Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-11

"uSiclau was III the Capital OF the
United States half
Ysoye in century ago. The Star
Washington for January 20, 1895,
said: Senator and
Mrs. calvin s. Brice of Ohio gave
an evening of music to their friends
last night, the like of which is by no
means an everyday affair. The COM
pany assembled in the ballroom of the
Corcoran house and listened to the new
violinist Eugene) Ysaye, who came on
from New York for the occasion. It is
needless to say that the kid-gloved ap-
plause was worthy offthe artist and his
listeners Belgium eventually issued a
postage stamp in honor of the virtuoso.
He lived until May 10, 1881, and was a
marvellous performer on strings until
the last.
Washington in the CAV COS en-
joyed to the full the simple pleasures of
winter. The Star Of
Fun on City's January 80, 1895, re-
"Moin Street" ported without apol-
ogy: THE (Pennsyl-
vania) Avenue last night was full of
carnival scenes and sounds. Bellies and
beaux, mammas and papas and the
babies gltded along on runners at
rate which the police were powerless to
prevent, even though they had been
ungenerous enough to try, amid an icy
shower Of snow crystals. Nobody
suspected that so many sleighs were con-
cealed in the hay lofts and wood sheds
OF the District till they were mustered
into service. /" = The horses were in as
great variety as the sleighs. - Family
parties were out in force = Altogeth-
er, 1t was great evening" on the wide
thoroughfare leading from Jenkins Hill
to the White House. THE cold, new
moon looked down" on "the young
couples" who seemed too wrapped in
reflection = to talk"
A long and detailed account OF the
sinking of the North German Lloyd
steamer Elbe, lost in COL
Maritime lsion with the British YES
Disoster sci Crathie in the North
Sea not far from Lowe
stoft, appeared in The Star for January
81, 1895. The two ships crashed early
on dark, bitterly cold morning. Twen-
ty persons out of about 400 were saved.
News of the catastrophe was a great
beat" for the Associated Press. A rival
press service was obliged to steal" the
story and Ito cover up the theft . !.
garbled the report so that it was ridicu-
lous on its face"
The Inauguration of "the new 81 ,0oO-
600 library" in Boston was chronicled on
the first page of The
Boston librory Star of February l.,
Opened 1895, as an event Of
consequence in the
history of American culture "Notwith-
standing zero weather." said the &C.
count, "a crowd numbering several
hundred gathered before the gates some
time previous to the hour of opening
and as soon as admittance was grant
ed fastened into the building. Scores
OF women were present, and there was
good-natured rivalry as to who
should be the first to enter. A broad
shouldered workman was successful"
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French styles Of household decoration
were IN vogue five decades agone. An UNI
identified writer for The
Homage to Star for February q,
bonoporte 1895, explained: 1.-The
Napoleon mania is ex-
tending from literature to furniture,
and Napoleon chairs are closely copied.
These are still rare. However, I was
shown a perfect reproduction of one
that the little Corsican used in his
emperor days. It was tall and straight,
Of dark red wood, ornamented at the
corners with raised design In gilt.
The seat and back, plainly covered with
green velvet of beautiful silvery shade,
were embroidered in raised gold with
the imperial N surrounded by wreath
Of leaves" A quite undistinguished per-
son might sit on such semblance Of q
throne and imagine himself the equal
Of the prisoner Of st. Helena In his
palmy days when the world rang with
expedient praise Of his military achieve
ments. But the furniture and the legend
survived the man-and SO it probably
will be with that more modern conqueror
Of Europe, who. with fatal consequences,
reused the world against his aggressions.
4 ~
1t was the duty Of The Star for Feb
,ruary 5, 1895. to report the death Of the
Rev. J. Owen Dorsey
Priest and Man OF the chronological
4 Of Scienee Bureau. A native Of
Baltimore, educated
at the Episcopal Theological Seminary