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Mary Clemmer. Ten Years in Washington: Inside Life and Scenes in Our National Capital as a Woman Sees Them
Ten Years in Washington: Inside Life and Scenes in Our National Capital as a Woman Sees Them
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. FROM THE VERY BEGINNING
CHAPTER II. CROSS PURPOSES AND QUEER SPECULATIONS
CHAPTER III. THE WORK BEGUN IN EARNEST
CHAPTER IV. OLD WASHINGTON
CHAPTER V. THE CAPITAL OF THE NATION
CHAPTER VI. THE WASHINGTON OF THE PRESENT DAY
CHAPTER VII. WHAT MADE NEW WASHINGTON
CHAPTER VIII. BUILDING THE CAPITOL
CHAPTER IX. INSIDE THE CAPITOL
CHAPTER X. OUTSIDE THE CAPITOL
CHAPTER XI. ART TREASURES OF THE CAPITOL
CHAPTER XII. WOMEN WITH CLAIMS
CHAPTER XIII. THE CONGRESSIONAL LIBRARY
CHAPTER XIV. A VISIT TO THE NEW LAW LIBRARY
CHAPTER XV. THE HEAVEN OF LEGAL AMBITION—THE SUPREME. COURT ROOM
CHAPTER XVI. THE “MECCA OF THE AMERICAN.”
CHAPTER XVII. THE CAPITOL—MORNING SIGHTS AND SCENES
CHAPTER XVIII. FAIR WASHINGTON—A RAMBLE IN EARLY SPRING
CHAPTER XIX. INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE—SHADOWS OF THE PAST
CHAPTER XX. LADIES OF THE WHITE HOUSE
CHAPTER XXI. WIVES OF THE PRESIDENTS—LIFE AT THE WHITE HOUSE
CHAPTER XXII. NOTED WOMEN OF WASHINGTON—A CHAPTER OF GOSSIP
CHAPTER XXIII. SCENES AT THE WHITE HOUSE—MEN AND WOMEN OF NOTE
CHAPTER XXIV. THE WHITE HOUSE DURING THE WAR
CHAPTER XXV. THE WHITE HOUSE NOW
CHAPTER XXVI. RECEPTION DAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE—GLIMPSES OF LIFE
CHAPTER XXVII. INAUGURATION DAY AT WASHINGTON
CHAPTER XXVIII. A PEEP AT AN INAUGURATION BALL
CHAPTER XXIX. THE UNITED STATES TREASURY—ITS HISTORY
CHAPTER XXX. INSIDE THE TREASURY—THE HISTORY OF A DOLLAR
CHAPTER XXXI. THE WORKERS IN THE TREASURY—HOW THE MONEY IS MADE
CHAPTER XXXII. THE LAST DAYS OF A DOLLAR
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE GREAT CASH-ROOM—THE WATCH-DOG OF THE TREASURY
CHAPTER XXXIV. WOMAN’S WORK IN THE DEPARTMENTS—WHAT THEY. DO AND HOW THEY DO IT
CHAPTER XXXV. WOMEN’S WORK IN THE TREASURY—HOW APPOINTMENTS. ARE MADE
CHAPTER XXXVI. GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL LIFE—HOW PLACE AND POWER ARE WON
CHAPTER XXXVII. THE DEAD LETTER OFFICE—ITS MARVELS AND MYSTERIES
CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR—UNCLE SAM’S. DOMESTIC ARRANGEMENTS
CHAPTER XXXIX. THE PENSION BUREAU—HOW GOVERNMENT PAYS ITS. SERVANTS
CHAPTER XL. TREASURES AND CURIOSITIES OF THE PATENT OFFICE—THE. MODEL ROOM—ITS RELICS AND INVENTIONS
CHAPTER XLI. THE BUREAU OF PATENTS—CRAZY INVENTORS AND. WONDERFUL INVENTIONS
CHAPTER XLII. THE WAR DEPARTMENT
CHAPTER XLIII. THE ARMY MEDICAL MUSEUM—ITS CURIOSITIES AND WONDERS
CHAPTER XLIV “OLD PROBABILITIES’” WORKSHOP—HOW WEATHER CALCULATIONS. ARE MADE
CHAPTER XLV. THE NAVY DEPARTMENT—THE UNITED STATES OBSERVATORY—THE STATE DEPARTMENT
CHAPTER XLVI. INSIDE THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE—THE STORY OF A “PUB. DOC.”—WOMEN WORKERS
CHAPTER XLVII. INSIDE THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION—ITS TREASURES OF ART AND SCIENCE—THE LARGEST COLLECTION IN THE WORLD
CHAPTER XLVIII. OLD HOMES AND HAUNTS OF WASHINGTON—MEMORIES OF OTHER DAYS
CHAPTER XLIX. MOUNT VERNON—MEMORIAL DAY—ARLINGTON
CHAPTER L. THE LIFE AND CAREER OF JAMES A. GARFIELD, THE MARTYRED PRESIDENT
CHAPTER LI. THE HISTORY OF THE ASSASSINATION AND DEATH OF PRESIDENT. JAMES A. GARFIELD—THE GREAT. TRAGEDY OF THE AGE
