Evening star., 1946-11-17
Fifty Years Ago

poAS Drought IEOm Ine star the folloW-
ing editorial COM
Nothing More to ment printed on No
Worry About vember 4, 1895: THE
business m n of
Washington can now proceed with the
conduct of their affairs with renewed
confidence The danger of currency de-
probation and return to the spoils sys-
tenn has been averted and nothing now
seems to stand In the way of unchecked
local prosperity. Unquestionably the
candidacy OF Mr.. Bryan caused doubt
full feeling to spread through all com.
mercial circles and with good reason,
for the platform upon which he stood
and the principles which ne persistently
advocated In his harangues to the people
were opposed to the best interests of
the substantial business world sss Now,
however = : the cloud has been dissi-
pated by the sunlight OF prosperity that
shines In the certainty Of McKinleys
election" Everybody. it was indicated,
was certain to be prosperous. An era of
good feeling lay ahead.
Not one person in thousand who
passes and perhaps pauses to admire
the Neptune Foun-
Neptune Fountuin tain in front OF the
DESIGNER 'old" building of
the Library of
Congress is familiar with the name of
the sculptor who was responsible for it.
The Star for November Z, 1895, identi-
fed him as Roland Hinton Perry Of New
York and explained that he also made
the series of has reliefs for. the hall
and the main staircase" Born January
Is. 1870, he studied In Paris and his first
important work was that which he did
for the greatest photographic establish
ment in the world. Among later achieve
ments were the lions on the Taft Bridge
over Rock Greek. From 1917 until his
death on October 27, 1941, he specialized
in painting portraits, making his home
at Richmond, Mass. The Star said that
his Neptune was fianked by Tritons
blowing conch shells" and Oceanides,
females astride of romping sea horses"
After half q century, the former still are
"blowing" and the latter still '.romping."
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On November 9, 1896, The Star let it
be known that during the month of
October preced-
Monument Visitors ing: There were
Are Counted 13,503 visitors to
the top of the
Washington Monument, of which num-
ber 10,464 made the ascent by the ele-
vator and 3.o3s by the stairway" The
total number Of people who have visited
the top s. since 1t was first opened to
the public October 9, 1885," was given as
1,S15,476, "One act of vandalism" The
Star admitted, occurred - person
being caught In the act Of breaking off
piece" Of the lofty structure. "He was
taken before the Police Court and fined
So"
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Antonio Masini, "a valuable efnploye
of the. Metropolitan Opera Company,
which is playing a
Property Mons weeks engagement at
Demise the Columbia Thea
ter" reported The
Star for November u, 1895, died very
suddenly on F street near the corner
OF Sixth yesterday afternoon" Police
man Brennan saw the man fall to the
sidewalk" and hurried to his assistance.
But help was unavailing. A surgeon
from Emergency Hospital, summoned by
telephone, pronounced Signor Masini
beyond human aid: TT was evident that
he had died from natural causes but
the coroner was notified and decided to
hold an investigation. Then trouble
developed. The dead stranger had been
property man for the opera company,
and everything for which he was re-
sponsible was locked up and the keys
were in his pocket. It was necessary to
obtain an official order before members
Of the Metropolitan troupe once more
could enjoy access to their costumes
and other equipment. But the evening
performance at the Columbia began "a
scheduled with no delay