Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28

should know, for he was none other than the
Arthur p German who later became ceie-
brated as one of the greatest Senators Maryland
ever sent to the United States Congress- He
was born In Woodstock, Howard County, Md,
and was educated and spent his early boyhood
days near Savage, in the same county, a small
manufacturing place about three miles north
of Laurel on the Baltimore Washington Boule-
ward. In 1852 when 13 years OF age, he was
appointed page in the u. s. House Of Repre-
Sentatives, being later transferred to the Senate
side through the influence Of Stephen A.
Douglas, subsequently serving as messenger,
assistant postmaster and postmaster until
September /, 1866, when, probably for political
reasons, he was removed.
After holding various State Offices On March
A. 1881, he took his seat one Of Maryland,s
United States Senator'S his home town being
given as Laurel. Having spent so many Of his
years in Washington he knew the Capital like
8 book and was always alert to its interest and
could be depended upon for justice to its
people. Many will recall his death In wash
ington in 1906, and his hospitable home at
1892 K street northwest, where his daughter
Bessie married June "a, 1896, to Wilton
j. Lambert. the well known Washington lawyer.
1t is very fitting that Senator German should
be buried in Oak Hill Cemetery for there was
no place he loved better than the Federal
Capital
HURING the Civil War base ball took quite
- slump, since many of the best players were
scattered throughout the Northern and South
armies, but whenever the troops were
assembled good game could be witnessed
nearly every day or SO. Particularly was this
so in the White Lot grounds and in Franklin
Square.
Upon many occasions President Lincoln wit
messed the sport in both places, and referring
to the latter place what Walt Whitman said
in 1863 is interesting:
Il see the President almost every day, I
= happen to live where he passes to or from his
lodgings out of town. He never sleeps at the
/. White House during the hot season, but has
quarters at healthy location some three miles
north Of the city, the Soldiers Home. United
States military establishment. I saw him this
morning about $50 coming In to business,
riding on Vermont avenue near L street He
always has . company Of IS Or 30 Cavalry, with
sabres drawn and held upright over their shOal-
ders They gay this guard was against his
personal wishes but he let his counselors have
their way. The party makes NO great show I'm
uniforms or horses. Mr.. Lincoln ON the saddle
generally rides. o good sized eAsy-going gray
horse. is dressed In plain black. somewhat rusty
and dusty; wears . black stiR hat, and looks
about IS ordinary In attire. etc. Is the COM
nAonest man. A lieutenant. with yellow straps,
rides at his Left and following behind tEo by
striped jackets. They are generally going ct .
GLOW tr0t, rs that Is the pace set them By the
one they must wait upon. The sabres and Ac-
coutTenents clank. and the entirely unorna-
mental cortege IS It trots toward lafayette
Square arouses sensation. only Some curious
stranger stops and gazes. see very plainly
Abraham Lincoin's dark brown face, with deep
cut lines. the eyes, always to me with . deep,
latent sadness in the expression. We have got
50 that We exchange bows. and very cordial
ones. Sometimes the President goes and comes
In q barouche The Cavalry always accompany
him with drawn sabres. Often I notice as he
goes out evenings and sometimes In the morn
ing when he returns early-he turns of and
haltS at the large and handsome residence Of
the Secretary Of War on street and holds
conference there. II In his haroche can see
from my window he does not alght. but sits in
the vehicle and Mr.. Stanton comes out to
attend him. Sometimes one of his sons o boy
of 10 or H. accompanies him, riding ut his
right q pony. In the Summer occasionally
saw the President and his wife toward the latter
part of the afternoons out in q baroche on a
pleasure ride through the city, Mrs. Lincoln
was dressed In complete black, with q long
crepe veil. The equipage is Of the plainest kind,
only two horses. and they nothing extra. They
passed me once very close, and saw the
President in the face fully as they were moving
slowly, and his look, though distracted hap
pened to be directed steadily in my eye. He
bowed and smiled, but far beneath his smile
noticed well the expression have alluded to.
None Of the artists pictures has caught the
deep though subtle indirect expression Of
this mans face. There is something else there.
One of the great po!tra painters Of two or
three centuries ago is needed"
TO this, Allen c. Clark in his story for the
records of the Columbia Historical Society,"
entitled Abraham Lincoln in the National
Capital" adds:
When in front of Secretary Stanton's. Mr.