Photo by Albert G. Robinson 



SUMMER ARCADE;S in WASHINGTON 



Man}' of the streets and avenues in the National City are transformed into sheltered, 

 green-walled arcades in summer b)^ the magnificent forest growths which border them. One 

 may read a lesson in Gothic architecture as he walks, for he finds himself in the midst of 

 a far-drawn-out Gothic archway whose parts are giant trees and whose whole represents the 

 archetype of the bright conceptions of the Gothic builders. 



In those days there were men a-plenty 

 in Congress and out who bitterly opposed 

 provisions for the future of the Capital 

 City. To them the old doctrine of letting 

 each generation provide for its own needs 

 outweighed every other consideration ; 

 but a grateful nation rejoices today that 

 the wisdom of the Father of his Country 

 prevailed, and that the National Capital 

 was built for us as well as for the people 

 of his generation. 



THE Future; America 



If we are grateful that ^^'ashington 

 made provision for the century ahead of 

 him, how much the more should we be 

 careful to provide for the century ahead 

 of us ! 



Consider what that future may be. 

 Our whole history shows that we groAV 

 from decade to decade in increasing vol- 



ume. From 1870 to 1880 our population 

 increased about 12 millions; from 1880 

 to 1890 it increased 13 millions; from 

 1890 to 1900 it increased 14 millions, and 

 from 1900 to 1910 its increase exceeded 

 16 millions. But suppose from this time 

 henceforward for the next hundred years 

 it never exceeds 16 millions a decade, we 

 shall have 260 million Americans whose 

 seat of gOA'ernment will be at Washing- 

 ton. 



Washington picked a site for the thou- 

 sands of years which we hope will be the 

 measure of our national destiny. The 

 capital of no other nation approaches it 

 in the beauty of its situation, and no- 

 where else does nature so admirably lend 

 itself to the embellishing touch of art. 



The controversy over the location of 

 the National Capital, which finally ended 

 in the selection of "the original ten miles 



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