Evening Star Newspaper, January 25, 1931, Page 79

mile or two to spend one—but ving in another period. I and K streets, Mrs. C. F. Cum- and Thomas S. Gartrell sold shoes, Her- Gasclr s0ld tobacco, Charles' then at 932, and another well today—William H. Veerhoff— Liberty Market, a8 the writer not in Mount Vernon Square 50 been removed prior to that , one block east, at New York is a public schoel that might as of that period. Sessford’s Annals, the building occupied this site was erected principally as an engine house. The %S of the public schools give two dates wheh it was occupied for educational pur- 1858. However, it is evident it was taken over quite early by the school trustees. In size it was 50 by 28 feet, and was three stories high, containing three school rooms. The ground was valued at .fl.:a and the building, which was of brick, at during the school year ending August 31, 1876, when it was known as the Berret Building, mamed for James G. Berret, mayor of Wash- fngton, 1858 to 1860. report on this building in 1875 condition as good, yet, evidently be- too small and the ground space to better advantage, it was re- the present building erected in its e : i "!“03 the Abbot Building was begun in lm.ltmflmuudmu’u,sndthen.p- @arently by only five male classes—three pri- mary and two secondary. In Miss Sallie A. Dal- Son's primary class for that year diplomas were awarded to Frank W. Amrein, Francis Watkins, Edward Columbus, Martin E. Hoyberger, Charles E. Mahorney, Charles D. Watkins, William ¥F. Peabody, John 8. Cissel, Frank C. Roach, David P. Parker, Charles L. Taylor, George L. Loefiler, Harry W. Andrews, John N. Oliver, Bernhard U. Behrend, Alfred H. Speake, George H. Mc- Duell, Prederick A. Eckstein, Aloysius A. King, Heury Poynton, William Goldin, William Hur- Jey, Thomas Phillips, William Culverwell, Phii- lips Hawley, John Enders, Francis Kress and Abraham Kaufman. These attending Miss Ralph’s primary class, and who were rewarded, were: Clarence E. Davis, Frank Tharp, Edward W. Domnn, Guy T. Trembly, Henry ~Peterson, Seymour B. Wright, Linneus LaFetra, Oden S. Scott, Ernest A. Fill, Solomon Peyser, Edward W. Wolhaupter, George M. Copenhaver, Harrison Stidham, QGeorge Terry, Edward Spindler, Charles Wil- son, George Maloney, Percival Waters, George “Amerien, Thomas Howard, George McElwee aad Charles Bailey. ‘The boys in primary class No. 13, who had Miss -Sarah Bartlett as teacher, and who were given rewards of merit, some of which, perhaps, are still in existence, were: Frederick Fischer, Theodore Fischer, John Harrington, Sydney ¥ranc, Algenon Tassin, Harry Karr, Edgar Speiden, Hugo Langer, Wirt Tassin, Frank Har- Harry Rothery, Joseph Gusdorf, Bern- thard Young, James Tubman, Alexander Hep- Purn, Simon Straus and Felix Denis. In “the secondary classes Miss Johnson's pupils who were rewarded included: Cornelius A. 'Conner, Joseph Little, Charles C. McCor- mick, John A. Wagner, Hugh F. McKenna, Ed- ward A. Helmsen, Willlam B. Thomas, John M. McDuell, Joseph McCann, Frank D. Seiffert, John Waldkonig, Edward Greet, John H. Drown, Theodore Miles, Maurice Rosenberg, Ernest P, Gibbons, Abraham Roginski and Wil- tam Maloney. Miss Emma L. Bond taught secondary class No. 13 and her good boys who deserved and received diplomas were: Henry Pranc, William Bosworth, Frederick Church, Edgar Sturges, Gustavus Simpson, Solomon Lansburgh, William Diests, Hugh Doherty, Richard Bullard, August Toense, Walter Mar- lowe, Eugene Robinson, William Spefden, Frank THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTUN, D. C, JANUARY 25, 1931, Twombly, Robert Lynch, A. Jay March, Bernard Emmert, Timothy OConmor and Eugeme Bern- hardt. BOVE K street, in the 1000 bilock, the first building on the east side, which stands back of the reservation, was Gustave Hartig's hardware store, probably conducted by the family for more than fifty years. In 1860, previous to moving to this place, Mr. Hartig had been in business on Pennsylvania avenue. Above Hartig's store Gustavus Giesler sold boots and shoes and, incidentally, the present generation may not realise that prior to 50 few men wore shoes, boots being far the more popular.’ These were generally the finest calf-hide leather A good shoemaker then was meces- sarily a fine mechanic and, besides, had to know something of the construction of the foot. Though the writer does feel that it would not be such a bad idea for men to return to the Colenial style of costume for social affairs, yet he would not advocate the return to the wear- ing of boots, for he will never forget the and labor he often had as a boy in removing his at night, especially after they had become wet from snow or rain. Here the boot- jack played an impertant part, and though in John W. Schaefer, china and glassware; John V. Matters and Thomas V. Smith, tobacco; Christopher G. Head, clocks; Aaron Cohen and Wolf Rice, clothiers; Willlam A. Kramer, cen- fectioner; branch of Lansburgh & Bre., dry goods; Charles G. Brandt, fancy goods; Henry Philippi, hairdresser; Henry Bonitz, milliner, and William H. Spellshouse, paperhanger. IF the writer’s recollection serves him well, it was in this block that a tobacotmist was beaten to death about 15 years ago with a monkey wrench and the murderer never appre- hended, which only goes to show that there never was a time when all criminals could be caught. Between L and M streets the following per- sons were engaged in business: Charles S. Shreve, real estate, father of Charles S. Shreve, former president of the Federation of Citizens’ Associations; Benjamin A. Miller, barber; Stephen Hartbrecht, bird dealer; William P. White, beoks and periodi- cals; David M. Furlong, shoemaker; Robert Berberich, shoe store; Herman Barghausen, cabinetmaker; William Harskamp, carpenter and builder; John Ossinger & Co. and John R. Sockell, cigars, etc.; Johm Wahl, jeweler; Max TheTbynnHundSewnhandPs;:etlsmhm,formyymc tel. days gone by these were as mobiles are now, yet today we where to locate one except =f ags t’:gg Others on this side of the 1000 block were: Herman > Burkhard, furniture dealer; William D. Anderson and Benedict Reth leather goods; David C. Jakob, locksmith, and Adaline Cohen, pawnbroker, On the west side of this square were Birrell & Laignel's barber shop, Richard Roberts, books and periodicals; another shoe store operated by Gustavus Gesler, and that of Horatio Moran; Continued from Pifth Page escape fatal injuries. They receive shocks and minor hurts, but survive to race again. Some- times they get away scot-free. TAKE, for instance, the case of a well known sportsman, Comdr. Glen Kidston. His luck has become proverbial. He has been in sirplane crashes, sea disasters and motoring accidents, but each time his luck has held good. On one occasion those with him at the time were all killed, but the irrepressible commander always seems to come through. Not so long ago he was involved in the crash of the German air- plane piloted by Prince Schaumberg-Lippe. All the other passengers were killed. Glen Kidston escaped with a shock and some small injuries. What was that but luck? In my own case again, I have been invelved in numerous accidents of various kinds. Last year while in Africa I had an almost miraculous escape when an sirplane in 3 a trip crashed. It landed between a house, a iron rails. By all companion and I tould have been killed ‘or Berman and Julius Cohen, clothiers; John T. Matthews, second-hand dealer; Michael J. Sou- from here on, the stores became less and less. Anna E. Degges was conducting & millinery store between M and N streets, George C. Prein- kert sold netions, Simon Levi, olls; Jacob Aaron, of some years b-k, and of Norman L. who married t'l:s Hattie Desmond, whom the writer knew in very seriously injured and the plane burned to ashes. We escaped. We were lucky. My friend, although he fractured his skull in two [JP near the O Street Market, in the 1300 block, the business people included: Predls erick A. Stier, John H. Aue, John Ober p H. Gales O'Neal, Otto Volland, Will - ring, William H. Eberly, Ernest W , Solee mon Cohn, B. Rich & Son, Max Roginsky, Jacob Hirsh, James B. Hollidge, Eliza E. Thorpe, Mary F. West, Anna B. Holt, Thomas B. Towner, Eliza Duguid, Anna E. Hodges, Hanna Kauf- man, Hannah Louis, Lowis Cohn, Walsh & Ryan, John L. Wilkins, George Tobin, Selma Luerssen, John Barry and Charles Baum, per- haps the same who sold hoopskirts, corsets and ladies’ furnishings further down the street at 408. Charles Baum, though out of business for many years, and perhaps dead, is still recalled as one of Washington's most upright merchants. Anything that came from Charles Baum's was all it was represented to be, and the writer feels that many an old-timer will agree with him in saying that this merchant set an ex- cellent example for strict honesty. The school block, between O and P streets, where John Saul once had his nurseries, and where the market later stoad, to be followed by the school buildings, was never used for other purposes, and little business, aside from the present market and a few modern stores, was conducted on the west side of the street until within recent years. old Thyson House, on the northeast core ner of Seventh and P streets, now occme pied by the Salvation Army, is one of the land- marks in this section. As a farmers’ hotel, it always bore a good reputation. In 1878 it was being operated by Francis Brandner, who had previously been the proprietor of the Richmond House, at Eighth and D streets northwest. The next year W. Frank Thyson tried his hand at The writer has received a letter from Mrs. Margaret Simonton, who before her a Miss Joyce. It refers to the old Western but evidently Mrs. Simonton is think- recent than the writer referred to Pennsyl- F o IRERRES igggfiggggegg Food Aaml Drug Cases; meoembumtbflmm!ufiu careless in the production of feods and drugs destined for shipment in interstate Tuberculosis in Swine, Tnmmtuwcumumw to the disease in man and cattle, but ex<- much of the hog feeding, the question of tubeps’ culosis is at times serious with swine raisers. The sources through which swine contract tuberculosls are many, such as being allowed to feed behind infected cattle, feeding on care casses and offal of infected animals and poule try, and the te;cding of infected garbage. s paign among swine raisers to have tuberculin fested in