Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-15

haa been = often eheered By her kindnes.
cold vault, al that gave hope to their pros.
pects IL HE. no heart could be insenaibie "a
: In another report the. Rambler finds
that there was church service at the
vault. and 1t is known that Rev. Will
tho discourse. The statement is also
dowers and branches Of weeping
Eillow on the casket. At the time. Of
the mausoleum' lot and faced on H
ftreet. It was erected there in 1928
y. The orphan asylum. when organ
txed IN 1915. was established in a
email s,nsli .f frame house on 10th street near
occupied frame house on H street
near 10th street. part Of It's site being
that OF the brick building erected in
In 1s2s the orphanage was removed
to a house on 18th street between H
and streets and remained there un-
I'll It was moved to the new brick
building on H street in the summer
ct 1898; It remained there until 1857:
William Gait. The orphanage. next
moved to :, one of the big brick
houses in Minnesota Row, on the
north side Of street near I'd street
northwest. In 1865 ". "; Corcoran
feet at the corner Of 14th and S
streets to the orphanage, and in that
year; when the new brick building on
that site was nearing completion, it
L. A-r o. L.
William H. Seward for the accommo-
dalton Of the State Department. That
department occupied the building un-
til November, 1875, and the Washing
ton Orphan Asylum took possession
In the matter Of the death of Mrs.
Van Ness the Rambler copies the fol-
lowing paid notice which appeared in
the United States Gazette Of Septem-
Der II, 1892:
Sir: In compliance with a resolution passed
City Orphan Asylum. I have the melancholy
pleasure of enclosing to you. T. copy Of one
passed BY them expressive Of their deep and
heartfelt heart Sympathy for yourself and family
pleased Providence to- visit you.
Very respectfully.
To John +. Van Ness. ESQ.
~
There Is also a record of resolutions
Of coincidence with Gen. Van Ness
adopted at a meeting Of the Associa-
ton of Beneficence Of Trinity Church
and signed by ". NJ. Wiltberger, Sec
rotary.
At the close of last Sundays story
the Rambler said: Living in Wash
ington today are q number of blood
kindred OF Marcia Burnes-collatera
descendants of David Burnes. These
descendants come down in q direct
line from David Burnes' father,
James Burnes. through one Of David's
brothers" An oil portrait of Marcia
Burnes hangs above a square piano
on the east wall Of the old fashioned
parlor In the Washington City Or
phan Asylum. The Rambler went
there to see it: Mrs. NJ: s. squires,
who has been the superintendent of
led the Rambler to 1t with evident
pride and talked feelingly of the
many fine traits Of that noble woman.
She said she thought Dr.. William q.
Schafhirt had a photograph of the
painting. The Rambler has known
could not reason out why he would
have q photograph Of Marcia Burmese
portrait.
That evening the Rambler called AZ
DR.. Schafhfrt's home on Wyominr
avenue. Will was down the river on
his motor boat and Mrs. Schafhirt did
not know that he had such q picture
Perhaps his brother Frederick knew
something about it, or il the Ramhler
would write to Wills aunt, Marcia
burnes- Jones, in Philadelphia, per-
maps she would know sometime
aDout what the Rambler was looking
up. So. here were two surrestinns
that looked like clues. viii Scha fbirf
was not only supposed to have a
picture OF Marcia Burnes but he had
an aunt named Marcia Burmese Jones
Next, the Rambler dropped in to
know anything about a photnrranr,
Of the Marcia Burnes portrait. hut