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tells and restaurants. such as Suffers and
Tunnecliffe's taverns and Rlodgett's and
other hotels. Streams, springs, water
courses of all kinds--including Of course,
the famous Tiber~-may be traced from
the valuable records to be- found here.
Architecture hereahout. of century
and more ago, can be studied--how
David Burnes' cottage looked. view of
the Van Ness mansion, Kalorama, the
White House and Capitol from the be-
ginning to the present day. 1t Is prac-
tically impossible to think of subject
that is not included In this wonderful
''WaShingtoniana
Every bridge Of any size that was
ever erected in the District has It's his
tory revealed here: how II was originally
built. when 1t was destroyed and when
1t was reconstructed; the builders, the
cost, and IL there Is detail missing 1t
Is not the fault of the librarian or Miss
Patten, for every human effort has been
made to make complete history for the
reader
Some one has said that there Is noth-
ing finished in this world. Though We
may take issue with this statement. we
, cannot dispute the fact that there Is
no such thing as complete library, be
| It ever so fine. Admitting this. the
! I'm the direction of perfection, yet DR.
| Bowerman is not unmiudfui of the fact
! that there Is room for improvement He
| realizes that there Is much valuable ma
| terial I'm the homes of Washington
/ which would add materially 10 the al
ready valuable information stored in
| the Public Library. He feels that at
| least some of this material Is gradually
being lost. through its owners not real
izing It's worth or Importance, and urges
! that when for any reason at all the
public Is forced to economize In resi-
dence space-~moving In smaller
apartment perhaps~-before dispostng of
old family records papers, scrapbooks
and other books which maybe father
or grandfather held sacred, citizens
first get In touch with him and at least
give him a chance to see II what Is be-
Ing discarded would be of any value in
building up this already wonderful coll
lection.
JUST word or two about the site
of the library and its surroundings:
for there Is really much OF interest at
tached to both the spot and the neigh
borhood.
Mount Vernon Square. upon which
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The Swallows Flight.

SWALLOWS travel according to he,
reditary custom. The French bird
crosses the Mediterranean 10 50 from
France 10 Algeria. exersins unnecessary
and painful effort, travelling at the cos,
Of useless fatigue or even death. when
he might tiy over Spain hy short anc
pleasant stages and stop frequently 20
rest and take breath before crossing the
straits OF Gibraltar, Such conduct is
eSnlAinahle only rs due to the ravslexl-
Gus instincts ef heredlty.
The date Of the swallows fliSht snS
that OF its return are Axesl hs meser~
rolcslcal causes, Fer instance, In the
middle of August, 1925. when the xwal.
lows nests IN Reauee. France, were
crowded With young birds. the temnSra
tnre iel suddenly and the swallows
migtated, leavsns their nFeoSS Co die ct
starvation, In that case mother love
save way before the fear III eald ana
the Instinct og selt-presesvatlon. IRE
people OF Reauee could have tela tire
Sauth why the swallows returned before
the Summer vas over.
IN 1917 the swallows arrived IN Paris
one month late, Then. As always. thsv
were aetuated by meteoYulcglca. causes.
IN 1917 the month OF Aprti was re-
us1tAAnAc toF snort ALTERATIONS at eN~
tfeme heat and extreme cold, The cold
Ahled the insects on which swallows
feed, The birds halted when they had
nown only part OF the way, because then
they found none et the insects nec@S~
Safy for their SuStenAnee. They halted
and went backward untn they feanu
teod, Many nAtugalistS attribute ths
migration IT birds 10 their Asea Of
neuriShment
Az ene very recent geological epoeh
there was no Mestern Mediterranean. 81
winged travellers went directly from
France ta Aggeria ever dry land After
the volcanic movements ana the sink
ms ef the ground had gradually ses
the waters at the sea between kareps
and Africa, the SwallowA continued ie
lnllaW the route followed hS their an.
eestars al the time when ahsre was na
sea They continued ta fNlleM that
reute, because the hereditary snStlnet Is
one al ths most ngataNhdly lpeteN IA
stlnets et animals.
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most commonly to the Capitol, attended
by some of the boarders, for 1t Is the
custom at washington for young lady
to go out walking with an entire
stranger II he has been introduced 10
her and he makes genteei ana iasn-
ionable appearance, for the fasnlon. II
he walks out with her. compels him to
offer her his arm, and no less OF her
to accept of It; and It Is quite uncom-
mon to see gentleman and lady walk
out together without her resting on the
gentlemans arm, unless they are fresh
arrivals"
All old WashingtonianS no doubt ap-
preoiate this statement regarding the
city, even though made by the author
DR., r.. Cooley, nearly 100 years ago:
II am led to believe, from having
spent four Winters and one Summer in
Washington, that In no place III the
United States where luxury prevails Is
there either less scandal. or the merest
subjects of 1t. than In that city" In
deed, we think this is just as true now
as it was then.
The doctor further tells us that at
that time there was no regular theater
in the city and that for their amuse-
ment the people at niSht attended eve
ming parties, and during the day time
the congressional debates. From this
one might well assume that this was q
lively" town at that date.
Ancsher book from this case that at
tracted my especial attention was an
original copy of the first directory of
tl4p city called the "WaShinatOn DIfec-
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Ward. and near the corner OF Eighth
street was q brick dwelling owned by
Anthony Preston. who then lived on
Ninth street between G and Fl streets.
The southeast corner OF Eighth and K
streets was then vacant. and about
where Charles Dismer used to dispense
lamb stew and Mertzen beer stood back
from the building line the two oldest
houses in the neighborhood. one OF
which WAS occupied by free coiored
woman named Ford. Farther TO the
east lived family named Elliot. saddle
makers. The father made the trees;
one son. a blacksmith. put on the irons;
another fitted the leather. while q
daughter assisted in the sewing. This
was case where everybody worked but
mother, and no doubt she looked after
the housework.
The southeast corner of New York
avenue and Seventh street was then
vacant ground. and when the Post once
Department ceased TO use the space at r
street between Sixth and Seventh streets
to burn the unclaimed dead letters and
refuse paper, this material was hauled
here and destroyed
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ering all phases of the history and
activities OF the National Capital, both
historical and current,
Every subject treated is carefully ar
ranged and even subdivided for quick
reference Some Of the subjects treated
In the vertical file are the bridges and
churches OF Washington and items on
the different inauguratians. descriptions
of old houses, markets, schools. tho
White House and the public buildings.
The early laws OF the District are
covered TO q great extent In the various
reports of the city council during the
period when Washington had mayor,
q board of aldermen and a common
council These reports are supplement
ed with information regarding current
legislation by Congress affecting the
District of Columbia and includes copies
of particular bills, together with matter
relating to any hearing which may have
been accorded the subject and the re-
port which might have been made upon
1t. Indeed this vertical file Is great
labor saving adjunct for the study Of
the city's affairs. and Is particularly
useful To the student Of local history,
and. of course, Is being constantly
added to-
Scattered throughout the city are any
number of scrap6ooks upon various
subjects. but these are not accessible TO
the public, and are usually indifferently
mounted and arranged. Not so, how
ever, with the 81 volumes carefully
bound in ioose-leaf binders and TO be
found In this section. They contain
pamphlets, reports. newspaper articles
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Collection Relating to Capital Steadily Gains in Value

to occupy this property for 16 years and
during its early life the second story of
the building was used by Prof Weber
in teaching dancing. The Northern
Liberties Division of Sons of Temper
ance here promulgated the principles
of total abstinance; military instruc-
tions were also given here by Mai. s. n.
Walker. and Rev. French s. Evans for
a time preached here on Sunday after
moons.
ON March 20, 1s46, President Polk
~ gave his consent to erect on this
reservation a market house, those most
responsible for urging this project
being: Col. William Doughty, David
Saunders. II. Cruttenden. John C.. Hark-
ness, Simeon Mattock. J. T. Walker,
@. Crandall, II. S. Davis, Joseph Bryan,
Isaac Clarke. N. B. Van Zandt. H. @.
O'Neale and John Y Bryant Though
known generally as the Northern Lib
erty Market, yet It's correct name was
the Northern Market" Boss" Stcp-
herd, who raised Washington out Of the
mud and made respectable city Of H.
had force OF workmen one September
evening in 1872 tear down this market
and the buildings attached to IT, Those
who owned stalls at the time did not
like this idea OF losing their property
and livelihood In this way and put in
claim against the District for 1892 .215
damages My friend, Washington Top
ham, says that the claimants many
years afterward actually received
| $3.50, ,766.08.
One Of the chief historic events Of
this neighborhood Is known as the
Northern Liberty Market House riot.
1t occurred on June I. 1857. during the
city election held that date, and was
brought about by the American party
or what was commonly known as the
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Its of prominent actors, the giving and
paying of calls and a variety of other
topics especially interesting to the re-
tieetIve mind.
Capital S!lhouettes," written In 1898
and 1924. by George Rothweli Brown.
are also TO be found here, as are the
articles styled Looking Backward, - con-
trihuted to the press by j. Walter Nit
chell during the years 1918 and 1919.
A RRANGED In wall cases and on
~ screens In this section Is compre-
hensive collection Of maps OF Washing
ton and the District of Columbia, a
larger part of which includes the Hood
Collection obtained from James r.
Hood several years ago. In ALL there
are ITO maps, beginning with the Len
fant and Eliicott plans, and bringing
the District down to the present time.
If you want To find out where the Island
was, these maps will show where the
old canal once ran along n street north
west and separated North Washington
from South Washington, causing the
latter to be called by that name II is
gtill No recognized by any one who has
resided In the city for 80 or more years.
In the alder maps, unlontown VIII ap-
pear instead OF Anacostia, and many
other old names almost now forgotten
viii enlighten or refresh the mind as
the case may be.
This entire collection In chronology
cally arranged and apparently ever so
much pains and labor have been spent
upon IT,
Every phase OF local history that the
heart could wiAh for IL treated In the
Waahingtoniana Collection descriptions
Of old landmarks, old residences, public
memorials and monuments, including
legislation providing for their erection,
and an account OF their dedcationa ho~
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! Speaking OF the period around lS40,
an early issue of The Star tells us
| that the west end Of the two angular
I squares fronting the east side of the
space was not improved until after the
| a0s, and was net susceptible of improve
ment, for stream which had its head
| in the commons north of the space
crossed by Seventh street near the GEN.
ter OF the square north OF X street and
| New York avenue. east OF seventh street,
made Its way In the gulley OF Sixth
street to the Judiciary Square, the
waters Joining those from Willow Tree
spring on New York avenue between
Fourth and Fifth streets. A small arch
Spanned this stream at Seventh street
and there was q narrow bridge at the
roadway on New York avenue Not far
east Of the square there had been a
brick yard, What was then known as
SnisnuiS corner at tha northwest cor
ner OF Seventh and X streets was then
vacant, but the owner of the land, w, +,
dfimth, had erected two brick dwellings
a short distance westward and lived In
one Tor number Of years afterwara
Near the corner os Eighth and X
streets there were two eld~faShioned
brick houses setting back 4 Mr., De
kraft living In one and Mr., L0nd
washington residing for time In the
either, The northwest corner Of Eighth
and X streets was vacant nrsor ta the
Aoa, ~ was, IN fact, most OF the square
"Mr Daniel Gold. a san.in-law ai
Amos Kendall, and a well known corre~
spanaent, awnea nearly If not quite all
the south front Of this square, living In
a thfee-story brick house near the cor.
neF Of Ninth street This ground was
In the ans held glrst at and SahSe.
quenty at 10 ana Is cents per foot"
The Mount Vernon Place Methodist
Episcopal Church South, which stood
until 4 few years ago where II new the
MachinlstA' building. was not ereeted
until iaaa Its rrst pastor was the Rev,
w, v, nlder. II, u,
In laA0 the Nerthern lAherty Fire
Go. erected Its engine house on this
square about where Il the Mam EN-,
trance es the Library, Its f.rAt elfleeFs
were; President John Y, bryant, vita
president, Joseph nryan, treasurer,
], a, Robinson, and secretary, naniA.
Nsn EvanA The company continued
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ix thrown open To tile public for its tn"
specaa0s1 and assistance
III happened 10 be- the good fortune
of tlas writer 70 haze The Washing
fonana collection. by which name II III
egile6. explained 10 him the other day
ggy no Jeas person than Dr BoweFnan
himself. and IN this way ne mad the
additional pleasure ri meeting Miss
katharine F7slaef9. about As efficient and
GelEgntful an assistant az could nave
t1sen selected 10 take charge 0t the col
secsaGn.
No doubt ire aet3al assembling and
arranging of The collection have bern
cf1e 1s fae skill ef Ales FstteH, for
tf1efe are many executive duties for Df
E0xeFraaa 10 Iaok after In the course
~ 4 day and these would not permit
j1tn physically 10 participate lil This
N0sk ever 10 valuable and Gesltabls A.
IL might he ~ the public.
III selecting Mlss FaltHn. Dr, Bo#ef-
man mas displayed his USUAL keen 1aag"
uaeni, for this delightful izay combines
In sef makeup enthusiasm, efJeiFncy
gYd ability, D thorough knowledge u
the subject aHe willingness 10 ssFpe.
-
THE WasiainRtgaianz collection ls
giaial over fi9e naln stairway upon
entering tlss Library building. and Mihs
EsEtAs on EoBae other 0bisaing lady Ia
slsaIsfIy present ~ assist those seeking
ffae IsisD9ry of the District 9f Columbia
Wtseg / called st iDe Library tlae etileF
1sy Miss Patten 8aR Da1b3jifag over with
priae ard Joy a. she showed noe some
Serg sglH snd rare volumes bearing pfs
early washington which were assigned
"a ! sgeclaI nsL~top cast WE1aB tbe
Ianaed ms little book 9la etiqaette.
tsIsyIssIseN 10 years ago she fairly seemed
ea9rapl4rea ~ she read from
"NlssH young ladies' from 1taf et fb@
Ts11Y1ns tlls se6sigH Ut Congress. II II
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| Know Nothing party-unduly the lie
gally obStructirg and interfering with
the election at the polling place az the
south side OF Mount Vernon Square
between Seventh and Eighth streets.
For this unlawful purpose a gang Of
rewdies called Plug uglies' was in
duced to come over from Baltimore for
the purpose of intimidating voters Of
this city. In Washington their num-
Der was greatly increased by members
OF the rougher element, then, as now.
always looking for scrap. They came
they saw and they were defeated. One
hundred and ten Marines put them TO
flight after killing six persons and
wounding 2l. although the Bad Men
of Baltimore" had fortified themselves
with a brass cannon which they
brought from the Anacostia engine
house and placed under the market
house shed at the corner OF Seventh
and K streets. together with firearms
shillaiahs, stones and everything imagi-
nable. offensive and defensive. After
the Marines got through with them
those who were able left town, wiser
than when they came here
Reverting TO the Washingtoniana Col
lection, DR. Bowernan suggests that
when you are in the vicinity of the
Library you drop in any week day be-
tween Q am. and pm; Thursdays.
. am to 0 pm, and have Miss Patten
show YOU the section in which she takes
so much pride, The, scarcity OF much
OF the material displayed necessarily
restricts 1t to reference use only, but in
some instances duplicates are avail
able for lending from the circulation
department
In this connection also an exchange
or duplicate material Is suggested BE-
tween the various organizations Of the
eltv With the Library Cooperation in
this way cannot help but be O! mutual
oenent and make even more vsiuAhls
an already valuable collection.
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the Public Library Is located. Is OF a
tract OF land owned at the time OF the
forming of the District Of Columbia by
two men named Lynch and Sands, and
called Port Royal. Speaking of the con-
dtion of this section, in 1900. Christian
Hines. In his EARLY Reoollections of
Washington City" says; ON the square
hnunded by | and NJ and probably
sixth and Ninth streets, was Jenkins
farm, which extended little beyond
the old poor house On this farm was
an old dwelling house and tobacco house
OF barn. etc. From this TO Boundary
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but also geographically. There are few
persoflE~~9Yen students Of history who
can answer right OFF the reel" WHO was
the Vice President of The United
States In 1922 This little volume tells
us IT WaS Daniel ID. T0mpkins at New
York and that ne resided ut Nit. Dow
son's IN Capitol HiIl
A variety 6f information III furnished
by this old directory The Senators
then 0f our neighbofing states, Mary
land and Virginia we're Edward Lloyd
aud Samuel smith from the former. and
James Barbour from the latter fthe
other Senator's name not appearingl
Tire Senate committee on the District
0f Columbia comprised Senators Bar
bGuf. Lloyd. DfWolf, Iannan and
S9utbarG. and the House committee 0f
Msssrs Kent, Mercer, Heaie, Maliack,
Patterson, Rochester and Stephenson.
From the same source IT is learned that
tbs total population of the District then
wss aJ.05s. which included hlezandFla
and Alexandria County, which wss then
a part ~ the District ~ Columbia, not
having been fstfgcedea 10 virginia
until is49
! THIS ls indeed most complete afid
Interesting collection, which ls ri"
/ Yags OH the increase Ut history IN na
] tl0naliy etgtistanIiy In the making NJ
! 1Ee present time there are 1900 hooks
/ i7g nlAps, about 800 prints al oil xmas
i mounted snd uumolnted Like num-
! bef Of the bo0ka, many of the prints
aFe u q Tafe character ard deei1eGls
interesting ~ tileEe looking for oId
views NJ Washington.
/ From Il modest three sdfawsf section
In lfe beaiDning, the vertical tiie d
WsallingtfsniBna has grown into n large
dissection cabinet containing n
! dtaWefs filled with clippings am
i'm Hui4lets ffefa whsf Wotl3d appaaf n
De almeA every possible source and GOV
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Eyer since DR.. Bowerman. accepted
the appointment as librarian Of our
Public Library. In 1904. one Of his pet
ideas has been the forming of WASH
ingtoniana section. where might be
shown 70 advantage the records that
10 toward making up the history Of the
District of Columbia, and now, after the
lapse OF "a years, this unique section
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tory" compiled and printed by Judah
Delano I'm 1872 How fascinating To
scan its pages and find that James Mon
roe then resided at the Presidents
House and that another James Monroe
was an engineer at Dyer's steam mill at
Third street east. near the Eastern
Branch. showing that not only were
these two Monroes separated in position
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and any number nf miscellaneous clip
pings, Four volumes alone, about 10
by "a inches. are devoted exclusively to
the articles appearing weekly In The
gtar from 1912 to 1897 under the pen
The Washington times., 1928-11-14
YES RIS SAVED
ROM SUB

EAST ORANGE, ". T., Nov. IA.
A. G.. Horowitz, Red Cross worker
during the World War, recalled to-
day how the Vestris, as a troop
ship, narrowly escaped being sunk
by a submarine in the Bay of
Biscay in June, 1918.
The Vestris at the time was part
of a large convoy. Excerpts from
Horowitz's diary tell the story
graphically:
AT $50 we were startled when
the lookout in the crows nest
banged away at hollow tube and
shouted.
All vessels in the convoy then
made a sharp turn to left and full
speed ahead. From where we were
sitting we could easily see the peri
scope rise above the water for
about two minutes. Apparently
realizing that it was too close to
our ship and spying so many
destroyers around, it started to sub.
merge. We were afout so yards
away.
submerged one of the British de-
stroyers shot over the spot where
the sub disappeared and dropped a
depth charge. Either it exploded
too soon or they didn't regulate it
properly. because when it exploded
under the water it did no damage
at all The destroyer Immediately
turned around again to the spot,
and this time 1t l1overed about a
few seconds and let another go
down. 1t hit its mark, because a
large pool OF oil formed on the sur
face and wreckage OF all kinds
floated on top. The captain an
nounced the submarine was de-
stroyed and ali the while we were
cheering as If we were at q foot
ball game"
The Washington times., 1928-11-14
II. S. Court Affir1ns
Mail Fraud Conviction

NEW YORK, Nov. 14.-The
United States Circuit Court of
Appeals. has affirmed the convic-
ton of Thomas S. Cochran, who
with Constantine A. Morrisey, alias
Kent, Morgan; Thornley, D. Harris,
jr., alias A. c. Gibson, and the
Industrial Bankers Corporation, was
found guilty of using the mails to
defraud. E
Cochran was sentenced on March
/ last to Is months in Atlanta
penitentiary. Morrisey received a
three-year sentence and Harris an
eight.month term in Westchester
county JAIL The corporation was
fined $4,000.