Evening Star Newspaper, September 18, 1924, Page 11

READY GUIDE TO POINTS OF INTEREST FURNISHED Visitors May Save Time by Consulting Addresses of Buildings and Parks Pre- .sented Herewith by The Star. Holy Namers, your Capit welcomes you! The scat of your National Government, home and workshop of the President and other high officials, including members of Congress and the Supreme Court, and of the diplomatic representatives of every civilized country, it is the most beautiful capital city in the world. For the tourist there is probably no more attractive city than your National Capital, with its numerous bcaut ul parks,.large and small, its hills, valleys and rivers, its wide straight, well-paved streets and avenues, with their long tree-lined vistas; its fine public buildings. monuments and statues, modein office buildings. and numerous beautiful residences, 2nd its hospitab'e and cultured inhabitants of nearly half a million. Though the Capitol and the President’s house, probably are the prin- cipal points of interest to most tourists, there are innumerable other build- ings and places in the city and nearby which will well repay a vis i cfit of the members of the Holy Name Society and the special ber t: 2nds who have chosen the coming convention as a time to visit gton, interest and the hours The duris a rule, the Governm p.ni during the week al Park, are open every d The U. S. Capitol merging from the beautiful Union ion, the visitor natur; is im- essed with fine view of the VUnited States Capitol. a few block: 1o the That massive struc- wire. with its huge. graceful dome, contains the chambers of the Senate and House of Representatives the TUnited States - atnary Hall and many other pla interest. The building nearly four acres and, with additions and_improve about a south. upreme nts. nas cost The corner stone orze Washington in building was over rrocess of construction. £reat iron dome. weighing 1,500 tons land costing $1.000,000. required eight Years in f{ts construction. It is sur- mounted by a bronze statue of armed liberty, 19 feet 6 inches in height Within the dome is an awe-inspiring rotunda. 300 feet in circumterence £nd 180 feet in height. adorned with large hi of American patriots The Senate chamber is at the north end of the building and the House of Representatives at the south end The Supreme Court chamber is be- tween the Senate chamber and central rotunda, and Statuary the old hall of the House Aentatives, is between und the present House sentatives chamber. the Senate room now Court. of two r Hall, of Repre- the rotunda of Repre- In former days ssembled in the large oceupied by the Supreme esentative men from each State of the Union. Many beautiful paintings adorn the walls of the va rious corridors and stairways of the boilding. The Senate a block to and the biock to marble and are conne the main building. A sumptucusly furnished room, known as the President’s room, is an annex to the Senate chamber. It 1s occupied by the President and his cabinet when tardy legisiation re- quires their presence at the Capitol In the closing hours of Congress. Presidential inaugurations are con- ducted at the main eastern portico of the Capitgl. Usually the Chier Justice of the Supreme Court admin- isters the oath of office and the new Vresident delivers his inaugural ad- to thousands of people from all parts of the country, assembled in ihe vast plaza below. The entire group of buildings is wpen to the public every week day from 9 to 4:30 o'clock. but not on Sundays or holidays. Office Building occupies the nortih of the Capitol House Office Building a the south. Eoth are large buildings of modern ted by subways with Library of Congress The Library of Congress, situated just east of the Capitol, is said to be the finest example of American art in the city. Its walls are of New Hampshire granite, elaborately carved nd are surmounted by a large dome vered with pure gold leaf. A bronze fountain representing the court of Neptune marks the main en- trance, The interior is especially beautiful. Polished and carved marble columns and-panels in many hues, sculptured and bronze figures, picturcs in mosaics and many alle- gorical paintings by leading Amer- ican artists contribute to the general affcct. Designed primarily for the use of members of Congress, it is a treasure house of information for the meneral public as well. In ad- dition to a law library containing more than 100,000 volumes, there are alsgo catalogued about 2,000,000 pieces, including all copyrighted boks, maps, amphlets, music, newspapers, pe odicals, pictures, etc, the greatest collection in the United States avail- able to the public. A special display is given to the original copies of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States, recently transferred from the ar- chives.of the State Department. The bullaing is open to the public daily from 9 am. to 10 pm. except on Saturdays in the Summer up to Sep- tember 15, when the hours are from 9 am. to 1 p.m., and on Sundays when the hours are from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. Lincoln Memorial The Lincoln Memoriul, a Greek tem- ple of pure white marble, stands at the west end of Potomac Park at the foot of Twenty-third street, on a di- rect line with the Washington Monu- ment, the Grant Memorial and the Capitol. 1t was designed by Robert Hacon. The ornamental roof is sup- ported by a colonnade of 36 fluted Tonie columps, one for each State at the time Of the death of Lincoln. Oppo- site the entrance to the large main hall is a colossal sitting statue of Lincoln designed by Daniel C. French. The walls of the Great Hall are in- scribed with the famous Gettysburg address and the second inaugural ad- dress and w0 contain svmbolical saintings by Jules Guerin. The duild- r=g ¥s open to visitors from 9 am. to 6 p.m. on week days and from 12 to 6 p.m. on Sundays. It can be reached by busses from Seventeenth and H streets. covars | orical paintings and statues | the | Statuary Hall contalns statues | design | ivening Star presents a list of the principal points of g which they are accessible to the public. it buildings are cpen to visitors from 10 am. to 3 A few of them, notably the Congressional Li- brary are open in the evening and on Sunday As and all the parks, including ay, including Sundays, from 9 to 6 o'clock. ‘ The White House | The White House is the popular | designation of tne home of the | President of the United States, be- | cause of its dominant color. It was formerly known as “The President's House” and again as “The Executive ! Mansion.” It is located on Pennsyl- and | vania avenue on the line of Sixteenth Conrt, | vtreet and ts about a mile and a quar- ter on a straight line from the Capi- tol. It was des'gned by James Hoban jand was the first public building to {be erected in the new Capital. George W hington was present at the laying of the corner stone in 1792 and Presi- dent John Adams was the first occu- pant in 1500. It was built of Vir- £inia sandstone and its original dimensions were 179 feet in length and $6 feet in width. It has been enlarged and improved and has cost ral milllon dollars. Like the ‘apitol, it was burned during the Brit- ish invasion in 1814, The President and his family occupy the restored building and an annex on the west | side is used for office purposes. The main room in the mansion is the cast room and adfoining it are the green room, the blue room, the red room and the state dining room, all of which are used on state occasions. All the rooms are beautifully deco- rated and furnished. As a rule they are the only portions of the house {open to the public, the upper por- tions of the building being devoted President and his family. The man- sion underwent a thorough renova- tion during the President's recent visit in his old home in Vermont, and the east room and one or two of the others, when not in official use, will be open to public inspection from 10 to 3 o'clock every day except Sun- day. When it is possible for him to do so. the President receives callers when special arangements have been made, but does not hold general re- ceptions at stated periods as was the custom many years ago. ‘Washington Monument This great pile of white marble, in memory of George Washington, just south of the White House, was ded- icated in 1885. A fund was raised by popular subscription and the corner stone laid in 1348, but in 1855 con- struction “had used up the funds on hand and not until 1878 was work resumed, Congress having money for its completion. The shaft rises to a height of 555 feet above the ground, its walls are 55 feet square at the base and 15 feet thick, tapering toward the top. It cost about $1,300,- 000. From the windows near the top, 500 feet above the mround, won- derful views of the city, the surround- ing country and Potomac River are to be obtained. The ascent to the top may be made either by elevator or by a stairway, consisting of nearly 1,000 steps. Many inscribed stones are set in the interior walls, tributes from States and societies and foreign rulers, to the “Father of his Country.” Open on week days from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and on Sunday from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Mount Vernon Sixteen miles south of Washington, bordering on the historic Potomac, reaching by both trolley and boat and by a fine modern highway from this city, is Mount Vernon, the home of George Washington. : The autoist can make the distance from Washing- ton in about 30 minutes. Few tour- ists ever miss the “national shrine” when visiting the Capital. The grounds and buildings with all their original desfgn of furnshings as wlhien Martha Washington was mis- tress, have been restored. The Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association’ of the Union purchased the property in 1860 and are the present owners. The buildings and grounds are open daily except Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Cars of the Washington and Virginia Railway make half-hourly trips from Pennsylvania avenue and Twelfth street and the steamer Charles Mac- alester leaves the Seventh street wharf at 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. every day except Sunday. . Parks and the Zoo The parks of the District are of great natural and artistic beauty and compare favorably with the world's best. Chief of these are Rock Creck: Park, flanking the romantic creek of that name to the limite of the Dis- trict and Potomac Park extending along the river front. Both are well provided with asphalt roads and are accessible from many points of the city. The main automobile entrance to Rock (Creek Park s through the Zoological Garden by way of BSix- teenth and Harvard streets, and the main vehicular entrance to Potomac Park is by way of Seventeenth street past the statye of John Paul Jones. Great Falls of the Potomac, one of the natural wonders of this vicinity, can be reached by trolley cars from the south end of the Francis’ Scott Key. bridge and by auto by way of the Conduit road from Georgetown The Oldroyd Lincoln Museum is lo- |and by the Virginia pike from the cated at 516 Tenth street in the house | Chain Bridge near the Little Falls of in which Lincoln died from an assas- sin’s bullet, April 15, 1865, and di- the Potomac. The Zoological Gardens, located in rectly opposite the old Ford Theater |Rock Creek Valley, comprise about in which he was shot, which building | 167 acres of picturesque country and is now used as a warehouse. The mu- contain more than a thousand animals weum contains a remarkable collec- | of varioug specles. It is open dally tion of valuable relics and memorials. | from 9 o'clock to sunset and is ac- A small fee is charged, gesaible by both :!:t:uim lnesy lusively to the private use of the | voted | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. _C. Capital Cordially Welcomes Holy Name De WHAT TO SEE. The United States Capitol. The Library of Congress. The White House. The Washington Monument. Mount Vernon. The Lincoln Memorial. The Botanic Garden, First street and Pennsylvania ave- nue. The Smithsonian Institution, on the Mall. The National Museum, Elev- enth street and the Mall. Academy of Sciences, Twenty-first and B streets. United States Treasury, Fif- teenth street and Pennsylvania avenue. State and War Building, Seventeenth street and, Penn- sylvania avenue. Navy and Munitions Build- ings, Seventeenth andB streets. Pension Office, Fifth and G Streets. Patent Office, Ninth and G streets. Pan-American Building, Sev= enteenth and B streets. Memorial Continental Hall, | Seventeenth and D streets. Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Fourfeenth and C streets southwest. Government Printing Office, North Capitol and G streets. American Red Cross Build- ing, Seventeenth and E streets. Corcoran Gallery of Art, Seventeenth and E ‘streegs. Freer Art Gallery, on the MalL ‘Washington Navy Yard, foot of Eighth street southeast. Burcau of Fisheries Agqua rium, 6th and B streets south- west. Municipal Building, Four- teenth street and Pennsylvania avenue. City Post Office, North Cap- itol street and Massachusetts avenue (adjoining Union Sta~ tion). Ar§ington National Cemetery, across the Potomac. Zoological Gardens, Rock Creek Park. ‘United States Soldiers’ Home, head of North Capitol street. Botanic Gardens The Botanic Garden on Pennsylvan avenue bgtween First and Third streets contains enany rare gpecimens of vegetation from all pafgs of the world, especlally the tropital coun- tries. It is the site of Grant Memorial, the largest sculptural group in the | city, on the axis between the Capitol and the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial. An adornment of the grounds is the famous Balthol- di fountain presented by France to the Centennial exposition at Philadel- phia, in 1876. A memorial to Gen. Meade, hero of the battle of Get burg, is being erected in the garden. The grounds are open every day until sunset. Smithsonian Institution John Smithson, an Englishman, in 1829 gave to the United States $500,- 000 to found “an_establishment for the increase and diffusion of krowl- edge among men.” That bequest has | been richly increased, and the Insti- | tution has long been established among the foremost in the scientific world. It issues valuable publica- tions and has a library contajing over 250,000 volumes. To the scétist its collections are a mine of wealth; to the unscientific observer the dis- plays are most entertaining, many beautiful collectlons of birds, fish, in- sects, reptiles, corals, sponges, and an immense number of archeological specimens are arranged in pleasing manner. The famous Greenough statue of Washington, which former- 1y stood at thg east front of the Capi- tol, is now on view in the chapel of the Smithsonian building. National Museum The National Museum exhibits are contained in two buildings in the Smithsonfan grounds on the Mall be- tween Seventh and Twelfth streets. Over 3,000,000 objects are on display, including many noted paintings, stat- uary and other works of art. Rellcs of Washington, Grant and Roosevelt abound in profusion, and there are many mementgs of the Spanish and World wars. The ethnological exhibit is especially fine, showing life-sized groups of the people in all parts of the world. Other exhibits are: Na- val architecture, trapsportation and engineering, fisheries, textiles, musi- cal instruments, porcelain and bronzes, potte-y, mammals, graphic arts, Oriental antiquities, prehistoric anthropology, birds, reptiles, fishes, fossils, mollusks, metallurgy and geology, insects, vertebrates, compar- ative anatomy, minerals, ete: The Smithsonian building and the mu- seums are open daily except Sunday from 9 to 4 o'clock. Arlington National Cemetery Conspicuous landmarks seen upon the hills of Virginlaeacross the Po- tomac are the Memorial Amphitheater and the Lee Mansion in the national cemetery at Arlington. The mansion was built in 1802 by George Wash- ington Parke Curtis, grandson of Matha Washington and father of Mrs. R. E. Lee. When Gen. Lee joined the cause ‘of the Confederacy the large and beautiful estate was taken over by the Governfnent and used successively as a camp, hospital and later as a cemetery for the country’s herolc dead. There is but one tomb in the amphitheater—that of the Un- known Soldier of the World War, con- secrated to the memory of all the brave Americans who fell in that conflict. Hundreds of beautiful¥| monuments, however, mark the rest- ing places of officers of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and many thousand small marble head stoneg mark the graves of the equally gal- lant enlisted men. The.majority of these graves hold heroes of the Civil War, Union and Cnfederate, and all the American dead of the World War, whose removal to this country was roquested by relatives or friends. The graves of the‘bodies recovered from the wreck of the Maine in the har- bor of Havana in 1898 are marked by the main mast of that ship with its fighting top. A massive granite stone covers the bodies of 2,111 un- known soldiers of the Civil War. Arlington Cemetery and the mill- tary post of Fort Myer, which ad. Joins it are open every day until sun- set and can be reached by auto- mobifle over the Francis Scott Key Bridge and the Highway Bridge, and by trolley cars every few minutes from the station at Pennsylvania ave- nue and Twelfth street, and from the station at Rosslyn at the south end e Kol Bridge, Upper, left to right: Cuno H. Rudolph, president of the B THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1924 legates tolts Scenic and rd of Commixsioners; Commissioner James F. Oyster, in charge of police and fire departments; Comminsioner J. Franklin Bell, hend of engineering departments. Lower, left to right: Col. Clarence O. Sherrill, superintendent of public buildings and grounds; Maj. Daniel Sul- livan, superintendent of police, RULES FOR MOTORISTS Dr. William C. Fowler, health officer. D. C. itors who motored:.to Washington for the Holy Name Conven- tion will find the following important excerpts from the traflic regu- lations helpful: Speed limit between interscctions, 18 miles Crossing inte n hour. *tions and turning corners, 12 miles an hour. At intersections the machine on your right has the right of w | There are three signals required of drivers: To stop, wave your hand up and down: for a left-hand turn, extend for a right-hand turn, extend the Do not pass or come within the arm stfaight out; arm at a right angle. 15 feet of a street car which has stopped to take on gr discharge passcngers, Watch for yellow signs indicating one-way streets. The famous Corecoran Art. at the corner of street and New York < founded and endowed by the late Wil- liam W, Cororan in 1569 as a gift to the people. Original marbles, bronzes, rare paintings’ by celebrated artists, and casts and replicas from finest specimens of ancient and mod- ern sculpture fill the large rooms and line the corridors. Among the casts are the Venus of Milo, Medici, Apollo, Minerva and the Dy ing Gladlator, and original marbles include Pwer's Greek Slave and Vela's Last Days of Napoleon. The gallery is open 4:30 p.m., Monday from 12 to 1 pan., and on all other days from 9 am. to 4 p.m. An admission fee of cents Is charged on Wednesdays and Fridays, is no charge on Sundays, Thursdays and Saturdays. The Freer Art Gallery, comtaining the famous private Freer collection of paintings, etc,, is located in the Mall just west of the Smithsonian Insti- tution. It is open every day except Mondays, from 9 am. to 4 p.m. Gallery of but there Tuesday: Seventeenth Street Group The Pan-American Building, at the corner of Seventeenth and B streets at the entrance to Potomac Park, is considered one of the most artistic buildings in the country. Its wonder- ful glass-covered court, 60 feet square, the sunken Aztec gardens, beautiful statuary and ground arc the ad- miration of every one. tIs construction cost was about $1,000,000, of which one- fourth was contributed by the republic of America and three-fourths by Andrew Carnégic. It is the home of the Pan-American Union, composed of 21 republics of North, Central and South America, joined together for the development of the commerce and friendship of the republics of the Western Hemisphere. Open to visitors from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily except Sunday. Standing nearby, farther morth on Seventeenth strcet, are the Marble Memorial to the Heéroic Women of the Civil War, occupied by the American Red Cross Soclety for administrative purposes, -and Memorial _Continental Hall, a fine example of colonlal archi- tecture, erected and occupied by the National Soclety of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The annual meetings of the National Soclety are held in this bullding, and it has been the scene of many important national gatherings, including the formal se sions of the delegates’ to the interna- tional arms convention. Both of these bulldings are surrounded by trees and gardens, and are open to the public from 10 to 4 o'clock, except on Sundays. Navy and Munitions The Navy Department occupies an tmmense concrete bullding at the inter- section of Seventeenth and B streets, said to be' the largest office building in the world. It contains various exhibits, in- cluding models of difterent, types of warships and paintings of naval en- gagements, distant and recent. The Munitions Bullding, which ad- joins the Navy Building on the west, is the real workshop of the War Depart- ment and ita branchess It containg models of varioue engines of war and many paintings. The best ‘exhibit of captured guns, however, is at the four fronts of the State, War and- Navy i Bullding. \ | Academy of Sciences - An attractive bullding recently crected and contalning many wonder- ul scientific exhibits is the National cademy of Sclences on B street be- tween Twenty-first and Twenty-sec- ond streets, It is open to visitors dally, except Sunday, from. 9 to § elgely the | Ve de | nus _de | Sunday from 1:30 to | Mondays, | { The Treasury Department, flanking House on the east, and the tate, War and’ Navy Building, flanking it on the west, are among the largest fand most important buildings in the | clty, but neithenjcontains any special exhibits. The cash room, near the Penn- | sylvania avenue entrance to the Treas. |ury, has Ueautiful walls of choice | Italian and American marbles, and the vaults nearby are filled with gold, silver and paper money which may sometimes bo seen, but not removed. There are fine collections of portraits of former offictals in the State and War Depart- ments, and the office of the Secretary of War contains several historical flags. {the State Department are beautiful | rooms. The original Declaration of Tn- | dependence and other valuable relics formerly kept in the State Department are now on exhibition in the Library of Congress. Washington Navy Yard The Navy Yard and Gun Factory are on the river front, at the foot of Eighth street southeast, and are open daily from 9 o'clock to sunset. In addition to the foundries, where guns of all sizes are assembled, the build- ings and. grounds contain many tro- phies and relics of the wars in which the country has been engaged, in- cluding guns captured by Decatur at Algiers and Tripoli and the stern post of the Kearsarge containing the un- | exploded shell from the Alabama of Civil War memory. Shading the mu- seum is a willow tree grown from a slip taken from a tree at the grave of Napoleon at St. Helena. The May- flower, the President's official yacht, and the Sylph, the yacht assigned to the Secretary of the Navy, aro berthed at the Navy Yard and may be visited when not in use. ' Pension and Patent Offices The Pension Office, on G street be- tween Third and Fifth streets, is said to be the largest brick building under onc roof. A distinctive feature is the terra cotta frieze encircling the building over the first-story windows, portraying a spiritéd procession of Infantry, Cavalry and Artillery soldiets. The interior consists of an immense court, broken by two rows of colums which support the roof. Galleries lead from the court to the numerous offices. Inaugural balls were held in the building in former years. The Patent Office, between Seventh and Ninth streets and F and G streets, is one of the oldest, and the Interior Department, between- Eighteenth and Nineteenth and E and F streeta, one of the newest of the big public buildings. Exhibit of Fisheries The United States Fish Commission has an’ interesting display of fish in itd building at the corner of Sixth and B streets southwest. An aqua- rium shows fresh and salt iwater fish in their natural condition. Fish hatcheries are in operation and meth- ods and devices of deep-sea, oyster, pearl and sponge fishing are shown. The hours for visitors are from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. S Where Paper Money Is Made ANl the bonds, currency and stamps issued by the Government are made at the Bureau of Engraving and Print- ing, a branch of the Treasury Depart- ment, located in a large new marble bullding_en Fourteenth street between C and D streets southwest, near the river. Open to visitors from 9 to 11 | The diplomatic room and the library in | | state | VISITORS BEHOLD VOTELESS CITIZENS Washington, With Population Greater Than Seven States, Has No Voice in Affairs. When you leave Washington, strangers, to return to vour native You can tell the folks back home that You spent a week in a city where government is unigue among those of America, the city without a ballot box. For the past few days you have Been rubbing elbows with 450,000 regular, red-blooded American men and women, who have no vote, either for President, Vice President or mem- bers of Congre Washington helps celebrate Inde- pendence day on July 4 and it joined the rest of the United States in ob- serving Defense day, but when elec- tion day rolls around in November the Washingtonian will stand by, ol mere spectator, while the rest of the | country picks a Chief Executive and a National Legislature. . ‘Washington's Town Council. It may not have occurred to ¥ before, but when You elect vour Senator and Representative you are at the same time electing the members of the town council of Washington. For the Congress of the United States is Washington's board of aldermen. The making of laws for the entire country a big job and ome t usually keeps Congress busy, but ut regular intervals the legislators must lay aside national problems to dec| which streets in the District of ( lumbia should be paved, where a new sewer should be laid or when a few additional policemen are needed. The municipal government of the District is administered by a board of three Commissioners selected by the President of the United States and confirmed ¢ the Senate. Certain other positions in the District are filled by the President. Subject to Comgress. The city Commissioners thus se- lected have power to make ordinary Ppolice regulations for the protection of life and property and they carry out the local laws passed by Con- gress, but almost every act requir- ing the expenditure of money Inust be authorized by vote of the United States Senate and the House of .presentatives. prepare a budget of what they be- lieve the city will need in the suc- ceeding 12 months. After the Fed- oral Budget Burcau has approved all the items they go to Capitol Hill, Where they.again are scrutinized by committees of the Senate and House. Whenever any new legislation is needed for tm National Capital, aside from police regulations, the Senate and House must enact it. Despite the fact that Washington has no ballot boxés civic spirit is kept alive through the medium of neighborhood citizens’ associations, in which the disfranchised residents. ex- ercise the right of petition to let Congress and the Commissioners know their wants. - Seceking Franchise. For a number of years Washington has been seeking the passage of a joint resolution providing for an amendment to the jFederal Constitu- tion that would empower Congress to grant the residents of the Dis- trict représentation in the Senate, the House ang in ths. electoral college. This step would not deprive the Fed- eral Government of the exclusive cofitrol it now exercises over the Capital city. It would merely give Washingtonians a vote for President and spokesmen In the National Leg- islature, where its laws are made. When you return to your native city you will be inspired to tell of the stately Washington Monument, the great white dome of the Capitol bathed {n searchlights and the count- less other physical attractiors you saw {n the National Capital. But there are few Americans who have not seen or read of these ma: terial beauties that adorn the Fed- eral city. To many of your fellow townsmen, however, the story of Washington, the ballotless city, will be a new one Histo CAPITAL MADE BUSINESS | 1t ric Placed CENTER BY U. S. AGENCIES Eyes of Commercial World Focused on States and through American posse: Washington stands today, in addit Vot in the sense that there arc gre nor in the sense that great industri. Washington, from the legislative b judicial branch, and, particularly, fr House and the departments, whos human endeavor. Business knows its interdependence on the discoveries and edicts of gov- ernment. It realizes that it must keep In close touch with the findings of government experts, and must not only keep posted on the decisions of the judicial branch and the exccutive branches, but must maintain in the Capital a force of expepts from its own school to interpret and dissem- inate news of happenings all over the world, whieh &wt find their way to the government of this nation and are then spread broadeast all over the country. 400 Organizations IHere, So it is that in Washington toda there are nearly 400 national organ- {zations maintaining headquarters at the Capital of the nation, quick to seize upon any new fact pertaining to a particular busines: ager to grasp a new and interesting decision, or equally quick to seek nullification of a measure which business thinks might be detrimental to its own in- terest. From the Washington head- quarters of these national bodies, rep- resenting divergent interests in every field of human activity, there go out daily thousands of letters to business firms all over the nation and in prac- tically ever business.country of the world telling of the day's business world’s business. . The great center of the business firms of the nation, where trade i formation, the business outlook and business information affecting practi- cally every industry is broadcast | daily, is the office of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, now located in the Mills Building, but soon to be located in its new pe manent home, at the corner of Con necticut avenue and H street, a paia- tial marble structure erected in con- formity with the Washington plan at a cost of more than $2.000 000. | “ Means Much to Members. Probably the National Chamber, ! | with its membership of more th: 1,200 t e and business organiza- means more to the average bus. nan throughout the nation than do any of the other agenc with beadquarters in Washington, for from the time governmental news is issued its import and its interpretations in terms of business are thoroughly digested by experts of the National Chamber, transiated into business | terms and made immediately avail- able to the business man. The government itself, primarily interested in the commercial and po- litical welfare of the United States, goes far out of its way to help the | business man in arriving at a conclu- !sion. 0 that for this purpose—to help American busine: ere have been established in many of the de- partments bureaus whose job it is to and dig out from day to day items nterest and profit to the American business man. Foremost of these { from the point of view of export bu | iness and possibly of domestic busi- ‘ness is the Burcau of Foreign nd Domestic Commerce, which, under the dministration of Dr. Julius Klein, its @irector, has become considerably en- larged, as have all the business and i trade activities of the Department of { Commerce, under Secretary Herbert | Hoover. =l Opportunities Tested. From this busy center of world trade €0 out daily scores of items of interest to the business men in Kalamazoo, Los Angeles, Eastport, Me.; Savannah, and to his brothers scattered in every nation of the globe telling of oppor- tunities for American busine: To this great trade promotion agency come hundreds of letters daily asking for trade opportunities and illustrat- ing in a major degree the interde- pendence of government and business. But the-Department of Commerce is not the only Government agency whose activities help business to help itself. The Department of Agricul- ture, with its wheat, corn and other crop estimates and figures, its facts on farm production and trend of pro- duction; the Labor Department, with its human aspect dealing directly with the problems of the millions of Amer- ican laborers in their relation to business; the Interior Department, dealing in the abstract and in detail with problems of the great mining in- dustry, reclamation and new disco eries in oil and minerals: the Inter- state Commmerce Commission, govern- mental functionary overseeing the railroads, barge and telephone lines ‘of the Nation: the several independ- ent establishments, including the powerful Federal Trade Commission. These are a few of the Federal agen- cies to which business goes through its Washington headquarters for news concerning itself and its activities of the future. But to these, the exec- tutive branches of the Government, not excepting the White Hous business does not look alone. It looks also to the powerful Su- preme Court of the United States, representing the best minds of the judicial branch, where decisions of great Interest to business are handed down every week during the sitting of the court. Congress Holds Attention. And to Congress comes American business with its look of interest and its gesture of affirmation or dissent, for what Congress does or does not do means vastly more to American business than any other one activity of government. great majority of the natlonal agen- cies of business represented in Wash- ington center their interest. Here is whero the business men looks for his future outlook and a prognostication of what he may expect a year or two hence, for the legislative branch of the Government means more to him than any other. Take tax reduction, for example. It is an issue, and.one of the strongest, for American bus! ness is today more interested in tax reduction than in the tariff, prohibi- tion or any other issue. And it comes purely up to Congress, for the Presi- dent and the Secretary of the Trea: ury can only recommend. This is but one of the issues which the Washing- ton headquarters of the business firms of the Nation watch with eager | eyes. That they witness every -de- velopment of a question affecting thelr business goes without shying. Maay Bodies Located Here. Here are a few of the long list of business and scientific activities rep- resented in Washington: American of government and its eifect on the | sift the grist of government news | Here is where the | Many Branches of Government Which Affect Interests The center of all national governmental activitics, the great hub from which the long arm of government stretches out across the United ssions in every corner of the world, ion to the multifarious works con- nected with government, as the business center of the United States. t manufacturing plants located hers, es have their headquarters here, but in the sense that all business watches and ‘waits upon the news from ranch of the Government, from the om the executive branch, the White e activities embrace every ficld of Association of Engineers, Banker Association, Chemical Society, Manufacturers’ A American Engineering Council, American Fed- | eration of Labor, American Farm Bu |reau Federation, American Grocers' | Society, American Hardware Banu- | facturers' Association, American In- stitute. of Architects, American In- | stitute of Banking. American Manu- facturcrs' Export Association, Amerj- [ean Patent Law Association, Ameri- {can Ship Service Corporation, Ame: | can amshin Owners’ Assoclation, American Wholesale Coal Association American Wholesale Lurber Associa- tion, Associated Advertising Clube pf the World, ion _of Railwa: Executives, Asgociated Gerferal Con- tractors, Consumers’ League, Eastern | Paper Manufacturers’ Association, Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ Association, National Association of Manufactur- ers, National Automobile Chamber of Commeree, National Canners' Associa- tion, National Coal Association. Na- tlonal Council of Cotton Manufac- turers, National League of Commis- sion Merchants, National Petroleum ion. And so on down the long of 400-0dd trade, political, fra- | ternal and patriotic associations rep- |resented in Washington. Truly Wash- | ington is the hub of the nation in th business sense, in the political sense and in every govgrnmental phase. City of Culture. Here also is a city city wherein is centered the remark- |ably complete facilities for researeh {offered by the National Museum, the Library of Congress, national archives and the records of Government and its progress. And herein is also the icntific heart of the nation, for to Washington, as to the scientific center {of any great nation, come the leading | scientists of th world, drawn by | the opportunity for research and col- laboration with other scientists in solving the physical problems of the The National Academy of Sci- its headquarters here; the Insti with richly | endowed facilities for investigation |ana research; the National Society and th Archelogical | tu of America. And here also i | famous Cosm Club, scientific center | of the city, to whose membership is drawn a majority of the scientific fig- lures whose investigations have played |0 extensive a part in human prog- ress. Truly, Washington today stanfs as the hub of business and scientific United Stat American American Prug Also of culture, a ha arnegie | research in the HOLY N E BANS IAZZ IN PARADE 100 Bands Will Provide Mel- ody of Higher Type, 1 Chairman Promises. H | Although 100 bands will play music { continuously during the big parade { of the Holy me convention, posi- | tively no jazz or rag music will' be | allowed, according to Edward F. Me | Carthy,’ chairman of the music com- | mittee for t convention. Plenty of melody, howeve has been assured | for all of the meetings he Vocal selections are being present. ed the pontitical high mass in the | Catholic University stadium every day of the convention ptember 18, For the mass on Thursda and Friday mornings lections will be sung by 100 students of the Dominican House tof Study of the Catholie University of this city. Saturday and Sunday mornings the music will be provided by the Cathedral Choir of Pittsburgh. A string ovchestra will augment the choirs i@ the mass services and will pay with the bands en masse at the servies at Arlington Friday and at Mount Vernon Saturday afternoon. Band in Every Block. Mr. McCarthy announced that -or- ders for bands for various parts of the parade during the convention are being received by the committee so fast that, in order to cope with the situation, the idea was advanced and | adopted to have a band in one of the | sightseeinz automobiles at every block of Pennsylvania avenue from Second to Fifteenth street. Each { pertable band is to have a music committeeman member, so that afier leaving the Avenue where all music is played for the visiting parishes, the bus drivers will convey these bands to sections of the District of | Columbia ‘contingent of the conven- tion. Twenty men will be in each portable band and music will be play ing continually from the Peace Mon- ument to the refiewing stand on Fit- teenth street, The biggest band feature is to be the boys' bands from New York City, Brooklyn and New Jersey, which will be incorporated in the parade proper. The portable bands are not to as- sume positions in the parade until after these boys' bands have passed up the Avenue. It is planned so that then the local portable bands will be moved into various sections of tha city and Washington will be entirely filled with the strains of band music. The march music to b playedin line will include “Called to' Arms.” written by the Right Rev. Joseph Au- | derson, Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, jand dedicated to the Holy Name So cieties of America; “Vigor in Arduis, written by Cardinal O'Connell of Bos ton, and the “Hymns of the Holy Name.” “Cugus Animan” of “Stabat Mater” and similar sacred music will be used for the marching parishes. Municipal Building .. The Municipal Building, construgted of Vermont white marble at.a cost of $2,000,000, is an excellent example of the present-day tendency to produce public buildings of great beauty. It contains the offices of the District Commissioners and all municipal de« Ppartments except the courts, \