. A complete and comprehensive guide to all the departments of the United States government, succinctly told in few words for the benefit of visitors to the national capital. walls at hase ir» feet >i hmi. •kncHM of walls at top inches. ThI. The Monument tapers im-h thevertical foot forhrr. feet. Weight of whole Monument is tons. j, .,f \|..iii|liii-iil .• piT si|ll:irc fool lur?au pf lEti^rautttQ m\h Prtntiitg (14tli street and the Mall. Phone. Main (UOO.)Hon. Joseph E. Ralph, Director, 1246 Newton Street, N. to the National Bnreau of Engraving
. A complete and comprehensive guide to all the departments of the United States government, succinctly told in few words for the benefit of visitors to the national capital. walls at hase ir» feet >i hmi. •kncHM of walls at top inches. ThI. The Monument tapers im-h thevertical foot forhrr. feet. Weight of whole Monument is tons. j, .,f \|..iii|liii-iil .• piT si|ll:irc fool lur?au pf lEti^rautttQ m\h Prtntiitg (14tli street and the Mall. Phone. Main (UOO.)Hon. Joseph E. Ralph, Director, 1246 Newton Street, N. to the National Bnreau of Engraving and Printing npon entering theBuilding by sending in their names to Direcfor Ralph will receive a permitfrom him to make a tour of inspection of the different divisions in theBureau, which will prove to their mind that this is the greatest building,and of the greatest interest to them of any Department of the Government. is the only Department under the Government, which has a corps ofefficient and courteous lady guides employed to conduct visitors to thedifferent points of interest throughout the Bureau. In whi(di there are 4,200operators The Bureau of Engraving- and Printing. YISPTORS IlINERARY. PRINTING DIVISION. The lady escorts will first take visitors to the printing division, in whichthere are over 720 printers employed with girls assisting them in printing theNational Bank Notes. First the face of the note is turned out. and then withan interval of about two weeks in which they have sutflcient time to dry,the backs of the notes are printed and the process is then ready for thenumbering division. NUMBERING DIVISION. The numbering division is one of equally as great importance and iscertainly of as great interest to the visitor to see the hundreds of young girlsat work putting the numbers upon the notes and passing them along to theexpert accountants or counters. EXA3IINING DIVISION. The visitors are next brought to the examining division, whe
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