Evening star., 1934-06-03

tells us that the very little tailor's shop" re-
ferred to was conducted by j. G. Grifhth, and
he was important enough, by the way. to carry
an advertisement in the directory in which he
turned the trick on the author by capitalizing
his expression, "At the Very Little Tailor's
Shop" which the advertisement contained.
NICKENS visited the Capitol nearly every
- day; is outspoken in his Notes" on
slavery; speaks kindly of Georgetown College
and lets the President down easy. But he
formed an unfavorable impression Of the city,
sarcastically referring to Its spacious avenues
that begin in nothing and lead nowhere;
streets mile long, that only want houses. roads
and inhabitants; public buildings that need
but public to be complete and ornaments of
great thoroughfares which only lack great
thoroughfares to ornament-are its leading
features
There is no gainsaying the fact that the au-
thor of "A Christmas Carol" and other touch
ing and delightful stories was nonized and
warmly welcomed in this country, but he saw
little to commend and much to condemn, ana
failed to show the right spirit in return for our
hospitality, giving us. instead. justification for
comparing his visit to the old saying "A house
filled with guests Is eaten up and ill-Spoken Of.
DICKENS left Washington on March 16 and
- the Intelligencer announces his departure,
saying:
"Mr. and Mrs. Dickens left this city on
Wednesday evening for Richmond, in continua-
ton of their tour through portion Of the
Union They proceed from Richmond to Nor
folk thence I'D the Chesapeake Bay to Baiti-
more, when they proceed by the Pennsylvania
route to Pittsburgh and the western States.
During their short stay with us. those interest,"
l.~,n atnlt tSHa
sonal esteem by their frank and amiable deport-
ment, and the cordiahty with which they re-
ceved and appreciated and respectful attentions
which were so extensively shown them BY the
inhabitants, resident and transient, OF this city.
We are requested by friend to state that 1t
a source of much regret to them that their
brief sojourn placed 1t out Of their power to
manifest their sense of these civilities at least
so far as returning the very numerous calls
which they received during the few days they
spent here We are also requested to state, that
the arrangements of Mr.. d. for his de-
parture on Wednesday evening would have pre-
vented his attending the theater the annuncia-
tion that he would do so was made without his
authority"
When Dickens returned to America, 26 years
later there was an entirely different feeling all
around Generally, all old sores had been for
gotten, and the novelist probably looked at
things in different way, and If the copyright
laws of which he complained, had not been
changed entirely to suit him, he at least was
willing to let by-gones be by-gones. Slavery,
of which he had bitterly complained. was now
abolished and he found country united as it
had never been before. But he came without
his wife, from whom he separated in 1858, on
the grounds of incompatibility Gan almost in
conceivable charge when consider their largo
family of children nine of whom were born III
the first IA years of their married life).
IN THE meantime, Washington had grown in
population from 23364 to l09,l99 not in
cluding Georgetowns II, ,3S4. Many important
buildings had been erected, and extensive i'm
provements had already begun: The Star had
made its appearance 16 years before and local
events we're receiving more space and considera-
tion than formerly, and of paramount impor-
tance, its advertising columns denoted that it
well a paying basis.
The coming of Dickens, it set forth as fol-
lows:
Carroll Hall
Washington D. C.
G Street between Ninth and Tenth Streets
Mr.. Charles Dickens
Will Read in Carroll Hall
Four Times