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Two Holiday Shopping Weeks for Out-of-town Customers. "Shopping Weeks" in Washington, planned by the Chamber of Commerce and arranged in detail by the retail committee of that body, are set for the days beginning December 2 and ending December 14. Many firms and individuals have given their aid and approval to the project, which contemplates making it easy and attractive for out-of-town buyers to come to Washington, do their Christmas shopping, see the interesting places in and about the city, have every facility afforded them for a visit which they will remember, and then, before leaVing, be reimbursed for their traveling expenses to and from the city. This project of the Chamber of Commerce, to which The Star is lending its active assistance, will be advertised in out-of-town papers, and it is considered certain that great numbers of visitors will be attracted for the "Shopping Weeks." Public-spirited Washingtonians are co-operating with the Chamber of Commerce to assure the success of the plan. CITY FOR VISITORS Washington Filled With Places of Interest. ITS HISTORIC MONUMENTS Buildings Famed All Over the Civilized World. SHOPPERS ALSO SIGHTSEERS Capitol, Library of Congress. White House Only a Few of the Attractions. Washington is a pleasant city to visit ?t any time. No proof need be adduced for that, since the capital of the nation s ands as Its own best sponsor, and the crowds of travelers that flock here are sufficient evidence that they llku to come. Winter is the time when the city Is at its best, as far as its characteristic life is converned. and this winter the most in teresting part of the season will be its beginning, when the Sixtieth Congress convenes in Its great home on the hill. From December 'J to December 14 visitors In great numbers are expected in the . city, many of them brought here just at that time by the opening of the legislative balls, and still others attracted by the natural desire to see what is going on and to take advantage of the public A. spirited offer of certain Washington mer chants to reimburse the travelers for the expenses of transportation to which their trips have put them. The Nation's City. Even when Washington was a mere hamlet it attracted the attention of travel ers, of men who had seen the great cen ters of the old world, and. Indeed, had lived under the very shadow of historic monuments. They studied the plana for the promised city, and saw that some day a capital worthy of the ?r>-al and growing republic would stand where then was field and swarvp. As the years passed the promise came to fruition, and year by year the capital has become more and more beautiful, until now It takes rank with the most famous cities of the world, and Americans from all sections of the coun try visit the city and share the pride of Washingtonians. for it is the capital of all of them, the home of the government of the whole I'nited States. It-is not only its public buildings that make Washington the goal of travelers. It is the city as a whole. Its broad and sii&ued avenues; Its great, spacious. Cor ested Mall; Us many palatial residences; its countless parks anil circles; Its churches and universities; l?s famous men and beautiful women; its perfectly equipped hotels and progressive theaters. Something Is here to please all. from the most exacting foreigner, who comes to criticise and remains to praise, to the sim ple savage who conies to see the spot from which the great arm of the federal power reaches out and controls him. For tlie visitor to Washington who has never before been in the city, or who has made but a passing slay here previously, there is so much of interest that time need never hang heavy on his hands. The Home of Congress. First of all. there are the great puh!l? ; buildings, the magnificent and enormous ' structures erected by the nation to house j the departments of the administration. I At this time especially, when the Sixtieth ! |?'ongress Is about to convene, the Capitol | is the center of interest. There, under | the huge dome, which looks in the dis [tar.ee like a fairy structure suspended in j the air by invisible hands, the people rule through their representatives. The Senat. wing. to the north, and the House wing, to the south of the rotunda in the center of the building, contain the meeting chambers of the legislators, while the rest of the building is devoted to committee rooms, document rooms, banks, posi office build ngs for senators and repre voted to the management of the affairs of the building. Almost completed now are offices bulidings for senators and repre sentatives. To the southeast rises the marble structure which will contain the offices of represenatives, connected with the Capitol by a tunnel. Here representa tives will be able to transact their busi ness and to hear whatever goes on in the House by an acoustic invention placed on their tables. The senators are provided for by a similar building to the north east. This building Is smaller, but each senator will have more room than each represenative. since they are so few. in comparison. This building is also pro vided with a tunnel to the Capitol. Some of the Departments. Across the broad plaza, to the east of the Capitol, is the famous Library of Congress, a gem of architecture famous all over the world. These are all at the east end of Pennsylvania avenue, while clown below them is the bureau of the census, under the roof of which are kept ail the statistics of the nation. Going toward the west the visitor w;ll find the patent office, the headquarters of the De partment of the Interior, where, In tha southeast corner. Secretary Garfielil watches over a varied assortment of the nation's interests. Including public lands Indians, patents, education, pensions and anything else that no other Secretary happens to have time for. Not far away is the pension bureau, where many inter esting relics ara preserved, and close l>y is a leased building in which are kept the more interesting of the models for pat ents. from the> first sewing machine to ?the latest triumph of electrical wizardry. The general land office and the bureau oL' Indian affairs ave housed under the same roof across the street from the patent office, while close by Is the building of the civil service commission, where those born ^-w-C Do*you know that OURS are th? 3 greatest Shoe Stocks south of I fl Ulll-Oi- I OWnCrSI Xew York?embracing-everything in the Shoe Line from a dainty ^Woman's Slipper to the heaviest Farmer's Boots?at the Lowest Prices in America for equally good values? Hold Off Xmas.Shopping and Winter Shoe-Buylng Until You Come to Washington ! WASHINGTON'S GREATEST ?HOE HOUSES Holding a Notable Thanksgiving Sale. Following exceedingly Special Values up to Thanksgiving Day will afford unusually advanta geous shopping opportunities for WASHINGTO MAXS, as well as OUT-OF-TOWNERS: $3.35 Women's $4 and Some $5 grade Stylish Boots at 4 styles Han.d-turned Patent Kid Dress Boots, laced or buttwn. 5 styles Flexible Hand welted Patent Colt or Kid Button or I^ac^d Boots. 4 styles Soft. Durable Surpass Kid. Patent Tipped and Demi-Calf Blucher or Button Boots. Men's High-grade $3.50 Winter Shoes at $2.85 .'{ styles Patent Colt Blucher Laced and Button Shoes?our new fall styles?of which we have too many. styles Box. Demi or Gun Metal Calf Winter Shoes ?balance of that big underpriced purchase from a leading shoe manufacturer. Tan $4 Boots for Women. T;in Russia f'alf <>r Golden Brown Kid: jjood. rich colors that'll go with popular walking suits. Plain or tip ped toes $3.50 "WI-MO-DAU-SIS" Women's Shoes Lead the world at their price for style, fit and wear, because they cost as much to make as any $3.50 shoes. Many beautiful styles, Boots or Winter Oxfords ^ $1.95 Sale of $2.50 and $3 Values Women's Black Kid. Patent Leather, Pink, Blue, Red and White Kid Pump-effect Si ppe:s; 2-eyelet Ties and Plain or Beaded Front Strap Slippers. $1.95 Women's $2 Grade Boots and Slippers. Single or Double Soled Kid Laced or Button Boots; 8 styles. Patent Leather and Vici Kid Strap and Hump . q Slippers; a dozen A I /IN kinds at ^ ^ Women's Excellent S2 Quality Kid Patent and Gun Metal Calf, also a few Tan Shoes?blucner. laced or button styles?including several recen: un derprice purchases. All at $ 1.95 M^n's Patent Colt, Box or Velour Calf and Vici Kid t> ngle or Dou ble Sole "English Welt" Shoes. Great $2.50 values, at... i iigtc ui jyuu* $1.95 Boys' and Girls' $2.50 Hand-welted Shoes, In kid. calf or patent colt? splendidly maJe, ^ I Q p handsomely styled; I n different kinds a*.. ^ Misses' Demi Calf. Excellently Serviceable Button or Blucher Boots. (7th street store only.) $2 grades ; ? 1 ?*Q sizes 1 ll/2 to 2.. V I ? vr?7 $1.75 grades; *| 07 sizes %y2 to 11.. V ? ? v * High Storm Shoes for Boys or Girls. Tan or Black Extra High-cut Winter Shoes for all ages. An exceptionally large showing of good styles?excellent qualities? $1.50 td $3.50 Other Seasonable Thanksgiving and Xmas Specials. House Slippers for Men and Boys. Walrus, Seal. Alligator, Kid and Calf. Cavalier, Faust and Opera styles? $1.95 and $2.50 Men's S-J grade Kid ?n? Ca,f . 8Up; $1.50 Men's $1.30 grades. 1." handsome *1 ?)e kinds V'.fcO Men's $1.25 grades Men's and Boys' or Tan Slip pers 95c. B'ack 48c Warm Slippers for Women and Children. Women's Eur-trimmed Si. 25 and $1.50 quality Juliets and "Com fy" Slippers Women's $2 grades All wool S< aml-?? Juliets, in p et- t| dC ty colors I .t'O Women's and Child's $1 grade Fur- 7Rr trimmed Juliets.. Women's and ChlldTkn's Warm-lined Slip- AQf. pers Wrarm Leggins, and Overgaiters. The N?w "AUTO" High-top Black or Brown Swell Overgaiters? $1 to $1.50 Men and Women's Warm Overgaiters, in black or colors? 19c to $1 Warm Black Leggins for child' en? 39c to 75c Tan Leather. Velvet, "Teddy B?as" and other Novel CMld's Leggins? 75c to 95c Rubber Boots. Most Reliable Makes. KNEE BOOTS: Men 8 $2.50 and $3 Boys' (3 to C). $2.37 * $1.69 8TORM KING BOOT8, which buckle above the knees: Men's $3.50 $2.75 $1.95 $1.50 Boys' Youths' I b Three Reliable Shoe Houses, Cor. 7th and K Sts. 1914&1916 Pa. Ave. N.VV. 233 Pa. Ave. S.E. under a lucky star may manage to get a position under the government. Favorite Southeast Corners. Down on Pennsylvania avenue again the building of th- Post Office Department is seen, conspicuous for a huge tower that rises like the campanile of an Italian city perched on the lop of a medieval fortress. Here Postmaster General Meyer sits in the southeast corner of the fifth floor and rules over the destinies of postmasters in remote Yuma and geiid Alaska. South east corners, by the way, are favorites of tiie cabinet. Mr. Meyer. Mr. Cortelyou and Mr. Garlteid a.l using that corner of their buildings for their own offkes. In the Post Office Department building Is also i lie city post olllce. though It Is proposed to remove it to a building which may be erected for it, if Congress pleases, near the new Union Btation. In the Post Office building there is an interesting museum containing exhibits il lustrating the transportation of the mails, and the curiosities of the dead letter of iiee repay examination. The Making of Money. A little farther up the avenue a few doors up 14th street, is the b illding leased for the use of the Department of t'ommerce and Labor. There is nothing to fee inside of it but desks, with clerks sit ting in front of them, but farther up the avenue is the great structure ot the Treasury, where visitors may tlnd much to make them pause, gasp and wonder. In connexion with this visit to the Bureau of Printing and Engraving, down l#th street, and easily accessi ble by cars from the avenue, will prove interesting, for there the viistors tan see money made faster than it can be spent. At the north end of the Treas ury building is a bank, where new notes may be obtained lor old. or where sold coins, fresh from the mint, may be ob tained for souvenirs or gifts. Across 14th street from the Bureau of Printing anil Engraving is a whole collec tion of intertesting buildings gathered in the Mall, where any amount of time can be pleasurably spent, for there are the De i partment of Ag;i< ultuse. with its great green houses: the Smithsonian Institution and the National Museum, each of which Is a veritable treasure house of works of art and relies of this and bygon civiliza tions. Xear the Bureau of Printing and En graving are the propagating gardens, with many greenhouses tilled with rare flowers, and close by is the mighty shaft of the Washington monument, where the eleva tors run until 4 o'clock. Botanic Gardens. J Besides the greenhouses of the Depart ment of Agriculture and the propagating I gardens, tiiere is a treat for botanists I and lovers of plants at the B'utanic Gar den, w iiich takes in the whole of lb" east end of tiie Mall. Here may be fauna rare and curious trees, palms from every land and other specimens of great inter est and value. But this is a long way from \he Treas ury, from which we digressed. Near that | home of money is the White Mouse, of I which nothing need be said here, and on I the other side of the President's house is ' the long building of three departments? ! State, War and Navy. ! The Department of Justice stands by iself at a distance. It is situated in three houses, formerly used for dwellings, on the north side of Macpherson Square, on K street. It may be interesting to look upon the butside of the department that smites the trusts. Scattered about the city in tiie most un expected places are other buildings de | voted to the use of the government, J chiefly to accommodate the overflow, but i these buildings are usually leased and rarely have anything, either inside or out. to interest tiie visitor, though the build ing which was formerly Ford's Theater, where Lincoln was slain is now the prop erty of the government, and is used as the j repository of the records of Union sol , diers in the civil war. Entrance there ; mav be obtained only by a pass from the j War Department. Washington is ready always to welcome visitors, and it Is doubly readv now since the merchants of the city, the Chamber of Commerce and this newspaper are unitii.g in the invitation lo come here at the opening of Congress, and are making it easy to take the trip, and assure all of a hospitable welcome CARE OF THE HANDS. How to Keep Them Pretty When Doing Housework. To keep the hands soft and white while doing housework means that they must be constantly cared for or the flesh will become dry and coarse from th? action of strong soaps and hard water. Unfortunately most women who do their own kitchen work are too busy, or too careless, to give their hands the nec essary treatment, and as a r suit their fingers become red. This condition, which Is not only dis figuring, but often painful, could be easily avoided by wearing gloves. To insure "omfort when working in gloves use those that are several sizes too large men's, for Instance, or if a housewife must utilize her own old pairs then these should be slit down the palms so the movements -of the hands will not be cramped. If glows are pulled on while dusting, sweeping, gardening or doing any kind of work that does not Involve putting the hands into water the saving to skin and nails Is enormous. In this way almost, if not all, dust is kept from contact with hands, and as a consequence the epider mis does not become dry and hard. Dust Is one of the greatest enemies to pretty hands for th? reason that it sifts into the pores and under the nails at the cor ners. Water, instead of removing, fre quently drives it further into such places, and a pretty hand will be ruined after a time. Before drawing: on working- gloves It Is well to rub the Angers and backs of the hands with cream The natural heat generated while working will help to take these lotions Into the pores, and thus a softening and whitening agent is constantly at work. To rub swefet almond oil on the skin and then dust Uv hands with powdered French chalk makes one of the best combinations that can be used. ro keep her hands free from dust must ?>e the unc asing efTort of a woman who '.oes her own housework. When she is unable to avoid getting dirt in the; por?s It behooves her to know how to cleanse the flesh without coars ning it. Cold cream, soap or any kind of grease will take out the dirt. Before washing the hands a lump of the grease should be put into the palms and rubbed thoroughly into the pores I he grease, instead of driving the dirt in, pulls it out. Dirt and greasa should then be washed off with warm, not hot. water and a bland soap. Afterward fresh ..?old cream must be rubbed into the iand&; this is wiped, not washed, off laten'V Always, after washing dishes, no mat ter how whit* ^ the hands may seem, plunge them in clear water and wash with a bland soap. No laundry soap, howi;ver harmless it may be to clothes i? suited to the skin. It is too sirong am' the acids and alkalis dry out tile natural oils from the flesh. For this reason it should be wash* d out and following then -Mould be a wiping over with cold cream Do not think there will be the slight-?t indication of grease left on ihe hands. surface b& the pon-'s' not on ll" Always b? fore going to bed cold crean nails tubbed into the fingers and CITY'S BRILLIANT STREETS. Handsome Equipages and Striking Costumes a Feature of Washington" Isitors to Washington find the passing show of the streets as interesting as any Other of the sights of the city. Handsom. equipages flash by, coachman and foot man perhaps wearing the cockade of some embassy, while within is recognized some man or-woman whose features have be come familiar through the public prints On Connecticut avenue every fair after noon there is a constant procession of car riage rivaling Hyde Park's parade while on tile sidewalks pass interesting men and women. the latter in costumes that are bound to interest the feminine visitor. At tlie fashionable shopping time, which is from 10 o'clock until noon, the streets of ti:e shopping center are thronged with groups of eager buyers, while here and there, walking casually along, unconscious that he .is really a part of the show to outsiders, is s->pn some famous statesman or notfd soldier or admiral. Washington's streets offer as mu.-h va riety as a kaleidoscope. HINTS ON KINDNESS. Girls Should Show Deference to \ Their Elders. From the Chicago Tribune. hv not cultivate deference to age? The kind I mean is not that which re quires much effort; neither does it take ! amount of time, it -s made up of little things, the doing of which mav be prompted by kindness of heart or wh w at: at by Rood manners.' v\ ith it age is easier for those upon whom t has come, and youth gets many a hrlp hnt i ? ? alTt'cti?n and kindness that is returned. ,i^irl!' ,7lany fal1 ln deference to the mothers of their girl friends. It 's not intentional, merely a natural indif ference of youth that seeks what it u.T ?S. wlt,l5;ut resard to what stands in of another ^ne ?'r' to the house l.,,. n0th r ls so rud" as to omit to sa> good morning" or "good evening" to the parents, and with that she seems to think nothing more is required <\s matter of good manner; nothing more ls necessary. Yet a parent is usually interested in her daughter's friends and what they fr?' f"d .w"uld ?{t>" further a g ,od time IT she knew about it in time. In anv S,'JlkPS ,to know the "ill's fun and noes, to keep |n touch and to feel that she is an individual and not one who are y t0 teU where Mar>' and Sally Every person, especially mothers en | Joys being liked. Some disagreeable !n dnlduals who are cross-grained and can tankerous wln say thatbth do? whether others like them or not, but deep down )n their hearts they do car a lot E\ Idences of it wiil come when 1 a^t < v franklv that""1,wU1 t(jI1 V'"'quite rrankly that she wants her daughter'?; ? I? do her' Many llmHS the s d?. hut they are in too much o a andryunk.nH?W I,'" , Thls 18 botl1 times ' and U hurts bad'y some th,nk. time Is being wa-t-d by ?Bi 3 minutes Ylth her. or Of VOU ?rSn, f,matter, What She thinl" or >ou. It matters a lot. The affection anrt fteF ""I?.6" 18 a g00d thing for girls and it sometimes brings the truest help and t consolation when they are needed When you go to see another girl spend Teuehermwh t talking with lle>' mother. tell her what you are doing and be In terested in what concerns her. Treat her as though you really cared about her You probably do like tier verv ' On y,you !lave always taken her for gianted and never thought about TWnVXa1Sf ?asi an authority upon Sally Think about her as your friend Don't *?h?frtid ?,f s*??win& your friendship. In iff word!J. ? be nice" with her. tl.lt r 16 kind of deference to age glecJd. ' a'ld U 'S ?"e 100 often Personal Letters Are Business Getters Business-soliciting Typewritten Letters and Form Letters for every-day business use produced in large or small quantities by our special process. 5oo Typewritten Letters, $3. 1,000 Typewritten Letters, $4. Filling in, Addressing and Mailing at moderate prices. Rooms 708 and 709, Metropolitan Bank Building, Opposite U. S. Treasury. Telephone Main 2210. HOURS FOR VISITORS. Schedule Showing When Public Buildings Are Open. The following pubi c buildings are open to visitors In Washington from 0 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Agricultural Department, Army Medical Museum, Corcoran Art Gallery (free on Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday), Dead letter Museum, Fish Commission and Pension Bureau. The following are open from !) a m. to 2 p.m.: Bureau oi Engraving and Print ing. Naval Museum of Hygiene. Navy Department, VVa ? Department. Patent Of liee Post Office Department and State D< partment. Op -n from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., East Room of the White House. From !? am. to 5 p.m., the Capitol. A Hint for Mothers. Prom the Housekeeper. The children gave it the name, Strange Island, which fits pretty well, If one does not consult a geography. The mother wou'd probably make her own definition in this case and say the island is a squire of disorder surrounded by a sea of com parative order, which Is true. The house is small, therefore when the children play indoors they unroll a big, clean, old rug which has little left but the foundation and the coats of paint given it by the man of the house. Each child has a cushion and the rug is a sort of do-as you-please place wb'le it is lying on the floor. On this "island" wondorful furni ture is made for the dol! house: small dressmakers sew for their .arge families iind patrons; scrapbooks are pasted and sewed together; games are played and ail sorts of childish fun goes on. It is an un written law that any child may desert the island, but when the tlm:' comes for clean ing up the playthings and scraps, every one must be there lo take a hand. Of course, il only one child gets out the play things lie clears them away, but this sel dom happens. When playing time is ended the rug is rolled up ;>nd the sitting room is in line order for company or the family. The tables and chairs are not sticky with paints mucilage and the remains of im promptu picnics; the family table is not loaded with playthings and bits of mus lin and silk from the dressmaking shop are not floating about the room. The rug is thoroughly scrubbed once in a while on the back porch with warm, soapy water, and allowed to dry thor oughly before using aguin. In summer it gets a long vacjtion, but in winter is used steadily. On- I idv who saw the island and heard its merits sung by the mother of the islanders, m ide one for her children with some strips of home-made carpets sewed together and covered with table oilcloth. This can be washed very easily and answers every purpose. Genesis of Genius. From the Medical ltecord In a paper on the "G"n?sis of Genius" read before the recent International Con gress on Psychiatry at Amsterdam, Dr. Louise G. Rabinovitch of New York called attention to the remarkable fact that comparatively few geniuses have been the firstborn of their parents. In a study of sev-.nty-fou biographies of great men and women?poets, writers, politicians, painters and musicians?she found but ten firstborn. Among forty-two writers and poets but six were the eldest chil dren: among seventeen painters but one was the firstborn of his mother (he was a natural child); among fifteen musicians there were only two firstborn. Not only were these men of genius not the fl st born, in a very large number of eases they were the youngest or next to the youngest of the family. Thus Cole ridge was the last of thirteen children. James Fenimore Cooper was the eleventh of twelve children. Washington Irving was the last of eleven; Balzac the last of three; G-orge Eliot the last of four; Na l>oleon was the eighth and probably the last; Daniel Webster was the last of sev en; Benjamin Franklin was the last of seventeen and the last born of the last born for several generations; Remb andt was the last of six children; Rubens the last of seven; Sir Edwin Landseer the fifth of seven children; Joshua Reynolds was the seventh child of his parents; Carl Maria Weber the ninth; Richard Wagner the last of seven: Mozart the last of seven; Schumann the last of live; Schu bert the thirteenth of fourteen. The parents, therefore, of g eat men were for the most part of a ripe age at the tim? of the conception of the latter; that Is to say. the cellular potentiality of the parents was then at its maximum from the mental as well as the physical point of view. v The New Treasury Notes. From the Chicago News. Each of the new $10 Treasury notes has a portrait of Michael Hillegas upon it labeled "First Treasurer of the United States." "This recognition of a man whose personal worth and service to his country have been too long obscured," says a writer, "must be credited to a de scendant, the Rev. Michael Lee Minlch, a Lutheran pastor, and to Secretaries John Hay and Leslie M. Shaw, who from the archives of the State and Treasury departments got proof of Hillegas' prior claims to a post hlthefto credited either to Robert Morris or Samuel Meredith. Hillegas was a pre-revolutionary Phila delphia sugar refiner, manufacturer of iron and merchant, whose credit was at George Washington's command whenever the great military leader needed funds. He fostered historical research and was a musician of note." Oath of Office. From the Cleveland Leader. In command of a certain western post is a well-known veteran of the army, soon to be retired, who Gen. Miles used to de clare "was the most profane officer in this or any other army." A day or two prior to the departure of this officer from Washington to take the post mentioned a lady at a reception Inquired of Gen. Miles whether the officer first re.'erred to had duly qualified for his new command. "Yes, madam." responded Miles, grave ly, "he swore himself in yesterday." Knee Breeches at London Opera. From the Outfitter. There is no denying the fact that the wearers of knee breeches for evening dress are on the increase. There were countd no fewer than sixteen in the foyer at Covent Garden when "La Bohetne" was given. Most of these were black silk, but there was one pair of black velvet. Braiding to dress trousers will remain in favor next season, either two very narrow braids or one equally narrow alone. Soft pleated dress shirts are also grow ing in popularity. The popular dress tie of the moment Is one of soft, hairline cambric, self-tied and with the ends slightly enlarged, although not quite to the same extent as the bat wing shape. Washington Fortunate in Its Surroundings. MOUNT VERNON CLOSE BY Arlington Easily Reached, Just Across the River. TRIP TO CATHEDRAL CLOSE Many Other Interesting Places Within a Short Bide From the Capital. Washington Is particularly fortunate in Its suburbs, both residential and those which offer amusement to the visitor who is seeking distraction for the day or only for a few hours. In the summer this ad vantage is of course more noticeable, since It is then that the workers, escaped from the scenes of their labors, hurry to the waiting trolley cars and s-ek the fresher air of the fields and woods as their swift flight carries them far from the city. But even in the winter the trolley and steamboat trips from the city are taken by many who realize that a pleasure is to be gained similar to that of those who spend thousands on their automobiles to take them to exactly the same pliers that trolley or steamer will carry those who are unable for reasons of their own to have a chauffeur with a French accent and a Scotch face. To all those who visit Washington there is one spot, hallowed In the traditions of the nation, to which a trip partakes of the nature of a pilgrimage, and whither the first steps are bent. This Is Mount ' Vernon, wiiere sleeps the great mili'.ary and political genius of the nation ne.ir the 'home that was the resting place of liis last years. Mount Vernon. Mount Vernon may be reached either by boat or trolley. The boat c irri-s the traveler down the Potomac until it reaches an arm of the river near W ashington s home, where it puts into shore up a sort of watery lane, landing the voyager at the foot of the bluff upon the top of which the mansion stands. The trolley line, taken from a spot close to the post office, carries one over historic ground, through the city of Alexandria and across land once a part of the great Washington estate, going directly to the boundaries of Mount Vernon, where the passengers disembark at the gate of the wall which incloses the grounds. Throughout the year the stream of visitors to the shrine of American patriot ism never ceases, and the guardians of the house are ready at all times to show the visitors up the narrow stairs and around through the rooms tilled with memories of the great general and his noble wife. Arlington cemetery, where 16,000 of those who died in the Mvil war lie buried, is on the other side of the Potomac from Washington, near Fort Myer. To thous | ands who visit Washington this is conse | crated ground, but even without any sen ! timent left from the great internecine struggle, the spot is most beautiful, and the view of the o*d Lee mansion, from which the national cemetery takes the name by which it is usually known, is one of the most striking that can be ob tained from Washington, and one that is the tirst to attract the att< ntion of any sightseer who ascends the monument or one of the tall buildings in the business i part of the city. The white mansion, with its beautiful Greek portico, stands em bayed in the great masses of the green hills that rise above and about it, shining like a jewel in the landscape. The Way to Arlington. Arlington may be reached either by crossing the Aqueduct bridge at George town and taking the trolley ears there, or by taking cars for Alexandria near th? post office?the same cars that go to Mt. Vernon?and changing at a junction on the other side of the river. And If the view of Arlington from the city is wonoei ful so also it must be said that the v.ew of the city Itself from Arlington is to be compared with it. The whole sweep of Washington may be seen trom the Monu ment. that appears so close as to be In the foreground, to the white tow-er o; the Soldiers' Home, on the outskirts of the city to the northeast. The grounds are laid out with all the skill of the landscape hardener and are noble in their contour ism. while the majestic oaks whlch crown the hills are themselves ample reward to any visitor when he has once seen them. In the southern part of the garden stands the Temple of Fame, an open colonnado, on the cornice of which are inscribed the names of Washington. I.intoln. Grant and Farragut. while the columns bear the names of generals. Kindred in Interest, and alike in the rraenlticence of natural surroundings is the Soldiers" Home which may be r;.ad,e hu r..,r? riikcn at Ihe enu ot O btreei. in s retreat is for those soldiers who have been discharged from the ^SU^r ar^ny af er ! twentv vears' service, or who have been disabled by wounds or disease. There is much there to interest the visitor, but usually the chief impression brought away U "of'the beauty of the grounds which far surpasses that of the buildings. Cathedral Grounds. \ trolley ride to the northwestern part of the city takes one to the ?Cathedral | Close," where the great cathedral of the I Episcopal diocese of Washington is to be built, and where the corner stone was laid with magn..cont ceremonies only a few weeks ago. There stand now on" the grounds the g eat peace cross and a wonderful sun dial of stone and bronze. A baptistry is already erected, and the Jerusalem altar is an object o. great in terest to all visitors. On the cathedral counds also is the Cathedral School, riven by Mrs. Phoebe Hearst, where ninety girls from all parts of the coun try are pupils. , Other trips by trolley may be taken to Cabin John Bridge, in Maryland, the longest single span stone arch in the world, to Laurel, Md., a long ride through rolling country: to Rockvllle. Md.. the Gretna Green of Washington, and out to the Great Falls of the Potomac by a new line of trolley cars starting from the Washington end of the Aqueduct bridge and running across the river and up the Virginia shore. For those who do not care for rapid motion a canal boat trip up to Cumber land. Md., may be recommend d as a se dentary amusement, totally devoid of danger except from fractious mules. This trip would occupy so long a time that space forbid? describing it.