Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-20
More Congratulations on Its
Success.
THE JUBILEE EDITION
GOOD WORK APPRECIATED BY
EVERYBODY.
Readers of the Star IN Every Walk Of
Life Commend Its
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In its jubilee edition Tuesday The Star
published page OF letters from well-known
residents and officials. expressing in highly
complimentary terms their congratulations
on the deserved success of The Star. Since
then the editor of The Star has received
many additional letters in appreciation OF
the annive sary number. some OF which are
as follows;
I congratulate The Evening Star that its
beams are so pure and true and strong.
Other evening stars wax and wane, but
ours has the scriptural path that shineth
more and more" All good citizens are glad
in the prosperity of a paper whose sympa-
thies and influences have been so positively
in the interests of all things in government
and society that pure and lovely and OF
good report. The silver rays of The Star
have become golden today; may they In
crease and beautify to the radiance ana
preciousness Of the diamond.
WALLACE RADCLIFFE,
Pastor New York Avenue Pres. Church.
This being the fftieth anniversary of the
first issue of The Evening Star. permit me
to offer my sincere congratulations upon
It's growth and prosperity. In my opinion
success has been achieved because you pub
liSH q newspaper SuiLeu ~ tAiO
needs of the people of Washington-a news
paper strong in local news and free from
sensatlonallsm of every kind. The Evening
Star has come to be a great home news
paper. welcome in every family, and this
constituency naturally makes 1t a most de-
srable medium for the interchange of
thought and expression of opinion regard
ing all matters pertaining to the District
Of Columbia, as well as other subjects OF
national Importance.
Wishing you continued prosperity. am.
sincerely. CHARLES w. NEEDHAM,
President Columbian University.
] have been patron Of The Evening Star
since 1869. In my business career It has
been a necessity. 1t has and does unite the
buyer and seller. 1t has been the constant
friend OF the District of Columbia and It's
citizens, and It's issues have grown in In
fluence as they have In attractiveness and
appearance. 1 congratulate the proprletors
of The Star upon the success which SO con-
spicuously marks the fiftieth anniversary
OF their paper. which has given our city
so clean, upright and reliable a purveyor
OF news and distribution of Ideas. located
IN the finest newspaper building In the
world. B. H. WARNER
came to Washington In 1850, as clerk in
the census bureau and secretary to Mr..
Jos. C. C. Kennedy. 1 have been a sub
scriber to The Star from its first number
and watched its progress with interest and
rejoiced in its prosperity. 1t has always
been the friend of the Smithsonian and the
policy Of Professor Henry "for the increase
and diffusion of knowledge among men," 1t
has always advocated the cause of human
ity. philanthropy. education and patriotism;
II has always been suitable and safe
paper for home reading
Your jubilee number Is unequaled and
probably never will be excelled.
WILLIAM JONES RHEES,
OF the Smithsonian Institution
Permit me to extend my hearty congratu-
lations upon the suspicious anniversary of
The Star. The magnificent issue of yester-
day is not only Indicative of prosperity, but
of the progress of the country and the cap
ital during the last half century.
WILLIAM C. FOX, b.
Bureau OF American Republics.
As an American, a citizen of Washington
and reader of The Evening Star for more
than forty years. I heartily congratulate
you upon the splendid production of your
fftieth anniversary edition. 1t is worthy
of the country and of the nations capital,
and represents the energy and intelligence
OF the proprietors and editors of The Star
Only In a free country can such possibilities
exist for the newspaper Is the representa-
tive Of the growth and prosperity of the
nation. I hope that the centennial number
will be a yet greater advance. If such is pos
sibie. and the only regret 1 feel is that 1
will not be here to enjoy 1t.
SIMON WOLF.
have been SO much pleased by the mat
ter In Tuesdays cation OF your paper that
I cannot resist the temptation of letting
you know 1t. 1t carried me back to old
times and brought up before me pleasantly
and wildly many persons and things that
were once an agreeable part OF my own
life and environment.
Every line of your own reminiscences-re-
lated as they are with your old-tine grace
and perspicuity-T read with the most In
tense interest. In fact. 1 was 50 pleased
with the whole thing that l sat up until
midnight reading 1t.
1 offer you my congra tuat lions upon the
work embodied in this issue of your paper
MADISON DAVIS.
Permit me to extend my sincere con-
CALCULATIONS on the occasion OF the golden
jubilee Of your great paper. I saw The
Star when I first discovered It just above
the horizons line, and now 1 have the
happiness to live long enough to see the
luminary fixed at the zenith-a planet of
first magnitude.
1t Is, indeed, a great newspaper and
withal clean. Its columns have always
been conservative. reliable courageous
Never trucking to wealth or power, 1t has
aimed always to lead popular thought to
safe channels. Hence 1t Is a prime educa-
thonal agency
May you. dear sir. have many prosperous
years for the good you have done In build
Ing up such superb monument for our
city. TALLMADGE A. LAMBERT
/ beg to add my word of GENERALIZATION
20 the many which know you and your as
soclates Will receive on this occasion. The
Evening Star is not only one of the best
newspapers in our country. but 1t is also
one OF the fairest along all lines touching
human rights. It's editorial columns ara
foremost in the advocacy Of fair play for
all people. regardless OF color and regardless
Of race. Its utterances on the so-called