Evening star., 1945-05-06
Fifty Years Ago

Fifty Years Ago
History's greatest donor of public
libraries, it seems, was guilty Of at least
one idiosyncrasy
TFe'eFFeo which still is Of some
Pronunciation moment as it relates
to current usage
Andrew Carnegie, according to The
Star Of April a. 1895, was sensitive
about the manner In which his name
was pronounced. When a staff writer
of the New York Press called upon him
for an interview. the celebrated Scottish
American philanthropist bluntly told
him: IT you want me to sit down and
talk with you, quit calling me 'Carn-egy.'
''' My name is Car-ney-gie, accent on
the 'nay'-that and nothing else!'
A front-page article in The Star for
April 2s, 1895. reported that the Post o.
fee Department had
Lots OF received from the IN
post Off;..e ternational Postal Un-
ion headquarters in
Berne. Switzerland, several copies 1.
of an imposing looking book. about as
large as Webster's unabridged" con-
tanning "the names Of all the post ofices
In the world" This Postal Dictionary, as
it was called In English, began with Aa
in Norway and ended with Zywice in
Galician Austria. But its arrangement
was affected by the fact that it was
rfyyif SY
States appeared as "Etats-U Unis d. Amer
ique." abbreviated "E-Ud'Am through
out. A count of the names indexed
showed 203,200 separate istings. The
author of the commentary was amused
to discover that Hell's Half Acre was in
Dakota du Nord."
X X
The name of the Rev. Father James A.
Ward does not appear in the standard
books of reference most
oe'ehtst readily available to
And Poet ordinary readers, but
he was q man who
should be remembered, Just the same
A glance at The Star for May /, 1895,
sufices to show that he was a person Of
distinction. The story of his funeral tells
that the Dahlgren Chapel was crowded
with those who had been the dead
priests children In religion and the
students Of the college, in addition to
the many outsiders to whom chez had
endeared himself during his long life
OF pious and scholarly usefulness.
Georgetown was (his) alma mater; he
had for years served as prefect, for two
terms vice president and during his last
years as spiritual adviser He was
kindhearted and generous, a ripe scholar
in languages and sciences and an author
Of much merit" Born September /,
1913. he was within five months Of his
eighty second birthday anniversary and
in full possession of all his mental
qualities, when he died. A rare and
precious biography Of Father Ward is
in the university archives. Has he any
other monument?
Half a century of active day-to-
day devotion to medicine in the
District Of Columbia
Dr.. Tubmon and might be supposed
closemo+.. to be enough to dis
courage any ordi-
nary physician, but DR.. James r. Tub
man, 1750 Park road NV, has survived
the experience and In the role of mere
ly an old-fashioned family practitioner"
still is going strong" at 70. The Star
Of May 3, 1895, reports his graduation
from the Medical Department Of Co.
lumbian University the previous evening.
He was member Of the class receiv-
ing diplomas at the 73d commence
ment Of that institution which now is
George Washington University. Most
Of his colleagues, it seems, have de-
parted: yet DR.. Henry M. Dixon, 2013
street NV, remains ION deck" though
retired. They had two girls in their
eroup-Fannie G. Brewer and Kate E.
Lozier-hut they are not quite sure what
became Of them.
How narrow an escape from being an
adapted Renaissance building Washing
ton Cathedral had
Renaissance is suggested by .
Stvle Foyo,ed lengthy chronicle Of
report made to the
original board OF trustees by Ernest
Flasg, commissioned architect, published
In The Star for May T. 1895. The author
Of the statement contended: "At the
Reformation, men cast OF Gothic art
just as they cast OF Gothic superstition.
The Renaissance style Is emblematic