen's club, you emerge to find the river a third of a mile wide again, and dashing over black rocks and ledges in the series of rapids called the Little Falls of the Potomac. The wild beauty of the locality makes it a favorite one for picnicking parties, and bass fishing is always excel- lent. The Maryland bank becomes higher and more rugged above I.it'Je Falls, and takes the name of Glen Echo Heights. Glen Echo is a place where it was proposed to combine educational privileges with recreation, and form a suburban residence colony and day resort of high character. Extensive buildings of stone and wood, including a very spacious amphitheater, were erected in the grove upon the steep bank and commanded a most attractive river view ; in them courses of valuable lectures, Sunday services, and concerts of a high order were given, and many means of rational enjoyment were pro- vided, but the project failed. The river has pretty banks to Cabin John Run, where the fine arch of the celebrated bridge gleams through the trees. The remainder of the Run (five miles) is through a wild, wooded region at the edge of the canal and river, which is again narrow, deep and broken by islands flooded at high water, with high, ravine-cut banks. This is a favorite place with Washingtonians for fishing with rod and fly, from the banks ; Daniel Webster often came here for this purpose. The Great Falls of the Potomac are a series of bold cascades forming a drop of eighty feet within a few hundred yards of distance, very pretty but hardly deserving the panegyrics bestowed by some early writers. The place will always be exceedingly attractive, however, es- pecially to artists and anglers. The appearance of the falls has been considerably modified, and probably enhanced, by the structures of the city water-works, for this is the source of Washington's public water supply. The water is conveyed to the city through a brick conduit, which runs along the top of the Maryland bank, and is overlaid by the macadamized driveway called the Conduit Road. This work of engi- neering meets its first serious difficulty at Cabin John Run, where a stone arch leaps across the ravine in a single span — unequalled else- where — of 220 feet. TO BLADENSBURG AND KENDALL GREEN. Bladensburg is a quiet Maryland village, some seven miles northeast, on the r)altimore & C^hio Railroad. It is a port on the Anacostia, to which large boats formerly ascended with goods and went back laden with farm produce. Through it ran the stage road from the north ; and here, .\ugust 24, 1814, the feeble .\merican army met the British, under Ross and Cockburn, who had marched over from their landing- place on the Patuxent River, intent upon the capture of the Yankee capital. The .\mcricans, partly by blundering and partly by panic (ex- cept some sailors under Commodore Barney, ran away after the first attack, and left the way open for the redcoats to take and burn the town IILN I I.K > Ol I' ICIAK l.LIDK l!tM)K. 31 as they pleased ; but the\- inflicted a remarkably heavy loss upon the invaders. "It is a favorite drive with Washingtonians to-day," remarks Mr. Todd, in his Story of Washington, "over the smooth Bladensburg pike to the quaint old village. Dipping into the ravine where Barney made his stand, you have on the right the famous dueling ground, enriched with some of the noblest blood of the Union. A mile farther on, you come out upon the banks of the Eastern Branch, here an inconsiderable mill stream, easily forded, though spanned by a bridge some thirty yards in length. On the opposite shore gleam through the trees the houses of Bladensburg, very little changed since the battle-day. Some seventy yards before reaching the bridge, the Washington pike is joined by the old Georgetown post-road, which comes down from the View North From Top of Washington Monument north to meet it at an angle of forty-five degrees. The gradually rising triangular field between these two roads, its heights now crowned by a clubhouse of modern design, was the battle ground." A string of pleasant suburban villages nearly join one another along the railway and turnpike — Highland, Wile^ Heights. Rives. Wood- ridge, Langdon, Avalon Heights, and Winthrop Heights or Montello. The last is well inside the district and brings us back to Mount Olivet Cemetery burial ground, lying I)etwcen the turnpike and the railway near the city boundary, which h;'.s the sad distinction of containing the bodies of ]\Irs. Surratt, one of the alleged conspirators in the assassina- tion of Lincoln, and of Wirz, the cruel keeper of Andersonville prison. Electric roads now reach all these suburbs. The National Fair Grounds, opposite INIount Olivet and west of the railroad, contain the Ivy City race track. The suburban "addition," Montello. is north of the fairgrounds, and south of them is Ivy City, '.V2 IIUXTER S OFFICIAL C.UIDF 150UK. with Trinidad east of the railroad. The southern part (jf Ivy City is oc- cupied by the extensive grounds of the Cohnnbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, popularly known as Kendall Green. This institution, which is reached by cars on H street to Seventh street, N. E., was incorporated in 1857, and is for the free education of deaf-mute children of sailors and soldiers of the United States, as also of the children of the District so afflicted. It was indebted in its early years to the benefactions of the Hon. Amos Kendall, who gave land, money, and buildings toward its establishment. All students have op- portunity to learn to speak, the system of instruction including both manual and oral methods. Poor students are received on verv liberal George Washington University, Main Building and Law School terms. \'isitors are admitted on Thursdays between the hours of 9 and 3. TO BENNIXG AND CHESAPEAKE BEACH. ilenning and Deancwood are suburban villages east of the .Vnacostia i streets, S. VV.; 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. Pathological and surgical museum and library. Reached by Seventh street cars. Arsenal, Washington Barracks. — Foot of Four-and-a-half street, S. \\. ; all (la>'. Artilkr\- drills; river A'icw. Botanical Garden. — Pennsylvania avenue, First to Third streets; 8 a. m. to 3 p. m. Greenhouses; Bartholdi fountain. Reached by all Pennsyl- \ania avenue cars. Cabin John Bridge. — Five and a half miles up the Potomac. Picturesque out (liior re>ort. Reached by Metropolitan electric cars from Pros- pect avenue and Thirty-sixth street, Georgetown. Capitcl. — Capitol Hill; 9 a. m. to 4.30 p. m., or until Congress adjourns. Rotunda; Senate; House of Representatives; Supreme Court; paint- ings, stattiary and bronzes. Reached on the south and west sides by the Pennsylvania avenue cars, and on the north and cast sides by the Metropolitan (F street) lines. A flag flics over each house while it is in session, and sessions at night are indicated by lights upon the dome. Catholic University. — Brookland; all day. Buildings and lil)rar_\- Reached l)v HroDkland line of electric cars. 34 hunter's official guide book. Census Building. — B street, First to Second; no admission. Offices. Center Market. — Pennsylvania avenue and Seventh street; all day. Flower stalls; country wagons, etc. Christ Church. — G street, between Sixth and Seventh, S. E.; Sundays. Old- est church in the city; Congressional cemetery. Reached by Pennsyl- vania avenue cars to Navy Yard. City Hall. — Judiciary square; 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. Civil Service Commission. — Eighth and E streets; 9 a. m. to 2 p. m. Offices. Coast and Geodetic Survey. — New Jersey avenue and B streets, S. W. ; 9 a. m. to 2 p. m. Offices. Congressional Burying Ground. — G street between Sixth anrd Seventh, S. E.; all day. Monuments and cenotaphs. Adjacent to Christ Church; reached by Navy Yard cars. Congressional Library. — (See Library of Congress elsewhere in Guide.) Corcoran Gallery of Art. — New York avenue and Seventeenth street. Paintings; statuary; bronzes and a great variety of objects of art. The Gallery is open every day (the Fourth of July and Christ- mas day excepted) from 9.30 a. m. to 4 p. m. from October i to May i, and from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. May i to October i. On other public holi- days from 10 a. m. to 2 p. m., and on Sundays, except in midsummer, from 1.30 to 5 p. m., when the admission is free. Mondays (open 12 to 4 p. m.), Wednesdays and Fridays, admission 25 cents; other days free. Catalogue for sale. Reached by Pennsylvania avenue cars to Seventeenth street. Court of Claims. — Pennsylvania avenue and Seventeenth street; 9 a. m. to 2 p. m. Offices. Dead Letter Office. — Second floor, General Post Office. Museum of postal curiosities and philately. Educaticn Commissioner. — Eighth and G streets; 9 a. m. to 2 p. m. Peda- gogical library. Bureau of Engraving and Printing. — Mall, Fourteenth and B streets, S. W.; 9 to 11.45 ''■ "I- ''"<' 12.30 to 2.30 p. m. Machinery and processes used in printing banknotes, bonds, and postage stamps. Reached by Belt Line cars. Visitors allowed only in parties conducted by an attendant. Bureau of Ethnology. — 1333 F street; 9 a. m. to 2 p. m. Offices and library. Fish Commission. — .Armory Building, Sixth and G streets, S. W. ; 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. Acjiiaria and fish-cultural apparatus. Ford's Theater. — Tenth street between 1'. and F; not open. Building in which Lincoln was assassinated. Fort Meyer. — .Arlington Iiills, west of the Potomac; ail day. Cavalry drills. Reached by electric cars and stages from west end of Aqueduct bridge. Geological Survey.— 1330 F street; 9 a. m to 2 p. m. Offices and lilirary. Georgetown College. — Georgetown; all day. Library and laboratories. George Washington University. — IT and Fifteentli streets. Government Printing Office.— Nortii Capitol and G streets; visitors in par- tics con(hicU(l tlirougli tlie building at 10 a. ni. and 2 p. ni. Ma- llUiNTHR's Ol'l'lCIAL GUIDE BOOK. 35 cliinery and metliods of priming and book making. Reached by G street cars from Fifteenth and G streets. Rock Creek Church. — Rock Creek Road, northeast of Soldiers' Home; all day. I'ino monuments in cemetery. Reached by Seventh street and Brightwood lines of cars. Smithsonian Institution. — Mall, opposite Tenth street; 9 a. m. to 4.30 p. m. Museum of birds, marine animals, and American archaeology. Reached by Seventh and Ninth street lines of cars. St. John's Episcopal Church. — H and Sixteenth streets; Sundays. Soldiers' Home. — Near Seventh street extended; all day, including holidays. Fine grounds, with wide view; monuments and relics. Reached by Seventh street and Brightwood cars. Department cf State. — State, War and Navy Building; 9 a. m. to 2 p. m. Librarj' and historical relics. The U. S. Treasury. — Pennsylvania avenue and Fifteenth street; 9 a. m. to 2 p. m. Making, distribution, and care of government treasure. Visi- tors are shown through the building from 10 to 12 a. m., in parties of twelve by attendants who explain everything shown; all visitors as- semble at the door of the Treasurer's office, in the northeast corner of the main floor and register their names. Department of War. — State, War and Navy Building; 9 a. m. to 2 p. m. Cap- tured cannon and other trophies. Washington Monument. — Mall, west of Fourteenth street; 9.30 a. m. to 4.30 p. ni. View from summit. Reached by Belt Line cars from the Cap- itol, or by transfer (2 cents extra), from Pennsylvania avenue cars. The elevator runs (free) to the top of the monument every half hour from. 9.30 a. m. to 4.30 p. m. ; but no one will be taken up in the last trip (4.30), if thirty persons (the capacity of the elevator) are already there. Weather Bureau. — Twenty-fourth and M streets; 9 a. m. to 2 p. m. Offices. White House. — Executive Grounds; East room open daily, 10 a. m. to 2 p. m. Home of the Presidents. No general public receptions are held by the President, except on New Year's day, but visitors ha\iny busi- ness with the President will be admitted from 12 to i o'clock daily, excepting on Cabinet days, so far as public business will permit. Young Men's Christian Association. — 1732 G street. National Zoological Park. — Adams' Mill Road, N. W. ; all day. Living ani- mals. Reached I)y Seventh or Fourteenth street cars and transfer to U street line, thence to Chevy Chase cars, or by Chevy Chase cars direct from the Treasury. Howard University. — University hill between Four-and-a-half and Sixth streets; all day. Educational tncthods. Reached by Ninth street cars transferring to Brightwood line. Bureau of Indian Affairs. — Sbvmtli, I'", and F streets; 9 a. m. to 2 p. m. Offices. Department of the Interior. — "Patent Office," Seventh and F streets; 9 a. m. to 2 p. m. Patent Office, museum and library. Department of Justice — K street, opposite McPhcrst)n square; 9 a. m. to 2 p. m. Offices. H6 lirXTF.RS OFFICIAL CUIDK liOOK. Department of Commerce and Labor. — I'ourlcc-mli street bctwccMi Pennsyl- vania avenue and F street; 9 a. m. to 2 p. m. Offices. Library of Congress. — ICast of tlie Capitol; 9 a. m. to 10 p. m. Architecture and ornamentation; mural paintings; sculptors; mosaics; curiosities of early printing and illustration: reading-rooms. Reached by Penn- sylvania avenue and F street lines of cars. The building is brilliantly illuminated in the evening, which is a favorable time in which to see the interior decorations. Free Public Library. — Mt. Vernon place, Eighth and K streets; 9 a. m. to 9 p. ni. Books for general circulation. , Lincoln Museum. — 516 Tenth street; all day. Relics related to Lincoln. Marine Barracks. — Eightli street between G and L S. K.: all day. Drilling of ^larine Corps. Mount Vernon. — Si.xtecn miles down the Potomac: ii a. m. to 4 p. m. Home and tomb of Washington. Reached b}^ hourly trains of the Washing- ton, Alexandria and Mt. Vernon Electric Railway from Pennsylvania avenue and Twelfth street, X. W., and morning and afternoon bj' steamer "Cliarles Macalester" from Seventh street wharf. National Museum. — Alall, opposite Tenth street: 9 a. m. to 4.30 p. m. Zoo- logical, ethnological and industrial collections. Department of Navy. — State, War and Xavy Building; 9 a. m. to 2 p. m. Models of war ships; trophies. Navy Yard. — Foot of Eighth street, S. E.; all day. Manufacture of naval cannon; trophies; museum of relics. Oak Hill Cemetery. — Rock Creek, near P street; all day. }kIonumcnts of no- table men. Reached by Metropolitan (F street) cars to Georgetown. Naval Obs^rvatcry. — North of Georgetown; 7 to 9 Thursday evenings only. Cards of admission required. Astronomical apparatus and observa- tions through the telescope. Reached by F street and Rockville elec- tric lines from Georgetown. Patent Office. — Seventii and F streets; 9 a. m. to 2 p. m. Museum of models. Reached by 1" street and G street lines of cars. Pensicn Office. — Judiciary square; 9 a. m. to _> ]>. m. Central hall and ciiiunins. General and City Post Office. — Pennsylvania avenue. Eleventh and Twelfth streets: ( )ftices ojicn 9 a. m. to 2 p. m. See '"Dead Letter Office." Money-order division open from 9 a, m. to 5 p. m. Registry division open from 8.30 a. m. to 6 ]). m. for delivery of registered matter. For receipt of matter for registration the division is always open. Gen eral-delivery window never closed. Stamps can be purciiased at any time, day or night. Money-order and registered-letter business trans- acted at all of the branch post-offices in the city. Reached by Pcn-i sylvania avenue, Xinth street and h'leventh street lines of cars. The New Municipal Building. — I'ronting on Pennsylvania avenue, between 'riiirleen-and-a-half and P'ourteenlh street .MI the District offices are How located in this iiuilding and the old i)uildinK in Judiciary square is being used exclusively by the Courts, .\ handsome building for the .Courts is now under construction in this S(|uare. A tine shaft, surmounted by a heroic life-size status of I. inc.. In. graces the front of the old District Building. IIUNTKR S OFFICIAL ('.UIDK BOOK. 37 PERSONAL. Tlie Raiul McNally and Standard Guides of Washington contain a mass of useful information, but it it so juml)lcd u]), so to speak, that it IS ahnost im])ossible to quote or use the statistical and stereotyped mat- ter without the tautology and the descriptive phraseology accompanying the simplest information. .\s all Guide Uonks follow in a beaten path and, like historical and statistical productions, either copy literally or plagiarize openlv and offensively, the editor of HrxTi-.us Officiai. r.uiuF finds it easier and more congenial to his pen to close their covers and ramble alone through the scenes. ])laces and associations they copy and describe from predecessors in th.e business. "Ask Mr. Foster" is Business High School the sliibbolcth and keynote of the Standard Guide, intlced. there is but very little else outside the excellent halftones of the l)ook than this repetition of ''Ask Mr. Foster." ^Fr. Reynolds, the editor, has proven himself a genius Guide lli ok writer in i)roducing as good a compilation as the Stardard. It has evidently not been revised, as the Pennsylvania de])ot and the Baltimore and Ohio depot are still described in all their pristine glory, and the visitor is ])articularly informed how to find these ancient landmarks of the Capital Citv. There are many other illustrations of ancient history which are erroneous and misleading". Init demonstrative of the fact that the Standard is not up to date. This can be said of the Rand McXally in more numerous particulars ; nevertheless, we Ivive availed ourselves of much accepted facts and stan- dard information in both Guide Rooks, which we here cheerfully acknowledire. 38 hunter's official guipk book. While no quotation marks are used in our extracts because it is im- possible to separate that which is original by Mr. Reynolds, and by the editor of the Rand McNally production, from the published, established and common, well-known facts of the history of the Nation's Capital, we deem it proper, honest and honorable to the profession we have followed for half a century to acknowledge and give credit for any ideas, information or phraseology we have taken from others. We hope that this acknowledgement to the respective editors of the Standard and Rand ]\IcNally will be accepted in the spirit in which it is offered. The design, scope and original matter in The Hunter Official Guide Book are easily distinguished from that of our prede- cessors in this comparatively new field to us. If we are accused of plagiarism in copying a public building and its accompanying description we plead the same amount of guilt that all the poets and writers from the days of Shakespeare to the present hour owe the immortal Bard of Avon, acknowledged or unconfcssed. We respect the copyright of the Standard Guide and therefore here conspicuously give Messrs. Rey- nolds and Foster credit for anything and everything extracted from their excellent but, pardon the expression, superannuated Guide Book. It is not up nor could it be up to date in a city as progressive as the Nation's Capital, and we have simply but attempted, however imper- fectly, to fill in the omissions which could not otherwise be accom- plished except by a revision of their Guide Book or the production of The Hunter Official Guide Book on, let us state without egotism, a new and original if not an improved plan. We desire to be perfectly fair and not attach our name or the repu- tation we have earned in the press to a "fake." We are writing for an unlettered but by no means an ignorant man. We would no more impose upon him than upon the public with a production that was not all it claimed to be in its prospectus, which have been scattered by the thousands. We have been a soldier (in the Civil War), a Municipal, State and Feredal official, or perhaps "office holder" would more cor- rectly describe the positions we have held. It is known pretty generally in the press that we have experienced many vicissitudes of fortune, from a comfortable competence to a space writer for our former con- temporaries ; and, from an office in the State House to a cell in the prison ! And we were proud of the transmission. As neither misfea- sance nor malefeasance caused our downfall, but an unfortunate street duel in which our antagonists were slain in open fight, and public opinion demanded expiation for the violation of the law, we have no hesitation in recording the regrettable incident in The Hunter Offi- cial Guide Book. In the Preface we alteniiited to tell the public something about C. T. Hunter, the publisher of this Gi'inK. Inhere are numbers of writers in Washington more prolific with the ])en who are untler greater obli- gations and could more strikingly and picturesquely describe this un- lettered young man. whn I'miu newsboy, unfriended, unaided anel alone, has achieved a measure of .success which insures him the ultimate goal of his ambition. But as "eaten liread is scion forgotten" Mr. Hunter, to achieve one of his desires was comiiclled to fall back upon the pres- HUNTICK S (il-I'IClAI. C.l'iDl'; lUMiK. :^9 ent writer of the Guide Book, and engage our services in lieu of those his generosity and the gratitude of his beneficiaries ought to have com- manded their higher and superior talent to gratify his laudable ambi- tion of producing something permanent and which would demonstrate to his native city that the "little newsboy of the Treasury" had the in- stincts of the true .\merican and the ambition to exploit to the world the city of his birth. As we have written about him in the Preface, all that he would per- mit us to say, we shall close this personal explanation with the state- ment that at thirty years of age no native citizen, however high his family, or however favored his fortune, can command more apprecia- tion, personal admirers or a larger constituency of friends and acquaint- ances among the business men of Wa.shington, than Mr. C. T. Hunter, the publisher of this book. A Big Machine Shop — Washington Navy Yard INDUSTRIAL WASHINGTON. The Chamber of Commerce brochure has the following, which we extract : Electric power is available for all purposes at a low cost. For the capitalist who is looking for a great field of power development the vi- cinity of Washington furnishes a most promising field. The Great Falls of the Potomac, twelve miles above the city, have not as yet been ex- ploited for power purposes. It is estimated that 50,000 horse power could readily be developed from these falls and an additional 12,000 from the Little Falls a few miles below. A glance at the picture of the falls with their madly rushing waters is a suggestion of power itself. Coal is brought down from West Virginia and Maryland mines at a low cost by the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, and the Government is already committed to the widening and deepening of the channel of the Potomac so as to make possible a great increase of water transpor- tation. Abundant cheap and accessible sites are available. On the railroads, on the water front or both hundreds of acres are to be had for factory purposes. Senator Stephen B. Elkins, of West Virginia, himself a captain of industry, has painted a glowing future for industrial Washington. 41 > HUNTER S OFFICIAL GUIDE BOOK. He points out that from 20,000 to 30,000 miles of railroad terminate at the Potomac at Washington, and to the water transportation facili- ties. In a long interview given to the Washington Times recently he said in part : "Washington is destined to become a great manufacturing and com- mercial city, rivaling Philadelphia and Baltimore, and reaping nujre than either of them the advantages growing out of the development of the great South. At the present depth of tide-water, all kinds of coast- wise commerce can be carried on, and even trans-Atlantic commerce will spring up. Fruit vessels from Italy and the West Indies can dis- charge cargoes at Washington and carry away coal and manufactured products. "There is no reason why Wasiiington should not beCDUie a greater coal distributing center than Baltimore, both by water and rail. \> for manufacturing, the advantages of the south side of the Potomac. adjacent to this city, are unexcelled. All kinds of raw material can be laid down there as cheaply as at any other point on the Atlantic sea- board. The products of the entire South can be drawn iherc. to be worked into manufactures. Coal, lumber and cotton can be laid down there to the greatest advantage. "This city within twenty-five years," he concludes, "will have a mil- lion inhabitants, in my opinion." vSo this latter dav ])n)])lu't basing his observations on experience ha> reacheol(l enough lard, its own manufacture, in a week to take its entire out- put for six weeks. Other merchants fared almost equally well, and cvervwbere tluv were assured that the country nu reliant would pre- II r.N'i'iiK s (ii'i'K'iAi. (■.riDi-: r.doK. 41 fcr t(i deal exclusively in \\'ashint;l<'n. ])rt)vi(lcd lie could obtain all his sui:)]:»lies. so as to avoid buying- i)art in W'ashin.i^ton and i)art in other markets farther north. Encouraged bv this success, the Wholesale Trade Committee ct the Chamber of Commerce is now planning' another trade extending train to touch at thirty towns in thirty days. There is rooni'in this bookdet for little more than .suggestions concern- ing the commercial develo]>ment of Washington. The Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce and the Chairman of the Wholesale Trade Committee, however, are armed with full information and will be glad ro answer inquiries. WASHINGTON A SIIOriTNG CENTER. Washington is a shopping town. Her department stores and other retail establishments ar- second to none in the country. A century as the Capital citv. the home of the representatives nf every country en the Washington Railway and Electric Co. ^Terminal Station globe and the home for a large ])art of the year of residents of every State and Territory in the Union, Washington has been forced to sup- ply- the wants of every class of society. COSMOPrjlJ'i' W !'( )l'rK ATIOX. The needs of the most cosmopolitan populatiiMi of any city in tlie L'nited States have been appreciated by her enterprising merchants to such an extent that the former custom of shopping in IMiilade]i)hia and New York has for a long time been non existaut. The first lady of the land, other members of the President's family, the wives and daughters of ambassadors and ministers from every land and clime are familiar figures of an afternoon or morning- in the shoi)ping district. They walk or drive from store to store and find liere all that their \aried tastes or fancies dictate. Some may ol)iect thai in order to meet the demands of such patrons prices gcneralh- must be high. Here ;igain Washington merchants 42 hunter's official c.uiDf-: took. have proved their enterprise and business abiUty, for not only have they arranged their stocks to meet all calls, but prices are unusually low. A comparison of the page advertisements of Washington stores with those of New York or Chicago is all that is necessary to demonstrate the truth of this assertion. OLD ESTABLISHMENTS. Many of the retail establishments are almost as old as the Capital itself and several of them boast of having as customers every President of the United States and many of the famous statesmen and diplomats whose names have long since passed into history. So favorably has the service of many Washington stores been im- pressed upon oflficials and others who have resided temporarily at the Capital that even after leaving they have continued their patronage, sending their orders regularly for shoes, clothing or other articles. The stores are so conveniently situated that many shoppers prefer to walk about the shopping district rather than drive or use the street cars. MARKETS. The housekeeper in Washington, too, is better served than in any other large city. With man_y large, centrally located markets where may be found the products of the farms, orchards, truck gardens of Maryland and Virginia, Florida and California, and oysters, clams and other sea foods, fresh from Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic, with market stores scattered everywhere throughout the city, Washington offers for the table the best there is to be had at the lowest prices and that more accessably than elsewhere. So much for the information of the reader who contemplates coming to Washington to live. A word now for the reader who may be con- sidering the advisability of going into business here. PROGRESSIVE MERCHANTS. The retail merchants of the city are among the most progressive citizens of the community. The Retail Trade Committee of the Cham- ber of Commerce is the largest committee of that organization, having seventy members. For many years Washington merchants were con- tent to profit by the custom of residents of the city, a large, increasing population of large and constant purchasing power. The government with its great payroll of steadily employed and regularly paid servants has served to produce an unfailing market for the merchant. OUT-OF-TOWN SHOPPERS. Last year, however, a few leaders realized the opportunities for greatly increasing the volume of business and through the Retail Trade Committee an active campaign was started to induce the residents of huntick's official guidk v.ook. 43 the three siirroiuuling States to come to Washington to do their shop- ping, offering to refund railroad fares, provided a certain amount of purchases were made from the houses represented in the membership of the committee. This plan proved immediately successful, bringing trade from the farthest towns and cities in Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland. The opportunity of an occasional visit to the Capital, com- bined with that of purchasing supplies from the well-stocked houses of Washington merchants, proves an attraction too strong for resistance by hundreds of persons within a radius of 150 miles. REM.VRKARLE GROWTH. The business history of the largest retail establishment of the city reads like fiction. One of the largest department stores commenced business fifteen years ago in a one-story, twenty-foot front store, with but a few clerks, and handling dry goods only. To-day their establish- ment occupies nearly an entire city block, part of the building being Capital Traction Co. — Mt. Pleasant Car Barns four-Stories and part five-stories in height. Their stock includes every- thing that can be found in the most diversified department store, they employ thousands of clerks and the counters are always lined with cus- tomers. What is said of this establishment is hardly less true of many others. STRONGEST B.\NK CITY. Happily peculiar in many respects Washington differs from other cities of the United States no more favorably than in her financial equip- ment and strength. In stability no stronger proof of her excellence could be offered than the e.\];erience of the Capital city during the recent panic and financial stringency as compared to the less favorable experiences of other communities. While banks were failing and exchanges suspending business in other centers no bank of any character in Washington failed or was even em- barrassed. The confidence of the public was so great in local institu- •44 hunter's official guide book. tions that not the sHghtest uneasiness was at any time evident. The only indications here that money was scarce were a sHght increase in mterest rates and a natural conservativeness in making" large loans. UNIQUE ADVANTAGE. The pre-eminent advantage Washington has over other cities in re- spect to her financial institutions is that they all are imder the direct supervision of the Comptroller of the Currency. So far as openness to Government inspection is concerned and consequent safety all the banks at the Capital are on as sound foundations as National banks. In 1907 a savings bank was closed by order of the Comntroller, wdiose office assumed immediate charge of its affairs. The Comptroller's ad- ministration disclosed the fact that it was in a sound condition, and every stockholder and depositor received dollar for dollar within a sur- prisingly short time. BANK STOCKS STRONG. Another indication of the excellent condition of Washine'ton banks is the strength their stocks show on the local exchange. The stock of one of the National banks is quoted at six times its par value, and the stock of only one institution, and that, one which has been in existence scarcely a year, is quoted a few points less than par. Washington financiers have been quick to see the necessity of better organization when conditions demanding change arose. Many mer- gers of banks have been satisfactorily accomplished in late years, and not only the banks themselves benefitted by the economies ensuing, but the service resultant has been bettered. There are now eleven Na- tional banks, fourteen savings banks, five trust companies and two large banks that are not exactly in any of these classes, though more nearly National banks than either of the other two. The banking houses of local financial institutions are noteworthy. The architecture of one National bank and that of two trust company homes are among the best examples of business architecture in the country. Prospective investors, capitalists seeking a location for new indus- tries or other business ventures, or those contemplating residence at the National Capital need no further showing of facts concerning Washington banks to convince them that "Washington aft'ords financial advantages not excelled elsewhere. BUSINESS MEN'S ORGANIZATIONS. Chiefly on account of the peculiar form of government in the District of Columbia Washington differs considerably from other .Vmerican cities in respect to the character of her organizations among business men. The Chamber of Commerce with about 800 members, is more like the Trade organizations of oilier larLie cities than is anv other bodv here. mXTI-.K S OFI-ICIAI. C.L'IDF. IlOOK. 4.1 It was formed in the spring of u;oy by the merging of the Business -Men's Association and the Jobbers and Shippers' Association, two bodies whose finictions were similar. The new organization was' born "fa general demand on the ])ari of l)u>incss men for the extension of U'ashington's trade and the development of industries, and of a convic- tir)n that one body could acconipli.-h greater results with lo^- expense than two. 46 hunter's official guide book. THE CHAMBER OF COALAIERCE. The organization is an admirable one for this purpose, and during its existence has already done much toward the ends sought. Its com- mittees on Manufactures, Wholesale Trade, Retail Trade and Conven- tions are accomplishing much, while its committees on Municipal Leg- islation, Law and Legislation and Schools have been instrumental in shaping legislation affecting the District. FAVORITE CONVENTION CITY. In the newly born determination to make the most of Washington's many opportunities the subject of inducing national and international organizations to hold their conventions here has received especial at- tention upon the part of her business men. Until the present time Washington has been content to take the good things th.it have been coming her way without endeavoring very strenuously to increase their number. According to the last annual report of the Board of Trade thirty- seven conventions were held in this city in the year beginning November 26, 1906. In one week in the month of May, 1908, no less than six con- ventions were held, several of them holding sessions at the tame time in different hotels or halls. All these conventions have come to Wash- ington without so much as an invitation on the part of the local busi- ness organizations. It is now realized that if this be the case, which is undeniable, many more organizations can be induced to hold their con- ventions at the Capital, if only the advantages of the city for that pur- pose are made known to them and the information coupled with an in- vitation. WASHINGTON ADMIRABLY ADAPTED. The needs of organizations incident to conventions are good passen- ger transportation facilities, hotel facilities, convenient places in which to hold sessions, good publicity facilities and, not unimportant, pleas- ant surroundings. Washington supplies all of these requisites and offers much more. A city that can easily handle the enormous crowds of visitors that throng the streets every four years, at the inauguration of the President of the L^nited States, is patently equipped to care for, both in railroad and hotel accommodations, any special gathering at other times. Wash- ington hotel men have become accustomed to quick expansion and con- traction of business. The coming and departure of Congress with the thousands dependant upon its sessions and the large number of conven- tions which have been coming to the city in recent years have served to make irregularity in numbers at depots and hotels the regular thing. A host of meeting halls of various sizes are always available and. for unusually large gatherings, there is a convention hall, with seating capacity of 6,000 and standing room capacity of 10,000. Two conven- HUNTER S OFl-lCIAL GUIDE BOOK. 47 tions of considerable proportions were recently held in a single hotel, with no confusion in session halls, banquets or accommodations. As to publicity facilities, there is no greater news distributing center in the United States. Correspondents representing not only all of the daily newspapers of the country and many of the foreign journals have their offices in Washington, but even the technical and trade publica- tions have their contributors and regular correspondents at the Capital. GREAT EDLC.\TU)X.\L CENTER. If the first President of the'Nation predicted that Washington would become a great commercial emporium, he also wished earnestly that it would become the educational center of the new Republic. If the pre- McKinley Manual Training School diction has not as yet become true, at least his wish has been gratified. Washington is now the scientific and educational center of the country. To realize how accurate this statement is it is only necessary for the reader to consider the facilities and resources here, not only for scientific research and higher learning, but also for secondary training. M.WY LIBRARIES. There are in Washington thirty-four Governmental libraries open to the public for research, with over 2.000,000 books and pamphlets and over 500,000 other literary articles, manuscripts, maps, music and prints. This is exclusive of the contents of the Public Library, a gift to the District from .Andrew Carnegie, and the libraries of private associations and institutions. According to Dr. Herbert Putnam, Librarian of Con- gress, we have a "total not merely greater than is to be found in any other city of this size in the world, but which in ])roportion represents 48 hunter's official guide book. several times as many volumes per capita as exists for public use in an\ other city of the world." Of course, the Library of Congress is the greatest of these institutions, containing" over 1.100,000 books and pam- phlets and nearly 500,000 other articles. The Library of Congress building itself is the proudest building of its kind in the world and furnishes the student an inspiration by its beauty of architecture and interior decoration. As a place for studv and research it is unequalled in convenience for the student. With a corps of courteous and able librarians and its wealth of material and facilities for quickly obtaining almost anything that may be called for the Library of Congress is the ideal workshop of the searcher into the realm of literature. MUSEUMS AND LABORATORIES. The Smithsonian Institution, the National Museum (for which there is now building a magnificent new home), the Army Medical Museum, the I'ureau of Standards, the Naval Observatory, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the laboratories of the Department of Agriculture and the other various departmental museums and laboratories form a wealth of ap- paratus for the students which, of course, cannot be found elsewhere. The statistical bureaus of the Census ofifice, of the bureau of Labor, of Commerce, are also notable sources of information free of access at all times to the public. To show the city's pre-eminence in one branch of research, for example, it is only necessary to point out that there are eighteen chemical laboratories attached to Government departments, not to mention the facilities afforded by the universities of the city, r.y Act of Congress of April 12, 1902, these laboratories are accessible, under certain regulations, to the scientific investigators of the country and to students of any institution of higher education incorporated under the laws of Congress or of the District of Columbia. LEARNED SOCIETIES. The efifect of these advantages and facilities has been to bring to- gether in Washington notable scholars, wl>o have formed organization^^, themselves an important factor in the educational advantages of tl'ie Capital. In this connection may be named the Washington Academy of Sciences, and its fourteen learned affiliated societies. The American Association for the Advancement of Science, the .\rcheological Instl!:nte of America and the American Institute of Architects have their of^ccs in Washington. COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. Dr. Mitchell Carroll, an eminent educator and ]n-ofcssor in the George Washington I'niversity, in speaking of these great advantages at the Capital, says : "It is natural that Washington should be the ctntcr of the sen luific and educational activities of the countrw The CarucQie In'<^"tutirn i:- lirNTI'U S OI'I'ICIAI. C.UIDK r.OitK. i'J the great proniotor of scientific research; the Smithsonian Institution is the great disseminator of knowledge; the Library of Congress is the great storehouse for the world's learning and the universities .ind edu- cational institutions of the city are training men and womo.i to enter into an appreciation of the intellectual life in all its phases. Not to speak of the efficient public school system nor of the seventy or more private schools that attract boys and girls to Washington from all parts of the country, there are in Washington eight colleges and universities, seven professional schools of law. three of medicine and dentistry, and three of theology. "In these institu linns there is an aggregate of 476 professors and instructors and over 3.500 students, making Washington one of the The Speedway most important university towns in the country. To mention them by name, there are the three colleges, Gallaudet, Gonzaga and St. John's: and the five universities, Georgetown, George Washington. Howard, the Catholic University of America and the American University, which has already a beautiful site, with two buildings erected an'l which will begin regular university work when the endowment fund ha^ reached 83.000.000. "All of these institutions are doing excellent work and are dissemi- nating the intellectual infiuences of the Cai)ital city throughout the country. Of these the one that bears the name of the Father of his Country has inaugurated the George Washington University Move- ment, the aim of which is to realize George Washington' • desire for a great universitv of international importance at the seat of Govern- ment. To this end it has already raised considerable funds for the jnirchase of a new site and has undertaken large plans which will lead in time to successful fruition." The Catholic University of .\merica is now the great Catholic seat -if learning in the United States, and the Methodists of the country are 50 HUNTER S OFFICIAL GUIDE BOOK. aiming to make the American University the center of learning for the youth of their denomination. THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. A word should be added about the public school system. The public schools of Washington are under the care of Congress, which has com- mitted itself time and again to the policy of making the District of Co- lumbia the model municipality of the country. A board of education presides directly over the school affairs, but its members serve without compensation and are appointed by the justices of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. With this system there is no possibility of politics entering the schools. All appointments are made as the result of examination and special fitness and even the "pull" of members of Congress avails little. There are about 50,000 children and 1,500 officers and teachers in the public schools. The white and colored pupils and teachers are sepa- rated, having distinct school buildings. The system of instruction ranges from kindergarten to that of prepa- ration for the colleges and universities, and for teaching. In the High School division there is, besides the regular classical High Schools, a Business High School and a Technical High School, for the purpose of specially training students who intend going into business after gradu- ation, or who are fitting themselves for the higher technical institutions of learning. The schools are so good that the President of the United States is sending his son, Ouentin Roosevelt, to them although there are several scores of good private institutions in the city. IDEAL PLACE OF RESIDENCE. A book exclusively devoted to a description of the thousands of fea- tures which go to make Washington the ideal residential city of the country would be more appropriate in treating the subject than merely the brief review here possible. Many such, in fact, have been written and can be found in any public library, and there is no end of articles of value and interest in periodical literature. The charms of Wash- ington for the resident can here be only suggested. Around the central fact that Washington is the Capital of the Na- tion are grouped most of the reasons why the city has become the ideal residence community of the country. Washington reflects the great- ness of a great people and the high aesthetic and intellectual ideals of the most enlightened nation of the earth. SOCIETY OF THE CAPITAL. The society of the Capital is the best example of this representative- ness. Here are gathered men and women typifying the best in their respective commtmities. ^nd not only is every section of the country thus highly represented, but every nation of the earth also sends its IIl'XTKR S Ol-l'KIAl, C.UIDK BOOK. 51 quota of dipI(Miiats, citizens selected from the best minds of the nations. Then, too, attracted by this great gathering of briUiant people another large class of persons, which is constantly growing larger, those who have acquired large fortunes and who are now seeking the most pleas- ant surroundings, has come to Washington. They have built hundreds of magnificent residences and. for the most part, made the city their permanent hoiiie. 52 huxter's official c.uini- r.ooK. Two other important classes combine with the official, diplomatic and wealthy to make the society of the Capital most desirable. These are the hundreds of men and women of achievement in the fields of science, art, and literature, who have found Washington a happy place of resi- dence, and the large contingent which has grown up from within, rather than from without, a modest, solid l)ody of citizens who are proud of their city and wide-awake to all her interests. It is hardly needful to say that with this extraordinary citizenship there has been ])rovided the best of churches, theaters, clubs and amuse- ments. The city's charities have also been highly organized and are now ad- ministered from a central body whose agents are closely in touch with all needs. Funds for the several charities are placed in charge of this central body, whose board of directors is composed of many of the most highly esteemed men and women of the community. STREETS AND TREES. The physical features of Washington are pleasingly impressed upon the visitor the minute he enters the city through the new Union Station. This superb structure, which has now cost about $17,000,000. was opened in October. 1907. It is an enormous white pile set in a wide plaza, facing the Capitol three blocks distant. A writer in "Collier's" remarks that \\'ashington is now the "head of the list of the world's great capitals in the dignity of her treatment of arriving and departing guests." With this first favorable impression the visitor passes on to his hotel or other destination through wide, smooth and delightfully shaded streets, getting glim])ses here and there of classic Government struc- tures. I'ractically all streets and avenues are paved with asphalt and the trees along the curbs and sometimes, too. in double rows down the center, are by no n:eans limited to the residence portion, but extend everywhere. ARCHITFXTL'RE. The splendid Government buildings, hotels and office buildings, are, of course, always a delight to the lover of good architecture, but the residence sections of the city and the suburbs hold the chief attractions. Diversity of architecture is notable and even where long rows of houses are necessary the architect has introduced a variety of fronts obviating the monotony common to the residence architecture of many large cities. Leading architects have recently expressed the opinion that in all forms of structures Washington is now showing the highest forms of architectural design and leading every other American city in this re- spect. From the pretty bungalow in the suburb to the mansion of the millionaire on Massachusetts avenue or Sixteenth street the same artistic tendency is evident. IIUXTI-K S OFI'FCIAI. CUIMl-: HOOK. 53 PARKS. Public parks, rangiiii; from a few humlrccl s(|iiarc feet to square miles in area, literally dot the entire District. Triangular, square, or circular plots of green embellished with beautiful trees and beds of flowers are seen at most intersections of streets and diagonal avenues. The circles are notable, for here are placed the scores of historic statues commemorating men and events prominent in the history of the nation. There are many larger spaces, occupying one or two city blocks densely shaded and carefully kept for the enjoyment of those who remain in their city homes throughout the summer. Band con- certs by the various military bands and the famous I'nited States Ma- rine Band are given in them nearly every evening during the season. The larger parks are the Mall, a wide stretch of grass and trees con- necting the Capitol with the Washington Monument; Potomac Park, G Street, Looking East from Eleventh Street, N, W. a large tract of land made by dredgings from the Totomac and now grown over with graceful willows and greensward, the Soldiers' Home grounds, and the great Rock Creek Park, stretching for miles through the northwest section of the city. Within the last reservation is the Zoological Garden with its notable collection of the world's fauna gath- ered for the National Museum and containing strange gifts of poten- tates of Africa and Asia. The Park Commission's ])lans for the artistic treatment of the Mall and contiguous territory now seems certain of ultimate fulfillment. This is a pretentious project to carry out the original plans of L'En- fant and Washington for the city, and steps in this direction have al- ready been taken by Congress in locating the new buildings for the Senate and House of Representatives, for the National Museum and the Dejjartment of .\griculture and finally in placing the splendid Grant Memorial in the P.otanic Garden at the Cajjitol v\m\ of the proposed avenue to be formed bv the Mall. 54 HUNTER S OFFICIAL GUIDE BOOK. In the city's parks the Department of Agriculture has done much to make them beautiful and interesting. Plants and trees from all lands and climates have been brought here and cultivated. Some of the parks, particularly the grounds in the Mall, the Capitol grounds, the White House grounds and the park opposite the White House, are filled with so many varied specimens that they are now almost botanic Baltimore & Ohio Railroad City Freight Yards gardens. The trees are labeled with their specific and common names, so that the public may profit by the experiments of the Department. TRANSPORTATION. All parts of the city and suburbs are of easy access by reason of an excellent system of street-car lines. Fares are low. Congress having Pennsylvania Railroad City Freight Yards Stipulated that six tickets shall be sold for a quarter and that these tick- ets shall be good over all lines and constitute a fare anywhere within the District. In June, 1908, the Interstate Commerce Commission was given direct supervision over all the street-car lines, making the only municipal traction property in the country directly governed by the Federal Government. Years ago all trolley lines and poles were done hunter's official guide book. 55 away with and even telegraph and telephone wires are now underground, eliminating the unsightliness of this feature of modern city develop- ment entirely from the streets of the District. THE CHA^[BER OF COMMERCE. The Hlxter Offici.\l Guide Book desires to express its special acknowledgment to the Secretary of the above named organization of the leadino- merchants and business men of Washington. As will be A Steamer Pier seen in the body of TiiE Guide we have quoted more information about the real \\'ashingtcn from the pages of a small brochure issued by the Special Booklet Committee of the Chamber, than it would be possible to find within the covers of all the Guide Books, so far issued, on the National Capital. This fact reflects great credit on the editor of the Booklet. Mr. George H. Gall, who probably used an intellectual hydraulic press to boil down and squeeze out the salient and striking commercial, industrial and scenic features of Washington and its suburbs. We venture to offer a suggestion to the Special Booklet Committee of the Washington Chamber of Commerce, and the unselfishness of our suggestion is apparent in view of the fact that TiiE Hunter Official Guide Book will be on sale on the streets, steam and electric cars and on all the news stands March 4th. The suggestion is that the Committee get out a special edition of as many thousands of copies as its funds will warrant and place one. if possible, in the hands of cverv visitor to the Inaugural of the President (elect) W. H. Taft. Editor Gall and the Booklet Committee in the Preface to the Booklet so admirably condense its special and attractive features that we can- not refrain, in these few words of acknowledgement for copious ex- tracts, to quote the same. It is headed or has the caption "a fore- word" and is as follows : 56 liUXTER S OFFICIAL GUIDE BOOK. A FOREWORD. The Washington Chamber of Commerce issues this booklet for the purpose of attracting the attention of the country to a phase of devel- opment of the Capital of the Nation which is far less exploited than its national aspect. As a city she enjoys more publicity than any other, but seldom are her purely local, civic features brought directly to the atten- tion of the people of the United States. Guide books tell all about things of historic and Governmental interest and the newspapers and magazines are filled with the doings of her statesmen. The industrial, commercial, financial, educational, residential and other civic features, however, do not enjoy this wide publicity. The following pages are offered, therefore, for the information of the manu- facturer or merchant who would seek a favorable place for his factory or commercial house ; the careful investor in real estate ; the man or woman who is seeking the best city in the United States for a perma- nent place of residence ; the young man or woman who \^'ould acquire an education where are offered the best advantages for culture, and for the enlightment of the visitor. The Chamber of Commerce would have Americans know the Wash- ington of Washingtonians as they now know their own Washington, their capital city. New Automobile Factory — Carter Motor Car Corporation IIUXTKR S Ol'1-ICIAI, c.rinK hook. 57 An Interior View in the Navy '^'ard Working in the Big Gun Shop 58 HUNTER S OFFICIAL GUIDE BOOK. Equestrian Statue of Maj.-Gen. George H. Thomas The bronze statue of Gen. George H. Thomas, the "Rock of Chicka- niauga" and hero of Nashville, is in the center of Thomas Circle, and was erected, with great ceremony, in 1879, by the Society of the Army of the Cumberland, which paid $40,000 for the design and the casting. The pedestal, which bears the bronze insignia of the Army of the Cumberland, and its ornamental lamps were furnished by Con- gress, at an expense of $25,000. The statue is itself nineteen feet in height, and is finely modeled ; but many admirers of this sturdy, unas- suming commander regret that in his representation there is not more man and less horse. iir.\ ri.K s oi-i-iciAi. GUIDE book. 59 4 It General W. T. Sherman Wlio made the famous march to the sea. The pedestal is so elaborate it somewhat dwarfs the c(|iiestrian figure and the horse. 60 HUNTER S OFFICIAL CUIDE BOOK. Maj.-Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock Commander of the 2d Army Corps, Army of the Potomac HUNTER S Ol'l-ICIAI. Gl'IDK I'.OOK. 61 Gen. Philip Henry Sheridan The hero of Winchester and "Scourge of the Valley." This is one of the finest cque-trian statues in Washington. 62 HUNTER S OFFICIAL GUIDF BOOK. »^-- jttr-'''^im'niiff 1, 1 1 ""^ f: ..-^-^H^ii^^SSi m^si^fe^ ^" . P^tf '" '■"-T^Tres^ 11 id ^ J Jk Etr ' : 1 FklMifeEl m - ^^^■HIBit^ -4J^H uiiiiiimM •t-'iiiL lUfciiJi 1 I flrT'^i' .1 ^Hfl ^"l r; f , PJ"^ ■1."*^ "1 '"^ ^ "i( ii(ii li ■' F ■^^i^—Hlllg- ^ -*r- .L^^ggaS^^M '''^^^^sBJ^^^^I K fl '''r'''*-^^I^BHi The Best View of the Treasury The financial department and the actual treasury of the Government are housed in the imposing but somewhat gloomy building which closes the vista up Pennsylvania avenue from the Capitol, and which nearly adjoins the White House park on the east. This structure, which, suitably to the alleged American worship of money, has been given the form of a pagan temple, is of the Ionic-Greek order of architecture modified to suit local requirements. The main building, with its long pillared front on Fifteenth street, was erected of Virginia sandstone and completed in 1841. Some years later extensions were undertaken which enlarged the building greatly, produced the magnificent granite por- ticoes at each end, and resulted in the beautifully designed western facade. The whole building, completed in 1869, is 466 feet long and 246 wide exclusive of the porticoes, inclose two courts, and has cost about $10,000,000. The building is open from 9 till 2 ; and between i 1 and 12 and i and 2 o'clock, persons who assemble at the office of the Treasurer are formed into parties, and conducted to the doors of certain rooms, where the guides explain the work in progress there. United States Treasury notes bear the engraved facsimiles of the signatures of the United States Treasurer and the Register of the Treas- ury ; but national bank notes are actually signed in ink by the president and cashier of the bank issuing them. The latter are sent to the banks and receive these signatures before receiving the red seal, for which purpose they mtist be returned liere. the lianks defraying the express charges. IirXTKR S OFFICIAL GUIDK I'.OOK. 63 Mount Vernon The Mansion House of Mount \>rnon occupies a beautiful site over- looking the river. It is of wood, cut and painted to resemble stone. The building, 96 x 30 feet, has two stories and an attic with dormer windows ; the roof is surmounted by a cupola, with an antique weather- vane. In front extends a piazza 15-ft deep and 25-ft. high, with square pillars, and a floor tiled with flags from the Isle of Wight. Two kitchens are connected with the central building by colonnades. In front of the house are shaded lawns, and a deer park below ; in the rear are lawns, gardens and orchards ; and disposed about the grounds are the outbuildings of a \'irginia farm. The main hall of the house extends through from front to back ; the six rooms on the first floor are the Banquet Room, Music Room, West Parlor, Family Dining Room, Mrs. Washington's Sitting Room and the Library. The man- sion is very nearly concealed by the trees surrounding it. There is only one place as you approach it from the north where it can be seen at all. This is the view above given. 64 HUNTER S OFFICIAL GUIDE BOOK. Bronze Statue Admiial David G Farragut This Statue of r'arragut, Farragut S(|uarc, intersection Connecticut avenue and I street. N. W., represents him as stancHug upon the deck of his flagship Hartford, from whose propeller the metal of which the statue is composed was taken, and was cast in 1880, after models by ^frs. Lieutenant Hoxie, then Miss Vinnie Ream. It cost $25,000, and was dedicated in April. 188 1. many of Farragut's old shipmates taking ])art in the ceremonies. HUNTER S OFFICIAL GUIDK BOOK. 65 The Lafayette Memorial Statue Upon a lofty and handsome i)edestal stands a hei'dic bronze t'ii;ure of the Marquis de I,afa\ctte, in the uniform of a Continental general, while nearer the base, at the sides, are statues of Rochambcau and Duportail, of the French army, and D'Estaing and De Grasse of the French navy. In front is "America" holding- up a sword to Lafayette. This work is ex- ceedingly vigorous and is after models by two eminent French sculp- tors, Falquiere and Mercie. T(^tal cost $50,000. 66 hunter's official guide book. United States Patent Office The Secretary of the Interior and his assistants have their offices in this great Doric-Greek building, covering the two squares reaching from Seventh to Ninth streets, between F and G, which everybody caUs the Patent Office, because designed for and mainly occupied by that bureau. The Hall of* Models is still a spacious room on the main floor, but the removal of the historical relics to the National Museum, and the fire of 1877, which destroyed 87,000 models and some 600,000 drawings, etc., have left little worth looking at. The office has issued thus far about _ too.ooo patents, and its earnings have been far in excess of the cost of buildings and all expenses since its origin. HUNTKR S OFFICIAL GUIDE BOOK. 67 The Smithsonian In.siituiicjn was constituted by an act of Congress to a(hninister the bequest of his fortune made to the United States by James Smitlison, a VDunger son of tlie Knglish Duke of Northumber- land, and a man of science, who died in iSj(). In 1838 the legacy be- came available and was brought over in gold sovereigns, which were 68 hunter's official guide book. recoined into American money, yielding $508,318.46. The language of this bequest was : "I bequeath the whole of my property to the United States of America to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowl- edge among men." The acceptance of this trust is the only action of the kind ever taken by the nation, and the Institution stands in a peculiar relation to the Government. It is composed of the President of the United States and the members of his Cabinet, ex officio, a chancellor, who is elected, and a secretary, who is the active administrator of its aft'airs. The business of the Institution is managed by a board of regents, composed of the Vice-President and the Chief Justice of the United States, three Sena- tors, three members of the House of Representatives, and six other eminent persons nominated by a joint resolution of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The immediate and primary object of the board, as above constituted, is to administer the fund, which has now increased to about $1,000,000, and in doing so it promotes the object of its founder thus : (i) In the increase of knowledge by original investigation and study, either in science or literature. (2) In the dift'usion of this knowledge by publication everywhere, and especially by promoting an interchange of thought among those prominent in learning among all nations, through its correspondents. These embrace institutions or so- cieties conspicuous in art, science, or literature throughout the world. Its publications are in three principal issues, namely : The "Contri- butions to Knowledge," the "Miscellaneous Collections." and the "An- nual Report."' Numerous works are published annually by it, under one of these forms, and distributed to its principal correspondents. There was early begun a system of international exchanges of corre- spondence and publications, which forms a sort of clearing-house for the scientific world in its dealings with Americans ; and there is no civil- ized country or people on the globe where the Institution is not repre- sented by its correspondents, who now number about 24,000. The im- mediate benefit to the Institution itself has been in enabling it to build up a great scientific library of over 300,000 titles and mainly deposited in the Library of Congress. In no single respect, perhaps, has the progress of the American capi- tal been more striking than in the history of the National Museum. Originating in a (|uantity of "curiosities" which had been given to the United States by foreign powers, or sent home by consuls and naval officers, old visitors to Washington remember it as a heterogeneous cabinet in the Patent Ofiice. In 1846 a step was taken toward some- thing coherent and creditable, by an act of Congress establishing a Na- tional Museum, following the precedent of a dozen or more other na- tions ; but this intention took effect very slowly, though various explor- ing expeditions and embassies largely increased the bulk of the collec- tions, which, by and by, were trundled over to the Smithsonian building. The main entrance is in the north front, and is surmounted by "an iiun'Tkr's official r.uiDr: i-.ook. 69 allegorical group of statuary, representing Columbia as the Patron of v^cience and Industry." Entering you find yourself at once in the North Hall, with the statuary, plants, and fountain of the rotunda mak- ing a i)leasing picture in the distance. This hall is crowded with cases Cdutaining personal relics of great men, and other historical objects. ARMY MEDICAL MUSEUM. The Army Medical Museum occupies the handsome brick building in the southeast corner of the Smithsonian grounds, next to Seventh street. This institution grew up after the war, out of the work of the Surgeon- General's ofiice, and contains a great museum illustrating not only all the means and methods of military surgery, but all the diseases and casualties of war, making a grewsome array of i)reserve:l tlesh and bones, affected by wounds or disease ; or wax or plaster uKxlels of the effects of wounds or disease, which the average visitor could contem- plate only with horror and dismay. This museum, nevertheless, is of the greatest interest and value to the medical and surgical profession, and comprises some 25,000 specimens. In the anatomical section there is a very large collection of human crania, and about 1,500 skele- tons of American mammals. In the miscellaneous section are the latest annliances for the treatment of diseases, all sorts of surgical instru- ments, and models of ambulances, hospitals, etc. The library is the most complete collection of medical and surgical literature in the world, surpassing that of the British Museum. The statue of Dr. Samuel D. Gross, in front of this museum, annro- priately commemorates one of the greatest of American surgeons (born 1805, died 1884), and an author and teacher of renown. THE CAPITOL. The Capitol is situated on Capitol Hill, i 1-3 miles from the White House and Treasury. It is reached by the F street and the Pennsyl- vania avenue cars, both of which ascend the hill. One may leave the Pennsylvania avenue cars at the Peace ^lonument, opposite Hunter's store, near the west entrance, and thus gain the grandest approach ; or mav continue (on the Navy Yard car) to the top of the hill. 'riie building is o])en daily, except Sundays and holidays, from 9 to 4.30, or until one-half hour after adjournment. During a term of Con- gress the forenoon is the best time for inspecting the legislative halls and the various committee rooms. Congress goes into .session at 12 o'clock noon; visitors are allowed upon the floor of Senate and House until 11.45, thereafter in the galleries only. The several galleries are designated over the doors : Gentlemen's, Ladies', Reserved, Diplo- matic Corps, Press. Those marked Ladies' and Gentlemen's are open ot the jiublic. The Capitol is 751 feet long, 350 feet in greatest width, and covers nearly four acres of ground, with 153.112 sciuare feet of floor space. It is 155 feet high to the cornices of the main roof, or 288 feet to the crest of the Lil^erty statue. The dome is of iron, weighs nearly nine 70 HUNTER S OFFICIAL GUIDE BOOK. million pounds, and was completed in 1865, replacing the earlier wooden dome. The architecture is modified Corinthian upon a rustic hase, plus a dome, and the material of the older central part is Virginia (Aquia Creek) sandstone, painted white, but the newer wings are built (if Mass- achusetts marble. In front of the building stretches a broad paved plaza, and three flights of broad steps lead up to the central entrance and to each wing, lending a very effective appearance of breadth and solidity to the whole mass, whose walls are largely hidden by the rows of monolithic, fluted columns of Maryland marble that sustain the three broad porticos. The porticos of the wings have each twenty-two columns, and ten more columns on each of their northern and western fronts. The new Senate and House offices are separated from the Capitol proper and are connected by underground tunnels. The}' are of them- selves imposing public edifices, but add nothing to the massive grandeur of the Capitol. hunter's official guide book. 71 ARLINGTON 1 loi'SE— FORMERLY Till". llo.MK OF GI%X- I'.K AT. ROBKkT E. LEE. Arlington, an estate identified in a peculiarly intimate manner with the history of the founding and preservation of the Union, and singu- larly beautiful withal, would be one of the most attractive places at the National Capital apart from the sacred interest imparted to it by its Sdldier dead. For several generations before the Civil War the home of the Custis and Lee families, it has been devoted since that time to the purposes of the foremost of the national military cemeteries. Here, be- hind the inscribed arches of the great gates, made from the marble pillars of the old War Department building, and under the oaks that belonged to the greatest of "their enemy," sleep almost a score of thousands of L'nion soldiers, and every year sees the eternal enlistment in their ranks of many more — among them officers of rank and distinction fa- mous for deeds that shall make their names immortal. Here, among many of less note, rest such famous commanders as IjcI- knap, Burns, Gleason, Gregg, Harvey, Ha/.en, Ingalls, King, Kirk, Lyford. Meyer (whose idea it was that these grounds should be set apart for this purpose), McKibbin, Paul, Plummer, Steadman, Turtel- lotte, and many others ; and the monuments are often exceedingly ap- propriate. The interest increases as the Mansion is approached. This noble house, whose pillared portico is so well seen from the city, stand'^ upon the brow of a magnificent hill overlooking the valley of the Poto- mac and the Federal city — a broad and beautiful view. On the brow of this l)luff are buried officers of special distinction and popularity, and iicre may be seen the graves and monuments of some of the Union's latest and most distinguished defenders. Here lie Gen. Philip H. Sheri- dan, beneath a grand lucmorial stone; Admiral David D. Porter. Maj- Gen. George H. Crook, whose monunient bears a bronze bas-relief ot the surrender of the .\pache Geronimo ; Maj.-Gen. \i)ncr Doubleday, the historian of Gettysburg: Generals Meigs, Ricketts, ISeiK't and Wat- kins; Colonel Berdan, of "sharpshooter" fame, and others. In the rear of the mansion is a mini:Htiu'e tem])le upon whose columns are engraved the names of great .American soldiers ; and a lovely amphitheater of col- umns, vine-embowered, where Decoration Day ceremonies and open-air l)urial services may be conducted. Near it is a great granite mauso- leum in which repose the bones of 2,1 i i unknown soldiers gathered after the war from the battlefield of Bull Run, and thence to the Rap])a- hannock. It is surrounded by cannon and hears a memorial inscription. Xear by. in a lovely glade, is buried Gen. IIenr\- W . Lawlon. ieveral hundred .soldiers who lost their lives in Cuba and Porto Rico, during the war with Si)ain, in i8()8. arc l)uried together in the southern part of the cemetery, reached by a pleasant road, winding- through the peopled woods; and their monument is a battery of great naval trmis. 72 hunter's official guidf book. THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. The Library of Congress, which originated with the purchase in Lon- don in 1802 of some 3-,ooo books of reference, was used as kindhng material by the vandals who gleefully burned the Capitol and its records in 1814. A new foundation was laid by the purchase of Thomas Jefferson's private library, and in 1851 the collection had in- creased to 60,000 volumes, when half of it, or more, was again swept away by fire. After this damage was repaired by the reconstruction of the western front of the Capitol, the growth was rapid, and the shelf- room speedily overflowed. A prolific source of accessions has been the copyright system, which requires the deposit here of two copies of every copyrighted work. The library contains more than 1,300.000 books. And here one hundred or as many centuries as it exists can be found a copy of Hun- ter's Official Guide Book, for two copies of the same are on file to complete the requirements of the copyright law. TO MOUNT \^ERNON. The pilgrimage to the home and tomb of George Washington at Mount Vernon is regarded by most Americans as a duty as well as a pleasure, and foreigners look upon it as a compliment due to the nation. It forms, moreover, a delightful excursion. Either of two routes may be taken to Mount V^ernon — by steamboat on the Potomac or by electric cars. The electric trains of the Washington, Alexandria & ]\Iount Vernon Railway leave their station. Pennsylvania Avenue and Twelfth Street, every hour, week days, from 10 a. m. to 3.00 p. m. from May ist to Nov. ist, and from 10 a. m. to 2 p. m. from Nov. i.st to May ist. These electric trains, which are the fastest and best equipped in the world, make the round trip in three hours, of which one hour and twenty minutes may be spent on the grounds. The fare is 75 cents for the round trip, or 85 cents including side trip to Arling- ton. All tickets allow stop-over privilege in Alexandria. The many points of interest as passed en route and described below are pointed out and cleverly explained by competent guides, who accompany all Mount Vernon trains. The route lies down Fourteenth Street, pass- ing the Agricultural Department, Washington Monument, and Bureau of Engraving and Printing, crossing the Potomac by way of Highway Bridge into Virginia. The old bridge which formerly stood here — The Long Bridge — became famous during the Civil War as a military route into the seceding States. It commands a fine view of the Potomac, with the stately Arlington Mansion on the hills to the right. At its further end there still stands, plainly seen at the left of the track as soon as the first high ground is reached. Fort Runyon, a strong earthwork erected in 1861 to guard the head of the bridge from raiders. But a short distance farther is Arlington Junction, where connection is made for Arlington. A little beyond it the train passes iirxiKKS oi-i-iciAi. (.rii'K I'.otiK. 73 St. Asaph and tlieu skirts the hase of liracldock Heights — tlie low- hills upon which liraddock's army was encamped, in 1775. hetore undertaking that disastrous march against the French and Indians at Fort Duquesne (now Pittshurg). where l>raddock was kiled and his army saved from annihilation only by the genius of his young Colonial aid. George Washington. The city of .VKxandria is then entered. Alexandria began, under the name of llellhaven, in 1748, and had a promising early career. "It rapidly became an important port, and de- veloped an extensive foreign trade. It was well known in the great English commercial cities. General Washington, Governor Lee, and other prominent N'irginians interested themselves in its developnii-nt. and at one time it was thought it would become a greater city than Baltimore. Warehouses crowded with tobacco and tlour and corn lined its docks, and fleets of merchant vessels filled its harbor." The founding and advancement of Washington and the building of rail- roads, which diverted traffic to inland channels, destroyed its import- ance, and the coming of the Civil War ruined it socially. Here the L'nicn troops began their "invasion" of \'irginia soil, and here fell Ellsworth — the first notable victim of the confiict. The old red-brick hotel where he pulled down the Confederate fiag is now pointed out to the strangers at the corner of the first street beyond the railway station on A\'ashington Street. It was called the Marshall House. BUREAl' OF ENGRAMNG AND I'RIXTIXG. The liureau of Engraving and Printing is a branch of the Trea.^ury. Here are printed the Government bonds and the national currency, to- gether with postage and revenue stamps, military, naval and diplo- matic commissions, passports, etc. Specimens of the work of the Hureau are exhibited in the waiting room and in the halls, and series of currency are displayed in various stages of completion. There is a series of old-time fractional currency — shin]:)lastcrs. and a $10,000 sil- ver certificate, the largest note issued. The actual work of engraving the plates is not shown. This is sur- rounded w^ith the utmost precaution to guard against abstraction of the plates ; they are closely w^atched by day, and are locked in the vaults by night. The original plate itself is never printed from, but a replica is made of it for actual use. This is the Bureau's device to guard against the possibility of being itself a counterfeiter of the currency. For. if an accident should happen to a ]:)late, it would have to be rei)laced by a new one; and no matter how nearly like the original the new one might be engraved, it would not be thit original, but a copy of it. and a note l)rinted from the new ])late would not be an original, but a copy of that original, i. e., a counterfeit. W^hereas. if the replica should be injured, a new replica would be a new original printing plate. A specimen plate is shown of the portrait of lUirnside. which, however, does not belong on a Treasury note ; and with it is exhibited the roller used to transfer the engraving from the plate to the re])lica which is to be printed from The first process that one witnesses is thi.' priuting of the notes. In 74 hunter's official guide book. this 500 employes are engaged. The paper used is the peculiar silk- fibered paper made at the Crane Mills in Dalton, Mass. Its manufac- ture is a closely guarded trade secret, and the law forbids possession by others of any such paper or its imitation. It is received in packages of 1,000 sheets. This 1,000 count, beginning at the paper mill in Mass- achusetts, is maintained throughout every department of the Bureau, and is continued after the notes reach the Treasury. To each press- man 1,000 sheets are given at a time. The printing is done on hand- presses. Each pressman has a young woman assistant. Each sheet makes four notes. A pressman prints 500 sheets a day, on one side only. From this floor the printed sheets go to the one below, where the count is verified. Then they pass to the numbering machines, which impress upon them in blue ink the distinctive series letter and the number of each note. The machines are purely automatic as to the progression of the numbers. The numbered notes are counted for the last time, and wrapped in packages of 1,000 sheets each, to be taken to the Treasury. There are fourteen departments and 1.400 employes; each piece of work passes through the hands of thirty different people. An elaborate system of receipting prevails, and at the closing hour everything is de- livered into the hands of the custodians, and every count is verified before the force is dismissed. The rule prevails not only here, but in the Issue and Redemption Divisions in the Treasury Building. HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING. An ofifice building for the use of members of the House of Repre- sentatives. It occupies the block on B street, between New Jersey avenue and First street. Southeast of the Capitol. A similar building for the use of the Senate, is erecting northeast of the Capitol, covering the entire block bounded by First, B, Second and C streets. The buildings are of white marble and are precisely alike as to exterior. The House building contains 410 rooms; that of the Senate 99. The build- ings are connected with the Capitol by subways. The approjiriation for each building was $2,500,000. THE ENECL'TIXE MANSION OR WHITE HOUSE. The Executive Mansion, more commonly called the White House, has gained for itself a world-wide reputation in a century's existence. George Washington was present at the laying of the corner stone in 1792, in what then was simply David Burns' old fields stretching down to the I'otomac (for this was the first public building to be erected), but John Adams was the first President to live in the building ( 1800), which was still so new and damp that his wife was obliged to have a literal house-warming to dry the interior sufficiently for safely to health. Its cost, up to that time, had been about $250,000. The architect, James Hoban, who had won reputation by building son:e of the fine houses on the Battery in Charleston, took his idea of the mansion from the house of the Irish Duke of Leinster, in Dublin, who had, in turn, copied the Italian style. The material is \'irginia .sandstone, the length is 170 feet, and the width 86 feet. The house Ill'XTliK S (»I"I"K1.\I, Ct'lDK r.OOK. T) Stands scjuarely north and south, is of two stories and a basement, has a heavy bahistradc alono- the eaves, a semicirctilar colonnade on the south side (facing the river and finest grounds), and a grand portico and portc-cocJicrc on the northern front, added in Jackson's time. Its cost, to the present, exceeds $1,500,000. In 1814 the British set fire to the building, but heavy rains extinguished the conflagration before it had greatly injured the walls. Three years later the house had been restored, and the whole was then painted white, to cover the ravages of fire on its freestone walls, a color which has been kept ever since, and is likely to remain as long as the old, house does, not only because of the tradition, but because it is really eflfective among the green foliage in which the mansion is ensconced. It was reopened for the New \'ear's Day reception of President Monroe in 1818. Alterations and addi- tions to the WHiite House were made in 1902-03. yc^; U. S. Agricultural Department Occupying large groimds between Fourteenth and Twelfth streets. S. \\'.. anfl reached from Pennsylvania avenue bv street cars on both those streets, and from the Capitol bv the P.olt Pino along Maryland 76 HUNTER S OFFICIAL GUIDE BOOK. avenue and B street, S. W., is the headquarters of the Department of Agriculture. This popular Department grew out of the special inter- est which early patent commissioners took in agricultural machinery, improvements, and the collection and distribution of seeds— a function that formed a large part of its work until 1895. It was gradually separated from the Patent Office work, erected into a commissicnership, and finally (1889) w^as given the rank of an executive department, the Secretary of Agriculture being the last-added Cabinet officer. His office is in the brick building west of the Smithsonian grounds, and he has the help of an assistant secretary, to whom has been assigned the direction of the great amount of scientific work done, including the experiment stations, and the studies of fibers, irrigation, and the Depart- ment museum. The State, War, and Navy Department The Department of State stands first on the list, and occupies the south and noblest front of the State, War, and Navy Building — that towering pile of granite west of the White House, which has been so honestly admired bv the populace and so often condemned by critics. II r\Ti:K s < ii'i'Ki \i. (.iini; r.oi ik. 77 This building- is 471 feet hnv^ by 253 feet wide and surrounds a paved courtyard cuntaininy engine houses, etc. It is built, outwardly, of granite from X'irginia and Maine, and the four facades are substan- tially alike, though the south front, where space and slope of the ground favors, has a grander entrance than the other sides. The build- ing was begun in 1871 and not wholly finished until 1893. covers four and a half acres, contains two miles of corridor^, and c(;st $10,700,000. It is in charge of a superintendent. res]ionsible to a commission com- posed of the three Secretaries occupying it. Pension Office .\ prominent branch of tlie interior Department is the Pension Uu- reau, Hon. \'espasian \\ arner. Commissioner. This occui)ies an im- mense red brick building. 400 by 200 feet in dimensions and four stories high, standing in Judiciary Square, on G Street, between Fourth and Fifth. It has two gable roofs set crosswise and largely composed of glass, lighting the vast interior court. The structure is said to be fire- proof. A band of terra cotta. forming an ornamental frieze around the exterior of the building, just above the first-story windows, por- 78 hunter's official guide book. trays a procession of spirited marching figures of soldiers of the late war — horse, foot, and dragoons. This is the only artistic thing about the building, and is worthy of a better setting. The offices, however, are more commodious and comfortable than many in more ornate edi- fices, and open upon tiers of galleries that surround all sides of a great tiled court. This court is broken by two cross rows of collossal col- umns and lofty arches sustaining the central part of the roof and painted in imitation of Sienna marble, while the lower gallery rests upon a colonnade of iron pillars, speckled counterfeits of Tennessee marble. The floor of the court is well filled with cases of drawers containing ihe papers of applicants for pensions, or an increase, so tidily arranged that the file of each man can be referred to without delay. It is very helpful, ho'wever, to know the registry number of the case, which is borne by every paper pertaining to it. The United States Pension Agency, where local pensioners are paid, is now in this building. The spacious covered court of this building has been used for the giving of the inaugural balls, which custom decrees shall take place on the evening of the day each new President is ushered into office. It is said that 18,000 persons were crushed into the court of the Pension Office Building at the last inaugural ball held here, and the crowds pre- vented any dancing or other real enjoyment of the festivities, which resulted only in injury to health, costly toilets, and the building. LIST OF PRINCIPAL HOTELS. Albany — Seventeenth and Eighth streets — European plan. ArdmorE, TiiE^Thirteenth Street, between Pennsylvania Avtnue and F Street — American plan. ARLiNGTON^Lafayette Square — American plan. Bancroft- — Eighteenth and H Streets — American plan. Barton — Fifteenth Street (near U. S. Treasury) — European plan. Buckingham — 918 Fifteenth Street, N. W. — American plan. Cairo — O Street, between Sixteenth and Seventeenth Streets — .\n:erican plan. Cochran — Fourteenth and K Streets — American plan. Colonial — Fifteenth and H Streets — American plan. CraFTOn^ — Connecticut Avenue and De Sales Street — American plan. Dewey — L Street, between Thirteenth and Fourteenth Streets — .\merican plan. Ebbitt — F and Fourteenth Streets — American plan. Everett — H and Eighteenth Streets — American plan. Fredonia — H and Twelfth Streets — American plan. Gordon — Sixteenth and I Streets — American and European plans. Hamilton — Fourteenth and K Streets — American plan. Johnson — Pennsylvania Avenue and Thirteenth Street — Eur(>pean plan. La Fetra's — Eleventh and G Streets — American plan. Lincoln— Tenth and H Streets — American plan, $2.00 per day and up ; European plan. llU.VTi;!-: S ol-FICIAI, (U-'IDl' liOOK. 711 JMin'KOPOLiTAN — Pennsylvania Avenue. Ixtwcen Sixth and Seventh Streets — American plan. AIoNTRosic — Corner of Fourteenth and 11 vStreets — European plan. National — Pennsylvania .\ venue, between Fifth and Sixth Streets — American plan. NoRMAXDiK — Mcpherson Square — American plan. Oxford— Xew York .\venue and Fourteenth Street — American plan, plan. Ralkigii — Pennsylvania .\ venue and Twelfth Street — European plan. Regent — Pennsylvania .\venue and Fifteenth Street — American plan. Rhode Island — Rhode Island .Vvenue — American plan. RiCHMOND^Seventeenth and H Streets — .American and European plans. RiGGS — Fifteenth and G Streets — .American plan. St. James — Pennsylvania Avenue and Sixth Street — European plan. St. Louis — Fourteenth and H Streets — .\merican plan.- Shore II AM — Fifteenth and T Streets — American and European plans. V.\RNUM — New Jersey Avenue and C Street. S. E. — .American plan. Vendome — Pennsylvania Avenue and Third Street — American plan. New Willard — Pennsylvania .Avenue and Fourteenth Street — American plan. The Reliance — 119 Pennsylvania .\venue, N. W. — For men only. CHIEF MAJOR RICHARD SYLVESTER. Major Richard Sylvester, the National Capital's Chief of Police, is beyond doubt or peradventure one of those special creations, like Fouche under Napoleon, destined by nature to fill a certain vacuum in society. For more than a quarter of a century he has been at the head of our National police force and if the mistakes he has made in that time were enumerated or counted against him he would need no other eulogy than their publication. Entering the Police Department as property clerk under the late Major Aloore, he by force of character, forged his way to the head of the force while still a young man. There is no other city in the United States which presents such difficulties to the police department as the City of Washington. In round numbers there are one hundred thou- sand colored denizens of the city and double that number of wliites. The foreign ambassadors and legations have to be protected — a sacred duty in all nations — and the richest people residents from the various states who have made Washington their temporary or permanent home. Washington next to Paris is the gayest and most beautiful city in the world, always full of visitors and strangers, a vast number of them unsophisticated and easy prey, within or without the law, for the prowl- ing footpad or more adroit and oily confidence man. Washington's gayety. it need hardly be observed, is not of the vicious Parisian kind, but it is nevertheless fascinating enough to allure the unsophisticated 80 hunter's official guide book. into pitfalls. Chief Sylvester's fundamental idea in the police govern- ment of cities is to prevent rather than to punish crime. Hence his stalwart patrolmen are ever on the alert to "nip in the bud" all attempts at crime of whatsoever character. Unlike his great prototype Fouche, who permitted things to develop and come to a head, Major Sylvester chops ofif the embryo footpad, burglar, house-breaker and confidence man before he has even a chance to develop his scheme. The one is the French style, the other the American or Sylvesterian. We prefer the latter, it saves the victim and may reform the would-be perpetrator. The Major is a man whose equanimity cannot be disturbed. He is never astonished nor aggrieved. His self poise is remarkable. His responsibility for protection to life and property in the Nation's Capital is fully realized, but there is no "fuss," no excitement, no gesticulation when a great crime is reported at Headquarters any more than when some colored footpad snatches a ladies' pocket book. The Chief is imperturbable. His orders are issued quietly but comprehensively. The criminal is run down and is soon in the hands of his detectives, and the routine or discipline of the department proceeds along the "even tenor of its way," where every piece of machinery is oiled and geared to prevent jar or friction, no matter what happens. As we go to press the Congress called for some criminal statistics from the de- partment. They were promptly furnished. Here they are slightly con- densed : "Petty or simple assault is defined as embracing anything in the way of disorder, from touching with the hand to striking a blow, and in two years this character of misdemeanor aggregated 3.572 cases. There were 3,369 arrests made and 2,586 convictions, 2,903 being males and 466 females ; 824 white and 2,545 colored. "During the two-year period there were 34 cases of assault and rob- bery on the streets and highways, 20 arrests (5 white and 15 colored; 18 niales and 2 females), with 16 convictions. The latter number would have been greater but for the indisposition on the part of some persons to appear in court to prosecute. "There were in the twO' years three cases of assault and robbery in the parks ; three arrests, and three convictions, two white and one colored. "The number of attempts at assault and robbery on the highway was five, with five arrests and three convictions ; two white and three colored. "There is no such charge as burglary in the District, but any one who enters a house, room, boat, railroad car, or yard where coal or merchandise is stored for sale, by breaking in in any manner, is guilty of housebreaking, and in two years these cases aggregated 466. There were 270 arrests and 214 convictions, 78 white and 192 colored. In many instances there was refusal to prosecute or the charge reduced to larceny. "The report shows the number of privates in the police force, includ- ing 20 detectives, to be 658, from which were deducted 20 sick, 26 on leave under the law, i suspended, 78 detailed, 104 on post duty, and 20 detective assignments, leaving 409 for patrol duty on beats. In other IIUNTKk's OFFICIAL C.LUDI': liOOK. 81 cities the detailed and post duty men are specially pruvitletl, separate from the regular force for street patrol. The duties of every indi- vidual detailed arc specially set forth, and the necessity therefor clearly shown. "The extent of the District jurisdiction is set forth as nearly 70 square miles, including over 80 villages and towns, besides Washington and Georgetown. The population of these villages ranges from 200 to 3.489, and the names of over 60 of them, with separate number of in- habitants, is given. It is contended that one patrolman can better care for and protect 1,000 population concentrated in a small area than he can 1,000 scattered over an extensive territory. "A most interesting comparison with other cities is cited, from official figures. Bufifalo is given 549 men, 20.7 policemen to 1,000 acres of police jurisdiction, 543.2 arrests to the 10,000 population, and 16. i per cent of all municipal expenditures for police purposes. "Newark is given 382 men, 35.8 to the 1,000 acres, 266.2 arrests to 10,000 population, and 13.9 per cent of the whole expense for police. "Jersey City, 307 men, 36.9 to the 1,000 acres, 445.9 arrests to 10,000 population, 21.3 per cent of all expense for police. "Atlanta is given 178 men, 23.2 to the 1,000 acres, 1,674.3 arrests .0 10.000 population, 15.1 per cent of all expense for police. "lialtimore is given 701 men, 36.3 to the 1,000 acres, 631.4 arrests to 10,000 population, and 15.9 per cent of all expense for the police. "The District of Columbia is given 462 men, 12 to the 1,000 acres, 1,087.5 arrests to 10,000 population, and 14. i per cent expenditure of the whole for the police." The report is a most admirable and convincing argument as to the efficiency of the District police organization. The comparisons are from the government census. Major Sylvester's genius in police and criminal matters is recognized all over the United States. For the third time he has been elected President of the Police Chiefs Association of the United States. The crhninologist recognizes him as a man who has given that science some thought and study. He has introduced the Ijertillion system of measurement for criminals, and if there is one thing the roving criminal dreads more than the "stir" (penitentiary) it is the Per- tillion measurement. He can't outgrow it, nor can he perform any special operation to defeat it. It is pleasant to announce that Major Sylvester is still in the possession of full manly vigor and the best of health, and at present writing actively i)rcparing for the inaugura- tion of President (elect) W. H. Taft. The roving criminals know what that means ! THE IN.XUr.URAP PAR ADK. Right opposite C. T. Hunter's Bicycle and Sanitary i;)ust Killing Floor Oil emporium is the Peace Memorial, heretofore mentioned in TiiF. Guide. .\t this particular space the Inaugural parade and its participants become most dramatic and interesting. The President (elect) has been sworn in by the Chief Justice of the Sniirome Courl 82 hunter's official guide book. and thus becomes the President (de facto) of the United States; while his predecessor, who rode by his side in the carriage along Penn- sylvania avenue to the Capitol, as President of the United States, returns in the carriage by the side of his successor, from the Peace Memorial (in front of C. T. Hunter's store, as stated), as a private citizen shorn of all the power and prestige, greater than any king or monarch of the old world, and is again but a simple, plain citizen of the Republic he had ruled for four or eight years, as the case may be. Tens of thousands, it can be said without exaggeration, line the broad steps of the Capitol, its corridors and every vantage point where the ceremonies can be seen, heard, or even fitful glimpses obtained of this great transmission of power. These thousands ex- tend on both sides of the street in front of C. T. Hunter's place in solid columns, until the immense throng gradually unwinds itself along the great Avenue and finds standing room between the Peace Monu- ment and the White House, where the parade comes to an end. As each Inaugural Day comes around, Mr. C. T. Hunter trans- forms his place of business into a spacious lunch room, where coffee and sandwiches may be. had at the usual price. He has incurred the enmity of some of the people in this line of business because he refuses to raise the price of an excellent cup of cofifee and a ham, egg, etc. sandwich to more than ten cents. It is not, indeed, in Mr. Hunter's line of busuiess to conduct lunch counters, although he has owned, operated, and had large experience in running them ; nor is it to make the nimble dime or dollar that he opens a large "lunch and eating" room in his store. His real, main, and only object is to advertise his business and at the same time serve his fellow citizens by keeping down the exorbitant prices demanded by the professional caterers of this class. Hence his lunch room on Inaugural Day is patronized by the best class of visitors, who leave the city with the most pleasing impressions and feelings of gratitude to the man who took care of and fed them at the customary prices prevailing in other cities. Therefore the coming visitors are admonished that at C. T. Hunter's Lunch Room in front of the Peace Memorial, No. 113 Pennsylvania avenue N. W. , the best and most dramatic view of the Inaugural parade can be had, the most spacious space to stand and view the great procession; the finest and, best cup of cofifee to be had in Wash- ington for FIVE CENTS, and any kind of sandwich — egg, ham. cheese, etc., for five cents. Mr. Hunter guarantees to have sufiicient help to wait upon patrons, though they may come in thousands. Many of the intending atten- dants upon the inauguration of Mr. Taft will remember the fair treatment they received at Hunter's at the inaugurals of Presidents McKinley and Roosevelt. These he welcomes particularly, and all visitors generally, and he desires The Guide to notify one and all that he will be "on the job" with his customary centiped energy and ant-like capacity, for "doing things" beyond size, weight or endurance. IIUNTICR's OFI'ICIAI. (.1 IDi; lUHiK. S3 STATIES AND MONUMENTS. DuPOXT — Dupont Circle— Rcai-Admiral Samuel Francis Dupoiii. Farragut — Farragut Stiuarc. — Atlniiral i3avid Glascoc Farra^ut. '!ronze cast from guns of the tlasj;ship Hartford. Fraxklix — Pennsylvania avenue. Tenth and IJ streets. — l^enjamin Franklin — Printer. Patriot. Philospher. Philanlhroi)ist. Fredkkick Till' Gki:.vt.— A statue presented by Emperor William has been placed in the i^rounds of the War College. .\ most inap- ]>ropriate place for the type of ruler he represented , and, still more inapproi)riate as a soldier. The man who made war upon a woman and ran away in his first battle is not much of an inspiration to .\merican students of war. He took Silesia from Maria Theresa and was half musical button, poet, dreamer and autocrat. Put the statue in tlie New Museum! G.vKFiKi.i). — Maryland avenue entrance to Capitol grounds. CiRAXT. — .V statue of Gen. L'. S. Grant, by H. M. Shrady, for which Congress has appropriated $250,000. will be placed in the Mall south of the White House. GrKKXK. — Stanton Square. — Gen. Nathaniel Greene. The imiform is that of the Continental .\rmy. Gross. — Smithsonian g'rounds. near Medical Museum — Dr. Samuel D. Gross, distinguished .\merican physician and surgeon. H.\iixi-:m.\xx — Scott Circle. — Christian Samuel Friedrich Hahne- mann, German physician, founder of homoeopathy. Haxcock — Pennsylvania avenue and Seventh street. — Maj.-Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock. Hkxkv. — Smithsonian groimds. — Joseph Henry, first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. J.\CKS().\ — Lafayette Square. — Gen. Andrew Jackson, here presented as the hero of the l^>attle of New Orleans. The bronze was cast from cannon taken in Jackson's campaigns, and the cannon were contemporary. .\ replica is in Jackson Square. New Orleans. LaF.wktti:. — Madison Place and Pemisylvania avenue. — By the French sculptors Falquiere and Mercier. Provided by Congress to commemorate the distinguished services of Lafayette and other French officers in the cause of the Colonies. Lafayette is represented in the imiform of the Continental .\rmy. .\merica extends to him a sword. The other figures of the group are Rochambeau. Duportail. D'Estaing and De Grasse. Lixcoi.x. — Fourth and D streets. — .\braham Lincoln. LixcoLX — r^incoln Park. — Fjuancipation ^[onunlent, representing Lincoln as the emancipator. LiNCOLX. — .\ Lincoln memorial on tlie bank <>f the Potmnac west of the Washington Monument. TvOGAN — Towa Circle. — Gen. John .\. I^ogan. Li'TiiF.R — Thomas Circle. — Martin Luther. Replica of statue at Worms, Germanv. 84 hunter's official guide book. McPherson — McPherson Square. — Gen. James B. McPherson, Erected by the Society of the Army of the Tennessee. Marshall — Capitol west terrace. — John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States from 1801 to 1885. The figures in the panels, of Italian marble, are Minerva Dictating the Constitution to Young America, and Victory Leading Young America to Swear Fidelity at the Altar of the Union. Naval Monument, or Monument of Peace, Pennsylvania avenue at the foot of Capitol Hill. Pike — Indiana avenue and Third street. — General Albert Pike, Rawlins — Pennsylvania avenue, Louisiana avenue and Ninth street. — Gen. John A. Rawlins. Rochambeau — Lafayette Square. — Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeure, Comte de Rochambeau. Presented by France in 1902. ScoTT — Scott Circle.— Gen. Winfield Scott. Scott — Soldiers' Home grounds. Sherman — Equestrian statue south of Treasury. Gen. William T. Sherman. The Sheridan equestrian statue is agreed by cities to be one of the finest in Washington. The dashing cavalry general looks inspired by the fury of combat. Thomas — Thomas Circle. — Gen. George H. Thomas. Erected by the Society of the Army of the Cumberland. Washington — Washington Circle. — George Washington. Wash- ington is represented as he appeared at the Battle of Princeton, Jan. 3, 1777, when he checked the retreat of Mercer's wavering militia and turned defeat into victory. Washington — Esplanade east of Capitol. Removed recently to the New National Museum. The statue excited much comment as the figure was represented dressed in the toga of a Roman Senator. The museum was thought an appropriate place for its housing. THE OCTOPUS OF WASHINGTON. The Washington Gas Company (John R. McLean, publisher of The Washington Post) is having rough sledding this term of Con- gress. Whether anything beneficial to the people results from the almost continuous agitation remains to be seen. Naturally the gas company has few friends outside its pay roll. In fact, there is an almost universal public opinion in favor of a lower price for illuminat- ing gas and a determined public opposition against the monopoly '■watering" its stock, in the latest ingenious method evolved by the company's attorneys. The Congress, it seems, has made more than the ordinary perfunctory investigation of the Gas Company'5 financial affairs, and it is predicted that this time the monopoly will be 'forced to toe the mark. The combined millions of INIcLean and Walsh are a power in the Nation's Capital, even the Congress must treat with consideration the younger McLean, who will, in the ordinary course of nature soon step into his father's shoes. He is hunter's official guide nooK. 85 a trained business man, and is allied by marriage to even greater wealth than he will inherit from his father. If the editor, McLean, in the almost sunset of life has been able to stand off the entire city and Congress after Congress, what will the younger scion of the house, with his splendid vitality and trained business education, be enabled to do in perpetuating the evils now complained of by the District consumers of gas? The fight against these evils must be pressed now as well as ever, but especially note. The public conscience does not always remain aroused, while slow acting conimittees take things "under consideration." While public sentiment is active and vigilant, much can be accomplished. Hence it behooves those conducting the fight against the Gas Company to "strike the iron while it is hot," and muster all the strength pos- sible with the Congress to the end that relief may be had speedily. The Standard Oil Company, with all the clamor and justifiable criticism of its boa-constrictor methods, does not earn dividends in excess of the Washington Gas Company. Why consumers should be compelled to pay the present price per thousand feet, when it has been clearly demonstrated that two-thirds' the price now charged would net the stockholders not less than ten per cent and, even as high as fifteen to twenty per cent, no fair-minded person can offer excuse or solution. Indeed, so enormous are the Company's earn- ings, that it has tried for years by hook or by crook to increase the capitalization (water its stock) and thus reduce its annual dividends to the point where they will not excite agitation and criticism. It takes the people a long time to obtain redress of grievances when an appeal to legislation is their only remedy, as in this District, but in the end the people will win out, and those who oppose public opinion for price or interest, lose not only the fight but their reputa- tions and standing in the community. SWE.\RING IN THE PRESIDENT. The official committee, having in charge the inaugural of Presi- dent (elect) Taft. has issued a programme covering the swearing in of the President, by the Chief Justice of the United States. In the programme just issued the committee succinctly states the arrangements by which the ceremonies are to be regulated, and de- fines the privileges to be enjoyed by those holding tickets to the vari- ous portions of the stand from which Mr. Taft will deliver his inaug- ural address. The stand will seat 6.000 persons. On reaching the platform the President and President-elect will take the seats reserved for them, the Chief Justice on their right and the committee of arrangements and the Sergeanr-at-arms of the vSenate on their left. Ex-Vice Presidents, associate Justices of the Supreme Court, the Vice President, Secretary, members of the Senate, and ex-Senators will occupy seats on the right. The retiring members of the House and members-elect will be 86 hunter's official guide look. seated on the right of the President next to and behind the Senate. The diplomatic corps will occupy the seats on the left of the Presi- dent, governors of States and Territories, heads of departments, the- Admiral of the navy, the Chief stafif of the army, and the officers of the army and navy who, by name, have received the thanks of Con- gress, will take seats on the left of the President. Such other persons as are not included in the preceding arrangements will occupy the residue of the platform. When all are assembled, the oath of office will be administered to the President-elect by the Chief Justice, or," in his absence, by the senior Justice present. The theaters in Washington attract the finest traveling comi)anies, including occasional grand opera. The newest and most ornate house is the Belasco Theater, occupying a historic site on Madison i^lace, Lafayette square. Another large theater is Chase's Grand ( )pera House, on Pennsylvania avenue, near Fifteenth street, now devoted to vaudeville. The new National Theater, on Pennsylvania avenue, between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets, is of great capacity and comfort, and holds the popularity it gained long ago. The Academy of Music is another well-known house, at Ninth and D streets. The Columbia is the newest addition to the commendable theaters. It is at 1 1 12 F street, occupying what formerly was Metzerott Hall. Kernan's Lyceum, at 1014 Pennsylvania avenue, and Butler's P)ijou, give variety shows. Certain churches are the principal places for lectures and the like, but scientific lectures are usually heard in the hall at the National Museum, or in the lecture-room of the Cosmos Club. Convention Hall is an immense arched apartment over a market where New York avenue crosses L and Fifth streets, and is intended for the use of conventions. The clubs of the capital are not among its "sights." but should receive a few words. Most prominent among them is the Metropolitan, characterized elsewhere. Next in social importance, probably, is the Army and Navy, which has a handsome six-story building opposite the southeastern corner of Farragut square. Its triangular lot has enabled the architect to make a series of very charming principal rooms, in the northwestern front, where the sunshine streams in nearly all day. These and the many connecting apartments are luxuriously furnished and adorned with pictures, including original portraits of a dozen or more of the principal commanders of the army and navy, from Paul Jones to W. T. Sherman. Only those identified with some military organization are eligible to membership, but the club is very liberal in extending a welcome to visiting militiamen, foreign military men, and others suitably introduced. One feature of this club is the informal professional lecture given to the members once a moiitli by some expert. The Columbia Athletic Club is a large association of young men. partly social and partly athletic, which has a field in the gardens of the old Vein Ness mansion. .Mlied to them, within the citv, are several iir.\ ti'.k's t)i"i-ici.\L (.I'lDi-: ihmik. 87 clubs of amateur photographers, golf pla\ers, bicycle riders, tennis and ball players, and boatmen, Washington being a place famous for oarsmen. The two women's clubs must not be forgotten. One is the fashionable Washington Club, on H street, opposite the French Embassy, anil the other the Working Women's Club, a purely social organization, at 606 Eleventh street, composed of women who earn their living — physicians, journalists, stenographers, etc. Ijoth these clubs give teas, musicals, and other feminine enteitainments. The Alibi is a coterie of well-fed gentlemen who give charming feasts, largely of their own cooking, and cultivate a refined Bohemianism ; while the Gridiron is a dining-club of newspaper men, who have a jolly dinner among themselves once a month, and an annual spread to which all the great men availal)le are invited, and where most of them are good-naturedly guyed. The Young Men's Christian Association flourishes here — and in 1898 took possession of the fine house and gymnasium built by the Columbia Athletic Clul) on G street near Nineteenth. FAMorS STREETS. SQUARES. .\X1) RESIDENCES. The only residence of the President of the I'nited States, in Wash- ington, is the Executive Mansion : but that is rather more uncomfort- able than the average Washington house in midsummer, and all the later Presidents have been accustomed to seek a country home during hot weather. President Lincoln used to live in a cottage at the Soldiers' Home ; President Grant spent one summer in the same house, and Presi- dent Hayes occu])ied it every summer during his term. The Secretary of State lives in his own house. Sixteenth and H streets; the Secretary of the Treasury at No. 1715 Massachusetts avenue; and the Secretary of War at No. 1626 Rhode Island avenue. The .\ttorney-General and the Postmaster-General are on the same block, at Nos. 1707 and 1774 respectively; the Secretary of the Navy lives at The Portland ; the Secretary of the Interior at The Arlington ; and the Secretary of Agriculture at 1022 Vermont avenue. ^Ir. Chief Justice Fuller resides in his own house. Xo. 1801 F street; Mr. Justice Harlan on Meridian Hill; Mr. Justice Gray at No. 1601 I street; Mr. Justice P>rewer at No. 1412 Massachusetts avenue; Mr. Justice Brown at No. 1720 Sixteenth street; Mr. Justice Shiras at No. 1515 Massachusetts avenue; Mr. Justice White at No. 1717 Rhode Island avenue; and Mr. Justice Peckham at No. 1217 Connecticut avenue. Lafayette vSc|uare was the name selected by Washington himself for the square in front of the Executive Mansion, for which he fore- saw great possibilities ; but it remained a bare parade ground, with an oval race course at its west end, until after the disastrous days of 1814. Then, when the White House had been rehabilitated, a begin- ning was made by President Jefferson, who cut off the ends down to the present limits (Madison Place and Jackson Place"), and caused the trees to be planted. No doubt he had a voice in placing there, 88 HUNTER S OFFICIAL GUIDE BOOK. in 1816, St. John's- — the quaint Episcopal church on the northern side — the first building on the Square. Madison, certainly, was greatly interested in it, and it became a sort of court church, for all the Presi- dents attended worship there, as a matter of course, down to Lincoln's time, and President Arthur since. Its interior is very interesting. Lafayette Square is now, perhaps, the pleasantest place to sit on a summer morning or evening among all the outdoor loitering places in this pleasant city. The trees have grown large, the shrubbery is hand- some — particularly that pyramid of evergreens on the south side — and great care is taken with the flower beds ; and finally, you may see all the world pass by, for this park is surrounded more or less remotely by the homes of the most distinguished persons in Washington. Two noteworthy statues belong to this park. One is the familiar equestrian statue of General and President Andrew Jackson, which is the work of Clark Mills, and probably pleases the populace more than any other statue in Washington, but is ridiculed by the critics, who liken it to a tin soldier balancing himself on a rocking-horse. It was cast at Bladensburg by Mills himself who was given cannon captured in Jackson's campaigns for material, and who set up a furnace and made the first successful large bronze casting in America. Another interesting fact about this statue is that the center of gravity is so disposed, by throwing the weight into the hind quarters, that the horse stands poised upon its hind legs without any support or the aid of any rivets fastening it to the pedestal. This statuu was erected in 1853, and unveiled on the thirty-eighth anniversary of the battle of New Orleans. Its cost was $50,000, part of which was paid by the Jackson Monument Association. Starting at Pennsylvania avenue and walking north on Madison place (Fifteen-and-one-half street), the Belasco Theater rs immediately encountered, standing upon a famous site. The tall, brick house which it displaced was originally built by Commodore Rogers, but soon be- came the elite boarding-house of Washington, and numbered among its guests John Adams, John C. Calhoun, the fiery South Carolinian, while Monroe's Secretary of War and Jackson's Vice-President; and Henry Clay, when he was Adams' Secretary of State. Then it be- came the property of the Washington Club, and there assembled the rich and influential young men of the capital. Sickles and Key were both members, and the tragedy which associates their names took place in front of its door ; later it became the residence of Secretary Seward, and there the deadly assault was made upon him by the assassin, Payne, at the time of the assassination of Lincoln in 1865. Its next distinguished occupant was James G. Blaine, Secretary of State in the Harrison administration, and there he died. The fine yellow Colonial house next beyond, was formerly owned and occupied by Ogle Tayloe, son of John Tayloe, of the Octagon House and Mount Airy, Virginia, who was in the early diplomatic service, and one of the most accomplished Americans of his day. All of his rare and costly pictures, ornaments, and curios, including much that had belonged to Commodore Decatur, passed into possession of the lirNTKR"s (iri-ICIAI, GUIDE BOOK. 89 Gen. George B. McClellan ( "LittlelMac" ) Organizer and Commander of the First Fighting Volunteer (Union) Army"of the Civil War 90 hunter's official guide book. Corcoran Art Gallery. A later occupant was Admiral Paulding, a son of John Paulding, one of the captors of Andre, who suppressed Walker's filibusters in Nicaragua. Lily Hammersley, now dowager Duchess of Marlborough, was born there, and some of the most bril- liant entertainments ever given in Washington have been under its roof. One of its latest occupants was Vice-President Hobart. In the next two houses have lived Secretary Windom, Senator Fenton, and Robert G. Ingersoll. The gray, mastic-stuccoed house on the corner of H street, now the Cosmos Clubhouse, has also known many celebrated characters. It was built about 1825, by Richard Cutts, the brother-in-law of the brilliant and versatile "Dolly" Madison, the wife of President Madison. It came into Mr. Madison's possession just before his death, some twenty years later, and thither his wife, no longer young, but still beautiful and witty, held court during her declining years. After Mrs. Madison's death this house was occupied by such tenants as Attorney- General Crittenden; Senator ■William C. Preston, afterward a Con- federate Brigadier ; and Commodore Wilkes, commander of the cele- brated exploring expedition, who, in 1861, was required to take his quondam near neighbor. Slidell, from the British steamer Trent. He • gave it up when the Civil War broke out, and was followed by Gen. George B. McClellan, who established here the headquarters of the Army of the Potomac. "A sight of frequent occurrence in those days," remarks Mrs. Lockwood, ''was the General with his chief of stafif, General Marcy, his aids. Count de Chartres and Count de Paris, with Prince de Joinville at their side, in full military costume, mounted, ready to gallop ofif over the Potomac hills." Now its halls, remodeled and extended, are trodden by the feet of men the most famous in the coun- try as the investigators and developers of scientific truth. Diagonally opposite the Cosmos Club, on H street, is the square brick Sumner house, now a part of the Arlington. Where the main body of the Arlington Hotel now stands, there were three stately residences. One was occupied by William L. Marcy, Secretary of War under Presi- dent Polk, and Secretary of State under President Pierce ; and when he retired, he was succeeded in this and the adjoining house by the Secretary of State, under Buchanan, Lewis' Cass, who, like Marcy, had .l)reviously held the war portfolio. In the third mansion dwelt Reverdy Johnson, minister to England ; and there Presidents Buchanan and Harrison were entertained prior to their inauguration; and there Patti, Henry Irving, President Diaz of Mexico, King Kalakaua, Dom Pedro, and Boulanger found seclusion. The great double mansion adjoining the Sumner and Pomeroy resi- dence (united as the H-street front of the hotel) was built by Mat- thew St. Clair Clarke, long clerk of the House of Representatives, and afterward became the British Legation. Here lived Sir Buhver Lytton, and his not less famous son and secretary, "Owen Meredith." Lord Lytton, who is supposed to have written here his most celebrated poem, "Lucile." In later years the house was occupied by Lord Ashburton, who, with Daniel Webster, drafted the "Ashburton treatv," which de- ihxtkr's t)rFici.\i. c.uidk isook. !)1 fint'd our Canadian huumlarv. A still later occupant was John Nelson. Attorntv-General in Tyler's Cabinet. On the corner ©f Sixteenth street is St. John's Episcojial Church : ami. passing for the present other newer residences, antither old landmark calls for special attention. This is the Decatur House, facing the s(|uare on Seventeenth street, at the corner of H. and easily recognizecl by its ])yrami(lal slate roof. This, which was the first private residence on the s(|uarc. was constructed at the close of the War of 1812. by Commander Stephen Uecatur, the hero of Tripoli, and one of the most pojjular men of the time. He wa> the author of the maxim — more i^atriotic than righteous — uttered as a toast: "My country — may she always be right; but my country, right or wrong!" His house was adorned w-ith a multitude of trophies. '^iits from foreign rulers, and rare knickknacks picked up in all part> of the world : and here he was brought to die after his duel with Commodore l>arron in Bladensburg. in 1820. Afterward it was occu- pied by the Russian minister, and then bv Henry Clay, when he was .Secretary of State under John Ouincy Adams. W'hen Martin Nan r.uren succeeded him, he took this house and cut the window in the south wall, in order that he might see the signals displayed from the White House by "Old Hickory," whom he worshipped. He in turn gave u]) me nuuse to his successor. Edward Livingston, a brother of Chancellor Robert Livingston of New York, whose wife was that Madame ^loreau. whose wedding in New Orleans was so romantic, and whose daughter Cora was the reigning belle of Jackson's administra tion, as this house w^as its social center. Two or three foreign minis- ters and several eminent citizens filled it in succession, and gave brd- iiant parties at which Presidents were guests, the most recent of whom was Gen. E. F. Beale, under whose grandfather Decatur had served as midshipman. A few rods south, next the alley, is another house famous in the Ijast. It is one of the navy traditions that it was built by Doctor Ewell of that service, and occupied by three Secretaries of the Navy, one ot whom was the talented Levi Woodbury ; then it was the home of Senator Rives of \'irginia, grandfather of the novelist, Amelie Rives (Chandler), and afterward of Gen Daniel Sickles, whose tragedy i^ indelibly associated with this beautiful locality. In this same row. No. 22. is the former residence of William M. Marcy, Secretary of War. and afterward .Secretary of State (1853-57). Gen. J. G. Parke, who commanded the Fifth .Army Corjis, and was Chief-of-Staff to P>urnside, resided in No. 16; and No. 6 was the resi- dence of Mrs. Martha Reed, sister of the late .Admiral Dahlgren. Lov- trs of trees will take notice of the row of Chinese gingko trees, which shade the sidewalk' op])Ositf this row of houses, on the western margin of the sc|uare. Fourteenth street above this point has nothing of s])ecial interest, but -earch of the historic, picturesque, and personal features of Washinji ton's streets and squares. It is the great north-and-south line of travel, extending far rnt into the high northern suburb of Mount Pleasant. Franklin stiuare. between Fourteenth and Thirteenth, and T and K 92 hunter's official guide book. streets comprises about four acres, densely shaded, and is a favorite place of resort ii] summer evenings. In its center is the spring of excellent water from which the White House is supplied, and where there is a public drinking fountain. The Franklin schoolhouse over- looks the square on the east, and the Hamilton and Cochran hotels are just above it on Fourteenth street. The church on the next corner (L street) is All Souls (Unitarian), diagonally opposite which is the Portland. This brings you to Thomas Circle, in the center of which is the bronze statue of Gen. George H. Thomas. Northwest of Thomas Circle, in front of Lutheran Memorial Church, stands one of the most artistic statues in the city, erected by the Luth- eran Church of America to Martin Luther. It was cast in Germany from the same molds as Rietschel's centerpiece of the celebrated memorial at Worms, and expresses the indomitable attitude of the great reformer on all questions of conscience. This statue is eleven feet in height and cost $10,000. Fourteenth street above this ponit has nothing of special interest, but is a handsome and busy highway; and its extension on the elevated ground of Meridian Hill, north of the city boundary, is rapidly being settled upon by important people. The gray stone castle, surrounded by large grounds, at the foot of the hill on the right, is called "Bel- mont," and belongs to A. L. Barber, owner of the Trinidad asphalt mines. Mrs. General Logan lives at Calumet Place, two blocks east, on the street north of "Belmont," where she has a cabinet of relics of her famous husband which is frequently visited by veterans of the war. Mr. Justice Harlan of the Supreme Court resides on the opposite side of the street, two blocks north, at Euclid Place. Following H street from Fourteenth westward, No. 1404, now known as the Elsmere Hotel, was for many years the residence of the late Zachariah Chandler. The Shoreham Hotel, the Colonial Hotel, and the George Washington University occupy the other corners, the new Law School of the latter conspicious on H street. The George Washington University is one of the oldest and best- equipped schools of higher learning at the capital. It has a preparatory school and departments of undergraduate and postgraduate academic studies ; special courses in science (Corcoran Scientific School), of medi- cine and dentistry, and of law. Its endowments now amount to about $1,000,000, and its faculty and list of lecturers include a large number of men in public' life, from certain justices of the Supreme Court down. This is particularly true of the Corcoran Scientific School, where the lec- turers are all men identified with special investigations at the Smith- sonian, Geological Survey, or in some of the technical branches of the ;\rmy or Navy. This university, which was aided at the beginning by the Government, has always had access to and made great use of the libraries and museums which abound here and are of so great educa- tional value. The Cosmos Club is a social club of men interested in science, of whom Washington now contains a greater number, and, on the average, a higher grade, than any other city. This is due to the employment HlNTliRS ol'l'lCI.M. I.LIDK liCMJK. 0:'{ and encouragement given by the Sniithspnian Institution, Agricultural Department, Geological and Coast Surveys, Fish Commission, Naval Observatory, technical departments of the Treasury, War, and Navy Departments, and two or three universities. This club may therefore be considered the intellectual center of the non-political life of the capital, and at any one of its delightful Monday evenings, half a hun- dred men of high attainments and wide reputation may be seen, and the conversation heard is, in its way, as interesting and inspiring as anvthing to be listened to in the land. The historic old house has been somewhat modified, chiefly by the addition of a large hall, which may be shut off from the remaining rooms and used as a meeting-room ; and there the Philosophical, Biological, Geographic, and kindred societies hold their meetings on stated evenings. The Arlington Hotel, including the former residences of Senators Sumner and Pomeroy, is diagonally opposite the Cosmos ; and next beyond is the "Ikilwer House," and then St. John's Episcopal Church. All these face Lafayette square and have been elsewhere described. On the farther corner of Sixteenth street, opposite St. John's, is the beau- tiful home of the late Secretary of State, John Hay, the author of "Little Breeches," and, with Mr. Nicolay, of the principal biography of Lincoln. The yellow house. No. 1607, next beyond, was built and for many years occupied by Com. Richard Stockton, who added to a glorious naval record in the Mediterranean and West Indies the estab- lishment of American rule in California in 1845. Later it was ten- anted by Slidell, who, with Mason, was sent by the Confederate govern- ment to England as a commissioner, but was captured on the Trent by his quondam neighbor. Commodore M'ilkes, who then lived in the present home of the Cosmos Club; it was the residence of Mr. Lament when Secretary of War. The adjoining house on the corner of Seven- teenth street — which was for many years the residence of the late W. W. Corcoran, the philanthropic banker, to whom the city owes the Corcoran Gallery, the Louise Home, and other enterprises and bene- factions — is another of the famous homes of old Washington, and has been the residence of several men of note, including Daniel Webster. It was occupied by Senator Calvin S. Brice during the later years of his life. Crossing Connecticut avenue, the corner house is that of the late .Admiral Shubrick, opposite which (on Seventeenth), facing the S(|uare, is the ancient Decatur House. Next beyond. No. 162 1 H street, is the residence of Judge J. C. Bancroft Davis. In the old-fashioned square house adjoining it, to the west, George Bancroft spent the last twenty years of his life, and completed his History of the United States. The Richmond, on the corner of Seventeenth street, is a popular family hotel. The Albany, on the other side, is an apartment house for gentle- men ; and on the southwest corner is the Metropolitan Club, the largest, wealthiest, and most fashionable club in Washington, one rule of which is that members of the foreign diplomatic service, resident in Washing- ton, are ex officio members of the club, and need only pay stipulated dues in order to take advantage of its privileges. This block blufif are buried officers of special distinction and popularity, and here may be seen the graves and monuments of some of the Union's latest and most distinguished defenders. Here lie Gen. Philip H, Sheridan, beneath a grand memorial stone ; Admiral David D. Porter, Maj.-Gen. George H. Crook, whose monument bears a bronze bas- relief of the surrender of the .\pache Gercnimo ; Maj.-Gen. .\bner Doubleday. the historian of Gettysburg; Generals Meigs, Ricketts. I'lcnet and Watkins; Colonel r)erdan. of "sharpshc oter" fame, and others. In the rear of the mansion is a miniature temple upon whose columns are engraved the names of great American soldiers; and a lovely amphitheater of columns, vine-embowered, where Decoration Day ceremonies and open-air burial services may be conducted. Xe.ir it is a great granite mausoleum in which re])ose the bones of 2.1 11 unknown soldiers gathered after the war from the battle field of I lull Run. and thence to the Ra])panhaminck. It is surrounded b\ cruinon and bears a memorial inscri])tion. Near bw in a lovclv glade. i- buried Gen. Henry W. Lawtcn. killed fighting in the Philippines in the autumn of i89<;. The victims of the destruction of the battleship Maine, in Havana. and several hundred soldiers who lost their li\cs in Cuba and Porto Rico, during the war with Spain, in 1898. are buried together in the southern part of the cemetery, reached by a pleasant roarl. winding through the peopled woods: and their niotumient is a battery of great naval guns. The .Vrlingtrn mansion is a fine example of the architecture of it^ 106 hunter's official guide book. era, and resembles Jefferson's mansion at Monticello. Its upper floor is occupied by the official in charge, but the lower rooms are mainly- empty, and visitors are content with a glance at them, preferring the open air and light of the lawns and gardens about the house, and the groves that now cover the adjacent fields. This old home of the Colonial aristocracy is not only closely identified with the annals of early Virginia, but with the political development of the country. It was bought as a tract of i,i6o acres, for £ii,ooo, by John Custis, who, early in the eighteenth century, came from the Eastern shore to live on his new property. His was one of the "first families of Virginia" in every sense of the word, and possessed great wealth ; but he had various domestic troubles, one of which was, that his high-spirited son, Daniel Parke Custis, insisted upon neglecting a high-born heiress, prepared by his parents for his future consort, and marrying instead, pretty Martha Dandridge, the belle of Wil- liamsburg, the Colonial capital. The old gentleman was very angry, until one day, we are told, Martha Dandridge met him at a social gathering, and fairly captivated him. The marriage was made and prospered, and, when old Custis died, his son and his wife came into possession and residence here at Arlington, where Daniel soon died, leaving Martha a young widow with two children, John Parke and Eleanor Custis. His will entailed this estate to his son, and divided his other property, the wife receiving, as her share, lands and securi- ties worth, perhaps, $100,000. In due time this rich and blooming widow re-entered society, where she presently became acquainted with a Colonial colonel, who had recently achieved military fame in Brad- dock's expedition against Fort Duquesne. He lived with his mother at Mount Vernon, only fifteen miles below, and his name was George Washington. It was not long before he had wooed and won the charming and opulent widow, who laid aside her weeds and went with her two children to live at her husband's home. Together they managed and cared for the Arlington estate, until its young owner should come of age, and both were often there. The daughter died, but the son grew to manhood, received his noble property, married a Calvert, and served upon his stepfather's staff during the latter part of the Revolution. Then he, too, died (1781), and his two infant children were adopted by Washington and deeply loved. They kept their own names, however, and Nelly, who seemed to have inherited the beauty of her grandmother, married Major Lewis, a Virginian. Her brother, George Washington Parke Custis, upon reaching his majority, inherited and took possession of Arlington, at the beginning of the present century ; and immediately began the erection of the present mansion, which, therefore, Washington himself never saw, since he died December 13, 1799, while this house was not completed until 1803. A few months afterward, Mr. Custis married Mary Lee Fitzhugh, one of the Randolphs, and four children were born to them, but only one survived, a daughter, Mary. The Custis family lived at Arlington, improving and beautifying the estate, winning the good opinion of all who knew them, and entertaining handsomely until liUNTliRS OFFICIAL GUIDE BOOK. 107 the death of Mrs. Custis, in 1853, and of lier husband, the last male of his family, in 1857. The estate then fell to the daughter, who, mean- while, had married a young officer, Robert E. Lee, son of "Lighthorse Harry" Lee, the dashing cavalryman of the Revolution, entwining into the story of the estate another strand of the best fabric of Virginian society. Arlington immediatel}' became the home of this officer, and when the Civil War came, and Colonel Lee went out of the Union with his State, his greatest personal sacrifice, no doubt, w'as the thought of leaving Arlington. Indeed, so little did he foresee that he was going to be the leader of a four-year's struggle, that he took away none of the furniture, and very few even of the great number of relics of Washington, many of intrinsic as well as historic value, which the house contained. Federal troops at once took possession of the estate, and everything of historical value was seized by the Government, so that most of the collection, with other relics, is now to be seen at the Na- tional Museum. Arlington could not be confiscated, because entailed ; but the non-payment of taxes made a pretext for its sale, when it was bought in for $23,000, by the United States Government, which estab- lished the military cemetery here in 1864. When, several years after the war, G. W. Custis Lee inherited the estate, he successfully disputed, in the Supreme Court, the legality of the tax-sale, but at once trans- ferred his restored rights to the Government for $150,000, which was paid him in 1884. The return from Arlington js easily and pleasantly made by walking down to one of the gates and taking the cars of the Washington, Alex- andria (S: Mount \^ernon Railwa}' for Washington, by way of Highway Bridge. Three hours will suffice to make this trip satisfactorily. The grounds remain open until sunset. ALEXANDRIA. President Washington's pew in Christ Church, .Mexandria, is still preserved as it appeared when occupied by the family. One may make the visit to Alexandria in connection with the Mount Vernon trip. The church is closed on week days, but the sexton is usually on the premises from 9 o'clock until 5, and will obligingly open the door on request. The church is on Washington street. Fairfax Parish, to which Alexandria belongs, was created in 1765: and among the first vestrymen chosen was George Washington, then thirty-three years of age. Christ Church was completed on Feb. 27, 1773. and on the same day Colonel Washington subscribed the highest price paid for a pew, £36 los., contracting further to pay for it an annual rental of £5 sterling. The pews, which originally were square, were changed — all but Washington's — to the present style in i860. Other alterations of the interior were made in later years; but a wiser afterthought has restored the church to the style of the Colonial days. The sounding-board and the wine-glass pulpit are facsimiles of the originals. The chancel rail and the mural tablets of the Lord's Prayer and the .Apostles' Creed 108 hunter's official guide book. were here in Washington's time ; the communion table, reading desk and chairs are those which were used then ; and so likewise is the crystal chandelier of solid brass with its twelve candlesticks to typify the Twelve Apostles. In the old days candles were used to light the church ; on the pillars may still be detected beneath the paint the marks of the sconces and tinder box. The baptismal font dates from 1818. Washington's pew, Nos. 59 and 60, is on the left side, near the front, and is marked by a silver plate with facsimile of his autograph ; it has two seats, one facing the other, and a third cross seat against the wall ; the pew is now reserved for strangers. Across the aisle is the pew which was occupied by the Lees ; its silver plate bears the name of Robert E. Lee in autograph. Twin mural tablets set in place in 1870 are inscribed in memory of George Washington and Robert Edward Lee. In the vestry room may be seen the record of Washington's pur- chase of his pew in 1773; and the first Bible and Church Service, the Bible bearing an Edinburgh imprint of 1767. The long-handled purses used in Washington's time for the offerings are perhaps the most curi- ous of all the Alexandria relics of old days and old ways. Second only to Christ Church in interest of historical associations is the Carlyle House, on the corner of Fairfax and Cameron streets. Built by John Carlyle in the year 1752, at a period when Alexandria was the metropolis of the British Empire in America, the house had full share with the town in events which were portentous of revolution. It was the time of the French and Indian Wars, and Gen. Braddock had come to America to assume command of the British forces. Here had repaired, to confer with him, the Governors of six of the colonies — Shirley of Massachusetts, DeLancey of New York, Morris of Pennsyl- vania, Sharpe of Maryland. Dinwiddie of Virginia and Dobbs of North Carolina. By invitation of Mr. Carlyle they met in the blue room of the mansion. The chief purpose was to devise means for raising revenue for the support of service in North America ; and it was re- solved that the Governors having found it impracticable to obtain in their respective governments the proportion expected by His Majesty, "they are unanimously of the opinion that it should be proposed to His Majesty's ministers to find out some method compelling them to do it." When the .Alexandrians heard of this resolution of the congress the\- met in the court house opposite the Carlyle House, and with George Washington in the chair, resolved : "That taxation and representation are in their nature inseparable." The action of the six Governors was received in like spirit by the Colonies : and thus the Congress of Alex- andria, as the meeting in Mr. Carlyle's blue room was known, con- tributed largely to the growing discontent which twenty years later found expression in the Revolution. To the Carlyle House came George Washington, summoned from Mount Vernon by Braddock, who offered him a commission as Major in the British Army ; and it was in the Carlyle House that, contrary to Washington's advice, Braddock's dis- astrous expedition to Fort Duquesne was resolved upon. From his early manhood until his death Washington was a frequent and wel- HUNTERS OFFICIAL GUIDE BOOK. 109 come guest in the house. "Lodg'd at Col. Carlyle's" is an entry often repeated in his diary. There has recently been formed the "Society for the Restoration of Historic .Alexandria." and the first efifort of the society is to restore I he Carlyle House, to tear down the buildings which shut it in, and to assure its care and keeping for the future. The house was solidly built and is today in good preservation. There are still some of the original chairs, hall seats and other pieces of furniture, with a grand- father's clock which for more than a century ticked the time in the Carlyle mansion. The building is open from lo to 5 daily, except Sunday, and will well repay a visit. To pay expenses an admittance fee of ten cents is charged. Another Alexandria landmark is the Alarshall House, on King street, w here the Ellsworth tragedy occurred at the outbreak of the Civil War. In the spring of 1861 .Alexandria was held by Confederates and the Confederate f^ags were visible from Washington, one flag in particular, over the Alarshall House, a tavern kept by James Jackson, was the subject of remark by President Lincoln. Among the Federal troops who took the town on the night of May 23 were the New York Fire Zouaves, under command of Col. E. E. Ellsworth. At dawn, the Alar- '^hall House flag, still flying from its staff, Ellsworth entered the house, v.ent to the roof and tore down the obnoxious colors. As Ellsworth was coming down stairs, Jackson emerged from one of the rooms armed with a double-barreled shotgun, raised his gun and discharged it at the Colonel, who was killed instantly. Jackson then turned his gun on others of the Zouaves, but was killed by them before he could pull the trigger. DO\VN THE HISTORIC POTOMAC. From their wharf at the foot of Seventh street the steamers of the Norfolk and Washington Line leave daily for Fortress Monroe and Norfolk. The sail on the historic Potomac River, Chesapeake Bay and Hampton Roads, with a charming view from the river of Wash- ington and Norfolk, as they are approached by daylight, makes this one of the most delightful and interesting trips on our continent. The steamer j^asses in full view of many places rich in historic association, such as .Mexanclria, Fort Foote, Fort Washington, Mount X'ernon (the home and resting-place of Washington), Indian Head (now used by the government ^s the proving ground for heavy ordnance), Evansport, Ac- quia Creek, Mathias Point (on the Virginian shore, where heavy bat- teries were erected by the Confederate army), Wakefield (the birthplace of Washington), and Point Lookout (on the Maryland shore, used dur- ing the war as a prison for Confederates) . At point Lookout the steamer enters Chesapeake Bay, one of the most beautiful bodies of water in the world. .After an enjoyable sail of four hours Fortress Monroe is reached, and Old Point. The steamer then proceeds through Hampton Roads, made niemor- al)le bv the ereat naval ernflict between the Monitor and the Mcrri))\ac. 110 hunter's official guide book. Sewall's Point and Craney Island, where heavy batteries were erected by the Confederate army, are soon sighted; and then Norfolk and Portsmouth, with the Government Navy Yard. At Norfolk connec- tion is made with Old Dominion Line for New York. TO FORT MYER. The principal military post near Washington is located on the Custis estate — of nearly two square miles, with a mile frontage on the Poto- mac opposite the city. It was occupied by the military forces when Col. Robert E. Lee resigned from the army in 1861. Officers and privates who died of wounds in hospitals near Washington were interred in one section and the remainder was used during the war for forti- fications, store houses, and drill grounds for military service. The battle- fields of Bull Run and Manassas are a short distance west and easily ac- cessible by driving over a beautiful undulating country. Munson's Hill, the place where McClellan reviewed his magnificent army, is a little over a mile south of Falls Church. Camp xA.lger is located near Falls Church, "the site being selected by Secretary Alger on account of its known healthfulness and abundance of pure water. In going to Falls Church over the electric road the county of Alexandria is traversed from east to west, passing the new county court house, recently erected, and passing near the old Caleb Cushing mansion, as well as many other beautiful, well-kept country residences. Alexandria County is rapidly increasing in population. Many wealthy people have recently located there, having homes on the heights overlooking the Potomac. The tourist can not spend a more profitable or pleasant day than to take a trip over the electric line to Falls Church, and from thence to some of the historical points mentioned. The "Falls (Episcopal) Church" was erected in the year 1747 by the reigning monarch of England, the brick used in the structure being brought from that country. This church was one of the several erected along the Potomac and James rivers about that time, and this being located nearest to the Great Falls of the Potomac, was called "The Falls Church," and from that the town derived its name. Regular services are still maintained and the church is kept as near as possible to its original condition. Many visitors are attracted to it on account of its ancient appearance, and historical connection, Washington having used it as a place of worship prior to the erection of the Pohick Chapel. Another account of Falls Church is as follows : Falls Church (Episcopal) was erected in 1773, for £600. Christ Church, Alexandria, was built the same year, and of both churches General Washington was a vestryman. The contract for Falls Church was taken by James Wrenn, who was to be paid either in currency or its equivalent — 32,000 pounds of tobacco. It was furnished after the old style, with box pews, a high, wine-glass pulpit, and tablets on either side the chancel with the decalogue and the Lord's prayer in large letters. The floor was laid with tiles, undoubtedly imported. The church fell into disuse before the close of the last century, and hunter's olllClAl. {".UIDE BOOK. 11 1 was in an abandoned state for a number of years, the roof having fallen in and cattle finding shelter within its walls. Afterward it was repaired by Henry Fairfax, a grandson of the Rev. Bryan Fairfax, at his own expense and thoroughly restored. It was long in charge of the Rev. Tenipleman Brown as rector ,and was in a flourishing condition at the breaking out of war, when it was taken possession of by the United States troops, first as a hospital and subsequently as a stable, the pews, pulpit, tablets, floor, and even a part of the walls being de- stroyed. .Vfter the war it was repaired, cheaply, and has been used since as a place of worship, though in a languishing state. Its communion service, the gift of friends, is of solid silver, mostly from plate and from the sale of watches, jewelry, etc., given for the purpose. Its churchyard has numerous graves, and some ancient tombstones are still to be seen. The Virginia Hon^e and Training School for the Feeble-minded was established in 1898, and is the only private institution of the kind in the South. It receives, at reasonable rates, all classes of the feeble- minded, and its equipment and accomodations are of the best. The house is large and comfortable with all modern conveniences. The grounds are beautiful and extensive, affording ample room for exercise and games. THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS. The Executive Departments are those over which the Cabinet officers preside, and in which the daily administration of the Government is carried on. There have not always been so many, nor have they always been known by their present names ; and it is only recently, under the law of 1886, prescribing the order of succession to the Presidency, that any authoritative sequence could be observed in the list, which is now as follows : The Department of State, presided over by the Honorable the Sec- retary of State. The Treasury Department, the Secretary of the Treasury. The War Department, the Secretary of War. The Department of Justice, the Attorney-General. The Post Office Department, the Postmaster-General. The Navy Department, the Secretary of the Navy. The Department of the Interior, the Secretary of the Interior. The Department of Agriculture, the Secretary of Agriculture. All these are situated in the immediate neighborhood of the Executive Mansion, except those of the Post Oflfiice, Interior, and .Xgriculture. OFFICIAL PROGRAMME. The official programme of the Inauguration ceremonies of President (elect) Taft, March 4, 1900. as issued by the committee on Programme. The committee on reception contains about 600 men, including rep- 112 hunter's official guide book. resentatives of the courts of the United States in this jurisdiction and of the District courts, representatives of the Houses of Congress, of the army and navy, and a large body of citizens of Washington and the States of the Union. The committee on printing, charged with the pubHcation of the offi- cial programme of the inaugural ceremonies, has not sold the privilege, as in former years, but is itself handling the publication. This official programme is an attractive booklet, with front page in colors, containing the complete programme of all events connected with the inauguration, and additional information that will give it an enduring value c|uite apart from its value as a souvenir of the occasion. U\AUGURATION DAY PROGRAMME. The programme of exercises for the day, is as follows : Escort of the President and Vice President-elect from the White House to the Capitol at lo o'clock a. m., by the veteran escort specially formed for the purpose. Administration of the oath of office to the President and Vice Presi- dent-elect in the Senate at 12 o'clock. Inaugural address of the President from the east front of the Capitol at 12 :20 p. m. Formation of the military grand division in the streets south and southeast of tlie Capitol, beginning at 12:30. At the same hour the civic grand division will be formed in the streets north and northwest of the Capitol. Afternoon escort of the President to the White House and the start of the parade at i 130 p. m. Review of the military and civic divisions of the marching columns from the President's stand in front of the White House in the center of the court of honor, from 3 to 6 p. m. Fireworks display on the Ellipse, south of the White House, 7 130 to 9 p. m. Inaugural ball at the Pension Office, beginning at 9 p. m. ROUTE OF THE PARADE. The parade, led by Gen. Bell and staff, will swing into Pennsylvania avenue at the Peace IMonument (opposite Hunter's store), mostly from the streets north of the Capitol. The military division will head the column, followed by the civic division. The route of the parade will be up Pennsylvania avenue to Fifteenth street, north past the Treas- ury to the court of honor, and thence west past the White House. The turning point of the column west of the White House, at Twentieth. Twenty-first, Twenty-second, or Twenty-third street. Theodore Noyes, chairman of the reception committee has anm^unced the membership of his committee, after it was approved by Edward J. Stellwagen. chairman of the inaugural committee. The reception com- mittee is a verv large one. comprising an official and an unofficial section. hunter's official guide book. ]13 The duties of this coniniittee consist in extending courtesies to dis- tinguished guests during their stay in Washington, and particularly dur- ing their presence at the various functions of the inauguration, includ- ing the inaugural ball. One of the functions of the conmiittee is to meet the governors of the States on their arrival in Washington and extend various courtesies to them in connection with the ceremonies at the Capitol and the inaugural parade and ball. .V subcommittee is appointed for each governor. The important function of the reception committee is to take full charge of the reception features of the inaugural ball. The guests of the inaugural committee on this occasion are the President, his family and guests ; the Vice President, his family and guests ; the members of the new Cabinet and their families, the Speaker of the House and his daughter, the Justices of the Supreme Court and their families, the senior representative of each foreign embassy and legation and the ladies of his family. The official section includes the justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, the District Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court of the District, the Court of Claims, the District Commissioners, members of I he Senate and House of Representatives, all the officers and members of the Republican National Committee, and representatives of the army and navy. The Congressional representation comprises the members of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and the District of Columbia, and other members of the two Houses. ARMY AND NAVY MEMBERS. The military and naval representatives are : For the army — Maj. Gen. J. Franklin Bell, Maj. Gen. F. C. Ains- worth, Brig. Gen. E. A. Garlington, Brig. Gen. James B. Aleshire, Brig Gen. George H. Torney, Brig. Gen. W. L. Marshall, Brig. Gen. James Allen, I'rig. Gen. George P). Davis. Brig. (icn. 1 Icnry G. Sharpe, Brig. Gen. Charles H. Whipple. Brig. Gen. William Crozier, Brig. Gen. Wil- liam P. Hall, Brig. Gen. William W. Witherspoon, P)rig. Gen. Clarence R. Edwards, Brig. Gen. Arthur Murray. For the navy — Admiral George Dewey. Rear .\dmiral E. H. C. Leutze, Rear Admiral W. S. Cowles, Rear Admiral Raymond P. Rod- gers. Rear Admiral Royal B. Ingersoll. Rear .-Xdmiral Thomas C. McLean, Rear Admiral Newton E. Mason, Rear Admiral W. W. Kim- ball, Civil Engineer Richard C. Hollyday, Chief Constructor Washing- ton L. Capps, Surg. Gen. Presley M. Rixey, Capt. Nathaniel R. I'sher, Capt. Edward H. Campbell. Commander Robert S. Griffin. Pay Inspector John S. Carpenter, Maj. Gen. George F. Elliott, marine corps; Col. H. Lauchheimer. marine corps; Col. Frank L. Denny, marine corps; Cai)t. Richard S. Hooker, marine corps. 114 hunter's official guide book. UNOFFICIAL SECTION. The general committee of reception consists of Washingtonians and prominent residents of other cities, as follows : Walter W. Abell, Baltimore, Felix Agnus, Baltimore; Allen D. Albert, Jr. Rear Admiral George W. Baird, George F. Baker, Jr., New York; David S. Barry, Gen. John C. Bates, Will Gray Beach, Nashville, Tenn. ; Alexander Graham Bell, C. J. Bell, Ira E. Bennett, T- G. Bennet, Pitts- burg, Pa. ; F. H. Bethell, Philadelphia ; A. A. Birney, H. P. Blair, Wil- liam J. Boardman, Scott C. Bone, George F. Bowerman, George W. Boyd, Philadelphia; OUver T. Boyd, Charles A. Boynton, E. C. Bren- denburg, Col. Richard J. Bright, Alexander Britton, Col. Charles S. Bromwell, Chapin Brown, Aldis B. Browne, Henry L. Bryan, Gen. James A. Buchanan, C. S. Bundy, N. Landon Burchell, Arthur Burt, Charles H. Butler, Capt. A. W. Butt. D. J. Cahahan, Henry M. Camp. W. S. Carrell, B. W. Carskaddon, Philadelphia ; John M. Carson, William E. Chandler, W. A. H. Church, Melville Church, W. C. Clephane, Meyer Cohen, Thomas F. Cole, ' Duluth, Minn. ; L. A. Coolidge, William V. Cox, Augustus Crane, Jr., Morton E. Crane, A. P. Crenshaw, W. H. Crook, Col. John Schuyler Crosby, New York; J. Harry Cunningham, S. W. Curriden, William E. Curtis, J. B. G. Custis. J. J. Darhngton, H. H. Darnelle, H. Bradley Davidson, J. C. David- son, Gen. George W. Davis, H. C. Davis, W. A. De Caindry, P. V. De Graw, W. H. De Lacy, Louis A. Dent, C. A. Douglas, J. Maury Dove, J. C. Dowell, W. F. Downey, E. H. Droop, James T. Du Bois, Arthur W. Dunn. Joseph R. Edson, Frederick Eichelberger, George W. Evans. A. P. Fardon, Fred C. Farnsworth, New York ; James E. Fitch, William J. Flather, Gen. William H. Forwood, Charles E. Fosler, John W. Foster, Albert F. Fox, T. J. D. Fuller. Thomas M. Gale, E. M. Gallaudet, W. T. Gilliher, George Gibson, C. C. Glover, Col. Green Clay Goodloe, J. H. Gore, A. B. Graham, E. C. Graham, Lorimer C. Graham, Thomas Grant, Bernard R. Green, James M. Green, Rev. Dr. Samuel H. Green, Gilbert H. Grosvenor, W. F. Gude, Jules Guthridge. George E. Hamilton, Gen. George H. Harries, Frederick L. Harvey, Gen. Hamilton S. Hawkins, J. T. Heck, J. J. Hemphill, C. M. Hendley, y. Whit Herron, Clitistian Heurich, W. B. Hibbs, D. Percv Hickling, W. Corcoran Hill, Rev. J. J. Himmel, W. H. Hoeke, H. L. Hodgkins, Edwin M. Hood, W. D. Hoover, Archibald Hopkins, Gen. R. L. Hoxie, George F. Hufif, Thomas Hyde. Hennen Jennings, John E. Jones, Gen. John A. Johnson. John H. Kasson. Rudolph Kauffmann, Victor Kauffmann, Capt. Wil- Ham Kelly, G. A. King, W. B. King, W. S. Knox. C. C. Lancaster, J. B. Earner, Philip F. Earner, Col. Richard G. Lay, Blair Lee, Ralph W. Lee, B. F. Leighton, Francis E. Leupp, Abraham Lisner, William Loeb, Jr., Francis B. Loomis, G. A. Lyon, Jr. hunter's official guide book. 115 Maj. Charles L. IMcCawley, John McElroy, F. B. McGuire, David R. McKee, James H. McKinney, Fred D. McKenney, Rev. Dr. Ran- dolph H. AIcKim, John R. McLean, Lieut. Com. Horace Macfarland, Philadelphia; Wayne MacVeagh, Samuel Maddox, James D. Maher, Edgar F. Marbury, Capt. Edward M. Markham, W. J. Marsh, VV. F. Mattingly. William A. Maury, William A. Mearns, Samuel W. Meek, George P. IMerrill, Gen. Crosby P. Miller, John P. Miller, Willis L. Moore , James Dudley Morgan, Maj. Jay J. Morrow, Alexander Porter Morse, Capt. J. W. Morton, Nashville, Tenn. ; William H. Moses, Frank A. Munsey. Charles W. Needham, Charles P. Neill, Fleming Newbold, C. F. Norment, James L. Norris, Thomas C. Noyes. Mgr. D. J. O'Connell, James F. Oyster, Thomas Nelson Page. Wil- liam Tyler Page, Aulick Palmer, Andrew Parker, E. Southard Parker, M. M. Parker, A. K. Parris, Arthur J- Parsons, R. Ross Perry, Maj. J. H. H. Peshine, William Phillips, j'. W. Piling, Gifford Pinchot. J. A. Pugh, Norfolk, Va. ; Herbert Putman. Rev. Dr. Wallace Radcliffe, J. H. Ralston, A. E. Randle, D. M. Randsdell, W. H. Rapley, Commander L. L. Reamey, Robert Reyburn, C B. Rheem, Charles W. Richardson, F. A. Richardson, E. Francis Riggs, William A. Rogers, Rev. W. T. Russell. B. F. Saul, Gen. Theodore Schwan, George G. Seibold, Rev. Thomas J. Shahan, Edgar D. Shaw, L. P. Shoemaker, John S, Shriver. W. M. Shuster, Joseph C. Sibley, F. L. Siddons, John Crayke Simpson, Commander W. S. Sims. W. H. Singleton, J. B. Sleman, Jr., Charles C. Sloan, J. H. Small, Jr., Rev. Dr. Ernest C. Smith, E. Quincy Smith, Edward C. Smith, St. Albans, Vt. ; Rev. Dr. Herbert Scott Smith. Thomas W. Smith, Z. T. Sowers, Tileston F. Spangler, Zanesville, Ohio ; Ellis Spear, Gen. Bird W. Spencer, Passaic, N. J. ; S. S. Stearns. Gen. George M. Sternberg, F. C. Stevens, H. C. Stewart, William Strong, Jr., Princeton, N. J.; A. T. Stuart, G. W. F. Swartzell, Maj. Richard Sylvester. Rev. Wilbur P. Thirkield, Corcoran Thom, J. Ford Thompson, Ward Thoron, William Tindall, Col. John Tweedale, Ralph W. Tyler, Richard W. Tyler. F. A. Vanderlip, New York ; W. P. Van Wickle. Herbert Wadsworth, Ernest G. Walker, Thomas F. Walsh, B. H. Warner, B. H. Warner, Jr., John L. Weaver. Joseph I. Wcller. M. L Weller, Walter Wellman, George W. White, Robinson White, John F. Wilkins, H. K. Willard, William H. Wilmer, Gen. John M. Wilson, J. B. Wilmer, U. A. Woodbury, Burlington, Vt. ; Gen. Maxwell Van Z. Woodhull, Gen. George A. Woodward, S. W. Woodward, Robert S. Woodward, Augustus S. Worthington. James Barclay Young, James R. Young, Jerome B. Zerbe, Cleveland, Ohio. THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING AND PRIVATE FIRMS. Chief Clerk Rossiter of the Census has clearly established in his controversy with Public Printer Donnelly that private firms can exe- 116 HUNTER S OFFICIAL GUIDE BOOK. cute the printing for the Thirteenth Census much less than the big printery. Mr. Donnelly's statement in the public prints was, to say the least, disingenuous, while the Clerk of the Census' statement was clear, forcible and unequivocal. There are many private printing establishments in Washington and Mr. Rossiter will not have to go to Baltimore, New York, or else- where. The Sudwarth Company, printers of this Guide Book, are high class printers, with capacity to execute any class of government work. "There are others" in this city also capable of filling any gov- ernment contract for printing and binding. The "big printery" certainly seems to exact prices beyond the normal or in excess of what any private firm will charge for the same class of work. Why these high prices exist in the Government Printing Of- fice, where there are neither rent, taxes, light, or other expenses, such as have to be met by private firms, has long been a mystery. Let us hope Public Printer Donnelly will be able to solve this vexatious problem. .^2l., '(■ '^ HUNTERS OFFICIAL GUIDE BOOK. 117 ^- ^vmiT^^T ■ " ;;T-\i*-:;#:^v?5?t,^'s: C. T. HUNTER Of the C. T. Hunter Sanitary Dust-Killing Floor Oil, and Publisher of the Hunter Official Guide CKK»*i»*i~x»*x«<~>«iKK»«>«>':-«;»«;««x»»:»*x»*>M' 118 BUSINESS MEN S DIRECTORY. THE HAEVAED PHAEMAOY ROBERT T. PETZOIvD, Ph. G., Proprietor Eleventh and Harvard Sts., N. W. Washington, D. C. <3UIL_D'© SOUVENIE AND NOVELTY STOEE 111 Pennsylvania Ave., N. W. Washington, D. C^ WASHINQTON NOVELTY 00. Calendars, Novelties, Show Cards and Decorations Sole Agents for ' 'The Safety Key Ring " Office. 516 4J4 Street, S. W., Washington, D. C. Wines and I,iquors at Lowest Wholesale Prices J. KEONHEIM, Oapitol Saloon "Right Near the Peace Monument" 123 Pennsylvania Ave,, N, W., Washington, D. C, FLOEIDA PEUIT STOEE A. tassa, Prop, Confectionery. Fine Imported Cigars and Tobacco Fancy Assortment of Olives. 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C. j ^ ■•-••••••■•■••••••••• .••••••••••>••••••.••••.••■■•••••••»•. .•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•..•• .••.••<•>••••••••••••••• .#..#..».••..•"•..•.••••••■•■••"•"•■ •••^ ZEROLENE and the following grades of VACUUM MOBILOILS: "A"— "B" "C"— "D"-"E" Offer a line from which you can select a lubricant suited to the needs of anj' automobile in use For Sale by ALL DEALERS AND GARAGES Trade Supplied by STANDARD OIL CO., Inc., Washington Loan and Trust Building I Phone. Main 4640 Ninth and F Streets 126 BUSINESS MEN S DIRECTORY. J Phone. Main 5470 oeTurner's Buffet For Ladies and Gents 602 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W. WASHINGTON, D. C. JOE TURNER Welterweight Champion Wrestler of the South Ladies Admitted With Escort Only M. B. CASEY. Manager Joe Turner, welterweight champion of the South, was born in Prince George County, Maryland, Feb. 17th, 1887, and began his career as a wrestler in 1904 by defeating Walter Gallager for the District championship, 125 pounds. Since then has acquired the remarkable record of 117 victories sustaining onlj- two defeats, one at the hands of George Hackenschmidt (225 pounds), the Russian lion, at Convention Hall in 1908. He has met the best in the country and challenges the world at 148 pounds. ■••••••••••••••■•••■••••••••■••■••••• ■••••••.••••••••• "••••••••■••••■••••••■•••••■•■•••••■•••■••■•■•••••••••••■•••■•■••■•••• Agents for JOHN B. STETSON HATS Local Representatives for EARL & WILSON'S High-Grade SHIRTS We handle goods made only by well-known houses, and stand back of every dollar's worth of merchandise we sell DREYFUSS BROS. OUTFITTERS TO MEN WHO KNOW BUSINESS MEN S DIRKCTOKV 127 i OX^^Wwe— XoTcve?i\cAe o S i I \^a^a^cisVvxv<^oxvCcx\\ii\eg> TRADE MARKS REGISTERED IN U.S. PATENT OFFICE I906. R ATEN TS SECrRKn OR FKE RP:XVK.?>iE:i> Send sketch for free report as to patentability. GUIDK BOOKand WHAT TO INVENT.with val- uable L,ist of Inventions wanted, sent free. ONE MIIyLION DOLLARS offered for one invention : $16,0u0 for others. Patents secured by ns adver- tised free in World's Progress ; sample free. VICTOR J. EVAN^. & CO. . Washington. D. C. Select Table Board at Xtbe Pasa Pennsylvania Avenue and 22(1 St. Apartment 205 Special Attention paid to Tourists Phone, West 289 ARTHUR P. GREELEY Attorney and Counsellor in Patent and Trade-Mark Causes Washington l.oan and Trust liiiilding WASHINGTON. D. C. Theonlii Fii iil-Clnss Si iiiwt-Clnxi' llntrtin WnK/iiniiloti HOT£L OXFORD Cor. Fourteenth St. and N. Y. Avenue. N. W. Washinj^ton, D. C. One Block from White House and Treasury Terms ■ ■ '-'"'opean, ll.Odper day and up. ■ i' American, $J.Ou per day and up Phone. Main 416<) WALTER BtlRTON, Prop. Phone. Main 3978 The Tremont EUROPEAN Second St. and Indiana Ave. N. W. Washington, D. C. A Homelike, Comfortable Hotel d. Thoroughly Renovated and Well Heated C Convenient to Union Station and All Car Lines Special Terms by WccU. or Moiitb I. H. ROWLAND (latptg luflTrt 511 Miiitli Street X. W. MRS. L WILKINS : 1209iG Street N. W. : FURNISHED ROOMS Permanent and Transient Regal Garage I,. C STRICK 1333 Fourteentli St. N. W, 128 BUSINESS MENS DIRECTURV, J. R. FEARNO 3iatrl)makfr 2134 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, D. C. D^ (Urtmmt iatrg ICunrlj FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN S. E. Corner Second and C vStreets N. W. A few doors north of Census Building. Phone, Main 5524. GEO. I,. I^ARSSEN, Piopr PHILIP J. ROCHE 1335 K St. N. W. Buffet and Bowling Alleys L/ive Pin-Setters for Inauguration Wiley's Suggestion A 5c SMOKE of Quality for Inauguration Visitors J. W. WILEY, Cigar and News-Stand 405^2 Tenth Street N. W. PATENTS Expert advice free. Write for Free Patent Booklet. BDGAR M. KIXCHi:^, Ouray BIdK:., 'Wasbiiii^ton, ». C. PATENTS Immediate attention day or night to inventors who are in city for limited time. O. E. DUFKV & SOB{, Attorneysl 612 F Street N. W. Day Phone. Main 1586 Night, North 3536 Fire Insurance Rents Collected WILLIAM R. HODGES REAL ESTATE, LOANS AND INSURANCE 1312 F St. N.W., Washington, D. C. Phone, Main 1321 Representing Continental Ins. Co. of N.Y., Na- tional Union of Pittsburg, Pa., koyal Ins. of I-»TBURY vS: LEE (H. Potbury. W. (",. Lee)- aT manufacturers of fine Hoots and Shoes. Rid" ing. Hunting, and Coachmen's Boots a specialty Repairing neatly and promptly attended to. Es- tablished 1874. 50S 11th St. N. W.. bet. E and F. Washington, D. C. Phone. Main 2477. ELITE LUNCH AND DINING KOOMS. 1.>2im; St. N. W. Regular incals daily, in- cluding Sundays. Short orders a specialty. First class service. Business Men's Lunch li. 30 to 4 i>. m. M. M. Reed. Proprietor. WH. D0U(;LAS, Brass and Iron Works. • Brass Moulding and Finishing. All kinds ol Jobbing done. Fire Escapes manufac- tured and put up. I'hone. M. 1210. I2IO K Ht. M.W., Wasliinscton, D. C. Cbc national Pboto €o. COMMERCIAL AND AMATEUR WORK A SPECIALTY ^ Quick Service WJOSEl'II KRorSE K.OI>AK» • PhotOK^raptilc Supplies l»eveloping and Printing Itromidt Enlarking 737 Ninth Rtnt-t N. W. . m-ar H Phonf. Main 4330 HARRY KOKONES SoutlieaHt Candy Kitclieii Fine Candies, Bon-lions. Chocolates, Delicious Ice Cream. Phiuie. Lincoln 1K35. 205 Pa. Ave. S. E., Washington. I). C. GEORGE L. McCURDY COAI< AND ^!VOOI> Orrin A. Kitchin. Manager 121S 4th Street N. W. Washington. I). C Telephone. North 57S WALTER T. SMITH .v (,'C). WOOU, COAL, COKK Arthur B. Smith, Manager S12 Fifth Street N. W. Washington, D. C. Phone, Main 74(1 JH. CHESLEY Ne-ws Stand • Confectloner>- Mllk and nutter. Coal and 'Wood 71(1 SECOND STK'EET N. W. rORDAN & CO., INC. (Eldridge E.Jordan. I Bert T. Amos, Wm. P. .Meredith). Rli.^kl^ ESTATE Insurance and l.,oan8 1305 G Stieet .\. W. Rug Weaving out of Old Carpets 421 Eleventh Street N. W. Phone, M. 3436 I EG DAVIS, Merctiant Tailor -J 1013 E Sinel N. W. Practical up-to-date cutter. Special attention given to tirst-cl.iss altering, dyeing, and repair- ing men's and wiiinen's clothes. Phone M. 155J<. rpiIE VV.A.LOCKWOOD DENTAL CO.,deal- 1. er> in Dental SuppIieH, Porcelain Teeth, tine Insi luineu Is. and Filling Materials. Dentifrices and Office Furniture of all kinds. R. moved to 120.S G St. N.W., Washington, I). C. H.\ REEVES. Dyer and Cleaner* • E.Xpert in Dry-CIeaning Evening (lowns aiKl Fancy Dresses Worlc called for and deliv- ered pioinptl\. Telephone ciMiiieci ion. 920 MinUi !*l. l*i. W. THE CROWN, a Place to Eat Hreak- tast —Lunch — Dinner Far sui passing any other concern in the Di-.tiicl. I'.xcellenl food at nioderai.- prices. 510 Eleventh Street I^. ^'..JUHt l)«>l0'%V E. 931 FIFTH STREET N.W. Telephone, Main 4325 CAPITAL TOWEL SERVICE COM- PANY. 720 ISititli St. X. W. B. FINKESTEIN TAII.(»R and I^IPOKTEK 721 >iintli street >i. '\V. M RS. M. HAYES 234 V Strc'i't N. \V. KooiiiH and lloiirti Perinaneiit or TriiiiHlent E' 'LI/AHETII C. KELTHER Et'R>iISHi:i> KOOMS .SOS ]2lli St. N W. W'.isliiiiqloii, D. C. 130 r.USINBSS MEN S DIRECTORY. •^. •..•..#..«.. «..»..«. .«..«..*..*.. •..«..•..•..•. .•..#..•*.«. .•.■•..•..•..•.••..•..•..•. .•«•..»..•..•..•..•«•. .«.. • •••••••••••• ••••^ THE XEIJV WAY AX The Washington Remedial and Hygienic i Institute and Sanitarium, Their g Ul Q Ul 5 Ul (k X 5) r- H lb Pror. H. Bi. D. PARKER. Prof. Parker's method of Enforcing — Restoring — the circulation of the Blood and Nerve Vital Fluids to the spinal column, the L/imbs, and affected parts (of the Body) is a positive cure for Locomotor-Ataxia, Rheumatism, Bright's Dis- ease, and those ailmenis of the spine and nervous system that baffle the skill of the medical world, preclude refreshing sleep, make life miserable and walking impossible. We are able to guarantee a cure in all cases of Locomotor-Ataxia, Rheuma- tism, Bright's Disease, etc., that we undertake. We are seeking the incurable cases, and request physicians and all interested to investigate. We will show you and make good all promises. Our methods are scientific, natural and suc- cessful. There are no unpleasant examinations, treatments, or medicines. Full particulars and consultation free. Send or call for Pamphlet. Our Sani- tarium for the accommodation of our out-of-town Patients and those of this city who are without a home will be found all that can be desired. The Prices, Terms, and the accommodation will be attractive and satisfactory, and are for your comfort, and everything will be done to hasten your Recovery. See Prof. H. B(. ». PARKER, I022 ^Intb St., ^. 'W., \Va.«hiii](ton, ». C. Formerly 1424 N. Y. Ave. Houri^: lo to 5; Sundays, lo to i, and any hour by appointment. Con.sultation and treatment at your home if desired. I^ADY ASSISTANT. Phone. M. 4112 See Non-Medical Healinjj Cla.s.sified Page of the Times every day, and back cover City Directory. You may make appointment by phone. ♦••• »••••-•**••••. «»»*»*»»*•«*.».■»«■<«». .•••#M«*****«*.«M«.*«*.«« • #M«M«M«*.«»«»#..«..9..»M«..«M#..«M«M»M#*^.^..«.^ BUSINESS MEN S DIRECTORY. 131 TTO ANY ONE passing in a transcript of the following cut a week's FREE TUITION in any Shorthand Class will be given. If you can not read it yourself, ask some stenographer to write it out for you. Bring in the Fage with the Transcript ,;--c.v.v^ y ^. - - THE TEMPLE SCHOOL Elevator Service Phone, Main 3258 Phone Main 2873-Y ROBERT HARRIS Cleaning, Pressing, Dyeing, Repairing Ladies and Oeiit'H Garments Work called for and delivered 906 nth St., N. W., Washington, D. C. Phone, Main 1741 M. J. AXKIXiiiOX Dealer in Wiiie<^, I^iqiior$4, and Cii^ars 831 Seventh Street, N. W. WASHINGTON, D. C. Phone, Main 7258 CHAS. T. NEAL Merchant Tailor 519 I'^Mirteenth Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. I,EO OEDEKOVKN, Proprietor 13th St. andN.Y. Ave. N. W. Phone. Main 2154 Washington, D. C. Cabtrs anii (^tixts BUxxixq ^aaixxs THE POTOMAC SIGN CO. 1 10 4)4 St. N.W.. Washington, D. C. "Hurry CI/^ MC On Up" Ol^llO Cotton Canvas, Windows, Show Cards, Etc. 132 BUSINESS MENS DIRECTORY. ♦••••••••■•• •••••• .....•.••.••.••.••.••.••.••.••.••. •••• ..•.••....•• .••••• .- ............................ DAIRY DISHES SOUPS, 5c. I The Broadway Lunch 726 Thirteenth Street, Northwest Just a Little Different Ladies and Gents WM. B. O'NEILL WM. E. BEALL BUSINESS MEN S DIRECTOKV 133 M M' W. MICHAEIv CL,E:A^iKR and OVER 1229 Wisconsin Avenue F. FOIvLIN 712 12th St. X. W Furnistied Rooms Periiianeiit and Transient H KNRV ACHTKRKIRCHEN RKSTAVRAMT 205 Seventh St. N.W., Washington. D. C. Phone. Main 917 rOHN SCRIVENER ' REAL KSXAXB BROKER and ]Kotary Public v»0 G Street N. W. The Sampson Dairy R. F. SOPKR, Proprietor 1015 BJew York Avenue The p-inest Milk and Cream sold in the cit\-. We conduct the only strictly Dairy L\incH in the city, and serve the Hoffman House Coffee Purity and cleanliness our motto Phone, >Iain 6S.]9 >Va»liiiiKton, O. C. Telephone, 461 Main Bennett B. Slade Co. liirrdmnt aatlurB Cleaning, Altering, and Repairing. Renovating of Ladies' and Gents' Suits equal to nevv. Work called for and delivered. i).\vi.>-i in;iL.r>iNfi 1201 Penna. Ave. N. W.. Washington, D. C. SHKIvBY CLARKE ART COMPANY W.l G St. N.W.. Washington. I). C. Palntlnics, Kraniet*, Mirrors Fine Arts Telephone. Main 22y.; ROYAL CAFE GERMAIN KITCHEI« RUDOLF RKHAGK 5(i5 nth St. N. W. Telephone. Main 115" A NNIE I. EYLER 817 9th St. N. W. I'pholstering: and Clialr Caning Kurnlture Repairing BAKRRSMITH & COOK fR. Bakersniith, George R.Cook) House and Decorative Painters IU02 K Street N.W. Ph one. North 3365-M BKNJ. R. COLES & CO. Eurnlture Ipholsterers Factory: 909 9th St. N.W. Washington. D. C- Phone, 6516 Main JL. LEVERTON & CO. , Th,- M.uirl < '/oak an J Suit Slot;- Women's Outer-GarmenU Exclusively 1115 G St. N.W . Washington. I). C. GEO. H. AMREIN Baker and Confectioner 1009 N. Y. .\ve. NW., Washington. I) C. Phone. Main 2238. PATENTS Our tree 60-pa.ere book for Inventors tells what you want to know about Protective Patents, our terms, and our personal service. Advice free. We are retained by some of the largest concerns in the Unite•**•»•..•..•..••• ..•..«..•..•..••■•.•••*•»•■ .••.•..•..•»•..•..•.■•..•. -^ LOANS ON DIAMONDS, WATCHES, JEWELRY, ETC. H. K. FULTON'S LOAN OFFICE ESTABLISHED 1870 314 Ninth Street N. W. Diamonds High-Grade Watches and Jewelry on sale at Very Low Prices Use Good Judgment And Goto The Most Reliable And Largest Office In Washington & •^ •••••■•••••»•••••••••••••• ••*•••••>•••••••••••»•>■••.•*•••>•>•••••-*•>••>•••••-••••■• .•..•..•^•..•..•.•••*«*«»»»i .»..,. 4. BUSINESS men's DIRECTOKV. K^S ^ .»».»M»..>W».1»1.»1.»..»M»».»W». •.•..•..•..•^•^••.•••. »»««»»«» " »-» " •■■•■■• " •■ WOOD'S Commercial School J// £^asf Capitol St., Washington, D. C. • Established 1885 Telephone, Lincoln 58 \ I f TEACHERS COURT FOSTER WOOD. LL. M.. Principal (Thirty Years' Experience) Mrs. COURT FOSTER WOOD. Assistant Principal ( Fifteen Years' Experience) Miss MARTHA BLANCHE HOGSETT, Principal of Shorthand Deparlmenl (Twelve Years' Experience ) KARL G. MERRILL, Principal of Commercial Department ( Seven Years' Experience) COURSES OF SXIDV BOOKKEEPING SPELLING RAPID CALCULATION SHORTHAND BANKING FORMS AND[CUSTOMS ARITHMETIC CORRESPONDENCE TYPEWRITING GRAMMAR BUSINESS LAWS \ ? Civil Service and Census Office Preparation j ? In Classes, Private Lessons, or by Mail : • Specially prepared books furnished each student. • Volume I — Arithmetic. » Volume II — Punctuation, letter-writing, plain copy, rough draft, and read- I ing addresses. i Volume III — Geography, railway mail, and spelling. • • Two tablets of one hundred pages each of problems written down for t rapid preparation. The books cost $1 each and the tablets 50 cents each. t A complete cost of a course of civil service preparation is $10. t 136 nUSIXKSS MEN S DIRECTORY. WE LEAD— OTHERS FOLLOW Sight - Seeing Automobile Coaches "TOURING WASHINGTON' Main Office: 600 Pa. Avenue X. lY. - Hov^ard HoUvSe Telephone Main 1074-1075. Night Telephones! Columbia 2419 j Columbia 1915 lUKAVES KVERY' HOIR ON XHK HOUR DAILV From Sixth St. and Pa. Ave. Bi. w., Ho-ward House, and i4tti St. and Pa. Ave. 2^. W., opposite ISew 'Willard Hotel No connection with any other company. No ladders to climb. Built for the con- venience of ladies. No jolting. Easy, smooth-riding machines. Passing en-tour all principal places of interest. Only company operating 32-passenger, four-motor-drive, 1908 model, 40-24 passenger and 10-12 passenger automobiles for private parties at special rates for weddings, conven- tions, tours, schools, etc. Also operating 12- 1.1 passenger 60 H. P. automobile for touring Arlington, National Cemetery, Ft. Meyer and Virginia Suburbs. Tickets can be secured and seats reserved at our main office, 600 Pennsylvania Ave- nue, N. W., and 14th Street. Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W., opposite the New \\'illard Hotel and all the leatling hotels of the city. Be sure to get tickets for right coach No ladders to climb New coaches, 1908 model Don't be misled by imitators — old rebuilt coaches Ours are new, modern, up-to-date. Our lecturers and chauffeurs are neat, polite, courteous and attentive at all times. For advance information looking to special arrangements for transfers to and from station to hotels and sight-seeing trips, communicate with main otVice. We are tlie Only Home Company operatinjj: in liVastiinjfton and give our entire time to the perfection of the service here. We, therefore, invite the closest inspection of our entire equipment and honestly solicit your patronage. Will transfer free of charge to hotels parties of five or more. "•• .•..#..•.. ••••••"••••" nrSlNESS MEN S DIKIX r(JKN . VM Manicure Parlors A. C. LUBER CO., Inc. }1nti$cptic Barber Shop C ndci Xaiional '//watrr MOD/-:/, n AT If S LARGEST AND FINEST IN THE CITY 15 Chairs Open Until Midnight Souvenirs O . GOODWIN Novelties Dealer in Diamonds. Watches. Jewelr^■. Musi- cal Instruments A specialt\ of repairing Chro- nometers, Watches. Jewelry. 469 "Pennsylvania Avenue. N. W.. Washington, U. C. Also Auto Tickets for Sale. Phonr, Main 1932 Hotel lie gent Under New Management Fiiteenth Street and Penti. Ave., N. W. WASHINGTON, D. C. Headquarters for Tourists Opposite the White House (Vrounds and Treasury. Convenient to all Theatres, Public Buildin.i^s and Grounds. Newly Equipped and Reno- vated Throu.i^hout Rates Moderate E. W. WHEELER, Prop'r A. CHACONAS, Washington Candy Kttnben California I'ruils. Ci.uars and Tciliacco I'hone. West 71 I S. W. Cor. 20th St. and Pa. Ave. N. W., Washington, D. C. AUTOMOBILES FOR HIRE SIGHT SEEING TOURING THEATRE PARTIES CALLING STRAW RIDES Regal Garage 1333 Fourleenlh Street, N. W. I. C. STRICK 'I'elcphonc, North 215J $3.00 First Hour— $2.50 Each Additional Hour Rooms 50c. to $2 per night. Special Rates by week or month J. E. HAERINGTON'S HOTEL 100 First St. and 101 Pa. Ave., N. W.. Washington, D. C. All Rooms Must be Paid for in Advance Bath and Toilet on Third Floor Mew Store New Goods "Things liubber" Washington Rubber Co. lOth Sr FSts. Washington, D. C. Phone, Main 6995 Mew Concern Plioiie, Main 2562 The J^eliance 119 Pa. Ave. M. W. Washington, D. C. Nicely Furnished Rooms, 25c. 50c ami 75r Per Night 138 BUSINESS MEN S DIRECTORY, Smokers and Club Rooms for Private Parties DAVID S. TINNIN Manager I,adies' and Gentlemen's Cafe Stag Ivuncheon, 12 to 2 8th and E N. W. Phone, Main 4350 Pool, Billiard, and Bowling Alleys Telegraph and Messenger Service ■•••••••••••••••••■••-•••••••••••••••••• ..•..•-•..••^ OUR GRADUATES ARE THE MEN WHO KNOW! Actual road experience on a sixty-horse-power touring car. Expert training in the mech- anical construction of various modern makes of machines, which embraces repairing, overhauling, tearing down, and assembling cars. The demand for experienced automobile men, at high sala- ries, is rapidly increasing ; get the experience and double your earning capacity by en- rolling in one of our (morn- ing, afternoon, or evening) classes THE AUTOMOBILE COLLEGE OF WASHINGTON "The Place to Learo" 1323 Fourteenth Street, N. W. Practically trained, thoroughly competent chauffeurs furnished , Phone, North 4033 Write for Catalog ^.•■••-••••••••••••••••••••••••••■•■•••••••••••••••••••••••■••-•••••••••^ IREMIER IvAUNDRY 1202 H Street N. W. IIXJ AI«K IXS BRANCHES THE TOLMAN LAUNDRY will launder your linens correctly on short notice. They pay special attention to tourists' work, and are ver}' reliable. Were established in July, 1876. F. W. MacKenzie, Mgr., Cor. 6th and C Streets. Phone, Main 2590. CHRIS. RAMMLING'S ^^Uiiion Iflarket" Choice Meats and Provisions. Fine Family Groceries, Lard, Smoked Meat, Tongue, etc. Phone, Main 3392. 312 Pa. Ave. N. W., Washington, D.C. '^■•••••••••••••.••••••.•..•^•^••.•••••.••.••••••••••••••••••••••-••.•.^ THE IvHADIXG HARDWARE STORE ! IN WASHINGTON Wholesale and Retail When you need anj'thing in the Hardware line SEE US I W. F, BOWEN 911 Seventti Street, N. W. ' Specialty : I Butctiers and Grocers' Supplies NUNNAIvLY'S CAFE For Ladies and Gentlemen SHOKT-ORDHR COOKII«iG Fifth and I, Sts. N.W.,N.W. cor. Convention Hall WM. R. BROWN ttatlor Cleaning. Dyeing, Pressing and Repairing. Goods called for and delivered. First-class work guaranteed. Daily and Sunday papers. Shoe-Shining Parlor attached. 519 First St. N. W. 520 N. J. Ave. N. W. WILFRED E. LAWSON Patents and Patent Causes Washington Loan and Trust Building BUSINESS MEN S DIRECTOKV. 139 OVERLOOKING THOMAS CIRCLE The Iroquois No. 1410 M Street, N. W., WASHINGTON, D. C. Fourteenth Street Car Line HIGH-CLASS FURNISHED ROOMS TRANSIENTS AND TOURISTS A SPECIALTY POPULAR PRICES Good Table IRENE SHAFER RHONE, WEST 794 Messages Received by Telephone OFFICE Western Union Telegraph Company United States Express Merctianis' Parcel Delivery Company BACiOAGE, ETC. X2I3 l^iscoiisin Avenue SPECIAL ATTENTION PROMPT SERVICE REASONABLE RATES THEATRE TICKETS Phone Service Connection with Suburban Railways MASON, FENWICK & LAWRENCE llatrut ICamyrra 6o2 F Street :North'vveHt IVasliliiKrton, D. C. Established 48 years Booklet on request PATENTS obtaineiland trade-marks rej^istereth Our Ixjoklet "Concerning Patents" mailed ^^''^' CALVER A. CALVER Patent Attorneys 501 F Street N. W. Washington. U. C. (Formerly Kxaminers U. S. Patent Office) MRS. FRIES I.ate of liostoii 5fatiiral JliUihirra |lrrarnlr^ in Wax Ornamental Hair Work Neatly Done yii9 Xth St. N. \V. \Va-.hiii>;ton. I). C. References— Mrs. Pres. Grant, Mrs. W. W. Corcoran, Mrs. Gen. Tomkeres, Mrs. Adm'l Goldsborough, Mrs. Gen. Casey, Mrs, Gen. Akin, Senator Patterson. McGHIE & MOSS 6L^ New York A\emu- Hay, Grain and Feed Branch: Second and N Sts. S. W. Wood, Coal and Feed Call on J. H. DABNEY \\M Third St. X. \V. for a Fine Heavy Team or Carriage to any part, by trip or job, (i)r parties, receptions, balls, and theaters. FURNISHED ROOMS 734-736 T\YeU"th Street, X. \V. WASHINGTON, D. C. Convenient to Shopping Districts Recommended by the Y. M. C. A. Phone, Main 5472 140 BUSINESS men's directory, You Can Get Results if you consult BURNS i( r/"^ yy^ 5. C. PATRICK R OXONNOR ALL THE LEADING BRANDS OF WINES, LIQUORS, AND CIGARS 617 D Street Northwest Washington, D. C. BUSINESS MEN S DIRKCTOKY. 145 ♦ The C. T. HUNTER CO. I Sanitary Dust-Killing FInor-OII IT«COI»l"ORATKI> fVi Used exclusively by the United States Government in all its ^ Departments Used by Washington's leading Business Men Its Purpose ^o Preserve Floors *^ 1 o dean rloors To Exterminate Roaches Can be used °" ^^^ Finest Furniture — Guaranteed by the firm to do just what is represented Q Q 1 f] in from One to Ten-gallon cans =^=^= or by the barrel Price ^^^^^ grade, 50 cents per gallon ; second grade (for ==^= floors only), 25 cents per gallon ^ Shipped to any part of the United States ^ Samples furnished free Agents w^anted everywhere i C. T. HUNTER, 113 Penna. Avenue i Telephone, Main 5458 Washington, D. C. | I 146 BUSINESS MENS DIRECTORY. -•••••••"•• ••..»..•.. '•••••• .0"»"»" ••••••••••••••"••••"••••• •••• •••••••••••••••••••. • 00 o o tJU x: < }< 1 ^ I « I D-. :^ o o t>0 > < O •-0 cij c « c *} >^ I- (u lu H 3 u .y w •-H »J S D 3 — ' "•' a S ^ •« a . - -^ 3 ^ S " ^ r> ** t— i 00 o He) O 00 > O OO G ;— ^T5 < £ in O ■••"••••"•"•• ••" »•••••••••••*••••••••••"•••••••••••••••••••«••• BUSINESS men's directory. 147 ^••..•..•••. .••.#»•..•»•..•»•..«..•..«..•..«»«. .•..«..*..«..»..*..«..«..«. .•«•..•-•..•..•..•»•. .•»•..•..«»•..•*.•»•..•. .•■.•..•..•»•»•■■•■. ^.^ ROR B V XME C. T. Hunter Official Guide Book Co. Trade Advertisements ONE WELLINGTON TYPEWRITER. Price $60. We will ^Af) sell this elegant new machine for tP^vr A THREE-MONTHS' SCHOLARSHIP In Draughon's Practical ^n(\ Business College. Only q)^U A SIX-MONTHS' SCHOLARSHIP in Wood's Commercial School. ^A(\ I Value $50. We will sell this scholarship for ... . m)^U I WASHINGTON RUSSIAN AND TURKISH BATHS. Tickets C(\^ worth $1 each. We will sell for OUC N. B. These advertisements are trade — that is, we accept trade instead of cash. We can therefore sell under the standard ? price of the articles named from 20 to 50 per cent. ''First Come, First Served" Here are bargains for cash which you may not agam be offered m a lifetime. A.F>RUV XC3 j C. T. HUNTER & CO., 113 PA. AVE. N.W. 148 BUSINEISS MEN S DIRECTORY. Mail Orders Given Prompt Attention C. T. Hunter Sanitary Dust-Killing Floor Oil Co., { Incorporated Business Office : Factory: Room 401 Munsey Building 113 Pennsylvania Ave., N. W. Plioae, Main 1680 Phone, Main 5458 WASHINGTON, D. C. Sanitary DusUl^Uling Floor Oil Special Price on Orders Per Barrel This Oil Will Clean Your Furniture and Fixtures, Oil Cloth and Linoleum, and All Iron Work and Slate Mantels. Now Being Used in Government Buildings, Department Stores, Office Buildings, Hotels, Larger Business Houses and Many Private Homes. The following is a partial list : Government Departments: Agriculture. State, War and Navy. Auditor for the Post Office De- partment. Robert Shaw Oliver, Asst. Secre- tary of War. Government Printing Office. Census Bureau. Isthmian Canal Commission. War College. Soldiers' Home. Office of Public Roads. Department Stores : Woodward & Lothrop. Haines' Big Store. Palais Royal. The Hub. S. Kann, Sons & Co. Mayer Bros. Goldenberg's. The Famous Stores. Hudson's Variety Store. Jackson Bros. Office Buildings and Hotels: Munsey Building. Western Union Tel. Office. L,e Droit Building. Driscoll Hotel. Arlington Hotel. Fredonia Hotel. Montrose Hotel. Evelyn Hotel. V'endome Hotel. New York Avenue Hotel. Merchants' Hotel. Cobb's Hotel. Engel Hotel. Oxford Hotel. Tremont Hotel. American House. Howard House. Metropolitan Hotel. Varnum Hotel. Stoneleigh Court. Fendall Building. The Willows Building. Hutchins Building. The Alabama. Columbia Building. Southern Railway Building. Jewish Synagogue. Barber Shops: The Gayhart Barber Shop. ' Watson's Barber Shop, and 200 others. Business Houses: Farrell & Co. John Magruder. Shoemaker. Storm & Sherwood. Market Dining Room. Laxman & Saxty. Hankser & Co. Washington Jockey Club. C. & P. Telephone Co. Karl Xander. Christian Xander. Ayers Lunch Room. I. Schwartz. M. Joyce Engraving Co. Friedlander. D. A. Langley. Schmidt's Bird Store. Keen, the Tailor. Pythian Temple. Stern, the Tailor. Munster Bros. Walter & Sons' Carriage Works. BUSINESS men's directory. 149 .••"••••-••••• ••••••■ .••■••■••-•-•• ••-••• ,.#M«. .»»■»■■•-♦"»"♦"•**♦"♦* ' ••-•••••••••• '^ PARTIAL LIST OF USERS Continued M. Scanlon. Delano Cafe. C. C. Purcell. Steinnian. Washington Tobacco Co. J. J. Allen. Georgetown College. Wilkens Printing Co. Geo. Washington I'niversity. .Monzo Bliss. .Morton C. Stout. Gilbert, the Tailor. Wash. Gas-Light Co. Chas. Dietz. Xander & Plugge. King's Palace. Globe Printing Co. Arniat Moving Pictures. Moore Moving Pictures. Voung Men's Christian Asso. W. B. Holtzclaw. C. C. Cockran. I. Newman. Joseph Auerbach. Owl Lunch Room. .Metropolitan Pool Room. Capitol Hill Pool Room. Oppenheimer & Ney. .M. Sauers. J. M. Connell. -Xdler's Shoe Store. F. E. Cowswell. Shappirio Sporting Goods. Justh Old Stand. Kahn's Souvenir Store. Sterne Bros. h- Klawans. h- Sonneborn. Chas. Hurdel. Burdine Bar Room. Hayden Bros. Van Fleets. D. J. Kaufman. E. Heidenheimer. Gude Bros. Co. I'. H. Kramer. .American Rose Co. T. II. Small & Co. 'r. Hardy & Co. "Z. D. Blackistone. Lucios Jewelry Store. Tulius Garfinkle & Co. Smoot, Coffer & McCalley. .Mayer & Co. Pettit & Co. Cole & Swan. The Crawford Shoe Co. R. Snooks. Ham. Adams. Washington Loan Co. .■\. Am an. He Atley's. 15 th Gerstenberps. .Mma Cutsane Arnold, and I Sts., N. W. Dr. Fields, and about 200 other druggists. Washington Barracks: Quartermaster. Banks: Union Trust Co. National City Bank. National Savings Bank, and 15 others. Alexandria, Va. R. E. Knight and 100 others. Fort Myer, Va. : ( )uartermastcr. Capt. Cassatt. Capt. Cassell. Hyattsville, Md. : Hall's Grocery and 75 families. Bladensburg, Md.: Brown's Big Store and 10 others. Mt. Rainier, D. C: Boswell's Store. Tennallytown, D. C: .-\mar. Klet Seminary. Catholic School. John O. Day. "I. G. ShaflFer. C. E. Miller. G. F. Morton. A. Johnson. T. H. Grace. R. H. Tingley. E. Wallard. W. J. Jamison. Mrs. Miller. .Mrs. Morder. O. Calhoun. Dr. Pardon. Eli Riley. Mrs. Darr. Mrs. Paxton. Mrs. P. Hall. Mrs. H. Marks. Mrs. Parr. Mrs. Hunt and 108 others. C. T. HUNTER SANITARY DUST-KILLING FLOOR OIL How to Use It lor Stores, Otflces and Homes Use only about once a month. First sweep the floor. Apply as thin as possible with mop or rag, and sweep with a straw broom always. DIRECTIONS FOR USING THIS OIL Apply as thin as possible and wipe ofT with dry cloth. This Oil Preserves Linoleum and Oil Cloth, Prevents Cracking and Breaking. Keeps all Insects from IHoors on which it us used. ♦- >••.«»• •^^••••.««* ..•..•~»~«"*-»> ••- -••••-•■ ■»■■»••»••»••••••••»■■ 150 BUSINESS MEN S DIRECTORY. PROFESSIONAL TOOTH PASTE WILL WHITEN THE TEETH SWEETEN THE BREATH AND HARDEN THE GUMS Recommended by Dentists, Physicians, and Nurses PROFESSIONAL TOOTH PASTE is a discovery made by Alver C. Rkynolds, Chemist, while working in the Pharmaceutical Laboratory of the Johns HopkinS Hospital, Baltimore, Md. PROFESSIONAL TOOTH PASTE is a Potassium Chlorate Compound recommended as a very pleasant and reliable prophylactic against disease of the mouth and throat, correcting fetid breath, hardening soft and bleeding gums, preventing the formation of and removing tartar, "Whitening and Tighten- ing the Teeth" and preventing Riggs disease. Riggs Disease, known to the profes- sion as PyorrhcTeaalveolaris, is a disease of the gums which causes them to re- cede, whereby the teeth become loose and have a long unsighth- appearance. For Sale at All Druggists PRICE, 25 CENTS SAMPLES MAILED FREE UPON APPLICATION A. C. REYNOLDS CO., BALTIMORE, ^ •••••■••■•••••••••••■•••••• .•»•.•••■ ••••••••••••••••••• ••••••••••••••••••■•••••••■ ■•.••.••••••■ »•••••*••••»•• BUSINESS MEN S DIRECTORY. 151 ^.m..»..t..»..:.t..». .•..•..•..•..•«•..•..•..•..•»•..•-•. .•..«..•»•»•>•..•..•»•. ••••••••-••••~«~«-»< .»-•-•"•-•«•-•-••.••••"•-•-•• ••• ♦ Phone, arag-y Main Benjamin Schwab 719 Ninth Street, Northwest Pawn Tickets, Hiamonds, Watches Jewelry, Old Gold, Silver and Coins, Bought and Sold PREMIUM PAID ON GOLD DOLLARS ^ •••••••••••-•"••••••••■•• >••••••••••••••• ..•..•..•..•..•»•..•»•»•> ^ S. D. NVATERS @. SON, 310 Pa. Ave. N W. The Bargain You're Looking for. Now's Your Chance to Save $35 to $50. Call and see these Stylish Surreys. We Undersell lur Competitors. Stylish Canopy Top Surreys We have just received a large shipment ot these fashionable vehicles. These surreys will seat four peo- ple, have three springs, and are built in Royal and Standard grades with steel and rubber tires, in a va- riety of paintings and trimmings. They're worth more, but we are selling them at bargain prices, ranging from $125 to $200 $10 Adjustable Canopy Tops for Runabouts Special, $6.50 $18 Harness. Special, $10.50 Fine Carriages, Wagons, Harness, &c. The Largest Showing in the Cily. Phone, Main 1821 "^^ S. D. WATERS (Si SON. 310 Pa Ave. N. W, iFtnta This Official Guide Book is complete. We have had difficulties to contend with and the envy of rivals, but we have "made good" as the nomenclature of the street goes. No Guide Book has ever been issued in Washington with the detail and illustrations of The Hunter Offi- cial Guide Book. The new and original illustrations, from McClellan's statue to the Chemistry Building, have been made by artists attached to the Hunter Official Guide Book. The editor of the Official Guide Book visited Major Richard Sylvester, Chief of Police, and presented to that renowned official the leaves of the Guide Book to ascertain if there was anything objectionable within its pages. Major Sylvester care- fully and closely examined and read the pages submitted and authorized us to sell the book on the streets of Washington from the ist to the 8th day of March, 1909. Therefore every purchaser of The Hunter Official Guide Book gets the real value of his money and an up-to-date Guide Book of the City of Washington, its monuments to heroes and its public buildings. We have' kept faith with the public and present an official Guide Book, (authorized by act of Congress) which covers every important his- torical event and every public building within the District of Columbia. It has cost us thousands of dollars but as we intend and have the ambi- tion to leave it to our family as a memorial of our efforts to exploit the city of our birth we do not regret the expense nor do we look for reim- bursement by the sale of the book, or the advertisements with which we have been favored. And touching the advertisements we exceed- ingly regret that we have been unable to insert very many favors ex- tended us by the merchants and business men of Washington, the book having been closed on February i8th to enable the printer to get out the enormous edition of ONE hundred thousand copies (100,000) on time. To those advertisers whose favors we received too late we can only express our regret and a promise to have them in the second erlition. The public will understand that this is a permanent publication, re- vised monthly and the only Official Guide Book ever gotten up by a native and citizen of Washington City. There are foreign Guide Books sold in the Capital of the Nation. We challenge comparison with these "sellers," in which the authors, publishers and editors have no more interest in Washington City than they have in Timbuctoo.' The Hunter Official Guide Book is authorized by Major Sylvester, Chief of Police of the National Capi- tal, to be sold on the streets from the ist to the 8th day of March, with- out permit or license. The editor specially directs attention to the chapter on this great chief of police and the Municipal Government of the City of Washington. Respectfully, The C. T. Hunter Official Guide Book, 113 Pennsylvania Avenue. W. J. ELLIOTT, Editor. y\)x?nV.eT's M(M|i|||,"ll % ^^ Illustrated^ 1909 •Price 25 Cents Established 1873 Telephone, North 1595 S. H. HINES Undertaker, Embalmer, and | *,. I Funeral Director I t 1715 Fourteenth Street, N. W. X I I ^^_ I|! Good Cemetery Accommodations ? Offered i^ Metallic Caskets V <• on Hand for Shipping ^ j^ Y ♦ t y ? ? ?: I Best Service Guaranteed t USE THE HINES CLOTH CASKET i fy'03 ivoYoia S®inni®itMin!g to a© Tomorrow? D© IT TODAY! undwarm irmltiim SEMEEAL PRINTERS PhoDie, Maim 60S7-8 WASMMGTOM, B. C» Tlhi® Oirdeir iFoir A® Pomiftiinigp ©r ftlh® Adlv®ir= ftismg Coimiiiracft ftlhaft you iiraft®ini(dl fto plac® ft©iniii(D)ir]row, you skouM s®ini(dl ftoday ft© US i ? t t t 5: We Will Giv© Y®5ui Safcnsffacitioirii RELY FEB 24 t909 -: \;ir V- ■• ^ .»f5 SIO I2TH STREET, N. W., WASH., D. C.