Show cap capital 1 tal strong on flag wa wavan V in 9 little red school house tins has nothing Noth ingon on washington in banner display washington tho tha little old red school of the song hits has nothing 19 on washington when it comes to flying the stura mid and stripes mide aside from froin its glorious glor lona trees criss crossing city with green in suni sum nier na seen been from tiny high place like the lushington hington tourist observation se Tation tower lower the moat prospect of tile the capital Is the wealth of bunting waving above tile tha government buildings rile lug flug la Is in sight wherever you look between sunrise and sunset sunse t every government owned pr or occupied structure wever ble big or small from tile the ina salvo bulk bulb of tile the capitol itself standing in aloof majesty on its HB gardened hill to the least of tin tile rented buildings where a corp sol gov ernnie nt clerks toll hns has nt at least one Shoal ng an and the big departments two or more ruin rain or shine they are tit il wass thero there except once in ili it 0 very long while one exception noted oneff tile the exceptions cume came just re bently it involved tho the huge state war navy building as aa it Is still known although though inhabited nowadays only hi 13 tile ho stute state and an war departments the navy having movila moved a out to a 11 factory like structure or on tile the mill in crowded wor vur days its a mighty building im four square re in shinken au gardens and of tile same architecture on nn each ein h of its four street facings fac lags it lies flies four lugs flags one in ili tile the center ot of enell front fluttering above tile the peaked jumble of tile the roof this day it flew none eyes tit in tile the taller business structure Ft away across 1011 yette square sUi ire in the business busI liess henrt of f tile thu city ore are accustomed to those flutters ll utter ing flags they give quick notice to the world of mourning when they drop drol to half bait stuff staff at tile the death of some important laure figure in public life and capt sherby flop hins who knuda his washington from yours years of contacts a as legal adviser to scores of latin amer ican governments atlear government and just ordinary revolutionists was quick to in notice that the ein bleim of freedom were missing demands explanation the hie waiter up there tie he demanded over the telephone theres not a hag flag lying flying on OH the building la Is everybody lead the answer was simple the rile lag flag poles were being pointed painted that was all but it only fi once lu in finif a decade or so and a lot tidore folks folka titan the were worried and inquired tho white llomo lies flies tile tho nat I 1 onal colors only when the president ts is lu in residence it Is missing nil all summer when hes oduy vacationing th e senate and house nags flags ly fly only when the two bodies ore are in session at other times only the flogs flags in tile the cen ter of the east and west wem fronts it under shadow of the dome are displayed |