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Show SHOW PLACli FOR TOURI8T8. ' Presldentlal 'Sulte In Washington Sta-tlon Sta-tlon Bound to Be Greatly Admired. The presidential suite In tho union railroad station at Washington might almost bo said to bo monumental In charact.r and tho aim has plainly been to make It ono of the show places of a tourist Mecca. For all that tho stato sulto In Washington's Wash-ington's new railroad station Is manifestly mani-festly designed lo bo ornamental as well as useful, It may be added that this presidential suite will fill a long-felt long-felt want. Conditions at Undo Sam.' sent of government aro not, to bu sure, parallol'to those in tho leading foreign for-eign capitals, whoro ruling sovereigns aro constantly exchanging visits with ono another, and whero tho arrivals and departures of royalty result In tho assemblage of great crowds, Nevertheless Never-theless thoro do arrive at Washington from time to tlmo distinguished visitors visit-ors bound for tho Whlto Houso, who must bo given an official welcome ot formal character. Recent presidents havo born great travelers and It has bcoomo the custom cus-tom to invest with moro or less cero-monlal cero-monlal features their arrivals at and departures from tho capital. Tlmo wns when only the president's closest personal per-sonal frlonds went to the railway station sta-tion tn soo him off on a Journey, but of late years It has been tho practlco for all tho members of tho cabinet nnd numerous nu-merous other high officials In tho government gov-ernment sorvlco to bo on hand on such an occasion. ' Latterly, during tho ItooBovelt administration, ad-ministration, M. Jussorand, tho French ambassador, and 'tho lato Darou Stornburg, ambassador of Oermany (both close associates ot the present Incumbent ot the White - Houso), ot their own accord, Joined tho presidential presi-dential escort on such occasions, and with tho example sot It Is becoming customary for foreign envoys nt Washington to seize tho opportunity to wish tho president godspeed, or welcome wel-come homo. Under tho old conditions such assemblages as-semblages had to tako placo In tho president's private car or on the adjacent ad-jacent plntform often to tho nccom-pnnimcnt nccom-pnnimcnt of tho Incessant din of engines en-gines nnd belts. With tho facilities of tho now station tho president will be enabled to hold theso Informal receptions re-ceptions In comfort. |