Evening star., 1925-02-01
Rambler Recalls Social Life of District In Days
Preceding the Civil War I
As He Reviews History Of Heibergers TaiIors

uniforms they made. and the Rambler
remembers hearing them tell of max
ing uniforms for Gems. Grant, Sheri-
dan. Custer and Miles, and for
Admirals Dewey, Sampson and
Schley. They would call off scores
Of names, but the Rambler having
made no notes at the time, the names
given are all those he remembers.
In hunting for material OF which this
story Is constructed. the Rambler came
upon many old advertisements in The
Star, and having put in the work OF
making note of them. he believes that
he can make a story of them that would
please you. He does not threaten 10
do it but he will think 1t over and
take it up with the Sunday editor. II
that official is plant, you may get
ramble on the subject Of The Star III
the early SOS and some advertising and
news matter which seem strange now.
Looking for facts about +. J. Hei
berger, the Rambler kept a lookout for
matter pertaining to tailors and cloth
iers in the 50's. The earliest adver-
tisement found in The Star file was
this, in issues in September, 1853:
Cash Merchant Tailor: The sub
scriber has just returned from New
York with a full and complete stock OF
Fall and Winter goods which are now
ready 70 be made up TO order on the
cash principle He has determined TO
drop the credit system, because he is
satisfied that many persons prefer get
ting their goods at reasonable rates for
cash, instead of paying much create
prices to obtain credit
~ RIGGLEs.
Seventh St opposite Patriotic
Bank.
.nN September l., 1853. E Godey.
~ merchant tailor. Eighth stree
west side, three doors north OF Penn
sylvanis avenue informs his patrons
that he has returned from the North
with a stock Of Cloths, Cassimeres and
Vestings. In some Of the directory ad-
vertisements in 1853. in addition to II
T. Loudon g. Co. Mems MERGERS and
Tailors Browns Hotel" were those OF
p. ]. Steers, draper and tailor. Seventh
street, near Odd Fellows Hall, and +.
A. Tucker, successor to Tucker E. Son,
merchant tailor, two doors east of the
National Hotel.
Old tailor ads were found BY
the Rambler in the directory of 1859
There were the advertisements OF
Z. J. Steer, successor to Young g.
Steer, Pennsylvania avenue, one door
east of Browns Hotel; E. owen d
Son, military. naval and merchant
tailors. Pennsylvania avenue, between
fourteenth and fifteenth: J. c. Weigh
| mann, merchant tailor and dealer in
ready made clothing, Pennsylvania
avenue, opposite Browns Hotel; Z. {.
Eckloff. fashionable merchant tail
/ or" south side Of y street, between
Ninth and Tenth; William T. Jen-
nings g. Co., "drapers and tailors,
No. 231 Broadway. N Y, and Penn
sylvania avenue, near Sixth street
and National Clothing Store, Willian
Marshall, fashionable Clothing En-.
! porium," corner of Sixth and Penn
! syIvania avenue, under the National
| Hotel
In 1858. william II. Stanford, mer-
| chant tailor, was advertising his
store, No. 4ss north side Of Pennsyl
| vania avenue, four doors west Of
/ Third street, and w. Peterson, mer-
chant tailor. was advertising his shop,
! No 4S01z Pennsylvania avenue, be
/ tween Third and Four -and-a-half
| streets.
The Rambler feels sure that this
! who was in possession of the house
! on Tenth street, in which Abraham
| Lincoln died Petersen owned that
| house in 1855, had his tailor shop il
| the first floor front room and rented
! rooms. One of the roomers. Henry :.
| Saffold. saw excitement iu front or
! Fords Theater. across the street,
/ opened his window and heard q
! voice say The President has been
| shot" This roomer ran downstairs
and into the street and met the men
| who were bringing the mortally