Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-16

east Of lS stree4. < cooper shop. Poul-
tons was on 18th street near p street.
hangers survives, but recently ceasang act
I've work. The old sign ID. Pearse. UNI.
hrella maker" IL yet seen. but Corbetf and
others, who travelled with their kits. have
Long since passed away.
Illumination by gas had been introduced
but rev years before. ana pumps ana
springs furnished tho water. Consequently
plumber and gasf1tter were about balanced
In number. Greenwich. VIM Tucker and
others being then In tho pump business
The project Tor introducing Potomac water
Into the city was bringing plumbing into
prominence, and there were some half
dozen firms In the business. those OF ]. w.
Thompson. John Reese g. Co.. Cooper &
McGhan and Mclaughlin & Duffy being To-
Gated on the avenue. It was regarded az
the most promising business OF the day,
and more youths were seeking apprentice
ships In that than In any other OF the
building trades.
The old-Tme Artisans.
OF the carpenters Of that period number
are living. but few, II any. Of them are in
business. Among the survivors are s. T. g.
Morsel, now on the District assessment
board: H. NJ. Dellenger, George T. bearing,
Peter Gallant and Middleton Birkhead. OF
the painters. Mr.. George p. Kirk survives:
others are represented by sons and grand
sons. Anton Eberly was located then
where his house of stoves, tinware. etc.. Is
today. on 7th street between g and H
streets. A son of F. Kuehling. then gum
smith, locksmith and bellhanger, Is in the
place OF his father. on Pennsylvania avenue
west Of 18th street. Joseph Gawler and J.
VIM. Lee represent their ancestry In the
undertaking business In the original loca-
TONS
No florists stores were here then, but the
Douglass greenhouses at 18th and streets
and the Bufst gardens on H'between 18th
and 18th streets were convenient, while
Flora Hill Of Jardin. near Massachusetts,
avenue and 18th streets. and Hewlett, near
the old almshouse. were regarded as not
inconvenient. embarrassing mill was
kept by Terrence Riley at Az and N streets
southwest, and near by was Mack's brew
cry. Brick Yard Hill. where were the kilns
Of A. & T. A. Richards, s. Byington & Co.,
with others, was then being operated. Da-
Visions brewery, on K and 9th streets, was
in operation
How BARRIERS Drew Trade.
The BARRIERS and hairdressers were, as
now, both white and colored, and some Of
them were exceedingly popular. not a few
Of them drawing as much custom to their
places by their entertaining conversation as
by their satisfactory work. Then a barber
shop was not regarded as established unless
the old-time BARRIERS pole proclaimed its
location from the curb opposite the door,
designations Of tonsorial artists and others
similar being of no avail. Perhaps the best
known of the craft, quite famous for his
5ests. was a. barber who had shop on 9th
street near the avenue, and made known
his profession and location by publishing
the following card in the papers Of the day:
Edward McCubbin. barber and hair
dresser. Temple of Fashion, No. Sth
street, near Pennsylvania avenue
"E. McCubbin returns his grateful acknowl-
edgments to his friends. and begs leave to
inform them that he still continues involved
in barberfsm! To those who will give coun-
tenance to his operations he promises the
very luxuries of his art. He will smooth
the wrinkled face Of care and disencumber
the temple Of the soul of its superf1uous
adornments. He has spice of chivaIry in
his constitution and will take by the nose
any one who has the courage to obtrude
his facial appendage within the sauctity
OF his studio. In short, in the way Of vo-
cation. he would
beard the lion in his den,
The Douglas in his hall
Tn order to be appreciated he must be
seen and felt. HairdreSsings 12M
cents: shaving GU cents"
Besides Mr.. McCubbin, William n.
Green, near the National Hotel; Ross &
Smith, E near 18th street; Thomas P. Var
ley, opposite the city post office; John
Brown, avenue between 18th and 18th
streets; VIM. Washington, Parker & Bird,
w. R. Parks Joseph Perry, F. Spicer. G.
w. Burgess and Joe Shorter are recalled,
the latter yet living.