Historic sketches at Washington : containing a full record of the origin and early history of Washington City and its founders, together with a detailed account of its growth, its public buildings, the style and extravagance of living there, and a description of the inside workings of the lobby, and the various departments of the government . and agreeable as aBishop. It is a great moral advance, if no more, to see the WASHINGTON HOTELS. old, tawdry horse-racing race of inn-keepers disappear, andpublic men and their families, and patriotic folks who visit theCapitol, receive the entertainment
Historic sketches at Washington : containing a full record of the origin and early history of Washington City and its founders, together with a detailed account of its growth, its public buildings, the style and extravagance of living there, and a description of the inside workings of the lobby, and the various departments of the government . and agreeable as aBishop. It is a great moral advance, if no more, to see the WASHINGTON HOTELS. old, tawdry horse-racing race of inn-keepers disappear, andpublic men and their families, and patriotic folks who visit theCapitol, receive the entertainment of quieter and more demureand responsible hosts. Persons familiar with Washingtonhotels will be interested to hear that the new Willards has agrand marble and walnut office, a billiard-room where the barformerly stood, a ladies cafe over the office, where used to be Camp Sykes (a lumber room), and the long and gawkysitting-room has been dissected, and half of it made a ladiespromenade. The Arlington Hotel, on Vermont Avenue, is celebratedover the country for the elegance of its apartments, and theexperience of its proprietors. The hotel was built by W. , Esq., and leased to Revesel and Sons, of LakeGeorge, for $40,000 a year. The waiters wear a uniform, andlike all the four large houses of Washington, it contains THE EBBITT HOUSE. The Ebbitt House is one of the largest and decidedly thebest-looking establishment, architecturally, at the Capital. Itarose during the war, and became celebrated as the favoriteheadquarters of army and navy officers, and was extended fromtime to time to meet the demands upon its popularity, until in1872, it was wholly reformed and reconstructed. It is now a IMPROVEMENTS IN WASHINGTON. 299 very elegant mansion, six stories high and of a bright, cheer-ful color, which lightens the spirits of the guests ; from everywindow canopies of canvass depend to cool the interior throughthe Summer; for this house, unlike several in Washingto
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