Evening Star Newspaper, July 1, 1923, Page 12

a : “Gus” Bruehl Ends 43 Years In The Star Composing Room Locks Up Last Form,! Ending Career of | Noted Service. Going Away to Hunt and Fish and Have Good Time. | | | | | | | “Gus” Bruehl locked up his last form eurly today. after forty-threc! years as printer and make-up man in | the composing room of The Evening | star. When the last bit of news for the first page of the sports section of | The Sunday Star went into place, and | was made trim with the old printer’s | rule, “Gus” ended an active career as | printer, which began way back in| the '80s. | Retiring under The Stars plan tnrl taking care of its employes after.a life of good service, August Bruell js going away to fish and hunt, he says, and “Just have a good time. He will be missed by the the chapel of composing Toon and by all the others thro ar building, who have | | einbers of e, and fine lumn. as made up the Sunday | magazine of The Star, the sporting section and the first three pages of ihe editoriul section of The Sunday Btar since there were such sections. It you ever have wondered about the fine appearance of your pa i " ‘Bruehl, | ho are r now to give credit to “Gi and hig brother printers, w sponsible. Miracles. as it comes from nes, and with the experience behind them place it in the , true«it up with the “rul and put in leads between the lines. and do a multitude of other tittle operations, all for your benefit The result is a page, gotten out in a hurry, that would do credit to any leisurely monthly One of They take the t the linotype of modern newspaper making, “Gus” Bruehl would not call it a | miracie. BRUEH He that he has bee long is a hale and he; cars of age, to h rt's content, ar bul and Pennsy! on different corners, was the son of August Bruehl, He was bor reet northwest. As |ried_The Star, being one ilufilriuux group known as boys.” Always With Ne He has worked only one other place | When he was al boy attending the- Franklin -School, | besides The Star. one summer vaeation two months at th old Ebbitt House. Boy! velous development ha since he came to The prentice The paper, with the growth of venue, n doing it so bit tired of the and admits_it, he 1 sixty- fish to life Now| arty unt and and take ut 11th street although August Bruehl and Margaret at 502 11th boy he car- n of that il- Star carrler wapaper. he worked for newsstand at the ! hood and man- It was in pe. A mar- taken place Star as an ap- | keeping pace the National . : HE SUNDAY STAR, WASHT T Capital, has developed in a way known to its readers. Today, in the composing room of The Star, there are 148 printers, lino- type men and floor-men, and ten | Helpers) It is-a far cry from the day when The Star had “fourtéen men there, and in its business office one bookkeeper, one clerk, one collector and one janitor. : Han Seen Remaking. Bruehl the four-cylinder press superseded by the Potter \Webb press, that in turn giving way to the magnificent Hoe presses which print The Star today. In fact, he has seen the complete remaking of the mechani- cal end of a great daily paper. The wonderful _linoty ines, the stereotyping process, the telephone and other modern inventions have ‘‘speeded up” newspapers to a tremendous de- gree. He is proud of his record of having ver lost but one day from work in the t thirty years. He remembers, us if it were yesterday, the day President Garfleld was shot. The Star got out an- edition about every fifteen minutes that day, Bruehl recalls. He remembers It well because of the printer's “‘phat,” as it was called. “Easy money” 15 a name for it now. The headlines were set up by the print- ers by hand in those days, and that was Gus' day at the heads. With a new head out every few minutes, he drew down a big pay strip for the day’s work, has seen ne “|it_can be imagined. Bruehl is a member of Columbia Typo- graphical Unlon, No. 101" and .of the Assoclation of the Oldest Inhabitants, He is a past chairman of the chapel of The Star. His homeo is at 450 Massa- chusetts avenue northwest and has been for many years. Makes-Up for Last Time, A printer puts everybody into type himself. So It must seem funny us” - Bruehl to be reading . this all about himself. But last night, 1 when Lis readers were sleeping the sleep of the just, he was In shirt sleeves, rulc in hand, for the last time. After his associates of the composing had given him their farewell fus locked up that last form. say about 2 am.—and was ready for “‘the last of life, for which the first was made,” us Browning pot it. “Going to rest up, hunt and fish und— learn to play golf,” Bruchl announced triumphanty. For Better Vision The Right Glasses + and Eye Comfort Consult Il Kinsman Optical Co., 705 14th St. N.W. Established In 1000 GTO. INDUSTRIAL COURT URGED 10 RETIRE Kansas Governor’s Letter to Be Considered at Judges’ Meeting. BEVERIDGE BLAMES “PULL” FOR. UNREST Forn_ter Senator Says Favoritism in . Administering Laws Wrecks Social Order. B the Astoclated Press. HANOVER, N. H, June 30.—The feeling that justice is not adminis- tered impartially is one of the causes of aiscontent in.this country, Albert J. - Beveridge, former senstor from) Indiana, said In an address prepared for delivery befors the New Hamp- shire State Bar Assoclation here to- day. “Wherever two or three citizens are gathered,” he said, “the comment may be heard that laws which should apply with absolute equality to rich and poor altke are not, in fact, so ap- |drawing their salaries and thereby e e e tai e 5000 deal of truthy g untarily abolish the court. This “The man with a pull and officials | statement was made by Judge John pulled are the most efficient wreckers | 1 crawford, who declined to make & 'FIREWORKS! infection of bolshevism more widely | FOR BALE AT than all the soap box emissaries of Virginia side of Highway bridge at By the Associated Press. TOPEKA, Kas., June 30.—The three convene here Monday to consider a letter received today from Gov. J. M. Davis, asking them to refraln from red radicalism put together. “Unrest would be guieted more than we imagine if a universal conviction existed that equal and .exact justice| is_meted out to all altke. | “Whatever laws we permit to be, placed on the books must be enforced, and enforced with absolute and dis- passionate equality.” "You Can’t Imagine how “delightful these Apartments are in FKetn Gardens 2700 Que Street. The arrangement of the buildings is unique—giving fo each Apartment advantages of light and air that are quite unusual. The finish and equipment beckon to comfort and convenience. The last word in Apartment residences. Let the Resident Manager show you the avail- able Apartm:nts—ranging in size from two rooms and one bath to eight rooms and two baths. $50 to $225 per month. | Harry A. Kite Incorporated 1514 K Street Phone Main 4846 “URNTFUR Good Furniture Does More for a Good Home Than Render a Commonplace Service of Utility In Lifetime Furniture, be- sides good looks and the refreshing modesty of - prices, you get furniture that stas time. Are your evenings happy family gatherings? With music, reading, games, gayety and content- ment? Do you “pal” with your kiddies? Do they seek your counsel and advice? Or is yours a home in name only—drab, colorless, com- monplace, uninviting and uninteresting? Proper home surroundings will do more to mold the future character of the child than any other influence. And good furniture counts for a whole lot. It expresses an ideal that will later be reflected in the happixless and success of all who come under its influence. Lifetime Furniture that'you will find here at Mayer’s is good furniturc—a type of furniture you would choose as a proper associate for all within your household. . Although our Lifetime Furniture reflects an air of culture and refine- nds the test of ment and is built to last your children’s chil- dren, it is most rcasonably priced. We will be pleased to show you any time. E tf e time E % ron -t s'r e -I's M or e T han A N ame Seventh Street Mayer_ & -COA- | BetweenDOE judges of the industrial court will| B v D. 0, JULY 1, 1923—PART 1. ' statement in the ence of his col- leagues. - The governor gave as his reason for this suggestion the recent United States Bupreme Court decision which, he states, “seems to Imply that every power and duty of the court, save what 13 covered In other statutes and imposed upon other departments of the state government has been taken Gov. Davis estimates that this would effect a saving of $40,500 a year. —_— Many blg fortunes have come from small inventions. For instance, man made a can with a seam just low the top. When the can was t be opened it was necessary only to strike the top and it came off. A Chicago - paéking house ordered ten millions as an experiment, iud the orked so well that the inventor a big fortune. WHEN YOU NEED A KEY You need our instant dupli- cating service. Duplicate key, 25c. our locks to-the shop. RNER & CLARK - Basement. 1233 New York Ave. Brin, Don’t Say You Can’t Get What You Want —until you have tried a Classiled Ad in The Star. That’s the infalli- ble way—and if it is a want that can be sup- plied in Washington— whether it’s for help or ‘a -position—for sale or for rent—youwll get re- sponse to your ad. For this very good reason The Star prints MORE Classified Ads than all the other apers here com- ‘bined. “Around the corner” is / & Star Branch Office KEATING ARRESTED QUITTING HOSPITAL Government Clerk Who Shot Him- self in Baltimore to Face Court in Check Case. himself when police were about to enter his room in a Baltimore hotel a few days ago to arrest him on u bad check charge, was released from Mercy Hospityl, Baltimore, last night and taken into custody by Baltimoro police immediately, according to word received here last night. He is being held pending a hcar- ing orf the case. | | 1f some people couldn’t throw wasts paper and refuse all over the public Thomas J..Keating, clerk in the | parks a lot of them migh Depastment of Commerce, who shot | (o the parks. ght never go You’ll Never Know How many useless steps and wasted motions you make in a day until you have used Cabinet. a Hoosier Kitchen The Hoosier saves you a lot of stoop- ing, lifting and steps. sit down and work. You can do most of your Every style of Hoosier is on display here at Mayer’ s. All are reason- ably priced. Why, there’s a good- looking Hoosier with porcelain top for only $39.75. Mayer & Co. : Seventh Street Between D & E A Fitting Associate for Lifetime Furniture In December, 1913, a store in Lynchburg, Va., was utterly destroyed by fire. Leonard Refrigerators were shown on the sec floor. When the ruins had cooled, an all-Porce- lain Leonard Cleanable Refrigerator was dug out of the debris in the base- ment. It was as black as ebony, but when clean- ed was almost as good as new. Irs one-piece- porcelain lining . was - un- blemished. The fact that this Leonard Refrigerator ~ went through fire and fell from the second floor to the basement, practically unhurt, proves that some thought and some labor are given to their construc- tion. Leonard Refrigerators are not expensive. Here at Mayer’s there’s a French Gray one-piecé porcelain-lined "Leonard for only $55. We'll gladly show:you all. e e Lifetime Furniture Is More Than A Name Seventh Street s Mayer & CO, Between D & E