Evening star., 1917-12-09
The Rambler Recalls Old Names and Shops on

E1HE "reminiscences of Pennsylva-
mia avenue in last Sundays 8
".ramble" carried the narrative
q up TO 1860 and thereabouts. but
did not include all the matter which
the Rambler had jotted down pertain
ing to the Avenue at that period. Some
of the facts omitted will be included in
this story. one feature is the tearing
up of the cobblestone pavement OF the
Avenue and the repaving with wooden
blocks.
CHANGING back beyond 1850, the RAM
bier sees on the northwest corner of
>the Avenue and 1Ith. where The Star
building stands and which the late
John y Joyce called "a marble poem
in the sky" frame building. two
stories high and usually painted white
As far hack as the memory of most
men go Charles Gauticr. the elder. kept
a confectionery store there That was be
fore Gautier opener his establishment on
the north side of the Avenue betwee
18th and 18th and which became one>of
the famous restaurants of Washington
After Gautier moved from the corner the
frame building was occupied as drug
store by s. Calvert Ford The corner
was next taken possession of b. H. o.
Hood. the jeweler. who tore down the
little frame house and erected in its
stead one of the memorable structures
Of The city. Later. Freund. the confec-
tiouer and caterer. occupied the building.
During this time The Star was on the
southwest corner Of the Avenue and
lith street. and part of the sro:nd hoor
of the buildins-that part Oh thn corner
was the music store of W. g. MetZerctt.
The hook store OF Blanchard & Mohun
was at the northeast corner of the Ave-
nue. and 11th street Tom Harvey. the
elder brother Of George w. Harvey had
&C l.r-c rom .
corner OF nth and TO tho southeast
corner Of, the Avenue and 11th
In looking along the Avenue between
18th and 18th streets. at aboit the time
of the outbreak of the civil war, and
aided by August BruehI. for many years
r co-worker with the Rambler on The
Star. the Rambler recalls the following
shops and persons: b. II. Stinemetz. near
18th street. where he sold hats and shoes
and other things. Next to his store on
the east was Nine Deiarue's notion store
and next was Cronins cigar store. which
was the meeting place OF the base ball
PLAYERS and fans OF that time. on the
block was paperhanger estabiishmeht
kept by a man named Alexander. and an
other man OF that name kept JeWeiry
and optical goods store Evan Hughes.
tailor. had his shop at the west end OF
the block. A Mrs. Gibbs had hair
dressing .'parlor'' on the block Some OF
The other business houses were those OF
Franklin, optician: Clark. paperhanglng.
Samuel Lewis. silversmith; Jiilard. paints:
Dyer's liquor store. Mrs. Dubois. ladies
hair emporium. Augusta Foss, jewelry
of the metals and of hair; August
Bruehrs shoe store. John Duehrings to-
bacco store. Frances lottery office and
Eutwisle's drug store. over which Dr
McFarlane. one of the pioneer dentists
of the city had his office In BruehFs
boot and shoe store was used the nrst
machine in the city for sewing leather.
II was operated in the window of the
shop and crowds gathered to watch IT.
After a good many years of service the
manufacturers replaced il with new
MA achine. taking back to the factory the
old machine as an industrial relic
That old machine was one of the ex-