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would be surprised at what he heard.
Surprised or something. Personally,
We were deeply moved.
The first movie fan this man from
the Columbia Pictures Publicity De-
partment approached was-you don't
have to guess. we'll tell you-Norma
Shearer. Would Miss Shearer say If
she thought it was true what they say
about Katharine Hepburn? Miss
Shearer would. She would say, Il
think she's one of the really rare hu-
man beings in this world. and she dem
onstrated it once again by her charm
ing and human performance. Merle
Oberon thought Katharine Hepburn
is magnificent. She gave very bril-
liant and appealing performance"
Charles Boyer was found, too
katharine Hepburn in Holiday is
superb" Mr.. Boyer told our man with
the pad and the pencil. She proved
again that she is one of the screens
greatest" And. according to Basil
Rathbone, katharine Hepburn has
never been better" David o. Selznick
did not go quite so far, but he admitted
it was katharine Hepburn's best per-
formance in years" The argument
was clinched, though, when Janet
Gaynor came forward with her bright
and original comment. Said Miss
Gaynor, katharine Hepburn is su-
perb."
Now, if you don't find all this ter
rifically moving, there is something
wrong. 1t should do your soul good
to envision the poor embattled movie
stars, with their backs to the studio
wall, bravely defying those exhibitors
who dared say some of the film great
were poison at the box Office
1t should do your soul good. too, to
see what some of the feminine stars
think of another feminine star. There
was a time when Hollywood wasn't
big enough to hold two stars of the
same caliber as, say Katharine Hep
burn and Norma Shearer. but now the
gals tell not only each other but the
world how good another lass is. Phila-
OClpIllu, yOu IL 4ldSC W 4ClAll4uloAl IIiut
title; from now on it's Hollywood. the
City Of Brotherly land Sisterly) Love.
\ i y X
FOR a fellow who is so new to the
stage, this Sammy Kaye certainly
has learned in a hurry how to put on
q show. Sammy's appearance at the
Capitol this week is, you may already
know, his second vaudeville engage
ment, the first being three-day run
at q small theater last week, to break
in the act. Next week he tackles the
country's No. / name band stand, New
York's Paramount Theater.
But Mr.. Kaye and his Swing and
sway" aggregation won't have to wor-
ry, for they have what it takes to
make even a tough Broadway audi
ence get off its hands and paddy
whack enthusiasm. The Kaye music
is that sort of sweet-sWing that listens
mighty well and the speciality acts he
has along-the Nonchalants. Bob Will
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Plans Visit to New York.

An Australian wrote in to the
United States Travel Bureau: Hay
ing heard quite lot about it, have
decided I shall visit New York"
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Bows Raid Wolf Den.

FAIRBANKS, Alaska R.-Wolf
fanciers are outbidding game officials
$40 bounty for wolves.
Three schoolboys raided wolf den
for seven cubs. They sold them for
more than the Government offered.
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Edgar Bergen Looks, Talks
And Is a Tired Fellow
Charlie McCarthy's Boss Wants =
Vacation-anda Long
Vacation at That.
By JAY CARMODY.

oILYwooD May 25Eder Bergen tired He looks tired an ana
But he acting Uni
versal publicity department. picked
him up a Charlie Mccarthy sad to relate.
7cent allowance he
either
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the idea" to any who may help, either
by the gift of volume or otherwise,
in building up the national collection
OF children's literature, particularly
that Of the 18th century.
A MOTHER invaluable service will be
performed for collectors occupied
with their own problems. Through his
research Gustav Davidson will make
it easy for such individuals to ascer-
tain whether or not they are actually
buying first editions. This has been
very difficult to ascertain in the field
OF children's books on account Of the
fact that the date on the title page
was often year later than the date
under which the book was deposited
with the copyright Office of the Library
of Congress. Thus. child's book bear
ing, let us say. Jan. 20. 1882" on its
title page, might be registered with
the Library of Congress under the
date of Nov. 20. 1891" which would
naturally lead the collector to sup
pose he had not purchased a first edi-
ton. However, since most books for
children are published in time for
the Christmas trade-which would
leave but month remaining of the
old year-it was customary for the
publisher to register the date of pub
lication with the Library of Congress,
but to place the new years date on
the title page Of the book so that the
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Kirkwood Hotel, brick building where
the Raleigh Hotel now stands, and a
drug store I" =. He rode the country
for many miles around Washington, in
Maryland and Virginia, horseback,
carrying his medicine in saddle bags.
He sold out his hotel and drug store
in the spring of l842, bought a farm
later known as Heurich's Brewery
farm, 5 or miles out in Maryland
beyond the Catholic University, to get
rid Of his being daily and much of
the night in the saddle, as it was using
him up. He died September %, 1853,
and is buried in Congressional Gene
terry"
FOLLOWING the Fountain Inn
came Azariah Fuller. who erected
on this corner. in l847 80 a large
hotel. five stories high, with u rooms"
known as the City Hotel But Mr..
Fuller died soon after building this
structure and the following year we
find the hotel being reopened by j.
Thomas as the Irving Hotel.
In 1856 J. H. and A. w. KirkWood
took charge of the property and called
it the KirkWood House. According to
Mr.. Godfrey, there was no known
relationship between Dr. Wallace
Kirkwood and the Kirkwood brothers,
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ming Star Newspaper Co. The item
follows:
"It is reported that the old Hood
Building, on the northwest corner Of
Eleventh street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue., has been purchased by The Star
Publishing Co. and that the neces-
sary arrangements for its being fitted
up for a printing Office are being
made and that it will soon be occu-
pied, the basement and first floor by
The Star Co. and the upper by the
photographic Bureau, which now oc-
cupies that portion Of the building"
And this was the home of The Star
from 1881 to 1899
when the ground was being pre-
pared for the present Star Building"
we are told, "the old-fashioned bake
ovens of the Guatier cook shops were
brought to view on the Eleventh street
side, after having been forgotten by
Washingtonians for two generations
or more So solid were they that they
taxed the strength of the workmen
in removing them" Mr.. Gautier was
one Of the advertisers in the first
issue of The Star.
THUS it can be seen that this area
got an early start in business
way, and in a few years it became
quite center for merchants, most
likely because Of the wharf facilities
at the head of the bay in the Tiber.
where now stands the new Department
of Commerce Building. This is quite
evident from the number Of firms adj
vertisirg their wares. even while the
city was in its infancy and by 1843 We
find in the City Directory the names Of
number Of those engaged in busi-
ness who believed that prosperity
comes through advertising
In the vicinity of the Raleigh in that
year We find this advertisement:
STATIONERY WAREHOUSE.
VIM. F. Bayly.
Pennsylvania Avenue
Between 1lth and 18th Streets, Wash
ington.
Agent for
HERRICK & BLUNT,
203 Pearl Street, New York.
Wholesale Importers and Dealers in
English, French and American
Staple and Fancy Stationery
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in all its varieties.

in all its varieties.
The trade supplied on the best terms,
and at the lowest prices" 4
Close by was William Fischer's
Fancy and Staple Stationery store,
on Pennsylvania avenue between Elev-
enth and Twelfth streets. Muller a.
Moore we're in the same square with q
large assortment Of paperhangings, Of
which they say:
Have constantly on hand large
assortment Of paperhangings suitable
for parlors, halls and chambers, with
borderings of every description and of
great beauty to match; also magnif-
cent supply of superior firescreens,
which they also make to fit chimnar-
places"
On Twelfth street, down by tbs
Canal Bridge-noU Constitution ave-
nue-Ulysses Ward had lumber yard
and four doors west of Twelfth street,
on the south side of Pennsylvania ave-
nue., j. w. Gather manufactured
"jeWelry and silverware in the best
and most fashionable style" To those
interested in police matters We find In
Magistrate Clark's advertisement that
the second ward police Office was on
the south side of Pennsylvania avenue
between Thirteenth and Fourteenth
streets, along about where is now the
Municipal Building.
But Mr.. Clark's announcement
makes no reference to the parking
meters, parking lots or traffic tickets.
which only goes to show how well off
the people were then, and probably
did not know it.
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I'm reading your article in The Sun
day Star you mention my father
David Appler, as proprietor Of the
Fountain Inn from 1921 to 1882,
whereas my information is that 1915
to 1882 was the period my father
owned this hotel Am writing mainly
to let you know I am the son Of Dr.
David Appler and the only member of
the family living"
About the year DR. David Appler
gave up this hotel it was sold to Dr..
Wallace Kirkwood. who was druggist
and local physician, and had
pharmacy on the site of The Star
office in l642. when he sold the hotel
and drug store and bought a farm in
nearby Maryland.
The writer's membership in the As
sociation OF the Oldest Inhabitants
brought him in frequent contact with
one Of its oldest members, E. D. God
frey. a Civil War veteran, who died
recently at the age of "a. Mr.. God
frey married a daughter of DR.. Kirk
wood. and some years ago. at the writ
er's request, Mr.. Godfrey wrote the
following regarding his father-in-law:
"Dr. Wallace Kirkwood owned the
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who subsequently took charge of the
hotel property. and continued to run
it until about 1865. when We find it
being conducted by c. c. Sprague &,
Co., and in 1867 by Hendley g. Greene,
whose advertisements reads:
"Kirkwood House,
Washington City, D. c.
This excellent house is under the
management of James D. Hendley
formerly connected with it under the
proprietorsllip of the Messrs. Kirk
wood. and late of the Gilrnor House,
Baltimore. and B. Greene, also for
many years connected with the house.
1T has been
Thoroughly Renovated and Repaired,
and contains
All the Requisites of First Glass
Hotel,
Is Centrally Located, and
Convenient to
The Business Portion of the City &
Public
Buildings, City Railways, &c.
The management promise to do
everything in their power for the
comfort and satisfaction Of their
guests
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for the national collection and other
wise identify themselves with the prof.

for the national collection and other
wise identify themselves with the prof.
ect.
He hopes, too, to bring to the atten-
ton Qf owners of valuable children's
books the particular advantages their
collections would be subjected to in the
care Of the Library of Congress, where
air conditioned stacks and fireproof
chambers would insure their preserva-
ton and protection without rendering
them in any way inaccessible to the
public generally.
In short, it is the aim of Gustav
Davidson. in his new post. to be the
means Of adding many precious items
to the Juvenilia already catalogued
In the records Of the Rare Book Col
lection. In addition, he bears very
much in mind the necessity for aiding
in every way possible the specialists
in the field, the teachers or students
for whom Juvenilia holds an especial
appeal or interest. He is confronted
with the tremendous labor of making
available to them all information of
historical, biographical or critical i'm
portance that will contribute to an
understanding or appreciation of the
literature and authors or their signifi-
canoe.
All this will entail much travelling,
q bruiting about Of aims and purposes,
gentle and assiduous sleuthing for
items, or, a. Davidson puts 1t, selling
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sketch of him printed in the Daily
Morning Chronicle of April II, 1865,
was born in Raleigh. N c., Deem
bcr 90. 1903 When he was 4 wears
of age he lost his father, who died
from the effects of cxertion to save
friend from drowning At the age
OF 10 he was apprenticed to a tailor
IN his native city, with whom he
served seven years His mother was
unable to afford him any educational
advantages, and he never attended
chool day in his life. While learn
ing his trade, however, he resolved to
make an effort to educate himself.
His anxiety to be able to read was
particularly excited by an incident
which Is worthy of mention A gentle
man of Raleigh was in the habit of
going into the tailor's shop and read
ing while the apprentice and Journey
men were at work He was an excel
lent reader, and his favorite book was
volume of speeches, principally of
British statesmen. johnson became
interested, and his first ambition was
to equal him as reader and become
familiar with those speeches. He took
up the alphabet without an in
structor, but by applying to the jour-
neymen with whom he worked he OBJ
tanned little assistance.
"HAVlNG acquired knowledge of
the letters, he applied for the
loan of the book which he had 50
often heard read. The owner made
him a present of it, and gave him
some instruction on the use of let
ters in the formation Of words. Thus
his first exercises in spelling were in
that book. BY perseverance he soon
learned to read, and the hours which
he devoted to his eduction were at
night after he was through his daily
labor upon the shop board. He now
applied himself to books from two to
three hours every night, after work.
ing from 10 to IL hours at his trade.
Having completed his apprentice
ship in the autumn of 1924. he went
to Laurens Court House. S. c., where
he worked as journeyman for nearly
two years. While there he became
engaged to be married, but the match
was broken of by the violent opposi-
ton of the girls mother and friends,
the ground of objection being Mr..
Johnson's youth and want Of pecuni-
ary means. In May, 1926, he returned
to Raleigh, where he procured Journey
man work and remained until Septem-
Der. He then set out to seek his for
tune in the West. carrying with him
his mother, who was dependent upon
him for support. He stopped at
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brother, was mortally wounded at the
battle OF Vicksburg. Miss. in De-
cember, 1862. 1t. Alexander H. Todd
was killed at Baton Rouge, La. He
was Mrs. Lincoln's baby brother; and
then, in September. 1862, came the
news of the death of Brig. Gen. Ben
jamin Hardin Helm, the husband of
her sister Emma.
But both President johnson and
Mrs. Lincoln knew the trials and
heartaches Of war. and both had oc-
casions to weep for their lost loved
ones, though the greatest sacrifice to
Mrs. Lincoln, to the world and to
humanity was the assassination of her
beloved husband and Americas mar
tyr President, Abraham Lincoln.
THE early history Of the northeast
corner of Pennsylvania avenue and
Twelfth street, where the Kirkwood
House stood, shows that here was once
the Fountain Inn, kept by David APP
pier as early as 1915, and in this
connection the writer finds it oppor
tune to quote from a letter he received
on December 30, 1880. from DR.. c. w.
Appler of this city. the son Of the
proprietor of the Fountain Inn, in
which he saws.
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Andrew johnson Was Made President
Stree, Site That Is Now Raleigh HOTEL
The TIA develop

Greeuville, Tenn, and commenced
work as toulneyman. He remained
there about IL years. married, and
soon afterward went still farther
westward. but, failing to find suit
able place to settle, he returned to
Greenville and commenced business.
up to this time his education was
limited to reading, as he had never
had an opportunity of Tearing to write
or cipher. but under the instructions
of his wife he learned these and other
branches. The only time, however,
he could devote to them was in the
dead of night.
The first office which he ever held
was that of alderman Of the village,
to which he was elected in 1928"
A T THE time of Johnson's elevation
= to the presidency he was in the
57th year Of his age and had only
recently retired as military governor
of Tennessee. which carried with it
the rank of brigadier general. the
position he left the United States
Senate to accept. March 4. 1862. His
family. at the time he became Presi-
dent, included his wife and four chill
dren, two sons and two daughters.
His son, Robert, was then 20. and
Andrew, lr., IL. They resided in
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RARE JUVENILE WORKS MAKE NATIONAL BOOK COLE CTON
Familiar Names, Recalled by Readers From
Days of Literary Thrills, to Be
Preserved for Future Time.

son stands ready to accept with graft
tude.
This writer, Harry Castleman, is rep
resented by long list of titles in the
present collection, for he wrote pro-
lifically, holding many a boy SPELL
bound with his tales of adventure and
hardihood.
Castleman was the pseudonym used
by Charles A. Fosdick, uncle OF Harry
Emerson Fosdick and Raymond Fos-
dick. In his new duties Gustav David
son will often have to determine which
of the writer's used more than one
pseudonym, for already books have
turned up attributed to some unknown
writer, and apparently the only works
of his hand, that bear a striking re-
semblance to the works of known au-
thors. Davidson will have to read
such volumes, study and compare styles
and determine their origin, and true
authorship.
THE collection includes many such
serial writer's as Harry Castleman
There are the books Of Oliver Optic,
otherwise known as William T. Adams,
the author of the famous "Riverdale
Books" There are the books of Mrs
r. S. Clarke, who wrote for girls under
the pseudonym of Sophie May" and
who seems to have been the first to
conclude that children should be en-
tertained as well as lectured. Her
"Prudy" and "Dotty Dimple' series
form an interesting part of the present
collection.
The Elsie" books of Martha Finley,
as we'll as two shelves filled with her
other writings; the Bessie" books of
Joanna Mathews, the books Of Horatio
Alger, jr; of Edward Ellis. T. S. Arthur,
Lucy Ellen Guernsey and Susan War
ner, are all represented, as we'll as
those of Samuel Goodrich, who as
Peter Farley was the schoolmaster of
an earlier generation. Then there are
the numerous writings of "Pansy"-as
tidy an array Of temperance lectures
as one could find sugar coated for
juvenile consumption.
The books of the period are all char
acterized by heavy preachments aimed
at the unsuspecting little reader. No
opportunity was lost by the 18th CEN
tury writer's to point q moral lesson
or turn attention to the rewards Of
virtue.
Davidson was runner-up this last
year for the Shelley Memorial Award
for Poetry and has been named as
probable recipient for 1898. :.
But above and beyond the colorful
background and wide literary experi-
ence that have been Gustav David
sons, there are qualities Of apprecia-
ton, sense of the true values of life
and Of living, fine feeling for beauty
and worth, native discrimination and
a great intellectual capacity that
promise much for the magnificent
labor he has undertaken. His contri-
button to the history and significance
Of juvenilia in this country is bound
to be of inestimable value to American
literature and the American people,
who will benefit by exercise of his
talents.
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Nashville. having been driven from
their homes in Eastern Tennessee.
The Civil War took in its toll of
dead not only the pride Of the North,
but the pride Of the South as we'll, and
so We find President Johnsons son,
Charles, surgeon in the Union
Army, losing his life from being
thrown from his horse. in 1868. and
the Presidents son on-in-law, Col. Stover.
when commanding the 4th Regiment
of Tennessee Infantry, was killed in
the battle of Nashville while gallantly
leading his command on the 18th of
December. 1864 Another son-in-laW
was Judge Patterson Of Nashville,
whose daughter and granddaughter
visited Washington in 1885 In an effort
to have the Government preserve the
tailor shop and home in Greenville,
Tenn, of the 18th President.
But Mrs Lincoln, whose kindred
fought on the Southern side, suffered
even a greater loss than did President
johnson. for on April Z, 1862, her
half brother, Samuel Todd. was among
those slain in action at the battle OF
Shiloh, Tenn, which was soon fol-
lowed when David Todd, another
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- project has been under way un-
der the supervision of v. Valta
L Parma, curator of the rare
book collection Of the Library Of Con-
gress, that has now taken on the
proportions of a nationally inter-
esting literary endeavor. Because of
it. DR.. Herbert Putnam. Librarian Of
Congress. has been enabled to an
nounce that an interested benefactor
who prefers to go unnamed, has come
forward to aid in the development of
the idea. Moreover, this unnamed
benefactor has contributed sum suf-
flcient to take care of expenses in
this connection. including the salary
Of an experienced and endowed bibl-
ographer for period of five years.
AS result, the United States of
America may well look forward to
achieving distinction through its ma
tional library, in field that has barely
been scratched heretofore-the field
of juvenilia, that literature written
and published especially for children.
To make this announcement more
exciting and significant comes word
that none other than the very noted
and gifted young American poet, Gus
tav Davidson, has been induced to
undertake the tremendous task of
compiling, collating and uncovering
available material in the field More
over. before the five-year period shall
have terminated. he will have written
| handbook on juvenilia that, there is
no question, will serve as the au-
thoritative reference manual for all
those concerned with the subject.
In this invaluable photography,
which will be the result Of his five
years of concentrated study and cx-
ploration, Gustav Davidson will not
only cover completely the field Of chill
dren's literature from early Colonial
days through the 18th century, but
he will, as well, present a glow
ing, vital record that will include
complete and relevant biographies Of
those earlier writer's upon whom tell
the responsibility for influencing or
entertaining the young of their day
and age.
! A S IMPORTANT as the announce
ment Of the endowment itself,
has been this selection of Gustav
Davidson, whose talents and excep-
tional literary discernment have long
been enjoyed by a public that has
known him through his published
book of poetry, his dramas. his book
reports, his music commentaries. his
legends and stories or his lectures.
His contribution is bound to be out
standing, replete, moreover, with that
abounding vitality and fresh con-
cept that have always added charm
and distinction to his separate en-
| deavors.
Students. scholars. teachers and the
reading public generally, have been
appreciative Of these facts and have
acknowledged the announcement Of
Gustav Davidsons appointment with