. Washington, the capital of the nation, descriptive of the most important features of America's most beautiful and interesting city . RECEPTION ROOM WASHINGTON EXHIBIT business men. Since the creation of the Joint Committee, two of the original bus-iness bodies, the Jobbers and Shippers and the Business Mens Associations, havecombined and now form a body known as the Washington Chamber of Commerce. District of Columbia Day was celebrated at the Exposition on June 11th. TheDistrict Commissioners, Presidents Wilson and Harper, of the Board of Trade andChamber of Commerce, and other distinguishe
. Washington, the capital of the nation, descriptive of the most important features of America's most beautiful and interesting city . RECEPTION ROOM WASHINGTON EXHIBIT business men. Since the creation of the Joint Committee, two of the original bus-iness bodies, the Jobbers and Shippers and the Business Mens Associations, havecombined and now form a body known as the Washington Chamber of Commerce. District of Columbia Day was celebrated at the Exposition on June 11th. TheDistrict Commissioners, Presidents Wilson and Harper, of the Board of Trade andChamber of Commerce, and other distinguished Washingtonians, with the officials ofthe Exposition Company, held a public reception in the Government building, andspecial exercises filled the day. The Washington Chamber of Commerce chartered thesteamer Xeirport News, and attended the celebration in a body. WASHINGTON—THE CAPITAL OFTHE NATION BY Hon. Henry Litchfield West Commissioner of the District of Columbia. D ESIGNED with wonderful foresight and developedin accordance with the original plan, the NationalCapital is to-day the most beautiful city of itssize in the United States, and bids fair, in course of time,to rival the capitals of the old world. Its future progressand improvement should be a matter of patriotic pride toevery American citizen. Eich in historic associations, the National Capital offersunusual attractions to the visitor. Under a massive white-domed building, the laws of the nation have been enactedfor generations, while in the same impressive edifice theSupreme Court of the United States has construed the Con-stitution and the statutes. The Congressional Library standsas a monument to the intelligence and artistic spirit of thepeople; the Washington Monument typifies in its simpleand stately sublimity the lofty character of the great soldierwhose name it bears; the White House is endeared to every heart as the home ofevery President for a hundred years; and majestic edif
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