Evening Star Newspaper, November 3, 1927, Page 10

10 R TARBARA FRITCHIE fome, bu impulses. Jackson's declared, In his paper Mr. Proctor suggest: that the Barbara Kritchie story was 1 concoction to arouse the patriotic Army surgeon, in which no mention = t selected another route.' The only account of Gen entry into Frederick, he is that written by a Union THE _EV Philllp Willlams was the first Mr. ed | market master, and he retained the position until 1835, when he was suc- ceeded by Willlam Sirren. who served until the building was destroyed by tire in 1352 The apparatus of the Union Fire Company was housed in the West End until the removal of the company to its new house at Nine the soldiers are sald to have run over trom Bull Run.” existed in March. 1889. Dr. Tindall explained that he had two old pictures showing a rall- road bridge built about 9 feet from the old Long Bridge. and he invited the members to look at them some day and explain to him the tracks' pres CARNEGIE INSTITUTION Dr. Riddle Will Speak on LECTURES START SOON fioriuin 5t Sttrth ane sy "ae First Gathering Set November 15. NG STAR. WASHINGTON, D. €. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 3, f.1. Magnetic Yacht C.rnegle,” Tuesday.| 31 IIl of Contaminated .Pastry. N Gvetatian ot Novemler 22; Dr. Remington Kellogg. CLEVELAND, November 3 (Mh— vesearch associate. on “The History of | Contaminated pastry purchised (rom v. November 29, and |a street delivery wagon brought lilness on [to 31 persons in the last two days, ac. ount | cording to police reports last njght. All v. De.|the victims were treated at hospitais |and all are expected to recover. Health | wuthorities are conducting an investi- the lec vires are free .o ‘he public. but as the seating capacity of the audi- ply by mail for tickets, addressing the |, secretary of the institution. Memi. 2rs of the | research investigat the ‘ectures are: Dr. [ cmneats STORY REFUTED Oldest Inhabitants Told Fred- erick Woman Could Not Have Waved Flag. is made of the flag-waving incident A week after the supposed incident, Mr. Proctor recalled, the battle of Antietam was fought, in which Oliver Wendell Holmes, now Associate Jus. tica of the Unfted States Supreme Court, was wounded. Referring tw the wounded soldier Holmes, Mr. Proctor read. “He was reported to have been mortally wounded. His father, Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, the celebrated poet and writer, came on from Boston to see his son through Frederick on v to the hospital. His ren Evolution. 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Questions seemed to be the order of the day at the meeting, for when knowledge of old pictures was sought, other members wanted information concerning old landmarks of the Dia trict. John R. Mahoney, financial sec vetary, asked where the corner stone of the old "“Georgetown Canal” is 1. cated. When a member suggested Wisconsin avenue, Mr. Mahoney de- cared he -did not mean the Chesa L e TILLEO I KEADINEAS FOR VOUR. X sl to be seen at Cabin John." No ;,,‘"._.'.'.".'::.'.‘.'&,:“‘."V‘.J:‘:.'..."'...'.‘::..:::‘T.“«:‘:‘i’;‘.‘..'.'. i T SRS S TR xtracting When Other Work 1o 6 P.M Nu Look for the Name DR. FREIOT and A iet Into the Richt Office. On one liner leaving Moville, fre. | S3tioN- 3.| 1and. recently, were 478 passengers. | most of whom were emigrant. bound | on.' for the United States. — it * S5 NEALTTS G ) Giving More and Getting More It is always noticeable—an organization that sews seeds of value and confidence in turn reaps a harvest of profit and good will. Continued success can only be measured by the confidence we { inspire. Our greatest asset is not in our ledgers—it is what our customers think about us—our reputation. Since 1905 it has been our policy to give a little more in qual- ity . . . in fairness of price . . . and in un- tiring service. This policy of ours enables us to not only gain the immediate profits of your patronage, but the extra reward of added confidence which money cannot buy. We haven’t yet fallen short of our customers’ faith in us...and what’s more...we never will. 4 Trousers are heing worn by many woman tennis players of England Refutation of the historical story of Barbara Fritchie and her poet- sung waving of the American flag|i of the occasion resulted from her window as Gen. “Stone- |3 book. My Heart for the Captain . Fritchie story been true, one wall” Jackson, Confederate officer. | Had the Frlele & 0 et %0 ahie a marched through Frederick, Md. |writer to have mentioned it in his ex- with his troops, and historical data veriences.” on the establishment of public mar- Quotes Member of Staff. kets in the District of Columbia | Quoting Capt. Kyd Douglas, constituted the chief reminiscenc member of Jackson's ltafl"_ Mr. Proc- of the Association of Oldest Inhabit- | tor read that Confederate’s own de- Ants meeting last night in the Union [ nial of the truth of the story. (f&[_)l. Engine House, Nineteenth and H |Douglas mentioned the age and ill- Streets, ness of Barbara Fritchie and added: While John Clagett Proctor read [“It is still sadder to mention that her his paper on the three “authentically [own loyalty was not above suspicien. recorded reasons” why “Dame Frit- |as her relatives assured me if she had rhie” could not have waved the waved a flag ‘to the rebel tread American flag_that memorable Sep- | would not have been the Union flag. tember 10, 1862, and while Altemus| Reading an excerpt from Whittier's . Harmon, newly-elected member of |own writing concerning his famous the association, presented his ac- [poem, the association’s chronicler, count of the market founding, other Proctor, added (urther testimony re- members were seeking information | garding the truth of the incident, voncerning the possible existence and “when, after suggesting the story was swhereabouts of photographs of early started by a Frederick woman visit- Washington. Dr. William Tindall |ing in Washington, he quoted the msked his fellow association members | poet: ’ it they knew where he could find a | “‘The poem, “Barbara Friiechie,” picture of the building which stood [ was written in good faith; the story on the site now occupjed by the |was no invention of mine. It came to me from sources which I regarded as entirely reliable; it had been pub- lished in the newspapers, and hac gamed public eredence in Washin- ton and Maryland before my poem was written, I had no reason to doubt its accuracy and I am still eon- strained to believe that it had founda- tion in fact. If I thought otherwise I would not hesitate to express it.’ “That there was foundation in fact for the paem few would doubt.” said Mr. Proctor in his own right. “Indeed, a Mrs. Mary Quantrell, then living in Frederick and whose descendants re- side in Washington, is said to have been the real heroine of the poem, but as she did not have sufficient age to make it ‘news,’ naturally age had to be added, and this fit in better with Barbara's 96—exit Mary; enter Bar- bara.” Market Opened in 1802. Reviewing the history of markets in the District, Mr. Harmon said, in part. “Public markets were authorized by an act of the Corporation of Washing ton on May 3, 1802, and the Center or Marsh Market was erected in Octo ber of that year. The West Market was established soon after, as shown by the fact that scales, weights and measures were provided for it in March, 1803, with the appointment of a supervisor for the market days set for Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and later Saturdays. “The West Market was located .at the northwest corner of the triangle at Twentieth and I streets in 1802, A town hall was above it for meetings and a house was provided for the ap. paratus of the old Union Fire Com pany in the following year. This mar- ket ‘was originally 20 by 40 feet, the lower part of brick plers and the up per part the hall. Later an extension was built on the rear the full length of the building and was inclosed hy a high _fence on_Pennsvivania_avenue. The Hich-Grade Established 1842 Stieff Pianos Sold Direct From the Factory Warerooms 1340 G St. N.W. Full Line of Brunswick Panatropes & Records 3. C. Conliff, Mgr. 2629207020 70 7020 920303 rec nd . Thoasa towna in nesitive nreot lasting and is cuaran teed. Mnids e of i Attend- ance Yment May Re Arranred ENTRAN XT KAY'S JEWELRY STORE fil.\nu.‘fll\.'fi&'l‘ ERED “N"' CONSTANT to eative of ol'.':“lflll gase: 10 A to 1 P.M. Fhone Main 19 Dr. Tindall wanted information con- cerning -railroad tracks over the old Long Bridge, and Fred A. IXmery de- clared that rallroad tracks, built “as part and parcel of the old bridge that Washington’s Finest Men’s Wear Store! N Hours: 9 A. He Nure Vi District Building. Washington Top- ham inquired of the members for a picture of the old Chronicler Build- ing which formerly stood on the south side of Pennsylvania avenue | hear Ninth street. Early Pictures Sought. Fired by these quests for pictures, | James F. Duhamel, chairman of the Massociation’s building and archives Pommittee, urged the association to guent any and all pictures of early ashington to the association for Pproper cataloging and preservation. Mr. Proctor’s treatise on Barbara Fritichie was inspired, he told the ssociation, by accounts of a “Bar- ‘bara Fritchie Operetta” in Baltimore, Svhere, according to certain news- paper articles, Mr, Proctor says the “original flag which the real Barbara Fritchie waved on September 10, 1862, in the teeth of ‘Stonewall’ J: e THE WORLD’S FINEST OVERCOATS AT A PRICE FOR EVERY MAN! A Real Celebration That You Will Be Glad to Join svhich, it is claimed, from Frederick to Baltimore under amilitary escort of the National Guard ©of Maryland, accompanied by Bar- bara’s great-grandniece,” is waved by the star of the performance. Remarking that Barnum once said that the people like to be “hum- -bugged” and declaring that the story of Barbara Fritchie already had been disproved thoroughly, Mr. Proctor #aid there were three reasons why the famous woman of Frederick eould not have wzved the flag. Gives Thres Reasons. “These are”—Mr. Proctor read from his paper—“Barbara at that time was bed-ridden and had heen so for wquite a while, and it would have been impossible for her to have waved a flag. At the time of the reported incident, her age is given as 96, and she died the following December, only three months later, no doubt, from old age. This should surely be enough to disprove the story, but further: It was not light when Jack- ®on left Frederick, as’ evidenced by the following note left at the doar of Dr. Ross, Presbyterian minister of the time: * ‘Regret mot being permitted to #ee Dr. and Mrs. Ross, but could not expect to have that pleasure at so un- Seasonable an hour. (Signed) “*T.J. JACKSON ** September 10, 1862, 5:15 a.m.’ ““The third reason that brands the dncident a myth is that Jackson's army did not march by Barbara's 26 Stores in Washington Electrical - 3 \H@g_idquarters HMth & C Sts. 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