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Evening star., 1899-03-25

results however, quickly illustrated the
good judgment of the purchasers. because
the prosperity hitherto enjoyed by The
Star was soon far surpassed.
Future Growth.
Until October II. 1868. the publication
was continued in the firm name of Noyes,
Baker Il Co. Then, under a special act of
Congress. charter was granted incor-
porating The Evening Star Newspaper
Company" each of the original partners
retaining a fifth int est. Mr.. Baker with
drew in January. 1860. his shares being di-
viIe,I among the four remaining partners.
Mr. Alexander r. shepherd determined TO
retire from the company in 1874. and June
3 he disposed of his shares to his three
partners AT considerable advance on their
original cost. Since that time the only
change in ownership has been in the death
OF Mr.. George w. Adams in 1886. which
muCh-deplOred event was shortly followed
by the death of Mrs Adams The interest
owned by Mr.. Adams thCreupOn reverted
to his two daughters, who still remain IN
possession of it.
The history of The Evening Star is an
epitoms of the history of progress in the
busiest and most notable portion of the
most eyentful of centuries. To repeat It's
career year by year would be to reiterate
the well-known facts of advancement and
progress. With increasing success and in
creasinS circulation. attended constantly by
Increasing expenses to meet increasing de-
Inands upon it. The Evening Star has pros
ppred simply because it has been unswerv-
ing in its purpose to be the promoter and
guardian of the best interests of the Dis
trict Of Columbia and its people. As it for
sook its old quarters in the past. it also
threw off its old garb. Mechanical equip
ment as it improved in novel ideas and su-
periJT manufacture was secured for the bet
terment of The Stars facilities, and all the
best Cbtainable in mind well as matter
has been likewise secured to keep the paper
hferh ion for N lTlcy
that makes a daily journal really great. A
Comparison between The Evening Star of
today and the first issue in 1852 may not be
uninteresting in this connection. When it
first appeared The Star consisted of four
d geS. each containing about ISL square
irches Of printed matter, or "a square
riches in all. When the present company
took control in 1861 the printed matter in
the four pages. then enlarged. comprised
1 22S square inches. Today each page of
The Star contains 413 square inches: cOnse-
quently the twenty-four pages contain a
total of 9.9l2 square inches, or nearly sixty
nine square feet. The New York Herald 5
pages contain 2SS square inches of printed
matter the twenty-four. pages of The
Star today equal nearly thirty-three pages
of the Herald.
The consciousness that The Star has ac-
quilted itself with success and honor in all
its duties to the public is naturally mat
ter of great satisfaction to its publishers.
And ii is also gratifying to know that The
Star is today stronger in every department
and better equipped than it has ever been
to meet the most rigorous demands upon ii.
So the promise of the future is fully as
great as the success of the past.
Evening star., 1899-03-25
A1liEatOrS' Long SleeD.


For five long, draggy months the four
teen or seventeen alligators at the Zoo haye
been slowly starving themselves to-bun-
ger. And they amt hungry, not vet! And
they don't seem to have lost an ounce of
flesh. Indeed, they appear to be fat and
sleek as ever. just as comfortable looking
as SO many stuffed washboards painted a
light, warm, chocolate tint. AS SO manv
perfect studies in life these snoozing mon
the bitterly storm-tossed winter away. in
the tropical temperature of the carniyora
building, their existence for almost a half
year has been certainly one of acstatic
Bliss They haven't used their teeth for so
long that an Enquirer man found them
rusty yesterday. And when caned into
opening their mouths their jaws sau.aked
shockingly. Their eyelids lifted in wrinkled
little sections like the top of a curtain desk
and showed mud-brown orbs that were as
bright as an old lead dollar. There was
none of that stre tching or yawning at the
forced awakening that Invariably follows
awakening from sleep in human or beast.
bird or fowl. The moment the reporter quit
punching them they settled down to an
other stretch of motionless slumber lust
as though nothing had happened, or as If
they hadn't had a wink Of sleep for a week.
instead of five months of it. If the alU
gator doesn't know his business there amt
crawler that doesJ Their long and natural
fast will be broken about the last of this
month. probe bly,. The five to sight-foot
long fellows will then eat a pound or two
OF raw beef apiece, take a sip or two of wa
ter and roll over for another nap of a
month or so. Along in May they'll begin
Frightening I'D for the summer
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proprietors to the commissioners to lay Off
the federal city. In the allotment by the
latter the title to one was vested In Mr..
Burns and to the others in the United
states. Through Dorsey, Lansdale and
others the title came to Mr.. VIM. J. Stone
by purchase in 1925.
Mr.. Stone erected upon ethis property the
large building shown in the picture, and
mere carried on the business of engraving
Tor some years. being largely engaged in
government printing and furnishing maps
IN addition to his aprivate work. During
the cholera epidemic In 1888, which carried
off hundreds, especially from the laboring
classes who were engaged on the WASH
1ngton city canal and in improving Penn
sylvania avenue, a hospital was established
IN H. ana many patients were treated there,
successfully and otherwise. There is a
tam1iy tradition that lady suffering from
the dreaded plague came so near deaths
toor .' neIe mat ner name was placed on
tiie dead list, and yet she recovered and
liVed TO very old age. In Mr. Stones bus-
ness put portion of the building was
lieeoed' ana preceding The Stars occu-
pamts Ionatsd at least two printing offices were
Iocatea there-one in the '30s. when a Mr..
DaVls pupnshed campaign paper and
one book and job office, known as Wa
@ .ers for some time the back building and
upper Hoors were used as Mrs Richard
sons boarding house. and the large store
room at the corner was for some time an
upholstery establishment For a long pc
- itou na prior TO The Star taking possession
,.L:s.. ~|PiSN Wy MT. EDWIN tIreen,
eaninet maker. Early in the sos a store
uesoteu ;,s. exclusively to the sale of musical
lts1r ms. aihehts, musical publications and sheet
anu anu merchandise pertaining to the trade
wv, mas ,Sa SIslaoilShed in it. This was conducted
oy Messrs. Helbus j. Hitz and the late W
". Metzerott, with Mr. E. F. Droon wet
~ M tne oasinessl engaged with the firm.
.ha lr; ;rp Joseph Fowler, since 1867 a clerk in
of ofe piIay treasury Department. and a resident
f of ;T, ;HlverdaIe, Md, was the first office boy
9. o., i me Star. Mr.. Fowler states that Can't.
eo tait engaged him, and when he reported
las ior outy on Monday, July 5, 1858 the paper
5o hIta ch1anged hands, Messrs Wallach and
tnope .hoL' having bought out Capt. TAFT who
tHey employed as the bookkeeper, cashier
ea in lac5' the manager of the business Of
Iice-ahd he was installed as the office boy
Ior the new firm. Mr. Fowler remained
VII Witn me Star till 1867, moving with it to
tne t Stone building in September, 1854, and
had risen to the position of cashier and
pDookkeepe~ He recalls Ben Perley Poore,
Sharies Soran, w. w. Tucker and Mr. C. S.
Noyes as Mr. Wallach's associates in the
news departments, and Wash. Swain. who
dlstriouted the papers and superintended
the circulation, and Mr. Frank Sage, who
worked off the paper on an old Washing
ton press.
Evening star., 1899-03-25
THE PRESENT SITE.
Former Occupants of Corner of Penn
, syivania Avenue and 11th Street.

The northwest corner of Pennsylvania
avenue and 11th street, the present site, is
lot /, square 800. 1t is said in the early
part of the century there were a few small
frames upon it. In 1880, or before, Mr. Wal
lace kirkwood. in two-storied frame,
fronting the avenue, established the drug
business here, which he carried on for some
years and removed to the corner of 18th
street, now occupied by Davis Bros. Mr.
Charles Gautier came next, keeping a con-
fectionery, the building having been fitted
up expressly for his uses. Mr.. s. Calvert
Ford, late in the fifties, took the building as
drug store. which he carried on for some
years, Mr.. Gautier moving to other quar-
ters. Then the present building took the
place of the frame, Mr.. Hood having pur-
chased the site and erected the marble
front which will be torn down shortly and
from his estate was the building purchased,
and other adjoining properties have been
from time to time added,
Evening star., 1899-03-25
QUEER CHRISTENING RITES
Some of the Customs Followed in
Foreign Lands.

From woman's Life.
In some countries curious customs pre-
vail in regard to selecting a name for the
baby. A Hindoo baby is named when ii IS
lve'days old, and usually by the mother.
Sometimes the father wishes for another
name than that selected by the mother In
that case two lamps are placed over the
two names and the name over which the
lamp burns the brighter is the one given TO
the child.
In an Egyptian family the parents choose
name for their baby by lighting three
wax candles; to each of these they give a
name, one of the three belonging always 70
some dignifed parsonage. The candle that
burns the longest determines the name for
the baby.
The Mohammedans sometimes write de-
sirable names on five slips Of paper, and
these they place in the Koran. The name
upon the slip first drawn out is given to
the child.
The children of the Amos. a people living
in northern Japan, do not receive their
names until they are five years old. II is
the father who then chooses the name by
which the child is afterward called.
The Chinese give their boy babies a name
in addition to their surnames. and they
must call themselves by these names until
they are twenty years old. At that age
the father gives his son a new nams.
The Chinese care so little for their girl
babies that they do not give them baby
name but just call them Number One
Number Two. Number Three according to
their birth.
Bows are thought SO much more of I'm
China than girls that If you ask a chinese
father who has both a boy and a girl how
many children he has he win always reply,
.'Only one child"
German parents sometimes change the
names of their baby If II is i'll; and the
japanese are sure TO change the name Of
child four times.
Evening star., 1899-03-25
EARLY NEiGHBORS.
Surroundings of The Star Over Forty
Years Ago.

The neighborhood in which The Star
located in its infancy. and in which its
hcrne has remained for forty-six wears
was quite lively business one for those
days, the principal buildings being oc-
cupled by stores The Irving House, after
ward the kirkwood. on the present site of
the raleigh, was popular hosiery with
pubic men There were four booksellers
"h" also dealt in musical Instruments and
fancy goods, nearby; grocery stores at 18th
ana Pennsylvania avenue and on ID street
near llth; drug store at Eth and the
avenue. and confectiOner at the avenue
and 11th- There We're also MANY vacant
lots. as not over half the neighborhood had
been improved. PENNSYLVANIA avenue had
been paved with cObblestone in 1915 and
the d0Jacent streets graded and grayeied
improvements that were regarded by manv
as showing progressive advancement on the
part of the city. A stream that had for
merly run down 11th street from the north
emptyinS into the Tiber near the south line
Of street. had been severed and its ditch
obhterated There were but few buildings
on ID street between .12th and 18th streets
besides the coach shop in which The Star
made It's acquaintance with the neighbor-
hood, and about half-a-dozen fronting on
the avenue, where the city post Office
now stands. a sturdy two-story brick at
the southwest corner of Eth and ID streets
was the property of George Van Ness and
during his mayoralty much of the corpora
hOn business was transacted therein. IN
was occupied by r p. Gibson, a portrait
painter and teacher of painting. Next to il
on ID street was the hthographing establish
ment of Curtis 3. Graham
Both buildings have been remodeled the
iIrst being known as the post Office restau-
rant, and the other used for business pur-
poses.
The Stars Abode.
The next was the coach making shop of
Everett Bro, which subsequently for q
Evening star., 1899-03-25

few years was the home of The Star. This
was a quaint building for a newspaper
office, but very suitable for coach making
purposes Next was the wheelwright and
blacksmith shop of Simon Flynn James
o Bryan, house and sign painter. lived
adjoining and then came some vacant land.
Harmony Hall. erected by Conrad Fink
man, whose saloon fronted on Pennsyiva-
mia avenue for the use of his patrons. came
next Then the house of Mr.. G. A. Seng-
stack a painter. who for years was known
as Jealous democrat. Two two-storied
bricks were the boarding houses of Mrs.
Ann Hughes and Eliza Watts. Mr.. ]. D.
Free, well-knOwn carpenter. lived in a
four-Story brick near 18th street and near
by was Andrew Henson. colored violinist,
OF such local popularity that he found al
most constant employment The last named
2nd ms mother are yet living, the latter on
+ street
Lepreuxs corner had long been a land
mark. Pennsylvania avenue. 18th and D
streets giving three fronts to the square
two-storied building then occupied by Le-
preuX as grocery, liquor and feed dealers.
Adjoining were some two-storied buildings
used for business purposes. The printing
Office of MIR. James Il. Davis. who had a
lew years before attempted to establish 4
popular paper, was nearby, as also the gun
and locksmithing establishment of the
iather OF the present occupant, Mr.. ]. H.
kuehling.
Present Site of The Star.
On the present Star office corner was a
tWo-storied frame building, in which Wal
lace kirkwood had his 'pothecary shop (as
the drug stores were called at that day..
Charles Gautier a leading French confee-
toner, had here his store and his manu-
factory was in small two-storied brick on
h street west of 11th street. Several frame
houses were west of Mr.. Gauter's, one of
which was occupied by the Misses Piling
in the fancy goods and notion business. w.
b Lewis for some years before kept a
ready-made clothing store in one of the
frames, and about this time Captain H. n.
Steele (afterward chief of the corporation
police, and j. Huggins carried on the watch
and clock making business, Jos. Harry, a
lottery and exchange office and Richard
NJ Downer, a cigar and tobacco store. A
few years later Horace G.. Ritter succeeded
Mr.. Downer in the business, subsequently
establishing a restaurant, while John Moss
conducted the billiard parlors in the second
Evening star., 1899-03-25

tions are from TO z I'm the afternoon and
from . to II at night. During the afternoon
calling wine and tea are served. and in the
evening. a. about IL o'clock. the guests are
invited to the dining room for refreshments
Evening parties and dances usGaliy last 50
long that the more devout are able TO at
tend morning masses on their way home.
Dinners are elaborate. a different wine
usually being served with each course. and
champagne with dessert. Coffee and liquors
are taken In the parlors after dinner
How They Court south of the Equator
Among the queerest customs are those OF
courtship and marriage. The girls are
carefully watched. and there is no indis-
crinlinate love making without the chaper-
onage Of the parents or members OF the
family, as in the United States Young
ladies would be compromised If they had
gentlemen callers. Indeed. a man never
thinks Of calling upon a young woman until
he is engaged to her. If he admirss her
and wishes to know her he begins his ad-
Vances by playing the dragon" This
means that he dresses himself I'm his best
clothes and struts up and down before her
house while she looks at him from the hal
cony. Every fashionable house in Monte-
video has balcony. and the chief amiIse-
ment Of the girls is to stand out upon these
or to lean out OF the windows looking at
the people they so by.
When the young man thus walks up and
oown gazing at her window the young Wo-
man understands what il means and comes
out and make Sleeps eyes in the same di-
rectlon The two will look at each other
Tor hours without a word being spoken
Men may come and men may go. but still
they look. As a rule. the passersby do not
notice the lovers. 1t is often not safe 10
do" so. The action may be mlsconstrued
the lover may become Jealous and a kuifa
thrust under the fifth rib most likely given
in The dark. may follow
After practicing this dragon act for some
time the young man may go to the papa
and say he would like to call upon his
daughter with view of proposing. If papa
says all right, he calls, and a day or 50
Evening star., 1899-03-25

later you Will see an item in the paper
stating that young Senor So-and-so is pay
ing attentions to Senorita Thus-and-sO, and
that marriage will probably soon take
place
When the young man calls upon his
sweetheart all Of the family are in the
room He gets her as far off he can,
however and deVoteS himself only To her.
From this time on until after the marriage
he must pay attentions to no other woman.
IL he goes to a dance or party ne must
come early and wait for her. and he will
spend the evening with her alone. At every
party in Montevideo you see a lot of these
young lovers, who are called noViOs. walt
ing for their affianced or noViaS The girl
pays attention 10 no one but her noVio and
the boy has eyes for his noVia alone. The
two get off by themselves and devote the
evening TO soft spooning compliments about
each other
No Breach of Promise Cases.
If you ask a mother as to where her
daughter is at such reception she will
say that she is with her novio and the sub
ject is dismissed as a matter of course. 1
was chatting about this one day with one
of the Montevideon society ladies, when 1
asked: What do you do if the 'noyio' gets
disguised and goes back on the girl, rcfus-
ing 10 marry her, or vice versa. - She re-
piled:
You seldom hear of such a case. A
young man who would act in that way
would be disgraced by society, and as for
the girls, their chief.end in life is marriage,
and they don't dare to miss the chance
The marriage state here is far ahead Of
single blesSedness. The married woman
rules society. After her wedding she can
do as she pleases. When the priest per-
forms the ceremony he strikes the chains
of maidenhood from her ankles"
Weddings Among the oricntaIes.
The weddings of the orientales are held
in the churches, with supper and dance
at the home after the ceremony. The we'd
ding gifts are very elaborate, generally in
cluding diamonds and silver. The honey
moon is usually spent at home, the orien-
tales not believing in our custom of taking
wedding journeys They call the period
La Luna de Mel" or the Moon of Honey,
and, If possible, try 10 enjoy IL alone. If
the wedding is in the summer and the fam
lily is in the country they will come into the
town house and open ii up for themselves,
and if in the winter they may possibly so
out to the estancia. As TO their permanent
quarters, the groom's father usually makes
a present of the house and all of its fur
niture, often including table linen beautiful
ly embroidered, and the wife's father does
well as he can in money and presents.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
Evening star., 1899-03-25

URlNG M Y STA I In
Montevideo 1 have
spent an evening at
the presidents man
sion. The occasion
was one of his week
1y receptions, and the
wealth, culture and
beauty of the capital
were present. 1 might
add the courage, for
the reception was
held under curious
conditions. 7 h e r e
We're soldiers at the
Evening star., 1899-03-25
QUARTER OF A CENTURY.
The stars Abode for Many Years FuIl
of Great Eyents

The building on the southwest corner of
the avenue and 11th street, occupied by
The Star from September, 1854 till 1881,
was three-storied and attic structure.
erected by the late VIM. ]. Stone, a we'll
known engraver OF his day, in the latter
part of the '20s. 1t was on lots IL and -.
square 1923. of the official plats of the cfty.
and included in the original grant of the
farm of David Burns in 1902 by the original
Evening star., 1899-03-25

Mr. Renney Sance-"Now, where would
You prefer the drawing room?"
Mr. Strukile-"Look here, young man.
I've let you put up a smokin' room when /
don't smoke; music room, when couldn't
play mouth organ; nursery, when I
amt got no nurse; and a pantry, when I
don't pant; but I'm goin' to draw the line
at drawing room. when couldn't even
draw a straight une."-Tit Bits.
Evening star., 1899-03-25

affording an entrance. The Star, believe,
was here for about year and half, find
ing more suitable quarters at 18th street,
and laid the foundation for the most sue
cessful and best valued paper the people of
the District ever had. The old site was
afterward sold to the corporation for 81, 700,
and the Franklin engine house built on it.
in real estate"
Evening star., 1899-03-25
He Took Several Chairs.
From Pearson's Weekly,

Bddget-'There's a man in the parlor
wants to see you. sir.'
Mr. Ardup-"I'n be there in minute.
Ask him to take a chair"
Brdget-"Sure, sir, he says he's going to
take all the furniture. He Is from the in
stallment company"
Evening star., 1899-03-25
Indestructible.
From Puck.

Ffaherty-"oi want T. buy wan Nv thin
hoigh hots that yez kin crush togither
widout hurtin' thim."
C1erk-"Operar'
Evening star., 1899-03-25
PRESIDENT CUESTAS
An Evening at the White House of
Montevideo.
SOCIAL ETIQUETTE IN URUGUAY
Customs of a People With Lots of
Money and Style.
COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
Copyrighted, 1899, by Frank G. Carpenter.)
MONTEV1DEO, Uruguay, Feb. H. 1899
Evening star., 1899-03-25
First Star Building.
ID Street Near 18th Street.

floor. Three three-stored bricks between
this place and the Irving House contained
book and stationery establishments kept re-
spectively by VIM. F. Bayly, for many
years an alderman; Mrs. G. Anderson and
Mrs. Wm. G. Fischer. The two ladies dealt
also in music, instruments and fancy goods,
and Mrs. Anderson made d speciality of
periodicals. Mr.. Bayly was a large dealer
in blank books and office supplies. The
building. in which Mr. Bayly was located
was once the tobacco store of Mr.. Lewis
Johnson, who afterward engaged in the
banking business and became the head of
the firm bearing his name.
Evening star., 1899-03-25

are, as a rule. good musicians. and every
other man you meet can play either the
piano or guitar, or both. During our call
when Mrs. Salterain was at the piano she
was asked to play certain air. and upon
saying that she did not remember ii her
mother took her place. As she played there
was dispute as to one of the parts and
the doctor himself sat down and played it
off from memory drifting at its close into
the ''Marseillaise"