Evening star., 1938-07-19

When The Evening Star was only
four-page newspaper, with no Sun
day edition and banner heads un-
known, Guy V. Collins, now chief
clerk, came into the office at Eleventh
and Pennsylvania avenue and took
up his duties as a clerk That was
exactly so years ago yesterday-July
18, 1888. To commemorate the event
and to congratulate one who has seen
SO years of unbrOken service, men,
bers of all departments of this news
paper rendered Mr. Collins a luncheon
yesterday in the Raleigh Hotel. Nat
urally, a food of "reminiscences let
loose.
Grover Cleveland, it seems, was
President of the United States when
The Star came out with its front
pages decorated with three columns
of classified advertisements and five
columns of meager news under stock
heads such as: At the Capitol Today,
washington News and Gossip, News
of the Northwest. Biggest story of
the day Mr.. Collins joined the force
was an item that stated: The Sen
<ate considered bill for the forma-
ton and admission to the Union Of
the State of Washington, to be COM
posed of the present territory of
Washington and part of Idaho terri
tory"
Telegraph cart" Under Test.
At that time they were testing the
art of the telegraph" There were
no electric lights in Washington.
though Edison had patented the in
Candescent lamp and had lost a law
suit in London. The Star had no
sport pages and consequently no base
ball results, for there was no American
League team here-the Baltimore
Orioles being the big shots of that
day. William Mckinley was a men,
ber Of the House from Ohio, the
Civil Service Commission made its
fourth annual report and ginger ale
was outlaWed in Iowa as an intoXi-
cant. Richard Sylvester, then chief
clerk of the Police Department and
.afterWard major and superintendent
of police, had prepared a tabulated
report showing the population of
suburban villages, to wit:
Benning, 70; Anacostia, 1859: IVY
City, l20; Mount Pleasant, 409O;
lexington Place, 40, and Takoma
Park approximately 200.
The first Of the weather reports be-
gan appearing in The Star about the
time Guy Collins joined the paper
and on the day of his entry into
Journalism, on the credit side, the
weather was warm with southeasterly
winds Crosby S. Noyes was editor
Of The Star.
Memories Brought to Life.
All these memories and more were
brought to life yesterday, first at an
informal gathering in the office of
Fleming Newbold, business manager,
who recalled his school days at Cen
trail High with Mr. Collins, and later
at the luncheon. There Frank Hur-
ley, president Of the Star Club. went
back to 1900 when he joined the
advertising department and knew Guy
Collins as a bookkeeper, Five years
later Mr.. Collins, at the advent of
The Sunday Star, was made chief
clerk.
Sitting next to her husband and
enjoying all the repartee was his
bride of February 18, 1902, the then
Daisy Memler, who was born in Eng
land, reared in Norfolk, Va, and
arrived in Washington as a young
girl to meet her fance Thoughts of
those days were exploited by Carl
Stodder cashier of The Star; John
B. Keller of the sports department,
and others. Tributes were paid Mr..
Collins by Capt. Charles H. Ruth,
superintendent of the building; John
j. DAILY of the editorial staff; Julian
Wolfe, advertising manager of the
Heckinger Co.; Walter Coates, and