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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-02
Retail Volume
Rises Despite
Curb on Credit
Sept. Sales q Per Cent
Over 1910; Luxury Line
Shows Greatest Upfurn
BY ARTHUR r. HERMANN


-|~----
WASHINGTON, Nov. Cow
eminent reports today had revealed
that retail sales have continued
10 increase i'm volume during the
last two months, unchecked by re-
strictive instalment regulations
put in force in mid-September.
The Commerce Department re-
ported that sales OF independent
retail stores in September ran %
per cent ahead of the same month
last year.
The federal reserve board re-
ported that department store sales
in principal cities during the month
to October % were Is per cent
ahead of the same period a year
ago.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-02

WORLD FUTURE:
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-10
Cokesbmy News
Nv MRS. tkNTST GILL

Commencement exercises VIII be
gin at Ayyoch -cuuo. sunday even
me-, WIlcu the baccaIaurttc sermon
VIII be delivered at 8 u clock ny ltc".
RI. EamnIa,er, of oxford.
|. c. GIL, from Charlotte, p2nt
lie Ncch-cud with his parents, Mr..
end MIS-. Claud Gall.
AIR. and Mrs. Thomas T'm7taII uln
little daughter, Betsy, returned t.
then home in Ahoskie Tuc day aitc3
spending several days with Nj. auo
Mrs. Milton Stonpack,
George Duke, john Wesley, umC
Letter James from Go. II, Fort Jack
S. c., were guests of Mis- Fran
cca Gill Wednesday.
quite a number of the small Cutl-
drcn from Aycock school ur@ BEN
kept at home the last lew days co.
account of measles and Cnlchc1 p'.
Willie Cray Powell spent Tue,
day night here with his mother
Mrs, b. W. Powell.
Several OF the youu& pc'pI" .i'"
he community attended the puHtl.
s!Ncn by Mi Susie Edwards at he,
nomc at Alert Saturday t>cnH'
from 8 to 1920.
Vii. ana 80. [.aud -. uHgj .'".
td"ar end Virgil, @pent Wcenrad"!
IN Raleigh.
Willie DjcNeraon, OF Holly HidSo
spent the Weekend with hla parents
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-10
q. r. ). Meeting

|nc.regular meeting OF the James
H. Wa1te Chapter number 1893, ORDER
.. fc casters Star, viii be held IN
I'll. M@somlc Hall Monday evening
.t 8 o'clock. and all members are
yr-ed 10 DC present.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-10
Visiting Here.

Little Mis- GWcndOlyn NloEc Shop
.,Iu. attractive four year old daueh-
a.. .f Nj. and MI, NJ. 7. Shepherd
w.. oI Durham, is visiting her grand
thor. Mrs. l.. b. Ellington at y
t.IlpII street.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-10
yrrcau to Meet

The Prisoners Rehabilitation Blu
rc,ll ol Vance county viii meet Mon
day evening at 7:3O O'Clock in the
easement OF the II. Leslie Perry
I,.uurlaI library. 1t is hoped that
III. members viii be present.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-10

4. ENC Flanagan. Of Rich
nd. Va. mas arrived home to spend
y -#gek-emd With hey parents, MI.
.t Ms. l.. G.. Flanagan, on Young
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-10

A Son

Mr.and Mrs. w. X. Daniel an
nounce ttv birth of a son. Charles
Ierly ON Tuesday, May s, 1871.
Maria Parham hospital. Weight.
S'\tN pounds, Ia ounces MIS-.
Hantcl is the former Miss Lula Belle
t%tnnell, Of Alert.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-10
Ni.iinr From Raleigh.

WA. Daniel, of Raleigh. Is spend
I'm. ovcIal weeks with his son-ln-
.... md daughter, Mr., and Mrs. T..
II Weldon.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-10
Doing Nicely

Mr.. NJ. f. Falkncr is SAID to be
doing very nicely at Maria Parham
hospital. where she underwent an
operation.
Evening star., 1941-03-30

sides to the Burroughs Memorial
Association, but retained the RoX-
bury property. Ford wished to buy
the bark study at Riverby," said
Julian, but the family would not
consent to its sale, as he wanted to
move the study, with all its con-
tents, to Dearborn"
The memorial association has a
caretaker at Slabsides, who lives
close by and guards the place. IF
there wasn't some one around" said
Julian, souvenir hunters would
carry off the place. We had to lock
up the original key, the one father
carried, to keep it from being stolen!
Visitors used to take books from the
shelves and pictures from the walls.
It's a wonder they didn't take a
door or two. OF course, they
couldn't get the doors under their
coats, so we've still got 'em!"
In Roxbury some of the old-timers
remember that John Burroughs was
mighty fond of Jay Gould'S sister
Polly. They also remember that
once John let Jay have 80 cents
Evening star., 1941-03-30

grounds will undoubtedly bring
smiles to many careworn face, as
they reflect upon those good old
days of long ago which can never
| return again.
At a very early date, Kalorama
belonged to Anthony Holmead, an
Englishman, and one of the original
proprietors Of land selected for the
Federal Capital. 1t was he who
erected the original house on a
commanding eminence.
At first the tract was called
Widows Mite, and as such was
granted in 1864 to John LangWorth
1t then contained some 600 acres and
the part south Of Florida avenue
and within the city lines was later
given the name of James His Park"
the name under which it was held
by HClmead when he agreed with
the other proprietors to transfer,
unde" certain conditions. their lands
to the Federal Government.
KalOrama Chosen.
Originally Kalorama was called
Rock Hill by Mr.. Holmead, but this
name did not quite suit MI Barlow.
and he changed it to Belair, but
later on, considering the number of
places then bearing that name, he
decided upon the name Kalorama,
from the Greek meaning fine view"
In 1894 or 1895. Holmead sold the
mansion house and about 40 acres of
land to Gustavus Scott, who had
been made one of the commissioners
to superintend the erection of the
public buildings here His career
was an honorable one. He was a
distinguished lawyer, and during the
period of the American Revolution
rendered valuable service to the
cause of independence. He was a
member of the Association of the
Freemen of Maryland, which de-
I cided in July, IT'S, to throw off the
proprietary power and assume pro-
vlslonal government. Later he as
sisted in framing the constitution of
Maryland in 1776, and subsequently
served in the State Assembly, and in
1874 was sent as a delegate to the
Continental Congress.
However. although Gustavus Scott
was thrifty, yet he was not particu-
larly fortunate in his investments,
as we might well judge from letter
dated May 3, 1902, and written by
Thomas Jefferson and addressed to
Joel Barlow, then residing in Paris.
The letter in part reads: There is
most lovely seat adjoining this city
Evening star., 1941-03-30
Cane Gun Used by Writer to Hunt Birds
in Parks Here Is Among Personal
Effects Left Behind

reer of the naturalist. Occasionally,
while roaming about the parks near
the Capitol, he would see a bird in
which he was interested and bring
1t down with one shot from the
cane gun. If guard rushed up to
him and asked if he had heard
shot or had seen some one with a
gun, he innocently shook his head,
watched until the guard had dis
appeared, then pocketed the bird,
hurried home and mounted it. Some
of these stuffed birds still perch on
broken branches in the Riverby
study.
Many tall trees cluster about the
larger house making it dark inside.
When this was pointed out to Julian
he said: You should have seen the
place when father lived there! Ore
day said to him, Two of the books
you have written are Light of Day
and Winter Sunshine" yet you
have no sunshine in the house and
very little light Father answered,
If light and sunshine came into the
house, maybe wouldn't write about
them"
Tucked away between the pages
of an old book found in the library
was small piece of paper on which
John Burroughs had scraWled: How
can man say what is not in his
heart? If ran after the birds to
write about them, would I get very
far? No. 60 to Nature for good
time, not for literature" In several
other books were found the inscrip-
ton of Walt Whitman, Burroughs
long time friend.
Two miles from Riverby, beside a
swamp, is another Burroughs re-
treat. 1t is reached by road and
winding trail through the woods of
West Park. The swamp was dis
covered by Julian and later came
into his fathers possession through
his efforts to help a man who had
come to him for a loan. The man
had wished to buy some land of
which the swamp was a part. The
swamp, they decided, was an ideal
place to grow celery, so it was pur-
chased, cleared and made ready.
After time John Burroughs built
cabin Of hemlock logs and named
the retreat Slabsides. 1t is rough
heWn and without varnish-as near
to nature as house could be. The
furniture, too, is of native wood em-
bellished by oddly twisted branches.
Evening star., 1941-03-30
Many Books Produced in Small Bark
Cabin on Famous Riverby Estate
Bordering the Hudson River

because Jay was broke and needed
it." Burroughs and Gould were
classmates in the little West Settle
ment school. Years later, while Bur-
roughs was working in the Treasury
Department in Washington, Gould
arrived, with some officers of a New
York bank, and failed to recognize
Burroughs. Jay made that 80 cents
grow to S8O,000,0OO," said one of
the old-timers, but it amt doin'
him much good now"
Place for Study.
During his days at Washington
John Burroughs must have dreamed
of a place like Riverby where he
could work and study and see things
grow. He must have visioned what
later he made possible with his re-
turn to the old farm near RoXbury
and Woodchuck Lodge in the Cats
kill Mountains and in his retreat at
SlabsideS.
Here at Riverby father raised a
lot of grapes" said Julian. Some
times we got 40 tons year from
the vines. He had many chances to
sell the place, but never would do so.
Once a Midwestern friend sent
father a few wild geese to eat. 1
think they had been shot down in
the States after flying over from
Canada. Anyway, father found
some seed in their crops and planted
them. The seed turned out to be
beans and we had beans growing
here for a long time"
Friends who knew Burroughs in
timately called him "the boy who
never grew up." His Journeys west
ward to visit John Muir and to
explore the Grand Canyon, Yellow
stone Park and the Petrified Forest
were great adventures for him. AS
a member of the Hartman expedi-
ton he travelled to Alaska and "got
a glimpse of Asia" He made several
voyages to Europe and in later years
to the Hawaiian Islands. At other
times he cruised about in the Carib-
bean, but he did not like the tropics
and often spoke of how "uncomfort-
able" he had been in Jamaica. He
enjoyed the camping trips with
Thomas Edison, Henry Ford and
Harvey Firestone. 1t amused him
to tell of a newspaper account of
one of these trips which stated that
the party had included "a Mr.. Bur-
roughs of the adding machine COM
pany."
Evening star., 1941-03-30

When Burroughs first took over
the Riverby property he had been
appointed bank examiner for that
locality. This occupied him only a
few months each year, but it added
considerable to his income at the
time, as his writing brought in very
little money. His first book had
been published. 1t concerned Walt
Whitman The two men had been
friends since the moment they met
in Washington. Every Sunday morn
ing Whitman had gone to the Bur-
roughs' home for pancakes. Il re-
member father used to tell how pro-
voked mother was as Walt sauntered
in an hour or so after she had
planned to serve breakfast" said
Julian. But it gave the two men
chance to get together on the day
father was home from work, SO she
put up with Waits hardness"
Loss Remembered.
Toward the close Of his life Bur-
roughs liked to recount his WASH
ington days. 1t had been a long
time since the morning he rode up
Pennsylvania avenue with President
Theodore Roosevelt. But the regret
of having gone to the woods and
thereby having missed hearing Lin
coins second inaugural address
never left him and he often spoke
of it.
While returning from one of his
trips to California, John Burroughs
died. His body was taken back to
Roxbury and buried on his 84th
birthday anniversary at the farm
where he was born. His grave is on
an elevation beside a boulder known
as Boyhood Rock. In his youth and
old age it had been one of his IA
vorite hauntS.
Some years before he died he had
suggested to his intimates that he
be buried there. He had written
his own epitaph, 81. B., 1837-1924, "
to which he had added these words
of Menander, Sweet before all else
were things for thee by nature,
earth, sea, stars, orbs of sun and
moon" But he had yielded to the
wish of a friend that the line, 'I
stand amid the eternal ways" from
his poem, Waiting" be inscribed
instead. He knew there might be
another change, too
Death drew a line through the
1924 and wrote in March 20, 1921.
Evening star., 1941-03-30

creek at street, was sold to
Thomas r. Lovett, as trustee for his
mother. for $4,000. In this sale
Bomtord reserved the acre about
the tomb, but this provision was
evaded and the bodies reposing there
were finally removed to Rock Greek
Cemetery.
At the beginning of the Civil War
it became apparent that the Gov
ernment would need a hospital for
contagious and eruptive diseases
and, the mansion being pleasantly
situated, was leased from the LoVett
family. who soon afterWard moved
to Philadelphia. 1t continued to be
a hospital until 1866, when it was
given up by the War Department
Those in charge at that time, feeling
that a farewell ball would be the
proper thing, decided to do so or
Christmas Eve, and it came neal
being the last of Kalorama Mansion
for the east wing was entirely
gutted In 1872 it was rebuilt anc
entirely refurnished by the ther
owner, George Lovett. In 1889
Evening star., 1941-03-30

on high hill, commanding most
extensive view of the Potomac
for sale. A suburb house. gardens,
etc, with 80 or 40 acres of ground.
1t will be sold under circumstances
of distress and will probably go for
the half of what it has cost. 1t was
built by Gustavus Scott, who is dead
"a bankrupt" Scott died here in
Washington in 1901, most likely at
Kalorama.
Changes in Mansion.
Barlow was not quick enough and
the property was bought in by Col.
William Augustine Washington,
nephew of the first President, and
who remodeled the mansion and
made additions which added to its
utility and attractiveness. How
ever, Col Washington was not so
taken with the place that he felt
obliged to keep it in the face of a
good offer, and SO in 1907 he sold it
to Joel Barlow for $4,000.
After the death of Mrs. Barlow
the estate went to her husbands S
nephew and adopted son, Tom Bar
low, who sold the property soon
afterWard to Henry Baldwin, Mrs
Evening star., 1941-03-30
Recolecion of Naturalist Burroughs Washington

Julian pointed to a low footstool
made from a peculiarly shaped
stump and said, Father made
dozens of those and gave them to
his girl friends"
1t was at Slabsides that President
Theodore Roosevelt and many other
noted men and women visited John
Burroughs. The place became
famous for the brigand steaks which
Burroughs cooked over an open fire
and served to his guests. One friend,
upon his arrival, was surprised to
find the elderly naturalist nestled
down near a swamp rather than on
the height of some surrounding hill.
"A hilltop is no place to study birds, -
Burroughs informed him. Birds do
not build their nests nor spend much
time in windy places. but where they
can find protection from storms and
teach their young to fly"
After John Burroughs died, Henry
Ford purchased Slabsides and Bur-
roughs' birthplace near Roxbury,
where the naturalist is buried.
Later, however, Ford presented Slab
Evening star., 1941-03-30

seven years after the death of Mr.
Lovett, the mansion was razed and
the property subdivided into building
lots.
On approximately the spot where
the historic old home stood for so
many years, a home was erected by
William A. Mearns. Subsequently
it became the home of the late E. j.
Stellwagen and is numbered 2301 S
street.
Another connection of the Gra-
ham family, pioneer settlers of
Fifteenth and H streets, is the Hill
family Of Prince Georges County,
Md, members of which once owned
and occupied a large brick residence
at Massachusetts avenue and Four
teenth street, about where is now
the National City Christian Church
which was called by early members
Of the family, their m street town
house"
The earliest known of this man.
sion-and in the early days most
every house of importance was
known as such-Was when it was
occupied By William H Crawford in
1920, when he was Secretary of the
Evening star., 1941-03-30

Woodward Building, was an officer
of rare merit in the Corps of En-
gineers, U. S. A, and took as his
wife, Clara Baldwin, sister to Mrs.
Joel Barlow, who occupied the estate
known as Kalorama in the early
days of Washington, and which later
became the home of Col. Bomford.
To many an elderly gentleman,
and maybe a few elderly ladies as
well, the name Kalorama will bring
fond recollections of their childhood
days, when they attended in the
summer time Sunday school picnics
in the woods of this estate, which
lay Immediately to the northwest of
Connecticut and Florida avenues.
And reference here to the enor-
nous cans of ice cream, the high
rope swings and the large omni-
buses which took them to the
Evening star., 1941-03-30
By Stanley KimmeI

One hundred and four years sgo,
on April 8, 1887, John Burroughs was
born in an old farm house near
the village of Roxbury, N. Y. After
spending his youth on the farm and
later working as a Treasury clerk
in Washington he purchased the
acreage bordering the Hudson Riv-
er and built home there of native
wood and stone, which he selected
from the surrounding country. He
named this place Riverby, and set
tied down to cultivate its soil. Or
chards and vineyards were planted
and the study of bird life, in which
he was keenly interested, was con-
tinued. In a small bark cabin over
looking the river were written many
of his books. Some of the original
manuscripts are preserved there to-
day by his son Julian.
while I was still a young man"
said Julian, my father turned this
place over to me. I did most of the
work, although we had help, and
father spent many hours in his
bark study. One morning he re-
marked that he had not seen an
old-time canal steamer on the river
for quite while, and wondered
what had become of them.
That day, as was working near
fathers study, I noticed a canal
steamer coming up the river and I
shouted to him to come out and
have a look at it. Father gazed at
it a few moments, made some COM
ment, and returned to his work.
Soon another canal steamer ap-
peared on the river. Again I called
to father, who came out of his study,
watched it moment, and then dis
appeared without comment. With
in short time a third canal steam
er came along, and I repeated my
call for him to come out and see it,
but father paid no attention to me.
I ran to the door of the study
shouting to him to hurry or he
would miss seeing it, but father,
without taking his eyes from the
desk before him, said, All right,
you can have it!'"
Washington Gun.
In one corner of this study is the
cane gun John Burroughs carried
about with him while he worked in
Washington. 1t was used in hunting
bird specimens during the early Ca
Evening star., 1941-03-30

They were found one morning,
after an early home coming the pre-
Vlous night, lying in their beds in
the basement of this old house, cold
IN death. There had been no sick
ness with them, nor symptoms of it.
The one, a butler, was tall, gracious
IN manner and black as the ace of
spades; the other a short, dumpy,
young mulatto, was cleverness and
Vlvaclty combined. 1t was whispered
at the time that a middle-aged
French cook, whose face in sober
earnest would not belle the intima-
ton, had long had an eye on the
Minister'S wine cellar; that Lewis,
the butler, held the key and that
anyhow, an autopsy revealed poison
in the dead mems stomachs.
"A coroner'S jury rendered one of
those verdicts which only add to the
terrible mystery of such an event.
The bodies of these two pleasant
hammered colored men were given
proper Sepulture and there, until
this distant day, the matter has re-
mained. No ghosts whatever have
since availed them of such grievous
takings-off to enliven with solemn
tread the vigils of the nights.
AFTER BERTHEMY'S RECALL
Came the Peruvian Minister, Don
Manuel Freyre, and his family. The
Evening star., 1941-03-30

These Peruvian fragments of the
corps diplomatique lived lavishly,
GAVE ENTERTAINMENTS
And exercised daily in coupe or
landau behind a pair of blooded
horses. Well, Col Freyre died sud-
denly in the fall of 1878, whether of
gout or apoplexy or both combined,
were not safe to say-and his good
natured feminine type soon followed
him. Their remains lie in the vault
of Mount Olivet Cemetery, awaiting
transportation across the seattle
late conflict between Chill and Peru
forbidding it. This war, en- passant.
has all but beggared the gentle
widow, who is now in South Amer
lea with her surviving daughter.
The fortunes or misfortunes, or per-
haps one had best say fatalities, of
the big house next fell to the Gus
Evening star., 1941-03-30

Colonel, as he was called, made up
in breadth what he somewhat lacked
in height. He was short and car
ried a corporation which told of
good living and probable apoplexy.
His wife and one daughter were
built on the same principle-espe-
cially the latter, who was also quite
tall.
Had Kindly Face.
Both these ladies wore most kind
ly faces and were of winning ad-
dress. Another daughter was as
small, trim and select a little body
as one could imagine-the physical
antipodes of her big sister. There
was also son-tall, slender, dark,
the Hamlet of the house-and a
young, spry attache with coal-black,
curly hair, a velveteen suit and a
jaunty hat without the feather.
Evening star., 1941-03-30

tody of the Metropolitan Club, a Sc
lect gathering, in main part. of
aristocratic scions, who as yet have
lodged the moose matrimonial and
its string of woes"
Col. BOmfOrd's Home.
Col. Bomford, who built the orig
inal residence on the site of the
Evening star., 1941-03-30
Statesmen, Diplomats and
Soldiers Once Resided
On Historic Corner
Original Residence Built by
Col. George Bomford of the
US. A. Engineer Corps
BY John CLaeett Proctor.

Downtown Washington is fun Of busy corners and historic
well OF southeast
where the woodward Building perhaps prior
Washington
writer has across
Evening star., 1941-03-30
Woodward Building Erected Site of One Capitals Early Mansions
Name of Kalorama Brings
Childhood Recollections
To Older Inhabitants
Sunday School Picnics Were
Held on Estates Woodlands
During Summer Season
During Summer Season

Bow brother who Immediately transferred to Col George Bomod
brother-
sister, and
resided for nearly 80
which included and which extended
Woodley avenue
Evening star., 1941-03-30
Washington Gun.

In one corner of this study is the
cane gun John Burroughs carried
about with him while he worked in
Washington. 1t was used in hunting
bird specimens during the early Ca
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-03-01
Bill Would Aid
'Broken-Down
Fiddle Players

OLYMPIA - The senate late
Thursday passed Lieut. Gov. Victor
A. Meyers bill 10 aid broken
down fiddle players by authorix-
Ing cities to levy two mills 10 H.
nance orchestra or brass band con.
eerts.
Sen. Joseph D. Roberts. D.. King.
sponsor Of the bill. said movies
and radio had hurt the musicians
and caused unemployment. Meyers
made bis first speech on a bill this
session when he told tho senate
from the rostrum i, would help a
few broksn-down fiddle players 10
make living without snerosebing
on the rights Of lawyers. politicians
and a lot ~ others"