Show APR 0 a shows reat lher increase olington ington has added its ils population since the world war pill g all sail A of the t a nt the me paris peace pence deren f rii 11 wad the world mar or V is ta 1 l kul of the tho world orld from U 1 mt t or of lew ot of the rest ft daj of ft f 11 ity itself washington aj lucky it I 1 ilig 1 a 4 relatively mull small 1 be 1 AJO f of t ia its to ulde u 11 london parts fr i t r grint capital COPI of the arid W hire bale I 1 lit jig been liven cities of tre adous xin loul was ranked disown li aown be aele arale in 1 population coined daj sith kb tiam therefore the rise to so 10 treat great it petition position 4 prominence has ha produced a civic WM lil h I 1 im bound to be of loan long britlon irit lon ull it it true that before 1017 there were pat A rea of the provincial about ji cat a ionni with the en of itie the united state states into the egrid orld sur ur all thil this wa was changed A article as presented of ul ry inter internist int erist almost over night the population of IN ashIngton wag was swelled wel lel il ISO JW OW persons it wax was like put f i a number tea ten foot into a number shoe i and important fact about it gronia of 11 ashIngton relates to the type of population which the war population in general cen ou attan term means men women and chil bet the aged and infirm and indigent it la short ever body the ao 00 nu lation suddenly waa was added to was different it as ude up pry largely of active adults k spi BI made up of workers from all lenaire d liar lar a year alear men to flapper gen genolar orar I 1 ers were mostly adult adults some attl inta and other others brought ka krillies illies a tig iff but for the he roost most part was mas adult in us u ul cen term a tide of per pact means about 73 75 active adults or its in case ameant I 1 beant that almost all of the we were of the tipe to make constant demands on the facilities of the city bey they did not represent children and who aho would stay at tit home but fitter rather workers who mho demanded bertice nd 14 abbie alt all independent and sepa att places to live the end of the war brought an exodus it t many but by no mean means all it Is estimated eti mated that the net gain of the cap cup III caluag s as around 75 washington casts a spell over people ift pend any time here after their foldal tasks are accomplished they to collve live at the capital city two former inner presidents make washington home 11 allson and taft the latter low 0 chief justice of the united states former amer cabinet members mem bera former eena seria ton tors end and representatives in congress lad nd i A host of minor officials are also permanent na anent residents in addition washington ashl DEton has its colony of million alre men who have amassed fortunes k 1 industry and have bare retired to live k t the capital city of the world tho th at of affairs of the leading nation these nese are tire the elements which have ampe tempted washington from ups and ans of the building boom tle the build tag t boon boom continues here unabated and gives VM promise of doing so indefinitely aitto w sleepy old georgetown the an lent dent city which anns a potomac river loft wt of entry try before washington was ell n planned and nov Is contiguous with ath the capital has undergone a bartling tart ling change city has hi no slump slumps the billiard table surface surfaces of wash batons asphalt streets the male maze of wooded park and greensward the cir cle of coif golf and country club clubs surround ing the city the lordly potomac Io tomac river end and above all the scores of treat great public buildings and monument monuments jola join la in making washington increasingly a mecca for the people of the country who ho can come here ai As an incident of the charm of washington one of the most prominent professional men of the city came here ome some years ago on a eight seeing trip one day convinced him and he moved to washington and has remained here ever since still con tented and prosperous the fact that his case Is multiplied by thousands Is I 1 what makes washington proof against the periodical slumps which affect other cities from an economic point of view an important fact Is that washington Is the one city in the country with a guaranteed payroll twice a month millions of dollars are distributed in pay checks to uncle sam a employees |