o S o ~7 ~--~' ' Municipal Reference Library This Book Shall Not Be Taken From The Ljbrary of StL GUIS Bureau of Government! Research Library 46 Universii-y of California Los Angeles 24, California Published by the CITY PLAN COMMISSION This booklet is for the information of citizens and visi- tors. It invites a better acquaintance with municipal insti- tutions and activities. The information herein is supplied by heads of the institutions. Encouragement to know St. Louis better is officially extended. The welcome is offered in explicit and emphatic terms by those authorized to give it. Five routes of varying length for seeing St. Louis are mapped. They cover the several sections of the city. They include the public places of interest. Parks and playgrounds are classified for the convenience of the visitors with definite purpose. The directory of recrea- tion centers and facilities which the municipality offers is complete. It tells how these centers are reached how the facilities may be used. City planning will proceed more intelligently and effec- tively when the city's assets are better known and appre- ciated. C. P. WALBRIDGE, Chairman, J. H. GUNDLACH, SAM LAZARUS, ANDREW GAZZOLO, JR., E. R. KINSEY, C. M. TALBERT, DWIGHT F. DAVIS, JAMES N. McKELVEY, THOS. P. BARNETT, HUGO A. KOEHLER, COLIN M. SELPH, CHARLES A. STIX, JAMES C. TRAVILLA, HARRY B. WALLACE. WALTER B. STEVENS, Secretary. March, 1914. o THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. A large electric sign containing the word "Welcome'' extends above the Market Street entrance to the City Hall. It is emblematic of the reception that the municipality ex- tends to strangers. The sign was erected during the cen- tennial celebration of St. Louis as an incorporated city In 1909. It means that strangers in the city as well as citizens are welcome, and that each official is anxious to extend every possible courtesy. From October 1 to the following April 1, the offices in the building are open from 9:00 a. m. until 5:00 p. m. From the first of April to the first of the following October, ail offices are open from 8 o'clock in the morning until 6 o'clock in the afternoon. All citizens or visitors desiring informa- tion may obtain it in any of the departments. The suite of offices occupied by the Mayor are on the second floor above the sign "Welcome," and extend to the Twelfth Street side of the building. Under the provisions of the charter, the Mayor has general supervision over enforcement of the charter and ordinances in the city. He also is under oath to enforce all laws of the State. Because of the provisions of the ordi- nances, the Mayor is the sole power, under whose direction special permits, not especially provided for through other departments, can be issued. Permits to parade, permits for automobiles to stand for hire in the streets, permits for necessary toolsheds and shelter houses in the construction of buildings, for pyrotechnic displays, etc., are issued under his direction. His office is the clearing house or court of last resort for all complaints filed in other departments. It requires his sanction before a prisoner can be released from the work- house; his sanction is also necessary before a foundling can be admitted to one of the three institutions caring for abandoned babies, under the direction of the city. Naturally his office force is extremely cautious before granting these privileges. The Mayor also is ex-officio a member of about twenty department boards. Not only is the Mayor the head of the municipal ad- ministration, but he is the father-advisor of thousands of poor citizens who have been unable to secure friendly sym- pathy at any other place. Ejected tenants, fatherless children, widows and strangers in the city come to him every day for advice. While material assistance is not al- ways granted, the policy of the administration is to give proper encouragement in all cases. These represent but a few of the minor problems under the direction of the Mayor. Practically every citizen knows in a general way the larger problems with which the Mayor has to deal. THOMAS H. ROGERS, Secretary to the Mayor. MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS WORTH SEEING. Municipal Group on south side of Market Street from Twelfth Street to Fourteenth Street, consisting of: City Hall. Containing Legislative and Executive Offices; cost $1,- 576,000.00. Municipal Courts Building. Containing Municipal Offices, Criminal Courts, Juvenile Court, Health Department and Testing Laboratory; erected in 1912 at an approximate cost of $1,000,000.00. City Jail. Now in course of erection, located immediately south or Municipal Courts Building; a modern jail building which will cost $250,000.00. City Hospital. Located at Fourteenth Street and Lafayette Avenue; reached by Tower Grove and Bellefontaine cars. The grounds contain 5.31 acres; buildings contain 500 rooms with total floor space of 6.04 acres. Will accommodate 700 pa- tients. Cost of buildings approximately $1,225,000.00. Com- pleted July, 1912. Sanitarium. Located at 5300 Arsenal Street reached by Tower Gro?e cars. Area of grounds 56.78 acres. Buildings contain 1,375 rooms, with a total floor space of 9.3 acres, and accom- modate at present 2,000 patients. Cost of buildings, $1,- 539,000.00. Fire Engine Houses. Of the total number of 48 Engine Houses, in which are housed 52 Engine Companies and 19 Truck Companies, the following are the most modern and are considered model Engine Houses: No. 48. Located at Shawmut and Ridge Avenues, reached by Page and Wellston cars. No. 50. Located on Newstead Avenue south of Forest Park Boulevard reached by Laclede cars. No. 52. Containing motor apparatus; located at Clayton and Central Avenues, reached by Market Street cars. EDMUND R. KINSEY, President Board of Public Improvements. ST. LOUIS PARK SYSTEM. The people of St. Louis and visitors to the city are al- ways heartily welcome at any of the parks, playgrounds and recreation places. New facilities for their health, comfort and enjoyment are being constantly provided, and they are not only invited but urged to use these facilities. The park directory, given elsewhere, describes briefly the size, location and some of the features of the system. To those desiring special information, the following suggestions may be of interest: To The Nature Lover. Forest Park View from Art Hill. View from Govern- ment Hill. Formal Garden Government Hill. Walks through forest behind Art Museum. Ride around bridle path. Scenes 6 along River Des Peres. Visit Green Houses and Children's Gardens. O'Fallon Park View of Mississippi River from hills. Lafayette Park Lily pond and other planting features. Riverside Park Beautiful views of Mississippi River. To The Athletic Enthusiast. Eighteen Hole Golf Course Forest Park. DeBaliviere Avenue entrance. Locker building with dressing rooms, showers, toilets, etc., nearby. Permits free at Park Depart- ment office, City Hall. Lawn Tennis Courts Forest Park, near DeBaliviere Avenue entrance; locker building nearby; also, near Clayton Avenue and Kingshighway, courts to be constructed in 1914. Lawn Tennis Courts O'Fallon Park. Courts near Carrie and Florissant Avenues entrance. Fairground Near Fair Avenue and Natural Bridge en- trance. Permits for lawn tennis issued free at Park Depart- ment office, City Hall. Hand-Ball Forest Park. Courts will probably be con- structed near DeBaliviere Avenue entrace in 1914. Swimming Fairground. Open-air Pool. Public Bath No. 2 Indoor Pool. Seventh and Soulard Streets. Mullanphy Pool Open-air Pool. Eleventh and Mullanphy Streets. Swimming-suits rented for 5 cents, towels 1 cent and soap sold 1 cent per cake. Open during the summer season from 9 a. m. to 10 p. m. Entrance free. Boating Forest Park; O'Fallon Park; Carondelet Park. Boats for hire in each of the above named parks. The Municipal League Baseball and Soccer Football Games Forest Park; Fairground; Carondelet Park. Games on Saturdays and Sundays are well worth seeing. See daily papers for schedules. To One Interested in Art or History. Forest Park Art Museum. Missouri Historical Society collection at Jefferson Memorial Building, DeBaliviere Avenue entrance to park. To The Music Lover. Various Parks Concerts free in several parks from June to October. See schedule in papers or. in Park Department office. To The Sociologist. Playgrounds; Public Baths; Fairground Swimming Pool. See list in directory. Civic Centers. Tenth and Carr Streets Columbus Playground; Public Bath House No. 1; Patrick Henry School; Police Station; Jewish Alliance nearby; Church of Santa Marie Delia Miseri- cordia. Seventh and Soulard Streets Public Bath No. 2; Soulard Branch Public Library; Soulard Market; Police Station; Pa- rochial schools and churches. To the Natural History Lover. Forest Park Zoological collection near the City Art Museum. The Park Commissioner and his assistants will be pleased to give any further information to anyone at any time. The policy of the department is to encourage the proper use of the parks and recreation fields in every pos- sible way, and the co-operation of the public in carrying out this policy is cordially invited. DWIGHT F. DAVIS, Park Commissioner. THE WATER WORKS. The places of interest to the public and to visitors to St. Louis, which belong to the Water Department, may be listed as follows: Compton Hill Reservoir and Park, Pump- ing Stations at the Sanitarium, at Bissell's Point, at Baden, at the Chain of Rocks, and the Water Works Park at the Chain of Rocks. At each of the pumping stations during the summer the grounds are kept in order by our gardeners, and we endeavor to make them as attractive as possible by the proper plant- ing of shrubbery and flowers. The park at the Chain of Rocks is probably the most beautiful and picturesque park in St. Louis; its size is not very great, but the view from the bluffs cannot be excelled in this vicinity. All of the Engine Houses are open to visitors from 8 a. m. to 5 p, m. and a great many visitors will be interested in seeing the machinery in motion. The Coagulant House at the Chain of Rocks can only be seen by special permission. This is because the space is this building is limited and only 9 a few persons at a time can be allowed to go through. The new filters under construction at the Chain of Rocks will be especially interesting to persons that know some- thing about construction work. This Filter Plant will be completed before January 1, 1915, and will then be one of the most interesting sights in the city. It will be possible for visitors to see the treatment of the water from its in- troduction into the basins in its muddy condition to the final polished water delivered by the filters. The department does not have any special guides to take visitors through the different plants, but at all times there will be found employes on duty who are instructed to extend every courtesy to visitors and give them information in regard to the operation of the Water Works. The Coagulant House, Chain of Rocks. 10 The Municipal Railway. Following is the daily schedule of cars between Baden and the Chain of Rocks: Daily Except Saturday and Sunday. Leaves. Biss. Pt. 7: 00 a. m. 8: 00 a.m. 10:00 a. m. 2: 00 p. m. 4: 00 p.m. 5: 00 p.m. 10: 00 p.m. NORTH BOUND Leaves. Baden 7:15 8:15 10:15 11:15 2:15 3:15 4:15 5:45 6:45 10:15 a. m. a. m. a. m. a. m. p. m. p. m. p. m. p, m. p. m. p. m. 11 Arr. Chain of Rocks 7:30 a.m. 8:30 a.m. 10: 30 a.m. 11:30 a.m. 2: 30 p.m. 3: 30 p. m. 4: 30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 7: 00 p. m. 10: 30 p.m. SOUTH BOUND Lv. Chain Arrives Arrives of Rocks. Baden Biss. Pt. 7: 30 a.m. 7: 45 a.m. 8: 00 a.m. 8: 30 a.m. 8: 45 a.m. 9: 00 a.m. 11: 00 a.m. 11: 15 a.m. 11: 30 a.m. 11: 45 a.m. 12: 00m. 2: 30 p.m. 2: 45 p.m. 3: 00 p.m. 4:00 p. m. 4: 15 p. m. 4:30p.m. 4:45p.m. 5:00p.m. 6: 00 p.m. 6: 15 p.m. 7: 00 p.m. 7: 15 p.m. 7: 30 p.m. 10:30 p.m. 10:45 p.m. 11:00 p.m. On Saturday afternoon and Sunday, cars run every hour from 7 a. m. to 7 p. m. These cars will be operated more frequently when the number of visitors require more fre- quent trips. The fare on this railroad is 5tf each way, but tickets are sold 8 for 25tf. To reach the Baden Terminus of the line it is necessary to take the Broadway car to Baden Avenue, which is about 8300 North Broadway. A short walk to the east brings visi- tors to the Water Works Railway. I might say, in reference to the magnitude of the Water Works, that when the present extensions are completed, it will have a daily working capacity of 150 million gallons. The Filter Plant will be the largest rapid sand Filter Plant in the world, as well as the most modern and up-to-date. The actual cost of the Water Works, since it was first inaugurated as a Municipal institution has been close to $30,000,000.00. The income is about $2,150,000.00 per year. The net operating expenses are close to $1,000,000.00, the surplus being used to pay interest and sinking fund on bonds, and also to pay for the necessary extensions and im- provements. EDWARD E. WALL, Water Commissioner. 12 13 THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. The St. Louis Public Schools in their endeavor to meet all of the needs of the children and young people of school age have been developed in nearly all of the directions which modern cities have recently taken. A college for the training of teachers is maintained as a part of the school system. Four high schools for white pupils and one for colored and over one hundred elementary and special schools are conducted throughout the regular school year. The elementary schools are in session from 9 to 3:20 daily; the day high schools from 9 to 2:30. Special provision for backward and defective children is made in thirteen Special Schools for individual instruction. One Open Air School for anaemic and pre-tubercular children is in session the year around. A school for dependent and delinquent children is maintained, and also a school for the deaf. Glasgow School. In addition to these regular day schools, a large number of school buildings are open in the evening for the instruc- 14 tion of those who work during the day but desire the op- portunity for further education in the evening. During the summer period several elementary and high schools will be in session. Detailed information in regard to any of the schools, their locations, the means of reaching them, and the special kinds of educational work to be observed will all be furnished upon inquiry at the office of the Superintendent of Instruc- tion Board of Education Building, 911 Locust Street. Visitors are always welcome in the St. Louis Public Schools and, whenever possible, it is requested that they call at the office of the Superintendent of Instruction for di- rections for their visitation. BEN BLEWETT, Superintendent. THE ST. LOUIS PUBLIC LIBRARY. The St. Louis Public Library is under the direction of a board of nine members appointed by the Mayor, and is supported by public taxation under the state library law. It includes the Central Library, housed in a building costing one and a half million dollars, opened in January, 1912; six branch libraries, in buildings erected at various times be- tween 1906 and 1911; about sixty delivery stations in all parts of the city; and traveling libraries, collections of books sent out to schools, clubs, associations, etc. Part of the expense of erecting the central and branch buildings was met from a fund of one million dollars, donated by Mr. Andrew Carnegie. Use of these facilities is free to all residents of St. Louis and to non-residents who own property there or have perma- nent employment therein. Other non-residents pay one dollar a year. The new Central Library is one of the most beautiful buildings in the city. Strangers are welcome and will be shown over the Library by assistants on request. Some of 15 the beautiful things to be seen in it are the marble Entrance Hall, with its frescoed ceiling; the great marble Delivery Hall, one of the most beautiful rooms in the country; the Art Room, with its ceiling inspired by that of a Florentine Church, and its frequent exhibitions of paintings, prints and other material; the Reading Room, with its ceiling copied from that of the Laurentian Library in Florence, designed by Michael Angelo; the Reference and Open Shelf Rooms, with their curious ceilings of painted beams, in the style used in the old French chateaux; and the beautifully ap- pointed Children's Room on the ground floor, where the little ones are always welceme. The Library, with its branches, now contains nearly four hundred thousand volumes, and the circulation for home use amounts yearly to nearly two million, including sets v.f books sent out to schools for supplementary reading. Information For Readers. Central Library Olive, Thirteenth and Fourteenth Streets. Ground Floor Children's Department. Applied Science Room. Traveling Libraries. Stations Department. News- paper Room. Bindery. Building Superintendent. Main Floor Reference Room. Reading Room. Open Shelf Room. Art Room. Delivery Hall. Registration. Third Floor Administration. Pamplilet Room. Cata- logue and Order Department. Assembly Room. Map Room. Training Class. Barr Branch Lafayette and Jefferson Avenues. Jeffer- son Avenue or Fourth Street cars. Cabanne Branch Cabanne and Union Avenues. Hodia- mont or Union Avenue cars. Carondelet Branch Kraus Street and Michigan Avenue. Belief on taine or Broadway cars. Frederick M. Crunden Branch Fourteenth Street and Cass Avenue. Cass Avenue or Cherokee cars. Divoll Branch Eleventh and Farrar Streets. Belle- fontaine cars. Soulard Branch Seventh and Soulard Streets. Broad- 16 way or Seventh Street cars. Municipal Reference Branch Room 206, City Hall. Central Library All Departments, 9 a. m. to 9 p. m.; Reading and Reference Rooms, 9 a. m. to 10 p. m. Sunday, Reference and Reading Rooms and Open Shelf Room (for reading only), 2 to 9 p. m. Branch Libraries 10 a. m. to 9 p. m., except Cabanne Branch, to 10 p. m. Sunday (for reference and reading only), 2 to 6 p. m. ARTHUR E. BOSTWICK, Librarian. THE CITY ART MUSEUM. The City Art Museum of St. Louis occupies a unique position among museums, in that it is the only Municipal Art Museum in America entirely supported from public funds. A full history of the Institution would make interesting read- ing but would not be consistent with the purpose of this paper. The museum building, one of the most beautiful in America, inherited from the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company, stands on Art Hill in the center of Forest Park. The Park, with its drives and broad vistas of level sward, the lagoons and avenues of grand old forest trees, the distant city with its many colored dwellings toned by the interven- ing atmosphere into a harmony of color that would make the heart of a Corot or Turner, leap with ecstasy. All lies spread out at one's feet, and yet many St. Louisans do not know such a place exists. If one made the trip to the Mu- seum for this view alone, he would be amply repaid; but this is only a small part of the attraction. Inside the walls of this city-owned Art Museum, there are collections which well might be the envy of any museum, and treasures sufficient to supply the needs of the most ex- acting connoisseur. Upon entering, one finds himself in a magnificent hall, filled with the largest and most representa- tive collection of American sculpture in existence. Mr. Wm. R. French of Chicago, exclaimed that it was the finest hall adapted to sculpture in the world. Among the pieces of 17 18 special interest are "The Sun Vow" by Hermon A. MacNeil, "The Puritan" by Augustus St. Gaudens, "Death and The Sculptor" by Daniel Chester French, "Lincoln" by A. A. Weinman, "Young Sophocles" by John Donoghue, and many others by all the leading American sculptors. Four galleries are filled with casts from the antique, representing some of the most noted works by the Greek and Roman masters. Many of the collections are distinctly unique. The porcelains and "Gres Flammes" by M. Taxile Doat, the Gifford Dyer paintings of Athens, and a collection of Greek vases of the period of about 470 B. C., said by Pro- fessor Furtwangler to equal any in existence. The Naples bronze reproductions have the distinction of being the first to be exhibited in America and were cast by the Italian government expressly for the St. Louis Art Museum. The large picture galleries are filled with paintings, many of which are masterpieces of modern art. It is the aim to acquire in time a representative collection of American paintings. The City Art Museum boasts the possession of such works as "Another Marguerite" by Sorolla, "The Wolf Charmer" by John La Farge, "Loch Lomond" by Gustave Dore, "Sheep Shearing in the Bavarian Highlands" by Walter Shirlaw, "Dash for Timber" by Frederick Remington, "In the Pasture" by Julian Dupre; and many others which are con- ceded to be the masterpieces of the men represented. Among the recent acquisitions is a collection of prints. There are works by Rembrandt, Durer, Whistler, Haden and others of note. The whole aim of the management is to make the museum distinctly educational in its character. With this in view twenty-three special exhibitions have been held during the year, many representing the best that is being done in the field of art, bringing together in St. Louis from all over our land and from foreign countries collections of paintings, applied arts and sculpture which it would be im- possible to see unless one spent months or years in travel. These exhibitions are changed every month. Such exhibi- tions as the French Societe Des Peintres et des Sculpteurs, French Impressionists, Paintings by Sorolla, Sculpture by Prince Paul Troubetzkoy, Paintings by Contemporary Spanish Artists, German Graphic Arts, etc., etc., exhibited the past 19 season and the Leon Bakst collection, Hungarian, Austrian and Bohemian Graphic Arts, and a collection of sculpture and paintings by Constantin Meunier, which are coming, show the wide range of our activities in this direction. Visitors are provided with a guide upon request, cata- logues and other publications are on sale, gallery talks and lectures are given from time to time, classes from the schools are conducted through by special arrangement. The thirty- nine large galleries have been entirely overhauled and the collections re-arranged, classified and labeled. New works of a high standard are acquired as our funds permit. It is the expectation to add only objects of the highest rank, making up in quality what may be missed in numbers, that the City Art Museum may become an institution of which every St. Louisan may be proud. The building is open and free every day in the year from 10 a. m. to 5 p. m., except Sundays, when it is open from 10 a. m. to 6 p. m. The nearest street car lines are the Market line at Tamra Avenue and the Olive-University line at Skinker Road. All cross lines transfer to the above lines. The time required from the business district is forty-five minutes, allowing ten minutes walk after leaving the car. R. A. HOLLAND, Director. THE RIVER FRONT. Points of interest on the River Front are these: The paved wharf which extends from Chouteau Avenue on the south to Biddle Street on the north, is always clean and sanitary, and is accessible at all times, excepting such periods of extreme high water as we may have. Visitors here may get a good view of the Harbor as well as an op- portunity to see the famed "Municipal Bridge" and the beau- tiful "Eads Bridge." The Harbor Boat "Erastus Wells" is usually moored at the foot of Market Street and is open for inspection. When at the wharf the U. S. Naval Reserves fleet of 20 Gun Boats may be seen moored at the foot of Chouteau Avenue, directly under the Municipal Bridge. ARNOLD J. HELLMICH, Harbor and Wharf Commissioner. THE HOSPITAL SERVICE. There are seven divisions of the Hospital Department, the most interesting of which, I believe to be at the present time, the City Hospital, Sanitarium and Infirmary. The Dispensary is housed in an old building, but will be trans- ferred to a new building as soon as the same can be erected on the southeast corner of the Municipal Courts Building lot. It will then be very interesting. The visiting hours at the City Hospital are from 1:30 to 2:30 p. m. daily; at the Sanitarium from 9 to 11 a. m. and 1 to 4 p. m. on Sundays, Tuesday and Fridays, and at the Infirmary from 8 to 10 a. m. and 1 to 4 p. m. daily. The institutions are all open to public inspection during visiting hours, and those interested will be shown whatever they may desire to see, with the possible exception of pa- tients who would be injured by having visitors. The three above mentioned institutions are all in splendid condition and visiting them should be encouraged. I daresay that hardly ten per cent of the citizens of St. Louis have any idea of the amount and character of charit- able work carried on by the city. I can say, without fear of contradiction, that St. Louis today conducts the best muni- cipal institutions in the United States, taking them all to- gether. There is no other large city which conduts as many as does St. Louis. CLEVELAND H. SHUTT, M. D., Hospital Commissioner. THE HEALTH SERVICE. To such visitors as are interested in sanitary work, we are able, and will be glad to show, the methods of thi3 department in handling contagion, sanitary nuisances, dairy inspections, fumigations, meat inspection, municipal chemical work and the control of irregular medical practitioners. MAX C. STARKLOFF, M. D., Health Commissioner. 21 THE CITY WORKHOUSE. The City Workhouse is situated at 4200 South Broadway. It is a penal institution for prisoners from our Police and Criminal Courts of Correction. The main cell house for men was erected in 1853; all other buildings are new and equipped with modern conveniences. Connected with the Workhouse is a stone-quarry where the macadam for use of the Street Department is obtained. About 200 men are employed here. A modern steam laundry does work for some of the City institutions. Visitors are welcome at any time between 10 a. m. and 5 p. m. A guard will be furnished to conduct them over the premises. F. J. PRIMAVESI, Superintendent. 22 MUNICIPAL REFERENCE LIBRARY. The .Municipal Reference Library can, in several ways, be of assistance to strangers in the city, though of course, in no spectacular way. The library now serves as a sort of general bureau of city information. By this I mean that it is perhaps the best place to go in the City Hall to get general information about our city government, its depart- ments, etc. If the inquiries cannot be answered here, we can at least tell where in the Hall they can be disposed of. The library is certainly the best place to obtain copies of city documents that are available for distribution. It would be interesting to anyone who wished to learn the progress of our city in advanced legislation we are well prepared on matters of that sort. As to history, the library contains little, and the Central Library building is the place for the person interested in the past of St. Louis. ANDREW LINN BOSTWICK, Municipal Reference Librarian. THE POLICE. Particular attention is paid to the instruction of all policemen in the locations of public buildings and public places, and information relating to the street car service in the city. In all examinations under our Civil Service System are included twenty-five questions as to where such institu- tions as public and branch libraries, parks, hotels, govern- ment and city buildings, and office buildings are located; and then questions are submitted which have a tendency to drill the men as to the particular sections of the city reached by certain car lines. Information like this, which is of in- estimable value to strangers or our own citizens who are not familiar with the various localities, is considered of the greatest value, and from the time a man goes on the force, he is urgently trained to be able to answer any reasonable question at a moment's notice. Demeanor Toward The Public. The demeanor to be maintained by police officers to- wards all persons is covered in Section 38 of the Police Manual, as follows: "He shall be quiet, civil and orderly in 23 his conduct and deportment, and shall at all times be at- tentive and zealous in the discharge of his duty, controlling his temper and exercising the utmost patience and discre- tion." The public is particularly interested in the Section which follows, number 39: "He shall answer any question with all possible attention and courtesy and not in a short and care- less manner; avoiding, however, all unnecessary conversation or controversy." Another rule upon which we lay great stress is contained in Section 151: "He shall furnish information and render aid to all persons when requested so far as the same may be consistent with his duty." As to the treatment of visitors in police stations that is covered in Section 217: "Every police officer and employee shall show civility and attention to every person visiting a station house on business. No person shall be permitted to remain in a station house or enter behind the desk without permission of the officer in charge or of a superior officer." Police Bureaus of Interest. As to model police stations to which citizens or strangers will be welcome, we have a number. Police Headquarters, 208 South 12th Street, a four-story, modern fire-proof struc- ture, is considered one of the finest police headquarters in the country. The Central Police District, containing the busi- ness area of the city, confined between Chouteau Avenue on the south, Washington Avenue on the north, 22nd Street on the west and the river on the east, occupies the first floor and basement. The office of the Chief of the Secret Service Bureau and the Bertillon System occupies the second floor; the offices of the Chief of Police are on the third floor, while the fourth floor is the headquarters and meeting room of the Board of Police Commissioners. Especial attention is paid to visitors in this building. Heads of departments will- ingly assign guides to show interested persons over every part of the building, and give such information as is allow- able to the public. Model Stations. Other model police stations are as follows: Fourth District, Northeast corner 10th and Carr Streets 24 Seventh District, Southeast corner Grand and Magnolia Avenues. Eighth District, Northwest corner Leftingwell and La- clede Avenues. Eleventh District, east side of Newstead Avenue, just north of Laclede Avenue. Twelfth District, Northeast corner Page and Union Avenues, and the Mounted District, on Clayton Road in Forest Park. SAMUEL B. McPHEETERS, President, Board of Police Commissioners. ST. LOUIS INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL. This Institution, on Osage Street and Virginia Avenue, is open to visitors from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. every day, and guides will be furnished to visitors. The entire Institution, including the School Rooms, Man- ual Training Department, Laundry, Tailor Shop and Electric Light Plant, is open to visitors. Bellefontaine and Grand cars pass nearby. J. W. MAJOR, Superintendent. THE MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. The Missouri Botanical Garden, founded by Henry Shaw, in 1858, represents the most complete botanical garden in America. In it about 12,000 kinds of plants, assembled from all parts of the world, are being grown and displayed. Location. The Missouri Botanical Garden (Shaw's Garden) is situ- ated at Tower Grove Avenue and Flora Boulevard, on the Vandeventer Avenue car line transfer south from all east and west intersecting lines. The Garden is open to the public week days the year 'round, from 8:00 a. m. until a half hour after sunset; Sun- days, from May till December, 2:00 p. m. till sunset. Admission free. Personally conducted trips through the Garden every Saturday afternoon from May 1 to November 1, starting fror.i 25 the main gate at 3:00 p. m. Other trips may be arranged for by special appointment. Bell phone, Grand 567. Floral 'Displays. With the exception of the three summer months, a monthly display of flowering plants is maintained in the two floral display houses of the new conservatory. These dis- plays include chrysanthemums, poinsettias, tulips, hyacinths, roses, begonias and many others, too numerous to mention, each in its respective season. Special Collections. An unusually fine collection of palms is exhibited in the new palm house just completed. An entire house is devoted to the ferns and another to tropical fruits, medicinal, fibre and other economic plants. The orchids, comprising one of the finest collections in the world, are displayed in a special house and, although, flowering in greatest profusion during tne winter month?, some of these interesting plants will be found blooming at all times. Another house is occupied by a collection of insectivor- ous plants, including pitcher plants, Venus fly-trap, sun-dews and others. The cacti and other succulent plants have been brought together in a small conservatory, presenting a miniature desert scene. Outdoor Features. A medicinal garden, containing over a hundred kinds of drug-yielding plants; the herbaceous tract, comprising col- lections of agricultural and decorative plants; the North American Tract, a large area devoted to hardy plants native of the North American Continent; the arboretum, a tract of quiet, natural woodland; and the water garden, comprising numerous ponds and pools, planted with water lilies, lotus and other striking water plants. The Rose Garden. From late spring until frost, the rose garden, with its 500 carefully selected varieties of roses, ranks among the most noteworthy of the Garden's attractions. GEORGE T. MOORE, Director. 26 MISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY. The collections of the Missouri Historical Society occupy the Jefferson Memorial, which stands upon the site of the World's Fair of 1904. The collections have special reference to the Territory of Louisiana, now divided into thirteen states. A large section in one of the wings is occupied by an archaelogical collection which the Missouri Historical Society has been assembling, with continuous effort, directed to all parts of the Louisiana Purchase during the past forty years. The Indian collection includes thirty thousand speci- mens. One of the possessions of the Historical Society is the sun dial which Thomas Jefferson made and used at his home, Monticello, in Virginia. The first printing press set up and used west of St. Louis, the second printing press brought to this side of the Mississippi River, is one of the historical exhibits. It was used at Franklin, Missouri, to print the Missouri Intelligencer as early as 1819. One of the cannons carried on the steam- boats of the American Fur Company one hundred years ago, is preserved. There are many oil portraits of governors and pioneers of the states within the Louisiana Purchase. The collection of manuscripts goes back to the earliest settlements west of the Mississippi River. It is one of the largest collections in the United States. Many of the manu- scripts relate to the French and Spanish sovereignty. There are/ original petitions of early settlers of Missouri and other states for land grants. There are official letters of the governors and commandants before the American authority superseded the Spanish. The historical library, bearing upon the history of the thirteen states created out of the Louisiana Purchase, num- bers over twenty-five thousand volumes. The collection of these books has been in progress at St. Louis for more than half a century. Genealogies, private letters and diaries of persons once resident in the Louisiana Territory are in- cluded in a family history department. The Jefferson Memorial stands on the location of the main entrance of the World's Fair. The rotunda or arch 27 is sixty feet in diameter. The entire front, including the arch and the wings, is 330 feet in length. The facade of the central section is fronted by six massive columns. Under the prch is the marble statue of Thomas Jefferson executed by Karl Bitter. The commission which planned the Jefferson monument for the Board of Directors of the Louisiana Pur- chase Exposition was composed of Isaac S. Taylor, who was Director of Works; Karl Bitter, who was Chief of Sculpture, and George E. Kessler, who was the Landscape Architect of the World's Fair. A conspicuous place in the arch is occupied by a large bronze group, "The Signing of the Treaty." It repre- sents Monroe, Marbois and Livingstone putting their signa- tures to the treaty of acquisition of the Louisiana Territory at Paris on the 30th of April, 1803. The Government of the United States, the City of St. Louis and the Louisiana Pur- chase Exposition Company united in the erection of the Jefferson Memorial. The Missouri Historical collections are open to visitors every day in the week from 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. University cars on Olive Street pass the Memorial. CHARLES PARSONS PETTUS, Acting Director. DIRECTORY OF THE ST. LOUIS PARK SYSTEM. Bayard Triangle. Acquired from the Street Department in 1911. A small triangle 0.02 acres in area, located at Page Boulevard and Bayard Avenue. Reached by the Page Avenue cars. Benton Park. A neighborhood park of great natural beauty, about 14.30 acres in extent. It was acquired from the City Commons in 1866. It is situated between Jefferson Avenue, Wyoming Street, Illinois Avenue and Arsenal Street, and is reached by the Jefferson Avenue and Cass Avenue car lines. A monument to Fr. K. F. Hecker, by E. C. Jenssen, stands near the Wyoming Street side of the park. Buder Square. This square was presented to the city by Gustavus A. Buder and family as a memorial to Susan Buder. It lies 29 between Ewing Avenue, Hickory Street, California Avenue and Rutger Street. It is under construction as a children's playground, with wading pool, shelter and comfort station. It contains 2.35 acres. Was transferred in April, 1913. Park Avenue and Compton Avenue cars within 2 blocks. Carr Square. This square was acquired by gift of Wm. C. Carr in 1842. These 2.30 acres lie between Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Carr and Wash Streets. It is a neighborhood park very largely used during the summer. Children's playgrounds in the eastern portion used by 248,237 children in 1912-13. The comfort station was used by 1,046,606 people in 1912-1913. Hodiamont and Lee Avenue cars pass this park. Carondelet Park. A picturesque park in which a peculiar geological forma- tion adds variety to the landscape. It is 180 acres in extent, and was purchased in the year 1875 for $140,570.10. It