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Show Rivalry for Finest Cafe. Former Vlco President Levi P. Mor ton and Secretary of Stato John Hay aro nccuscd of engaging In a friendly rivalry as to which shall havo the credit of giving tho nation's capital tho most modern up-to-dnto enfo. Secretary Sec-retary Hay Is building a 700-room fiat or apartment house. In Connecticut avenue, ono of tho swellcst thoroughfares thorough-fares in Washington. Ono of tho attractions at-tractions of tho Hay flat is to bo a cafo or restaurant, conducted on a scalo far boyond anything of tho kind ever boforo attempted In tho capital city. A similar Idea struck Mr. Morton, Mor-ton, and ho Is 'spondlng thousands of dollars remodeling his hotel property in Fifteenth street. Ho enmo to Washington Wash-ington last spring and Instructed his business representative to proceed, without limit of expenso, to surpass all possible competitors In tho public-houso public-houso business. |