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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-27
AROUND THE CITY
BY MAMIE LANCASTER.

of hard work and expense. DR.. w.
H. Holmes, curator at that time of
the Department of Anthropology,
suggested plaster, and II. w. Hend,
ley made the figures with great sue
cess. DR.. Walter Hough then took
UP the work of DIR. Holmes.
THE question of the hair then
came up" she says, and here is
where my work comes in. Mr.. Hend-
ley, while giving general effect
was not a hairdresser Hair dressing
is an art by itself. At the first
gave two days time and more often
to one head showing Mr.. Hendley
just how individual hairs would lie,
and that this was one phase of the
work that had to be brought out or
1t would look like lump of plaster.
Many photographs were given me
having only the front view of the
face. 1t was UP TO me to find out
how the hair was worn at that time.
Having always been interested in
historical hairdreSsing and costumes,
began collecting pictures. often
buying old books having but one pic
ture to add to my collection. / Wis
tied the National Museum of Paris,
the Louvre galleries, old palaces and
the Cluny Museum, where are all the
old collections of kings and queens
of France; the National Galleries of
London, the Metropolitan Museum Of
New York, the Academy of Fine Arts
In Philadelphia and our own Corco-
ran Gallery of Art.
The first head l dressed, Mrs Julia
Gardner Tyler"-tbut to tell of the ar
ranging of coiffures would take up
more space than this column is al
lowed). Il consider Mrs Taft's head
perfect in contour and one of the
most beautiful there. Mrs Garfield
| knew personally. When my mother.
Nine. Prandi, used to dress her hair
when her husband was in Congress,
she would often take me along, as a
child. While in the White House she
wore three large puffs on the top of
her head and curled in fat rings in
front. She had typhoid and, losing
her hair. mother was called in to
make her false front.
President Garfield was lying
wounded in his bed, and when Mrs.
Garfield went in for his inspection.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-27
Normandy to Have Festival.

Ncrmandy's preparations for the
festival to celebrate the 90Oth ami
versary of the birth of William the
Conqueror have taken elaborate pro-
portions. The procession will start at
Falaise, the birthplace of William the
Conqueror. 1t will then pass through
Caen, where are many monuments 10
his memory, then through Bayeax
where the famous tapestry recalls his
conquest of England. and will dishand
at Rouen. where he died.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-06-17
ORDER TO EXAMINE FINAL AC-
.. COUNT.

State of Minnesota, County of St.
Louis, IS.
IN PROBATE COURT
In the Matter of the Estate of WILL
LIAM H. McQUADE, Decedent.
The Petition of Fannie S. Nc
Quade as the representative of the
above named decedent, together with
her final account of the admins
tration of said estate, having been
duly filed in this Court, represent
ing. among other things, that she
has fully administered said estate,
and praying that said final account
of said administration be examined,
adjusted and allowed by the Court,
and that the Court make and enter
it's final decree of distribution of the
residue of the estate of said de-
cedent to the persons entitled thereto,
and for the discharge of said repre-
sentative and the sureties on her
bond.
It Is Ordered, That said petition
be heard and said final account ex-
amined, adjusted, and if correct,
allowed by the Court, at the Probate
Court Rooms in the Court House,
in the City of Duluth in said County,
on Monday, the 18th day of July,
1927, at ten o'clock A. M, and all
persons interested in said hearing
and in said matter are hereby cited
and required at said time and place
to show cause, if any there be, why
said petition should not be granted.
Ordered Further, That this Order
be served by publication in The Ely
Miner according to law. -,
Dated at Duluth, Mimi, June
18th, 1927.
By the Court,
Attest: S. w. GILPIN,
Sheldon Watts, Judge of
Clerk of Probate. Probate.
Seal of the Probate Court, County
of st. Louis, Minnesota.
Adams & Jones' Tn
Attys. for Petitioner. 6-17 II
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-06-17


IN PROBATE COURT
In the Matter of the Estate of ELI
HENRICKSON, Decedent.
Letters of Administration this
day having been granted to Ida
Henrickson,
1t Is Ordered, That the time
within which all creditors of the
above decedent may present claims
against his estate in this Court, be,
and the same hereby is, limited to
three months from and after the
date hereof; and that the 18th day
of September, 1927, at ten o'clock
A. NJ, in the Probate Court Rooms
at the Court House at Duluth in
said County, be, and the same hereby
is fixed and appointed as the time
and place -or hearing upon the ex-
animation, adjustment and allow
ance of such claims as shall be pre-
scented within the time aforesaid.
Let notice hereof be given by the
publication of this order in The
Ely Miner as provided by law.
Dated at Duluth, Mimi, June 4th,
1927.
S. W. GILPIN,
Judge of Probate.
Seal of Probate Court, st. Louis
County Minnesota.
A. w. Nelson, Atty. Clio 6-24
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-06-17
ORDER LIMITING TIME TO FILE
CLAIMS, AND Fol HEARING
THEREON.

State of Minnesota, County of St.
Evening star., 1927-11-06

Of Rodes' division moved on to Cham.
bersburg. Lees army. at the peak OF
it's strength. was moving north. two
to. three days march west Of Wash
ington. johnson and Early's divi.
sions followed Rodes' division across
the Potomac. Longstreet's corps was
marching north on the east side Of the
Blue Ridge There was cavalry fight
ing at Aldie. village and mountain
pass through which thousands OF you
rush In automobiles on Sunday. Long.
street moved to Berryyille and crossed
the Potomac at Williamsport on June
20 and 26. and marched toward Cham.
bersburg. In all this might be read
and was read-a threat against
Baltimore and Washington. A turn
TO the east from the South Mountain
region would bring Lees army to
Washington.
Though believe that Washington
was disturbed. cannot read 1t In the
newspapers Of that time. one nrst-
class theater-Grover's- running
with a stock company, and there were
three variety theaters-the Canter
bury, the Varieties and Metropoiltan
Hall. There were few picnlcs, ana
those were at Green Spring and Clly
Park or North Seventh street. j do
to Glymont, White House, Pye's Land
ing and the old river places. Gun
boats were numerous on the Potomac
and all other streams in the CheSa'
peake basin and were doing what they
could to catch sloops and schooners
engaged in contraband traffic between
Maryland and Virginia.
Lucille Western played at Growers
Theater the first two weeks in June
1868, and ! picked from the adver-
| tisements names of some of her char.
acters-Naramattah and Lizette lin
the charming Indian drama OF the
Wept OF the Wish-ton WISH" Camille
| or the Fate of q Coquette; Lucretia
Boreia. Don Caesar de BaZan. East
Lynne and Nancy Sykes In Oliver
Twist This is from The Star: This
Friday evening, June IL. 1868. last ap-
pearance but one of the youthful. bea1-
tiful and gifted actressN Miss Lucille
Western, whose engagement has
proven the most wonderful in any
Evening star., 1927-11-06
bier Pictures Events Here at Time of Gettysburg Battle

you want to know why he was con-
demned write to the War Department,
and it won't know. I think the small
black horse was condemned because
a captain-horse caught him with the
top button of his blouse unbuttoned.
Or, he may not have had his hat on
straight. Or. he may have strolled
over to the tent of the captain-horse
and bawled him out because there
were blackberry bushes In the hay.
There are SO many ways that a horse
can get into trouble in the Army.
Washington cows seem not to have
been satisfied with home life. Read
the following advertisement from The
Star of June u, 1868:
"Strayed or stolen, on the 9th IN
stant. a valuable light red COW; small
white stripes on the back; on the eve
if returned to j. NJ. May, No. 60 High
street, Georgetown"
Game to the premises of the sub.
scriber. brindle cow. also a white
cow with red spots. d. Carroll. East
ern Branch, near Bennings Bridge"
Game to the premises of the SUBJ
scriber, on the 4th instant, black
and white COW. Mrs. G.. Pearson,
Brentwood farm, next to Kendall
Green"
There must have been a crime wave
among Washington sheep in 1868 for
they trespassed on private property
and helped themselves to the grass.
Read this:
Taken up estray: On the 7th in
stant, eleven sheep. The owner or
owners are requested TO come for
ward, prove property, pay charges and
take them away. otherwise they will
be sold to pay expenses. Mrs. NJ. C..
Fenwick, near Mount Olivet Gene
terry"
Evening star., 1927-11-06

said. aren't YOU supposed to meet
somebody here?"
| Yes"
What are the initials of the per
SOM"
-. NJ"
"'That's right"
Then he stuck out his hand, saying;
II see that you belong to the broth
erhood, Go into this room. AS soon
as he comes I'll tell you"
| We We're in a den of the German
| spies. 1t was now up to us to get
out. And to get out with what we
| had come for.
4 Few moments later Borgone sent
1 n man to tell us that the person
we were waiting for had arrived. He
asked us to meet him outside. In the
court we found Meyer. talking in
tently 10 Borgone. When he saw us
Meyer came toward us, taking out of
his pocket a set of Bertillon measure
ments, checked them over and COM
pared us with the photographs. Then,
turning toward Borgone. he said:
"They are the ones, all right! Once
again you have done us a great serv-
ice. my dear Borgone."
confirmed our suspicion that Borgone
was on the German pay roll. That in
formation was of importance.
Then Never turned to us and in
German ordered us to follow him.
without saying anything. We walked
or over impossible roads. We finally
got to what looked like an abandoned
house, and Meyer took an electric
torch out of his pocket. making GER
tain signals with it, whistling In a
strange way. The door opened quietly.
A voice from within said
"Kommen sien' c"Come in")
We did not know the ground and
had to grope through the dark. The
man waiting for us said, in a domi
neering tone:
''Schnell." cHurry up")
We were in a large court in front
of he house which seemed to be clut-
tered up with packing boxes, casks
and bales of goods. Our guide said:
Here we are at home. Follow me;
but he sure you walk right behind me
without going an inch to either side,
because we have pitfalls all around"
We followed silently, admiring the
elaborate defenses. Soon We were at
the door to The house where we were
met by bulldog. growing menacingly.
Quiet. Merkur." our guide ordered;
these are friends "
The dog, well trained. shut up at
once
When we entered the house the
first things to strike our eyes We're our
''own" photographs on two large en-
velopes on a table bearing our names.
The man waved us to chairs. examined
our" envelopes, then said to Meyer.
Have you told them about it?"
'No. lieutenant colonel; you are in
charge"
"Good!'
The officer leaned toward us and
said:
This is real war--a fight to the
bitter end. The job / intrust to you
has got to be accomplished. what
ever the cost. You must stop at moth
ing. This is question OF life and
death for Germany
For d moment he thought, then he
continued:
II understand that as result Of
what you have already accomplished"
Then, it seemed. we We're "stars!).
that I can count on you absolutely
Evening star., 1927-11-06

ton Theater will be reopened tomor.
row evening with a powerful stock
company of half q dozen Stars--Ger-
man performers-compri some of
the finest talent in the country. The
German population here will now
find a resort second to none in the
United States" That is the only ref.
erence the Rambler found to the Ger
man Theater. 1t did not advertise in
June nor up to that part Of July where
/ closed the file.
CarncrOss and Dixey's Minstrels
made many of us laugh while the Con-
federate Army was passing west of
washington from Virginia to Penn
sylvania. Here is the advertisement:
odd Fellows Hall--For few nights
only. commencing Thursday evening,
Juno 4, 1S63-Carncross and Dixey's
Minstrels. The star troupe of the
world in their grand Ethiopian SOL
rees, producing the latest noVeltles,
new and beautiful songs, laughable
burlescues, plantation scenes, grand
instrumental oyertures, vocal quartetS,
fancy dances, etc, as performed by
this worldrenowned troupe at their
opera house in Philadelphia. Read the
list of artists: ]. l.. Carncross, E. +.
Diyey. Frank Moran, J. II. Boss, j. 5.
X, ~. i,
Lamont. Charles Stevens. c. Villiers.
Thomas a. Beckett, NJ. d. Edwards,
X. +. Simpson. r. Patterson. r. Fra
ser and Charles Gibbons. James w.
Holden, agent"
I am going to use n few lines to
make an announcement which may
jar your culture. | make the an
nouncement because | suspect that
you are "a hypocrite and have not
courage to tell the truth. L beleVe
my announcement may help you 70
become an honest man. 1t is this:
got better entertainment out OF the
old minstrels than from the artistic
tragedies of Camille East Lynne
and "Oliver Twist" I felt better after
seeing Jack Haverly, Billy Emerson
and Hi Henry than after seeing
Shakespeare's dumbskull, !Othelio.
choke silly Desdemona to death. I
Jokes and songs lbf Jim Crow Rice,
Billy Rtce. Charley Backuss. Dave
Evening star., 1927-11-06

details are arranged, only one thing
more remains to be settled"
"What?"
"Why, the most important one, as
far as we are concerned! The question
of money!
The lieutenant colonel smiled.
''1f it is only a matter of money, 1.
can assure you there will be no
trouble about that"
But still
'Listen to me-" he said in a pre-
emptory tone. "My superiors have
empowered me to offer you a hundred
thousand marks for each factory in
which you stop production, no matter
by what means"
"Fine! And when do we
start?"
He took out some maps, notes and
book-or, rather, a pamphlet-en-
titled Water Power in France"
This book" he began. lis an abso'
lutte miracle. Not only does it contain
a complete list of the French factories
that are manufacturing munitions,
but it is filled with confidential infor-
nation about these factories and their
methods of production.
'"The French will never guess how
Evening star., 1927-11-06

| superior. will give them to you when
/ the time comes, and he will tell you
/ how to handle them"
He then got up from his chair. say
| ing to Meyer:
May I have a word with you?"
| They went into corner. where
| they talked in low voices, looking up
at us frequently. When their conver-
, sation was over, the lieutenant colonel
| lifted up a curtain that concealed a
door and left, waving last goodbye
| to us.
My companion looked at me. I whis-
| pered:
"All ready?"
Lets go!''
With great care Meyer closed the
door through which the lieutenant
| colonel had made his exit. When he
| turned toward us we literally jumped
on him.
| After a fierce struggle we succeed
| ed in overpowering him. We then
| gagged and tied him up.
| I paid no attention to his furious
| looks. and. turning to my companion,
| L said:
| "Will you go to the police station
| at Carouge and ask them to come here
as soon as possible?'
He was already starting when l
warned him:
watch where you step! Remember
| that besides the dogs. there are the
pitfalls. Take care!'
My colleague opened the door with
| infinite caution and plunged into the
| night.
I came back to Meyer, who was
| lying on the ground, trying vainly
| to slip his bonds.
81 know" L said, that, as I am In
Swiss territory. I have no legal right
| to question you. However, the others
| will take care of that!'
| I began to go through various port
| folios that l found Two of them con-
cerned France. The eight others were
| entirely taken up with the Swiss
| Army, including a map of the border
| and a whole series of notes concern
| ing the Swiss military defenses.
A telephone bell suddenly rang in
| the next room.
Pulling out my revolver, said to
Meyer:
"Well, old man, you're going to GO
ahead of me- II you stumble-a bullet
| in your head"
! l united the bonds that held his
legs, and he preceded me into the
room where the telephone was ring
ing steadily. I picked the instrument
up hurriedly. standing so that Meyer
was always in sight.
Hello" / said who is it?"
| "a. A. 321! To whom am l speak
| ing?"
1 gave Meyers name.
That's strange! I didn't recog
niZe your voice"'
"Oh, you know. that's not surpris'
ing I smiled. '"These Swiss instru'
ments are TERRIBLE
aren't they? Is the lieutenant
| colonel there?"
mo! But he'll be back soon. Any
MESA ge?"
The person at the telephone, a
woman it was, seemed to hesitate for
| a moment, then she answered:
| "Well. will you tell him that Irma
Staub called up to report that the two
men whom he was expecting, who
should have been there by now, were
| arrested at Saint-Julien-en-Gene
| by the customs officials"
Evening star., 1927-11-06


wv Irma Staub / found out
about another band Just be-
ing organized. Its director
was one Meyer, with several aliases,
, a member of the famous Lourrach
band.
This fellow claimed to be a natural
ized American, and had often been
pointed out to us. He travelled about
France Il great deal
The document stated that Meyer
would a few days later meet near
Saint-Julien-en-G Genevois two French
deserters, who would try to cross the
border near Bellegarde. Meyer would
swear them into the service and give
them details of a commission they
were to perform near Lyon.
Pinned to the document We're photo
graphs of the two deserters. Strange
~ enough, these photographs came
from the Office in Berlin where they
keep the Bertillon measurements of
people of various sorts. Immediately
we were faced by the question: las
these two deserters are Frenchmen.
how does it happen that the German
Information Bureau has their photo
graphs?"
1 left at once for Paris to look up
the records of the two deserters. l
had a feeling that the information on
the slip from Berlin was inaccurate.
But not only could I find no trace of
the desertion of men by the names
of Vernier and Gastrat, the names
given on the slip, but their regiments
had never reported their disappear
ance. Who could they be?
decided to watch the border at the
point where they were going to try
to get get across and left for Belle.
garde, from which point sent out
feelers" in all directions. Four days
later some French customs men ar
rested Vernier and Gastrat as they
were about to cross into Switzerland.
They were brought to me under
heavy escort. In vain did attempt to
question them. I was met by the most
complete silence. If they had really
been Frenchmen, even French desert
ers. it is inconceivable that they
should not have attempted TO justify
themselves In some way, or tried to
arouse our pity by expressing regret
at having been led to commit such
crime. / decided to send the two men
back to Paris and l later heard that
they were German agents. Their true
names were Holzmann (Vernier) and
Junker (Gastratl. The court-martial
made short work Of them.
With them out Of the way, I
now had to turn my attention to
Evening star., 1927-11-06

theater at this season. The popu.
larity achieved by Miss Western In
this city has been equaled by no one
who has at any time preceded her.
Tomorrow, Saturday, complimentary
benefit TO Miss Western"
The Star of Monday, June Is. 1868.
contained this: Monday, testimonial
benefit to Manager Leonard Grover:
appearance by voluntary consent of
the young. beautiful and universally
popular actress, Miss Lucille Western,
pearance of the peoples favorite
actress, Miss Susan Denim" The play
was Tom Taylor and Charles Reades
comedy, peg Woffington: or, Masks
and Faces; the comedy at the end of
the bin was "AIischiefmaking."
After Lucille Western, Growers
stock company kept the playhouse
open. two of the plays being Dion
Roucicault's 'Pauvrette; or, the Ava
lanche," and Boucicaults play "Jes,
sic Brown; or, the Relief of Luck
now" / found the following names
Of members of Growers company: Su-
san Denim, Isabel Freeman, Sophia
Climber, Charles Barron, J. F.. Whit
ing, j. n. Wilson, w. III. Bokee and
Harry Clifford. Susan Denim also
played male characters, and l found
her advertised TO play Romeo, which
the advertisements said was 'her
great character" and Claud Melnotte
las performed by her in the principal
cities of the country with the most
fattering encomiums by the press. 4"
During the three days fighting at
Gettysburg the plays at Growers were
"the moral drama, The Drunkard,
to conclude with the Widows Vic.
tim" and Colleen Bawn." I found
nothing to show whether fat or lean
audiences went to the theater in that
tragic time.
X X X X
THE Washington Theater, Eleventh
- and c, disappeared from the news
after putting on Uncle Toms Cabin"
Whether the play had anything to do
| with the disappearance l do not know
In a reading notice" in The Star
Wednesday, June Q, 1863, the Ram.
bier found this: German date Wash,
ington) Theater. The old Washing
Evening star., 1927-11-06

Wambold and Thatcher, Primrose and
West than the stabbings and poison
ings in Hamlet" Call me low-brow
and rough if you insist, but /
believe that my sentiments are your
sentiments and that you are afraid to
tell the truth about yourself to your
daughters and the neighbors.
In The Star advertisement in the
Summer of 1853 1 found this about
the Flying Cloud: THE steamboat
Flying Cloud now running between
GEORGETOWN and the Point OF Rocks.
Md, leaves west side. Of Market
House. Georgetown. Mondays, We'd
nesdays and Fridays at o'clock, and
returning leaves Point of Rocks at
am. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur-
days. Express goods and other light
freights carried at moderate charges,
provided they have a pass for same.
Freights left at William j. Ritter's
store will be attended to. John
Moore"
NrOU have seen in other rambles
). how troubled Washington was
with dead horses. and l hand you this
from The Star June 4, 1863, to show
yfu tina: the dead horse was a live
question in Washington and to give
you the address of the ward guard
houses: Headquarters Metropolitan
Police. No. SIG Eleventh street.-All
dead horses found in the cities of
Washington and Georgetown and the
county beyond the limits of those
cities will be removed on notice in
writing, particulariZing the locality of
the carcass. being left at any one of the
police stations there were 10 of them)
mentioned below: Georgetown station,
on High street near Canal Bridge:
first ward. on Twentieth street be
tween l and X: second ward, on Ohio
avenue next to the corner of Thir-
teenth; third ward. in Temperance
Hall; fourth ward, in the east wing of
the City Hall; fifth ward, South B
street between First and Second east:
sixth ward. in Odd Fellows Hall. Navy
Yard: seventh ward. Four-anda half
street. west side, between e and F
streets south; county station house.
corner of Seventh street and Boundary
Evening star., 1927-11-06

helpful they were when they brought
out this book"
I was astounded! How had 1t hap
pened that we French had been fool
ish enough to furnish such informa-
ton to our implacable opponents! The
lieutenant colonel went on:
This booklet is perfect, but we
have something even better. Here we
have a detailed description of every
machine in each one of those factories.
We even have photographs of the
machines"
y X y X
THEN the lieutenant colonel set out
to tell us just how to destroy these
factories and their contents. He
advocated variety Of methods. Thus
/ learned, to my astonishment, that
nothing could be easter than to put
hundreds of factories out of commits
sion by the simple expedient of des-
troying the station or substation from
which they got their power.
THE explosives that you use must
be as small in bulk as possible, SO that
you Will have no trouble getting them
across the border" he explained. "M.
James Meyer, who Is your immediate