Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 March 1920 — NAVY LIBRARY WORTH VISIT [ARTICLE]

NAVY LIBRARY WORTH VISIT

Apartment In States, War and Navy Building at Washington Should Appeal to Tourists. The navy library, in the state, war and navy building, Is a lovely place to soak up atmosphere. Like the building itself, it is thirty-three year* old. When it was built England, France, Spain and Italy presented the marbles of porphyry, sienna and malachitewith which the walla are paneled. Mexico sent the pieces of onyx which encrust the gallery. The round stone over the door came from the ruins of Pompeii. The connoisseur In marble who visits Washington wtH enjoy a call here. In the center of the large room, lined with shelves of weighty tomes on naval matters, there is a large and important green-topped table. Around this table sa( the strategic board ot the Spanish-American war. Here also the naval advisory board for the great war made their secret plans and experiments. Edison, Maxim, Miller and many others conferred over if, with the Windows carefully darkened and a guard before the door. There is a quaint side to the library, too. A little white-haired lads can be seen any time, flitting about the shelves of dark, heavy books, or cutting and pasting busily in her corner by the window. This is Miss Mason, daughter of a former secretary of the navy. She has been in the library 26 years. If you happen In nrtir noou she may give you a cup of tea on one corner of her desk. ' And of all charming places to have an unexpected cup of tea, with a sweet little lady, this quiet nook among the books is recommended.