Evening star., 1947-01-05
Fifty Years Ago
Inspection of food in Washington wa

Inspection of food in Washington was
matter worthy of special notice in
The Star for Decem-
Food Inspee tors ber 81, 1896, where
Renorts 1T was chronicled
that Food Inspectors
Mothershead and Hoover "last week"
had condemned 3O5 pounds of beef, 265
pounds of mutton, 40 pounds of veal,
27O pounds of pork, lit rabbits, $50
pounds of grapes and several bushels
of vegetables" Meanwhile, Inspector
Harris inspected 4,105 punches Of fish, GA
carp, A black bass and 16,80o bushels
of oysters without condemning any ina
rine products at the river 'front.'"
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John Carbin, according to The Star of
December %, 1896, had no special pros
poets for Merry Christ
Problem mas. Consequently, "he
Sotyed2 approached Policeman Nc
Kie = and requested
that he be sent down again" The case
was submitted to Judge Kimball in the
Police Court. DO you want to go to
the workhouse forever?" asked the
judge. mo, sir" replied Carbin, "but I
have no home, no friends and no
money" The judges decision was:
"Well, I'll oblige you with three months
What the taxpayers thought about the
solution thus provided for the problem
of a homeless and friendless man was
not mentioned but 1t might be sur
missed without difficulty.
The Star for December %, 1896, quoted
the Boston Journal as follows: "The
daughter of the
Formers Daughters farmer sits be-
Troubles fore the look
ing glass. No
play actress or model shown in the
cheap picture magazines is her equal.
The farmers daughter does not suspect
this; she knows it. No summer city
boarder, in spite of skillfully contrived
costume, could rival or approach her in
enchantment Of figure. She thinks of
the artist who stopped on the farm. He
never wooed her in direct speech, but
she recollects the compliments of his
eyes. It is not o'clock and yet what is
there for her to do but go to bed? The
farmers daughter undresses herself
slowly and puts out the light. Only the
looking glass, with its tarnished gilt and
painted flowers, understands her and
appreciates her" Half a century later
she might be movie queen. Such is
progress.
As a special Yuletide item, The Star
on December "a, 1896 communicated to
its readers the intelli-
Whot gence that: Christmas
Creature! at the White House will
be observed this year
just as it has been in the past during
the present administration" Electric
lights were to take the place of "the
time -honored, but dangerous wax lights
in the illumination of the tree" Mrs.
Cleveland, it was reported, thought
fully remembered the employees. of the
Executive Mansion "by bestowing upon
each a fine turkey" For the White
House table "a very monster of turkey" /
was ready in the ice chest" He came
alive from Louisville, KY, few days
ago and weighed 81 pounds" Just pic
ture the oven big enough to accommo-
date bird of that size and heft!
The present Navy expedition to the
South Polar regions was forecast half
a century ago when, in
Antarctic The Star on December
EXPLORATION 2e. 1896, an unsigned
but plainly authorita-
tive article declared: THE scientific
world again has taken up the matter
of Antarctic exploration An area as
great as that of the Chinese Empire, 1t
was reported, lay awaiting examination.
Three different expeditions toward the
South Pole we're being planned. One
was to be led by the Norwegian Borch-
grevink, another by the Belgian Ger
lache and still another by a committee
OF the American Society of Naturalists
headed by Prof. Angelo Heilprun and
Prof. E. D. Cope Of Philadelphia.
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Funeral services for Miss Kate Field
at Trinity Church, San Francisco, were
described in The
Miss Field Star for Decem-
Honored IN Deoth ber %, 1896. in
sympathetic style.
Among the floral offerings, it was ex-
planned, 'stfe most beautiful was that
sent by a. H. Kohlsaat-"an urn stand |
ing six feet high, of white chrysanthe-
NUNS with base of California violets, |
the urn being entwined with wreath |
Of American Beauty roses, while the |
top was filed with a cluster OF roses
and chrysanthemums, the whole bear
ing the inscription: She represented |
the best elements of the press and of !
the country." President and Mrs.
Cleveland sent roses and ferns tied with
long purple ribbons. The body of the |