Evening star., 1925-02-08


copies of The Star to get the
facts he gave you in the stories
Il of the business houses of
Metzerott, Droop, Topham,
Kneesi, Lansburgh and Heiberger.
and he laid aside memoranda of
advertisers, advertisements and such
which might serve for other stories.
With this material before him and
with weather not comfortable for
walking, he believes by handing 1t
TO you he will give you entertain
ment without doing much work.
In the fileroom of The Evening Star
are bound Stars of all the issues back
to 1858; in a vault are older Star
files, and In the library of The Star
is a glazed Photographic copy of the
first issue of The Star, December 16,
1s52-going on rs years.
Taking the relic from the wall, but
not removing it from it's glass jacket,
the Rambler copied what follows
from.the first of the four small pages:
prospectus of the Daily Evening
Star: The undersigned proposes to
publish, as soon as sufficient num-
ber of subscribers shall have been
obtained to Justify the undertaking,
q daily afternoon paper to be called
The Daily Evening Star
The Star is designed to supply Il
st the metropolis of the Nation. Free
from party trammels and sectarian
Influences. 1t will preserve strict
neutrality, and whilst maintaining a
fearless spirit of independence will
he devoted. in An especial manner. to
the local interests of the beautiful
city which bears the honored name
of Washington and to the welfare and
happiness of the large and growing
population within its borders. To
develop the resources of the metro
polis-to increase and facilitate its
mercantile operations-to foster and
encourage its industrial pursuits-to
stimulate its business and trade-to
accelerate its progress in that branch
to power and greatness-these shall
be the main objects of the paper.
THE Star will also beam forth in
telligence from all sections of the
country by telegrap ph and mail and give
1T in form so condensed as to rem
der it unnecessary to sift a bushel
of chaff before finding grain of
wheat. The articles. editorial and
selected, will be brief, varied and
sprightly. Nothing shall be admit
ted into its columns offensive to any
religious sect or political party
nothing in a moral point of view to
which even the most fastidious might
object. 1T is the determine ton of the
publisher to make it paper which
will be a welcome visitor to every
family and one which may be perused
not only with pleasure, but with
profit. The editorial department will
be under the direction of a gentleman
Of ability and tact" tSigneD Joseph
g. Tate.
The Rambler will not now write the
history of Joseph Tate. The editorial
in the first issue of The Star is head
ed "Salutatory and the first para
graph follows: To-day the Daily Eve
ming Star appears on the horizon of
the newspaper world and greets with
warm and kindly beam metropoli-
tan public. Whether it shall be
fixed or wandering Star depends
upon the patronage which it will a
tract. Though the Sun of neigh
boring city blazeS in the same firma-
ment, our little Star will not pale
even in its luminous presence if it be
encouraged to shine" That is the
first paragraph, and there are four
others, each of nearly the same
length There are several short ed
torial paragraphs" one of which is:
pennsylvania avenue yesterday aft
ernoon was full of living ornaments
in the lady line. All the bellies were
out
x x x
THE advertisements in the first Star
were of the Mechanics Bank.
Georgetown, F.. w. Conch, cashier;
John Mills, fashionable boot store,
Browns Hotel; A. Lammonds fancy
and toy store, Seventh street second
door below E; Harris & Griffin, SELL
ing Nine. Sontag button CATERS for
ladies, Avenue between Ninth and
Tenth, next door to w. Harper & Co.;
Mrs. Choat's Four-and-a-Half street
millinery. and trimming store; Will
liam II. Riley, blankets, Eighth street,
opposite center Market; Maxwell, Sears
& Colley. dry goods, Avenue between
Ninth and Tenth; S. r. Sylvester,
chemist and druggist, corner Sixth
and Fl; James C. Mcclure, furniture
and house furnishing goods; Noah
Walker & Co.'S branch store, ready
made clothing, Browns Marble Build
ing: Wall & Stephens, ready made
clothing, Avenue between Ninth and
Tenth first door east of Iron Hall;
John B. Kibbey G. Co, groceries and
liquors, No. 5, opposite Center Mar
ket: Middleton & Beall, loaf and
brown sugars, teas and groceries, op-
posite NatiQnal Hotel; William Orme,
groceries: George and Thomas Par