Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-31

father. He leaves wife and two children
He was in comparatively good health, appar-
emily. Recently he had complained of indiges-
ton, and had been under treatment by DR..
Townshend for that complaint"
Three days after his death The Star told of
his burial and the respect shown the dead 1t
said:
Funeral of John Hancock.-The funeral of
the late John Hancock took place yesterday
afternoon from the family residence, 1884 Penn
sylvania avenue, Rev. DR.. Naylor of Foundry
Church oficiating. The remains were inferred
in Oak Hill Cemetery. The pallbearers were
Messrs. w. S. Roose Thomas NJ. Steep, Thomas
j. Russell, George Gibson. H. C. Coburn and
Walter D. Wyvil."
A NDREw w. HANCOCK succeeded his father
in business, and was of the third genera
ton of the name of Hancock to run the same
business at the same place. which from outward
appearance was by no means as attractive a
place as number of others in the CITY, and yet
this place succeeded and even gained fame
when others failed and went out of business
entirely. Nor is it probable that the refresh
ments sold there excelled those dispensed by
other firms engaged in similar business Per-
haps, after all, it was due to the personalities
OF the several proprietors and the display Of
mementos and relics each telling its own silent
story of some particularly notable person or
event.
In The Star of November 7, 1885, this place
of business is referred to as THE Old Gu 1osity
Shop" and the writer, in addition to referring
to Mr.. Hancock's death, also refers TO the won
derful collection then on display at his place
Of business Since it has not been printed in
the last IS years no doubt it will prove new to
many at this time. SO here 1t Is:
'rThe sudden death Of Mr. John Hancock
proprietor of the old Curiosity Shop restau-
rant, has directed public attention to the col
lection of curiositieS in that place Years back
prior to the clash of arms in civil conflict
Hancocks was favorite place of resort for
public men. 1t was patronized with especial
Iondness by Southern men. The old-time
Southerner had a weakness for mixed drinks
and indeed this taste Is by no means extinct
among his descendants At Hancocks, it was
understood, they got choice liquor and got it
mixed in way to please their tastes. At any
rate, it became the custom for prominent
Southern men--CongreSSmen, cabinet minis
ters and others-to make frequent visits to
Hancock's.
"Nor was the patronage of the place confined
to Southern men. For many years past it was
not an infrequent thing to see leading men of
both sections men whose utterances for the
public ear were in bitter antagonism sitting
around the plain table in the plain back room
i'm the most friendly spirit of social intercourse
As they slipped punches they would forget the
acrinnony Of debate and join in most cordial
devotion to the shrine OF Bacchus Even in all
the animoSities of the reconstruction period
the most incorporating political antagonists
OFTEN met around the social board at Ham
cocks and drowned their bitter feelings in the
seductive influence of palatabe punch
OF late years Senators Bayard and Edmunds
have often clinked glasses at Hancock's
and Of the Thousands of men who since the
4t1 Of last March have visited washington In
quest OF ONCE hundreds have exchanged hopes
and expressed their disappointment at Han
cocks.
odd AND CURIOUS THINGS.
The place got its name of Old Curtsoity
Shop from the success of its founder, Mr..
Andrew Hancock, in collecting odd and curious
articles He a genuine antiquarian A
program of the first theatrical performance in