Washington, its sights and insights [1909]

by Harriet Earhart Monroe

FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY

NEW YORK AND LONDON

1909

Copyright, 1903 and 1909, by

HARRIET EARHART MONROE

[Printed in the United States of America]

Revised Edition Published September, 1909

CONTENTS

		PAGE
I.	The City of Washington	[1]
II.	A Genius from France	[4]
III.	The Capitol Building	[12]
IV.	Interior of the Capitol	[17]
V.	The Rotunda	[21]
VI.	Concerning Some of the Art at the Capitol	[26]
VII.	The Senate Chamber	[33]
VIII.	The House of Representatives	[40]
IX.	Concerning Representatives	[46]
X.	The Supreme Court Room	[53]
XI.	Incidents Concerning Members of the Supreme Court of the United States	[58]
XII.	Teaching Patriotism in the Capitol	[67]
XIII.	People in the Departments	[73]
XIV.	Incidents In and Out of the Departments	[80]
XV.	Treasury Department	[84]
XVI.	Secret Service Department of the Treasury of the United States	[92]
XVII.	Post-Office Department	[100]
XVIII.	Department of Agriculture	[105]
XIX.	Department of Chemistry on Pure Foods	[109]
XX.	Department of the Interior	[114]
XXI.	Branches of the Department of the Interior	[121]
XXII.	Bureau of Indian Affairs	[126]
XXIII.	The Library of Congress	[131]
XXIV.	The Pension Office	[138]
XXV.	State, War, and Navy Departments	[146]
XXVI.	State, War, and Navy Departments (Cont'd)	[155]
XXVII.	Department of Commerce	[161]
XXVIII.	The Executive Mansion	[166]
XXIX.	Interests in Washington Which Can Not Here be Fully Described	[179]