Evening star., 1936-11-07
GARF|NCKEL RITES
THIS AFTERNOON
Friends and Associates Pay
Tribute to Merchant and
PhiIanthropist.

Funeral services win be held at 3
pm. today for Julius Garfnckel,
Washington merchant and philan.
thropist, who died Thursday night, On
his 62d birthday anniversary, after a
brief illness. -
I The services will be held in All Souls
Unitarian Church, Sixteenth and Har-
ward streets, with the pastor, DR..
Ulysses @. B. Pierce, ofiiciating. Burial
will be private.
Many Of Mr.. Garfinckel's friends
and associates paid tribute to him to-
day. Meanwhile the great department
store which bears his name remained
closed all day out of respect to his
memory.
The merchants many activities in
business, civic and social welfare cir
cles brought him in contact with men
and women who spoke In highest terms
Of his life and character.
Robert v. Fleming, president OF the
Riggs National Bank, Of which Mr..
Garfinckel was director, said
Washington has lost one of its most
outstanding citizens. Mr.. Garfinckel
was civic minded, charitable and con-
Structiye In his approach to all mat
ters involving human need. He was
great success rs q merchant and one
of the most cultured men ! have ever
known"
Praised by Marvin"
President Cloyd Heck Marvin of
George Washington University praised
Mr.. Garf1nckefs active work IN behalf
Of the church. the community and the
underprivileged. Mr.. Garfinckel was a
trustee of George Washington Univer-
sity as well as Gallaudet College and
the Y. w. C. A. He was vice president
of the District chapter, Boy Scouts of
America.
Others who paid tribute to Mr..
Garfinckel were DR.. Paul Bartsch of
the National Museum. acting president
of the District Chapter of Boy Scouts;
Mrs. Albert w. Atwood, president of
the Y. w. C. A.: William Mcclellan,
president Of the Potomac Electric
Power Co, Of which Mr.. Garfinckel
was director. and DR.. Percival Hall,
president Of the Columbia Institute
for the Deaf
Mr.. Garfinckel had served as a trus-
tee for the institute.
There were additional expressions of
tribute from officials OF the WASH
ington Board of Trade. the Merchants
and Manufacturers Association and
from leading merchants of the city.
Mr. Garfinckel was a trustee of the
All Souls Unitarian Church and a
director OF Emergency Hospital.
Pallbearers this afternoon, all Of
whom have been associated in business
with Mr.. Garfinckel for the past IL
to Is years. are william e. Schmid,
Harvey ]. Cheston. Frank A. Flanagan.
Paul II. Firestone, Arthur z. Crow
and Jennings Snider.
Recently in Europe.
Mr.. Garfinckel had been at work
at his store, of which he was the sole
owner, only few days prior to his
fatal illness He had returned re-
Gently from trip to Europe with his
nephew. William Townsend Pheifer
OF Amarillo. Tex. The nephew came to
Washington from the West when noti-
ned his uncle was seriously Ill. arriving
Thursday.
Mr.. Garfinckel was an art collector
who specialized in Whistler's etchings.
In the course of years he managed
to gather many valuable examples of
Whistler's inimitable works. These he
hung about his home and they gave
him so much pleasure he wished to
share it with the public.
Accordingly an exhibit was ar
ranged at the Corcoran Gallery of
Art in October of 1894 and Is of
Mr.. Garfinkel's etchings were loaned.
C. Powell Minnigerode, director of
the gallery. was enthusiastic in his
praise of Mr.. Garfinckel
Few people knew how highly Mr..
Garfinckel priced his Whistler col
lection. His willingness to strip his
home of his treasures for the benefit
of the Washington public was an ex-
preston of truly generous nature" +"