| Show WAS warmington lettell LET TEIl from our or om own washington march 11 1887 1837 thero thera was wan a ti tiro enot many years a ago go I 1 when the adjournment ot of congress L was wa 4 a signal for or conar to fall al L iss into a comatose deate until tile the lawn dawn of next bostion Bos aion it is not BO now the growth of atthe the city and the fact act that it casbe hag be come t u k great mecca alecca of travel trave 1 visited by choust thousands L n every week in the th ol linnier and winter have made the of I 1 1 on greas quits quita unnecessary to the main feriance ten teri anco ance of activity you may come here now nov at any seaon on of 0 tha year you prefer and there will be something 1 11 1 i for you to see or hear or att attend e 1117 d 1 III I 1 ng to 0 interest you either of a political tille religious ar italic educational or social character and wg purlia maps pa all at the same time lor for washington ss its the capital capi talofa of a great F r PA t 11 nation a t ion Is is the centre of 0 many national I 1 n t eberts lint flat all this does docs not reconcile its citizens to tho departure of the lawmakers thir tasir absence is I 1 regretted and their return joyfully joyful I 1 y wet cia coined the beauty and desirability of wash ington its as a of resi residence denee is rung on many cli anges both by citizens and vi visitors 81 tore ron lion arthur justice of tile lie supreme court of the alie district of columbia who had just juit laid tsidro the ermine expressed express ej himself enthusiastically on tits the subject 11 washington Vas hington will continue to bo be my home said ho fie it Is tile the stand and pleasant est I 1 know an fn tn facts residence of bt a fe few years liera here disqualifies it a man for roal residence dence anywhere else judge macarthur bus served on oa the district bench seventeen years and retires under the stat fAte which allows a federal judia judge to resign on n full fu 11 PAY for life ut tile tho age 0 of seventy he b has as served tea years yeam ile he said ha fie retire while lie knew how bow lie lid did not want to stay until he be got so old that people would nay may why ygo dont 1 hi ha retire washington lias lie been called tho the most clitu of american cities the most intel F gent ewt well we 11 bred brad hospitable find and gracious but it is also understood to be the most I 1 immoral ra moral so much has been said bald to its discredit tn in this last particular hat many people of the country are of the belief that no good can come out of tho the national capital the character of petitions anil and memorials to the 0 district that are laid before congress coign L also show sho the tha existence of erroneous erron lous siona on this an subject bj e ct A agan ga in washington v ashi nato does not consul consist of Toi iress is Bs in fit times past arid and there is probably ili no a american city now where church fifo fo is so intensely a active C tive as aa here agencies fur reaching and improving im the condition of the working classes in en tat ly y morally and spiritually are busy at work in n every quarter of 0 tho the city chapels lot for special purposes are springing u up meetings nee mee tinga tire are held for workers of different dp en t lilied homes are being made for or friendless children and fallen women who want to lead better lives ives and careful work is dune done in hospitals and agy turns I 1 vla t The these seare are only some of the forms t that a the th 0 church chore h work takes and all IS if done systematically and thoroughly and with an earnest zeal leal it that tat is making itself felt for great goodat t is in creating an influence that will exert untold power on the thoughts aud and uve of thee the people of tho tha future capital one peculiarity of washington life is the fact face that so many of tho the society people find time to interest them themselves selve actively in church work not merel merely b by y becu patronesses patro nesses of this thi 8 2 and nd t that h at thin thing buty giving personal pe atte attention Ution and labor to t them em it t is in usual to find those chuse names are daily reported a as being socially d tied working with the clergy argy among the poor in relief associations and in tile many lorms forms of charitable work making their influence ence felt for good and doing good in a most self belf denying way congress the cabinet army and navy hench bench and bar can each show a list of the names of noble nuble noen men and women who are zeal teal oui clui lit in imoto york of which tile tho outside world knows nothing |
