. Book of the Royal blue . parlor, is open to visi-tors from ten to two, daily except Sun-days and holidays. It is in tliis roomthat the famous full length portraits WASHINGTON. of Washington, Martha Washington,Jefferson and Lincoln are hung. In architectural importance, theTreasury Building comes next. The im-posing colonnade of Doric columnsalong its east front is copied from theTemple of Minerva, at Athens. Thetour of this building may be made onlybetween the hours of eleven and twelveand one and two. This is the bank ofthe Nation. The Bureau of Engravingand Printing is a branch of the Trea
. Book of the Royal blue . parlor, is open to visi-tors from ten to two, daily except Sun-days and holidays. It is in tliis roomthat the famous full length portraits WASHINGTON. of Washington, Martha Washington,Jefferson and Lincoln are hung. In architectural importance, theTreasury Building comes next. The im-posing colonnade of Doric columnsalong its east front is copied from theTemple of Minerva, at Athens. Thetour of this building may be made onlybetween the hours of eleven and twelveand one and two. This is the bank ofthe Nation. The Bureau of Engravingand Printing is a branch of the Treas- original Declaration of Independence,together with many personal relics ofGeorge Washington are among thetreasures of this Department. Theoriginal copy of the Declaration, it willbe remembered, may not be seen, andit is preserved in an indestructible steelsafe. An exact fac-simile is on exhibi-tion instead. The Patent Office is a museum in it-self, containing models of all machines,implements and appliances of every de-. ury, but requires an immense buildingof its own, as shown in the study the making of money properlythe Bureau of Engraving and Printingshould be visited first. The great granite structure of theState, War and Navj Departments issaid to be the largest office building inthe world. In it are the offices of theSecretary of War and Secretary of theNavy and the innumerable offices con-nected with their Departments. The scription which are products of Ameri-can skill and inventive genius. The Smithsonian Institution andNational Museum commands more timefor research and study than any of theother public buildings. It is the great-est object lesson in existence andtreats of every condition under the of objects are within the walls,and the mind is incapable of graspingall within reach. The Pension Building is an office i\asj/jx(;tox. with no especial inttrest. but worthy ofa visit because of its immensity It ishere the great inauguration b
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