| Show washington LETTER 1 special the for a municipal building in the omnibus public building report of tho committee on public buildings of the bouse la highly satisfactory to generally the district of columbia under the present form of government has never bad a building it could call its own a building in any way suitable to its needs convenient of location or beautiful to look upon in the old days under the territorial form of government the city hall was the district building and it filled the requirements of that period at the time it was constructed cd the present city hall was one of the beautiful structures of the city it was hardly built for wear however and has outlived its usefulness by many years when the establishment of the present form of government was accomplished shed the three commissioners were placed in rented buildings and moved from place to place as the work of the barlous departments increased and demanded more room for years the commissioners the board of trade and the various citizens organizations have appealed to congress for a municipal building that would provide adequate accommodations for tho departments pt tho city government sootuli costume for the the national museum has received from acter headerson Hea derbon a military tailor of edinburgh scotland a complete scotch bight andera costume for the exhibit for which the museum is now and collecting of costumes of the different tribes nations and peoples of the world this costume arrived in a hermetically sealed tin box and no one in the museum had the slightest nollon of what it contained until it was opened the costume Is magnificent nd ot the bright red and green striped plaid of the house of gordon the skane or black knife that forms part ol 01 every equipment is encased incased in a silver and leather sheath tho handle Is of black bog oak carved in the form of a bead while the end of the handle 1 bound round with a silver rim engraved with or thistle and la which is set an immense cairn gorm or handsomely cut and polished topaz one of the few precious stones found in the mountains of scotland her there Is a young lady in the department a fine sense of humor part duty is to index the mall signed by judge darling of vermont assistant secretary of the navy two ladles of her acquaintance dropped in upon her the other day and in the course of an interesting exchange of feminine views one of them exclaimed suddenly what id like to know Is what do you do with yourself here all day anyhow oh not much was the reply of the clerk except to read a lot of letters signed darling her visitors were astonished at the statement and sighed for additional details but they were not forthcoming Inel of library in olden times the profession of a man was proclaimed by the insignia he wore that custom baa long been abandoned and in our day a general cannot be distinguished from an apothecary cave by his bearing an exception must bo noted however in the case of the librarian of congress mr putnam who like his predecessor mr spofford carries a green baize bag to and from bis office not for the purpose of announcing noun cing his occupation but to facilitate the transportation of his papers the custom is such a practical and sensible one that nearly all of bis employees have followed their chiefs example and a voluminous green bag has come to be regarded as the insignia of the staff of the library of congress ahn alio doctor merced kot long ago a number of doctors representing all of the profession were arguing before tho house commerce committee to behalf of a bill relating to the public health upon thia measure said the spokesman of the physicians all the doctors arc agreed representative of iowa threw up both of his hands gentle be exclaimed you had better leave the room at once it is the first time I 1 ever knew doctors to agree and I 1 am afraid if you stay here any longer your harmony will be disturbed their arthur Slin mons a negro doorkeeper in tho white for the last thirty years has been friendly toward senator simmons of north carolina when why arthur said why senator Sin inions Is almost related to mp ay iy father was a slave of senator Si nimons father and wo have known each other since we acro boys together lie ie a good man and I 1 like him j kermi neachea the limit president roosevelt does not believe in with the pleasures of bis children but at a recent cabinet meet ins the youthful stalked boldly into the cabinet room on stilts 1 I bucsa tante about enough for you said the president as he arose bad carried the youngster out enjoin ans him never to interrupt again laff one of the new york members of the house hns received a petition from an indian chief of the western section of the in which the name Is spoiled po kaep sl when bank smith of michigan wa told about it be recalled a letter buco to caille mich promptly reached its destination CARL |
