Evening star., 1948-09-26

The new store Of Parker, Bridget & Co,
Pennsylvania avenue at Ninth street NV,
was opened to the public on Sep
Porker, tember 81, 1893, and The Star for
p.;1... that date carried an expansive
advertisement of the event. Every
body was invited to see for himself the latest
contribution to mercantile Washington" The
store was beautiful, ''commodious." Indeed,
sit is perfect The decorative art touch is over
it ALL" 1t further was explained: Thought
and money have been lavished upon this store
We have tried to find how much we could
wisely spend upon it. The greatest male out
fitting establishment in Washington deserves
the best outfit" But the owners wanted 1t
known that they were more proud of the
stocks than of the store-"complete in all that
the word implies" The exuberance was justi-
fed, as old timers who remember Parker,
Bridget in their prime will agree.
Souvenirs of the conflict with Spain were
described in The Star of September %, 1898
as being on display at the National
Mementos Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
@,,u THE last shot of the war, 1t
was reported, had been fired from
Moro Castle in Havana Harbor. 1t struck the
captains cabin on the U. s. S. San Francisco,
and a piece Of white wood Clipped by
shell from a settee in the cabin is memento
of the DANGEROUS character of the enemy's shot
in this instance at least From one side OF
the wood two wooden pins extend. The same
shell knocked a piece of iron armor on the
stern of the San Francisco, and an ingenious
sailor shaped rude knife out OF the metal.
The Star for September "a 1898, told ed
itorially the story of a barber who waited upon
Prince Bismarck for eight
Rarher and years and carefully saved
Tortoonists every hair that he removed
from the Iron Chancellor S
DISTINGUISHED head Now that the time mas
come to market the crop he finds that ne Is up
against an almost insurmountable obstacle.
German cartoonists have always made their
pictures of Bismarck doubly funny by giving
the reconstructor of Germany only three hairs
on the top of his head. The result Is that none
will now believe that the barber-valets rellcs
are genuine, and he finds his goods drug on
the market" The Star declared: Our SYM
pathies 20 out to this luckless wight, and we
honestly think that he, like many another man,
has good reason to find fault with the German
funny papers"
"a deem nall of gloom" announced The Star
on September 26, 1893. hung over the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Station today,
Pea Of the and it deepened to crepe-lke
Depot proportions wnen 'ne ne si'e,noun ..a.,oul
masters, gatekeepers and porters brushed away
furtiye tears, and ticket agents and information
bureau attendants performed their duties with
a sadness almost sepulchral. The cause OF IL
all was the death of Peg, the station cat VINO
for nearly II years had been master OF all ne
SURVEYED in that neighborhood. He was
terror to dogs sure death TO rats and mice,
could hold his own-and was willing to-"1tn
anything that wore pants. and performed many
tricks between times" formal funeral was
held for the deceased animal with Train An
nouncer Robert Mitchell reciting feelingly the
many virtues of which Peg died possessed
The novelist Hall Game was in Washington
on September a. 1885, and The Star that day
said he had made curtain
Hoti Coine speech at the National Theater
In Town the night previous. He had come
to America to attend the hrst
performance of the dramatization OF THE
Christian" one OF his most popular and sue
cessful books. Viola Allen took the role OF
Glory Quayle. wearing in the first act stock
ing cap, Manx- knit jersey, a sea coat. short
skirt and sea boots Other members OF the cast
were: John Mason, Edward J. Morgan, r. J.
Dillon, Jamison Lee Finney, Myron Calico, Guy
Nichols. Mrs. Georgia Diceron. Ethel Marlowe,