Evening star., 1946-12-01
Fifty.Years Ago
A paragraph from the Boston Herald,
reprinted in The Star of November IT,


"A Greet gested:
Educational Center" "The indi-
cation is at
present that Washington, the National
Capital, will in due time become a great
educational center. 1t will soon have
three universities Catholic, the
Columbian and the Methodist-and
these, in connection with the Smith
sonian Institution and one or two other
national institutions, give the city
prestige in point of education which no
other city has. A great many educa-
tional experts are in Washington, and
it is the place where the opportunities
of special education are great. Per-
haps no other city in America offers
the same facilities which are presented
by the Capital of the Nation for special
study and direction, and the fact that
three Of the largest bodies of Chris
tians In this country have located their
leading institutions at Washington
shows what the tendency of the fu-
ture is to be-"
saThe Swiss colony Of Washington,
announced The Star on November 10,
1896, Federated the
Swiss 5ssth anniversary of
Celebration the independence of
Switzerland last night
BY social gathering under the auspices
Of the Grutl verein A large number
: > assembled at Arion Hall on Eighth
street and enjoyed themselves for sew
seral hours. The hall was pleasingly
decorated, the Swiss and American en-
signs being. conspicuously in evidence.
On the walls hung number of cross
bows, the weapon with which william
Tell shot the apple from his sons head.
ss' A picture of the scene adorned (a)
wall and the little Switzers were taken
by their mammas last night to view it
and to hear the story again
Speeches, songs and dancing enlivened
the evening = Little Edna Hurst gave
a number of fancy dances. Prof Fam
nenschmidt rendered solo. The
Swiss Minister, Dr. Pioda !. called and
Readers of The Star on November
81, 1896, were notified that: "The gypsy
camp near the in
Nomods tersection of the
Foreqotherinq lexington and Sol
diers' Home Railway
and the Glenwood road, a short dis
tance from the entrance to the Soldiers
Home and the Catholic University, Is
rapidly increasing in population" VIM
ter was driving the nomads together
in the neighborhood of the Nations
Capital. "a small town of tents has
sprung up in the last fortnight . and
make picturesque spot in the sub
urbs" It was reported that "the men
devote themselves to the trading and
buying and selling of horses and
the women tell wonderful fortunes to
susceptible strangers, while cloud of
children play in and out among the
queer looking wagons and fodder ricks,
each with some bright bit of color
Enthusiastically gypsy about his gar
ments that make them look like fire.
flies fiitting through the somber sur
roundings."
On Novembr "a, 1896, The Star said
editorially: 'The Paris Figaro throws
out gently the following:
Retort to The American newspapers
Fiuoro which are egging the United
States to war with Spain
should reflect that war with Spain means
war with Europe, and in the interest of
the United States itself it is to be hoped
that this eventually will not arise
Whether Figaro speaks as a lover of
peace, or with thought only Of the
Cuban bonds held in France is not GER
tain. But that it speaks without infor-
mation. and foolishly, is certain. No
are egging the United States to war
with Spain Every truly representative
American newspaper sympathizes with,
Cuba in her effort to be free, and would
be glad to see this Government exercise
good ofices to that end. but that is not
advocacy Of war with Spain"
Il 49, X
On Thursday, November 26 1896, The
Star published several pages Of Thanks
giving news, in
Bishop SutteFlee's cluding the CONF
Sermon piete text Of ser
mon delivered at
old Trinity Church by the Right Rev.
Henry Yates satterlee, FIRST Bishop OF
washington, IN which he declared:
.aThis country was settled BY religious
men and not chiefly by men who came
Tor the opportunity for commercial