Evening star., 1927-02-16
CLIPPINGS TELL GRAPHIC STORY
OF DISAPPEARING" WASHINGTON
Public Library Makes Volumes of Nate
rial From The Star for Students of City
Earlier Aspect and Doings

! ton of the city. There Senator Ben
! ton had his home and there t're
mont and his bride lived for time
| Among the most interesting leg
endry of Washington preserved in
the library files is the story of
| Father Waller. a former pastor of
ST Patrick's. After midnight one
cold night his door bell rang and
when he answered he found two
| ragged little boys standing on the
doorstep. They told him that their
father was dying in remote section
OF the city and needed a priest.
While he was preparing to answer
the call the boys disappeared.
Found Man as Described.
He found the dying man at the ad.
dress given by the two waifs-very
close to death. alone and amid sur.
roundinas Of the utmost poverty. Evi.
| IDENTIFY he has been without any at.
tendance for days. He told the priest
that he had lived alone for years
But how about your little boyso"
asked Father Walter
Il have no little boys" the man
| answered.
'Rut the two who came to my house
tonight"
II don't know" said the dying man.
II had two little boys once, but they
died 40 years ago"
Which to some may have the ap.
pearance Of miracle.
These are only a little of the Wash.
ingtonia CLEANED from survey of
single volume prepared under the
direction Of DR.. Bowerman and now
available for students.
Eight Volumes Ready.
Eight volumes have been prepared
to date and others are in preparation.
Those already on the shelves are:
Historic Houses two volumes}-Clip-
pings and illustrations, Mounted and
Bound. Many of the older houses de.
scribed in these volumes date from
before the foundation of the District
and all have disappeared. The more
modern houses. too, are illustrated
which makes these books most in
teresting study of the architecture and
development of the different sections
or the city for the past century. The
arrangement is alphabetical, by the
name of the original owner or best
known occupant.
Hotels and ReStaurants-Begin
with Suffers Tavern and Blodgett's s
Hotel. This volume contains descrip-
t1ons of the accommodations for visi-
small hotel and boarding house in the
early days of Washington. Descrip.
tions and illustrations of the famous
restaurants which played such an i'm
portant part in the social life of the
period are included and also some of
the more recent and elaborate hotels
which place Washington in the front
rank as a hotel city.
Account Of Monuments.
Memorials and Monuments two vol.
umeSon Complete History of the Many
Public Memorials and Monuments i'm
Washington. This history includes
the inception of the Washington
Monument, the authority Of Congress
for its erection, by bill or resolution,
and reports from both houses, the con-
structton and the ceremonies attend
Ing the unveiling. In many cases a
brief sketch Of the designer is given
and numerous petitions for memorials
and a monuments on which no action
has been taken are included. The
arrangement is alphabetical.
Roadside Sketches-A series of Arti-
cles Contributed to The Evening Star
Through the Summer of 1891 by
George Simmons. Mr.. Simmons strolls
through the country surrounding
Washington, making delightful small
sketches to illustrate his JOURNEYS.
He also visits what were then the
immediate suburbs and gives a pic.
ture OF the important buildings and
nomes IN those localities. AS these
small places have been swallowed I'M
In the growth of the CITY. this ia .
valuable book Of reference. Arrange
ment Is chronological by the date of
journey.
Descriptive of Capital.
Washingtno - Descriptive Articles
written FOR the Newspapers of Wash.
ington from 1S90-19O2 by John r
Coyle. These letters cover ali nhasas
or Washington life at that time. Anv
happening (political or sociaD. the
birthday of a famous man, the visit
o! an actor in new play. dinner
giving ana paying calls furnished ma.
terlal Tor an interesting account of
now 1t was done. Mr.. Coyle's record
as a leading journalist of his time
able. 's'S Saiu-
The White House. Out Of tho
wealth Of material on the white Inc
House in the Washingtoniana collec.
.lon at the Library an attemnt has
Deen made in this volume to bring
tosether some of the more interesting
C,nnppings about the social and familx
me oI its occupants. Clippings con.
tainlng 1acts and incidents unusual
ana dir1cult to find have been pre.
selseo ana special effort has been
auaue 70 collect everything possible
hoo .ne olHerent women who have
ume is indexed and is the sannnd 1, Tois ns
tnls character on the White Honsa
70 De ADDED to the reference collection