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The Denver Jewish news., 1924-02-28

Mrs. Joseph Cohen is confined to he
home with n bad attack of the Flu.
The Denver Jewish news., 1924-02-28

The Nah Joneg club members were
entertained at breakfast thie last We'd
nesday by Mrs. Al Price.
The Denver Jewish news., 1924-02-28

The Friday club was entertained last
week by Mrs. Walter Lichtcnsiein.
The Denver Jewish news., 1924-02-28
Social NeUs

Mrs. ]. A. Gilbert has returned from
four months trip 10 Los Angeles
where she visited with her mother.
While in California Mrs. Gilbert was
the fortunate winner of a number of
beauty contests.
The Denver Jewish news., 1924-02-28

Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph Mayer enter
tanned with charmingly arranged din
ner in their home Friday night in
compliment to the birthday Of Mr..
Mayer.
The Denver Jewish news., 1924-02-28

Mrs. Ruth Baer Who spent the weel;
end in Denver guest ut the Brown
returned Monday 10 hcr home in
Mcckcr.
The Denver Jewish news., 1924-02-28

Mr. a. NJ. Joseph and Mr. Harry
Oberdorfer from New York city were
guests this past week in Denver.
The Denver Jewish news., 1924-02-28

Mrs. George Reuler entertained the
Nah Jongg club this last Tuesday.
The Denver Jewish news., 1924-02-28

Mr.. A. Rachofsky after spending
thrce weeks with Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin
Wittclshofer returned last week TO
Iovcland. The many friends of Mrs.
A. Rachofsky will he pleased TO hear
that she is recovering nicely from the
slight accident she met with last week.
She is visiting az the homo of her son
in-law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs,
Wittclshofcr.
Evening star., 1924-07-13

sultant pictures would constitute an
accurate pictorial history of khe
evolution of the American locomotive
Maybe you think IT an easy matter
to devise a tiny model of a locomo-
tive that will run. Were you to at
tempt the project. you would soon
find yourself submerged in hot
water.
To begin with, the general run of
mechanical toys as made in America
are not suitable for scientific expert
mentation. AS toys. they are durable
and satisfactory, but when harnessed
as models, they lack efficiency and
accuracy.
In England, on the other hand,
model making for many years has
been an important enterprise. Several
large commercial firms specialize in
the manufacture of small models
which are scientifically accurate.
Many Englishmen who are interested
in mechanics experiment at home
during their spare hours with these
toylike appliances with the same in
terest and enthusiasm that the av-
Evening star., 1924-07-13

trains during wet weather or when
their loads are unusually heavy. All
the traffic handicaps which affect
railroad transportation are found in
the miniature system. The train pulls
upgrade and then plunges into
tunnel through the mountain. The
electric lights are switched on in the
cars and the locomotive just before
the train enters the tunnel. When
the train emerges at the other end
of the tunnel, the lights are switched
off, and the outfit slides down grade
to the valley below, where it passes
over truss bridge which in design
is similar to the Chain bridge that
links the District with Virginia, three
and one-half miles above Georgetown.
At any time, merely by turning a
switch, Mr.. BoutelI can stop one of
his tiny railroad trains and back it in
the direction from which it has just
come. If he wishes to change the
way the locomotive is headed, he
shifts the train onto a siding, un
couples the locomotive and runs it
onto the turntable
Originally, the turntable consisted
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erage American accords to golf, chess,
cribbage or checkers. Important in
dustrial and engineering riddles have
been solved by English experts by
spare time search and research with
these liliputian appliances.
In his hunt for ready-made model
machinery which he could use in his
railroad-line construction Mr. Bou-
tell finally had to write to English
dealers and import apparatus from
Great Britain. He recently acquired a
little model of steam locomotive
which is technically accurate and will
operate by steam power, but the
high duty on these imported models
almost makes the price prohibitive.
The explanation of Mr.. Boutelrs s
specializing in the production of rail-
road equipment hinges on the fact
that he is keenly interested in a
| study of the history of railroading
Evening star., 1924-07-13

lege and select a life work, it did
not cost this Washington youngster
much effort to make a selection. The
mechanical engineering course offered
by George Washington University
looked good to him. In 1912 he was
granted his sheepskin from that IA
nous old institution named in honor
of Americas first executive manager.
Immediately Hugh Boutell went to
work for Uncle Sam at his famous
national testing shops at the bureau
of standards. There he now ranks as
an assistant scientific engineer. He
has charge of the Information section
more than a hundred thousand tech
nical questions which are sent to
Washington from all parts of the
United States.
In Mr.. Boutelrs attractive home out
Chevy Chase way you will find one
of the finest collections of old prints
and pictures Of American locomotives
and railway cars in the country.
From various sources, in his quest for
accurate facts and figures about the
early history Of railroading in the
United States, the national engineer
has obtained these photographs.
Placed in orderly alignment, they
picture the evolution Of the Ameri-
can locomotive. Using these pic
lures as working plans. Mr.. Bou-
tell designed and modelled most Of
the midget locomotives which he
has made and used on his attic rail-
road system.
Unfortunately, our archives of
pioneer railroading are deficient, as
the early working plans of our most
important systems have been de-
stroyed. Such historical data pos
sessed little pecuniary value. and
hence were burned by their owners.
The specific dimensions of only two
of Americas most famous locomo-
tives are now known. The data rel
ative to the De Witt Clinton and
John Bull locomotives are all that
have been preserved. The historical
data associated with the manufac-
ture Of Peter Cooper's tom Thumb" /"
our first practical steam locomotive,
even, have been destroyed.
1t is big piece Of detective work
that now occupies such investigators
as Hugh Boutell, who are trying to
lpiece together all the tattered shreds
Of American railroad historx
Evening star., 1924-07-13

purchased by my father from Anthnoy
Addison, lying partly inPrince Georges
County and partly in the District of
Columbia; to son George Washington
Young that parcel Of land on which
the house stands in which George
Washington Young now lives and the
balance of that tract (Nonesuch) to
sons, Nicholas Young, Benjamin
Fenwick Young and granddaughter,
Sarah Ellen C1aget"
Nicholas Young left to his heirs lots
in Washington squares. 414, AIS, 437
and 439. Square Ala is between and
II, sth and 9Th streets southwest; No.
AS is between H and I, sth and 9th
southwest 437 is between F. and G,
7th and Sth southwest, and 439 is be-
tween H and l, eth and sth south
west.
Nicholas bequeathed $50 to the pas
tor of St. Peters Church and also $50
to his son. Nicholas, to be applied to
the Catholic Church in Ohio" Wit
neSses to the will were Johanna
Howle. Parke G.. Howle and Joshua
Millard.
Over the field to the house of None
such leads that sort of a road called
wheel trace. 1t is not road for
AUTOMOBILES to speed on unless they
are OF the extra reckless sort. but
you may walk along that road with
out breaking your springs and axles.
AS moved along it and came to the
shadow of the chimneys, the spirit of
the house met me. 1t was an old
fashioned spirit, and this spirit spoke
| to me in words that only come from
| old fashioned people or an old-time
spirit. -
This spirit of the house said: Tn
very pleased to meet you" Nobody
in the modern set says that. was
introduced to young Miss Eu1ala the
other day and took off my straw hat.
bowed. and said: I'm very pleased to
meet you, Miss" Eulala shifted her
sum-quid. looked in her pocket
| mirror, used her lipstick. and said.
Gee, but you're an old-timer, Are
you still living in the rhubarbso" I
| believe the up-to-date way on meet
ing woman is to whack her fa-
Piliar-like with your walking stick,
blow some cigarette smoke ION her
and say: Hello. Jane"
| Then the spirit of the old bouse
said: Il hope all your folks are wello"
That was a sound from the past. And
then the spirit said: You all must
come and have glass of butter
milk. There was a mixture of an
c1ent and modern. You aII' had a
homelike sound, but "buttermilk"
was a new form of greeting at George
Washington Young's old home.
If the spirit of George Washington
Young had come back from Gis-
borough to Nonesuch it would have
said to the spirit of the house:
Hence with thine unsocial prattIe,
Out upon thy buttermilk. Forsooth
shall we feed such drink to men?
Uncle Abe. mix us a toddy and make
1t strong of mint and mint's COM
| panion."
But the spirit of the old house was
| speaking 1t said: please excuse
my appearance because 1 wasn't ex-
pecting company" What an echo of
ages gone! How long since 1 heard a
woman make that ancient speech.
+, They are words of the time when
there were parlors carpeted with
Brussels and furnished with a mo-
bustles and curls. And the spirit of
the house continued:
| You see I'm a little older than
was when George Washington Young
lived here and I amt much primped
Evening star., 1924-07-13
Model Railroad System Developed
in Attic of Washington Resident
Sbareel'me Government
and qStokT Toaeher VIII
By GEORGE HI. DACY.

MERE is one form of eoues.
trlanship, which never is mem
L Ioned on the prize list of
Americas leading bors.
shows. 1t is riding a hohh,
cause certain Washington scientist
aoept at this particular form of
me ooot-and-saddle pastime. our
Natiohal Capital can boast of ono of
the pest private home collections ~
miniature models of historical rail
foauins ever assembled.
ror hve years the writer had know,
Hush u. Boutell Of the bureau of
standards in a business uo, hotoo
"eo anything about the un-
Usual spare-time amusement of this
scientist, which demonstrates
eoheluslVely that Mr.. Boutell is not
seeking any personal publicity. In
iacl' 1t was only by chance that the
writer learned about the most ex
iaoFainary attic in all WASHINGTON.
~ was considerable of a task to
persuade the owner that his pastima
experimentation in model coustruc-
t'on would be of great interest to the
rank and file of Capital CITY resi-
dents.
In one way or another, Hugh Bou-
tell has been interested in model
making for a score of years. In his
poyhood days. when he first mastered
the art OF handling hammer, saw and
plane, he began to make Tom Thumb
copies OF various pieces of machinery
and mechanical apparatus which he
saw on the streets, in factories and
laboratories. In fact. some of the
models which now are an integral
part or the miniature railroad sys-
tenn ana junction village that adorn
his attic are eighteen to twenty
years old, and were made during the
early days of his amateur woodwork
ing exploits.
Entrance to the Boutell attic trans
ports you from the downstairs at
tractlVeneSS OF very comfortable
home to juvenile dream come true
OF what fairyland is like Most of
the attic is occupied by the miniature
layout of model railroad town, with
all the mechanical facilities for the
maintenance and upkeep of the roll
ins stock. with slightly cottages,
homes, churches and stores The
scene is SO arranged that you think
you are in country of rolling topog-
raphy. A winding river borders the
town. A ferry boat line provides
transportation for passengers and
freight across the waterway. The
boat system connects directly with
the railroad line.
The railroad system, the equal of
which Santa Claus was never able to
produce. despite the eXpertness of his
toymakerS, features passenger and
freight depots, a turntable for revers-
ing the direction of the engines, a
Evening star., 1924-07-13

which leads the road through the
apple orchard and the woods Of ice
pond hill Young Andrew drove a
coach of the old horse herdic COM
pany for many years-and if 1 knew
the number of years 1 would set it
down.
7 HAVE not made IS much progress
in this story as I should because
I could not deny space to the spirit
of the old house and to old friends.
And here I will introduce my friend
Bill Maloney. From his home, 3702
18th street, he sends the following
letter:
"As an interested reader of your
rambles through many years 1 was
greatly pleased with your notice in
connection with the Good Hope series
of a lifelong friend and associate
Of my early manhood. You published
picture which stirred my memory
and on looking at the name dis
covered that it was a picture Of a
brother of Madison Davis, with whom
1 was associated in the days of our
apprenticeship to Cornelius Wendell
in the building now known as the
old government printing Office, at
North Capitol and H streets. In 1858.
being an apprentice to Mr.. Wendell,
then publishing a Democratic morn
ing paper known as the Union. I
was transferred to the other estab-
lishment. where met Mr.. Davis with
other associates, always retaining our
friendship. Among the young men
were Madison Davis, Norval w. King,
W. J. Frizzell, recently deceased, and
the undersigned, all having passed
beyond except myself, now in my
eighty-fourth year. The death of MIR.
F,rizzen leaves ina the only survivor
of Mr.. Wende1rs apprentices when he
sold the office - the government.
Immediately thereafter other appren-
tees were taken on. one or more re-
naming until being retired under
that benefcent act of Congress en-
abling one to enjoy a surceaSe from
the constant grind of labor.
'In those days that old building
was truly located in the suburbs, as
but one house stood on the block be-
tween H and I, North Capitol and 1st,
the land being under cultivation by a
Mr. Rover. l believe the Rovers were
living in the neighborhood before
the erection of ST. AloySius Church,
when the creek, known as Goose
Creek, wended its way where Union
station and the city post Office stand.
Another thing that has pleased me
have been your references to my
good friend Gus Bruehl, whom L
have known since his advent on The
Star, where I was employed at the
tame, nearly twenty years, being
compelled to retire on account of eye
defect from the glare of the linotype.
During my time on the paper we
passed through two fires, never miss
ing an issue.
"As in the case of Mr. Bruehl, the
younger generation of The Stars en-
ployes are enjoying the benefits of
retirement after long and faithful
service. l was among the few VINO
were in the Office in 1874. when
the paper was published on the south
side of the Avenue. l have been
remember Doug Wallach, as we'll as
the parents of those who now cater
to the public with one of the cleanest
and most reliable papers printed"
Bill Maloney's regular name in the
directory is w. w. Maloney. Thank
Won for YOUR letter Bill
Evening star., 1924-07-13

He is a member of the Railway and
Locomotive Historical Society, whose
fundamental purpose is the assem-
bling and perpetuation of all his
torical data which relate to the me-
chanical science of rail transporta-
| tion.
The walls of one of the top floor
rooms in Mr. Boutells home are lined
with pictures of old and famous vet
| Grams of American locomotives and
| passenger cars. These pictures tell
the story of the locomotive from the
early days of Peter Cooper's notable
tom Thumb" the first successful
try, up to the present day and age
of railroad Ajaxes.
The ferry boat, which is an adjunct
to the model railroad system, is oper-
| ated by thread controls. The boat is
made of light wood and Cardboard
as are most of the other buildings
and appliances in the toy town. The
operated by two copper wires fast
ened to the floor along the route
which the boat travels. These wires
| carry negative and positive charges
of electricity. On the bottom of the
electric lights in the boat are
boat is a tin shoe which completes
the electrical circuit and lights the
little lamps when it comes in contact
with the wires. The sidewheels and
walking beam of the ferry boat are
so geared that they are operated up
and down as the boat moves across
the floor.
The effect of rolling Topography
has been secured by placing canvas
painted scenery along the borders of
the village and railroad system vista
Mr.. Boutell has painted pictures OF
hills and valleys, trees and rocks or
! this scenery in such a manner as to
fool the eyes of the casual visitor
| who, unless he examines the layou,
carefully, will imagine that the ef-
feet has been produced by construct
ing Typographical bumps and dents
over the surface of the attic floor.
| X X
| A MOTHER interesting model which
this Washington scientist has
made is of a commercial fire engine
By means of a long rubber tube the
equipment can be fastened to an or.
dinary indoor water faucet. The
pressure of the city water as i,
| flows through the tube operates &
small waterwheel in the engine. Thi:
wheel, in turn, develops adequate
water power to force a tiny stream
through the exit hose of the engine
which is about as large in diameter
as an ordinary lead pencil. %
| Hugh Boutell has been interested
struction ever since the days of hi.
| early boyhood, when he first begar
to whittle cars and engines out o.
wooden blocks. Perhaps heredity
may have something to do with hi:
love for the art of railroading ant
it's complicated mechanics, for year.
ago one of his ancestors was tn,
first president of the Boston ant
/ Providence railroad system. AS boy
Mr. Boutell played with mechanical
toys and studied the fundamentals o.
model mechanics during the hour!
when his playmates were busy dowI
on the corner lot with base ball!
and bats.
When it came time to start to col
Evening star., 1924-07-13

up. My front porch fell off, some of
the windows are knocked out, the
blinds have rotted away, the kitchen
amt what it used to be, l haven't
had coat of paint for twenty years,
and the garden with the box bushes
and the beds of roses is gone. But 1
welcome you to Nonesuch. It's been
a long time since you were down
this way
The west chimney nodded and said:
Il haven't seen the Rambler since he
took Sunday dinner here the week
Marster George Washington Young
moved away to Gisborough, in 1893"
x X x X
A KNOCK on the front door called
woman. She said she and her
husband. Andrew Brown, live in the
house now.
Did Andrew Brown ever live near
Surrattsville ~ asked. She an
swered, Yes"
Long ago quiet, honest man
worked hard in ungrateful fields. His
name was Andrew Jackson Brown and
his wife's name was Maria. To reach
their house you followed a road from a
tobacco barn through an orchard Of old
Branch, climbed a wooded hill called
Ice Pond Hill and crossed fields where
grew, in summer, tobacco and slender
very slender corn.
Andrew Jackson Brown and his pa
tient, striving wife had a large family
There were children, Rachel, Georgianna
Martha, Charlotte. Tina, Andrew, Tom
and Lem. There may be many boys in
Washington who knew those children
but 1 am sure that Charlie Semmes, his
brother Eddie, Willie Bryan of 1862
South Carolina avenue and Bob Griffin
of the internal revenue bureau knew
them.
Rachel Brown married Henry Hatton
of the SurrattsviIle neighborhood and
Edward Boteler of Washington and lives
in this city: Martha married Joe Small
of Prince Georges County and lives in
Washington Charlotte married Charlie
Gill of Surratts and lives on G street
near 18th southeast; Tina married Lee
Bell and lived at Suitland. She died
about month ago. Andrew married
Miss Ida Leapley, daughter Of George
Leapley of Frederick County. That was
about twenty-seven years ago, and they
have lived at Nonesuch about fifteen
years. They have three sons, Andrew
Jackson, who married Miss Ethel Perry
of Twining and lives there; George Will
liam, who married Miss Anna Grimley
and lives on the Marlboro pike, and
Thomas, who married Miss Mary Web
ster and lives on 11th street southeast.
The second son of Andrew Jack
son and Maria Brown was Tom
Brown, who is night watchman of
| The Star building and has been with
US many years. 1 very seldom see
him and have not seen him for two
or three years That is not because
Tom is not around at night. The
fault is mine. The third son of
Andrew Jackson and Maria Brown
was Lem. He was killed by gun
twenty years ago.
Andrew Jackson Brown, the elder,
moved from the ice pond woods to
Washington and died here twenty
years ago. About ten years before
he passed Maria crossed with Charon
to dwell, as one system had it, with
Pluto, Rhadamanthos, Thanatos and
all that gloomy crew. But l find it
happier to think that Andrew and
Maria live in light, keep watch upon
their children and sometimes visit.
though unseen, the little house to
Evening star., 1924-07-13

power plant and roundhouse. where
tiny motor operates electrical ma
chinery, and a fuel-loading contriv-
ance which automatically dumps
coal into the tenders.
The grade crossings are provided
with safety gates which are lowered
by thread controls whenever train
passes that way. Mail pouches are
hung on a post close to the track in
such a manner that the hook on the
tiny mail car, as the train whizzes by,
draws them through the open door.
i x X x
THE railroad track is 4 perfect fac
simile of the steel-bound track
ways of commerce. The rails consist
Of sheet brass rolled into the essen
tial form and shape. These rails are
securely fastened to small wooden
ties which are. in turn, set in regu-
lation roadbed ballast of cinders and
gravel.
The majority of the homespun loco
motives are operated by electricity.
The track is bisected by a third rail-
a copper wire soldered to ordinary
wood screws-which completes the
system of electrification that oper-
ates the passenger and freight trains.
What a paradise of toyland" you
say to yourself, as you marvel over
the many mechanical creations which
put life and animation into the model
village.
Right there you are mistaken, for
these appliances are quite unlike the
general run of mechanical toys. They
are scientifically accurate. drawn and
made to technical scale-and they
run. BY the use of simple trans
former Mr. Boutell has stepped down
the electrical energy which is the hub
Of his home illumination, SO that he
can also-utilize the Juice" to operate
the model railroad trains in his at
tic %Ihe cars and ferryboat are also
equipped with tiny electric lamps,
while the streets of the village are
illuminated by arc lamps. Even the
headlight Of the locomotive throws a
stream Of electrical beams down the
track in front of the speeding en-
gine. .l-
Slipping of the engine is one i'm
pediment which Mr.. Boutell has to
combat constantly in the operation
of his pigmy railroad line. The sci
enlist sands the rails just as do the
pilots.-of --transcontinenta1.- - express
Evening star., 1924-07-13

of a complicated series of gears set
on wheels. Unfortunately, one day
Mr.. Boutelrs little daughter sat on
the turntable and wrecked it's me-
chanical properties. Thereafter the
father rugged the turntable so that it
is now operated by thread controls
which rotate the platform in either
direction-clock or counter clock
wise.
X x
A TOGETHER, during his years Of
experimentation with diminu-
tive railroading models, Mr.. Bou-
tell has made and experimental with
more than forty locomotives. In many
instances he has designed the en-
gines after locomotives used in the
early days of steel rail transporta-
tion in the United States. In fact, if
all these toy locomotives could be
assembled and photographed, the re-
Evening star., 1924-07-13

MERE is one form of eoues.
trianship, which never is men
uoned on the prize list of