Evening star., 1949-05-15
Jenny Lind in Washington

charmed Tire audiences and a.
Washington paid tribute 10 Jenny
Land"
The receipts from Miss Lind 4
concerts In Washington snosln;ec
20 SIS $3.50. and the fosAl re
ceipts for the tour under Raxnurn
we're sTi2lsi -
This wonderful snSe- sapyo-
priate.y called the Swedisa
Ntghtingais was horn in Stock
holm October 6 1870 and wtaer
on her American tour WAS ma
ned in Boston 20 Otto Colo
schmidt, She early retired froa,
the stage and settled in Eng.an6
where she died At Malvern No.
Yember :. 1887 In 1894 q bus
Of her was unveiled in weS..
minister Abbey.
National Theater Area
The vicinity o! the Na4onA,
Theaser Is notable one. :or hect
IN bygone days was the Greasor
House lis proprietor was WI
liam Greason and his son John
II stood az the northwest corner
Of z and Thirteenth streets.
Here. also. on E street was
Miller a. Jones billiard parlors
This was before the theater was
burned. in 1895 Shoemaker A.
Herzogs was then at l33l-l33s z
street.
Some years ago the writer had
the pleasure o. interviewing Mrs
Alice Gray Flowers. then getting
along in life, who Said that John
l. Miller. of Miller e. Jones. mar
ried Lola. a sister Of his partner
G. NJ, Jones. whose two brothers
we're Ed and Lander The Joneses
lived al 5l3 Thirteenth street As
10 Shoomaker's saloon, still re-
called by many an oldtimer. an
early item tells US that:
The property owned and oc-
cupied by Shoemaker e. Herzog.
Just west OF the National T'heater
on Z street. was sold at auction
yesterday afternoon TO foreciose
o mortgage. and was purchased
for s25. 900 by William Shoemaker
ESQ. This brick dwelling. which
is one of the most suhstan-
tial in the city. was built by the
late John c. River In 1914. or
nearly 20 years ago. while he was
of the firm OF Blair a. Rives, pub
fishers Of the Congressional Globe
and he used 1t as a private resi-
dence for a few years. when he
disposed OF 1t for $4,000 TO
Charles Flint. who converted IL
into a public house known as
Flint's Hotel. Flint was member
Of the Presidents Mounted Guard
and his house was great resort
for the members Of that company
and the prominent young men Of
Washington and Georgetown. II
was also q favorite congressional
stopping place. the entire South
Carolina delegation and many
members from the Southern
States making their homes there.
Early Residents
On the west side OF Thirteenth
street above where the Greason
House stod lived a Mrs. Kelley
and farther up the street lived q
Mrs Parish. their next door neigh
bors being William Roach and his
two sisters. Mamie and Katie. and
here Mrs. Sneede and her daughter
Austine also made their home for
a number of years.
These ladies were both regular
writer's for the old Sunday Capital
conducted by Dom Platt and
George Alfred Townsend. william
Roach was connected with Lewis
Johnson's bank.
On the east side Of Thirteenth
street, north OF the corner Of +
street. lived q Mr.. Digs, ant
farther UP the block. at No, SIG
lived John L. Miller. who was oi
the firm of Miller g. Jones. A
the northeast corner OF Thirteenth
street and Pennsylvania avenue
Mrs. Flowers states. In 1878. 2.
and rs. was a ready made cloth
! ing store, and afterward the Penn
sylvania Railroad ticket office
Charlie Godfrey's saloon was jus
above 1t, andtthen the Hotel John
son. When Mrs. Flowers lived OF
Thirteenth street. there were moth
ing but private residences on th'
east side between z and r streets
OF which but three now remain
and even the fronts Of these, sh'
states. have been remodeled ant
turned into stores. In one liyet
the Mr.. Diggs before referred 70
| Mrs. Kelly. who lived on tn
west side OF the street, was
widow. with q son Charles ant
two daughters--Mrs Naale ant
Mrs. Camp. who were exper
musicians-and each OF these hat
a small son living in about 1872
II H.