Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-09-16
Fifty Years Ago


Plastic surgery is not as new as some
persons may suppose The Star of
Sc p ember g.
Operation surglca and
dental proceed
ing which Strengthened the crooked
face" of Marie Bolenhaus, a I6-year-old
girl who before being operated on. had
been dlshgured by her mouth turning
up inches on the right side and her
jaws working in opposition" A DR..
Winkler did the work. The credit for
the success Of the enterprise he said,
was due to "a most courageous little
patient" who finally left the hospital
both very pretty and very happy.
The Star for September 3. 1895, fea-
tured a lengthy account of the
christening of
Mr. BeImont's O, Hp Bel
"BeIcourt" Opened monts palatial
st b ! e and
bachelor apartments" at Newport, r. l.
Designated Belcourt by the wealthy
builder, the place was palace in every
sense of the word. Among the furnish
ings were: Rare old tapestry and
bronzes of full-fedged horses with
knights in armor astride: thousands of
dollars worth of paintings, etchings and
engravings, all enblematical of race
horses, coaching and of all kinds of
racing of ancient and modern days" and
other equally expensive decorations.
Thoroughbred horses were on view in
the vicinity of the ballroom, two suppers
were served in the coachroon, favors
costing $1,000 were distributed by the
hosts English tiger" three feet tall and
dressed in high boots. trousers. silk hat
and cockade. All the members of the
British Embassy staff were present at
the party Mr. Belmont it was eX-
planned, was practically an invalid"
He died June 10. 1908. His widow. the
former Alva E. Smith. won distinction
as campaigner for equal rights for
women. She gave the Womans Party
its home on Capitol Hill, property
valued at over 100000
A dispatch from Santa Cruz, Calf,
printed on the front page of The Star
of September 4,
Seeking 1895, listed T. D.
Tx,...l.i..I Hughes. r, F.
Davis, R L. Mann,
Pete Chrismann, H. N. Norman and
P Jennings as the members of an expe-
dition setting out to find lone island
in the Pacific Ocean. 800 miles west of
Peru. in quest of three large jars of
Spanish doubloons," The money alleg-
edly was buried by half dozen adven-
turers 43 years earlier. Mr.. Jennings,
the sole survivor of the original group,
had a chart of the island as we'll as his
recollections to guide him. He expected
to find the treasure, worth between
100000 and Sl000,000, in three months
His five companions trusted him i'm
plicitly. Perhaps he did not disappoint
them.
According to The Star for September
5, 1895, the Library of Congress orig
inally was sheltered in
Library room opposite the
No uxurv Senate chamber in the
north wing of the early
Capitol. John Beckley of Virginia. it
seems, was the first regularly commits
stoned librarian, his term beginning on
January 80, 1902. The Library said the
report, was the outcome of a neces-
sity. Washington at the time the Ma
tional Capital was moved here contained
no public or private libraries Members
of Congress were at a great loss to Sc
cure data which was urgently needed
in legislative matters, and the making
of speeches to be delivered in the Senate
and House was very difficult matter
$50 A good book was jewel, and the
long-felt want of Congress was IL
brary." The authentic start of the
worlds largest photographic establish
ment as it stands in l945 was the pur-
chase of Thomas Jefferson's collection
of $500 volumes for s2395o.
The Star of September s, 1895. told
of the death of George S. Parker, whom
1t described as lone of
Death ofo the links which bound
Professional the old regime to the
present" Long a we'll
known sporting man." he had operated
1.-The leading gambling room in this
city," first on E street near Fourteenth
at the corner of the alley, later over
Loughran's cigar store on the same
thoroughfare. It was his custom to at
tract the votaries of gaming" by "the
most elaborate form Of entertainment.