Evening Star Newspaper, February 7, 1937, Page 50

F—-2 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON D. . _C., FEBRUARY 7, 1937—PART FOUR. GOOD HOPE ROAD AND A GREAT CHARITABLE INSTITUTION L3 GERMAN CONTRIBUTION MADE ‘Activities of Concordia Lutheran Church Which Have Been for the Benefit of the City as a Whole—How Congress Has Shown Its Appreciation. By John Clagett Proctor. HERE are many charitable I ‘Washington, governed by dif- ferent organizations and cent work. Some of these establish- ments are very old and date back al- others, though not so old, are, never- theless, rendering just as creditable a trict of Columbia. One of these in mind is the German road leading out from Anacostia, and that was for years the main highway and farther on. This is one of the more recent institutions, and did not when quarters in a small house, then at 1327 L street, were rented for the Of course, there is & beginning to everything, and in an affair of this going and do the pioneer work, and so it was with this home for destitute Martin Kratt, pastor of the Evangeli- | cal Lutheran Concordia Church at| northwest, a church of interesting his- | tory, since the ground upon which it | by Jacob Funk, said to have been a gunmaker of Georgetown, and whose trict of Columbia, was the laying out of a town named Hamburg, in 1771, Funkstown, because of its founder's name. consisting of about 130 acres, in 1765 | from Thomas Johns. At a consider- | of Widows Mite, it was acquired by John Langworth. Apparently, when did not immediately record his plat, | as evidenced by a receipt given by | Incidentally, this receipt, in describing the property, contained the interest- | “Rock Grick and Goos Grick,” the last | name being the designation by which | which it was facetiously referred to by Tom Moore, the Irish poet, when institutions in and around bodies, and all are doing & magnifi- most to the founding of the clty, while service to humanity and to the Dis- Orphan Home, on the Good Hope from Washington to Upper Marlboro come into being until October 1, 1879, purpose stated. kind, some one must start the thing children, which was the thought of Rev. the corner of Twentieth and G streets | stands was donated for this purpose | historic work, in what is now the Dis- which became generally known as| Funk purchased this tract of land, ably earlier date, in 1664, when a part | it was first laid off in 287 lots, Funk | him three years before this was done. ing information that it lay between Tiber Creek was also known, and by he vistied this city in 1804. A MAP of Hamburg, in the Library of Congress, shows five streets and an alley running east and west, end from the river northward they | ‘were Water street, Front alley, Second street, Third or Raven street, Fourth street and Fifth street. The streets running north and south would re- mind one of Philadelphia, for we find such names as High street, Arch street, Market street, Persemon (Persimmon) street, Walnut, Locust, Mulberry and Rock streets. Front alley was 33 feet in width and the streets varied in width from 60 to 80 feet. In the original act of incorporation the object as stated is “to found in the District of Columbia a home for the reception and support of destitute and friendless children,” and though it is today largely supported by people of German birth and ancestry, yet it is a German orphan home in name only, for the German language is not taught there and there is no restriction as to who shall be admitted, provided they come within the scope and rules which are comparable to those of any well-regulated orphan asylum. From the beginning the home was maintained in rented quarters, and, naturally, for this and for running expenses money was needed and hence a call for finances was sent out. The Schuetzenverein, which conducted such wonderful affairs at its park on Seventh street road (now Georgia avenue), was one of the first to re- spond for assistance, and next came the German Benevolent Association, and others soon followed. Simon Wolf represented the first and Anton Leh- man the other one. The first, or L street home, was dedicated as a me- morial to peace, love and charity, and opened with the following 12 orphans: Clara Brand, Minna Brandt, Lina Schick, Jacob Schick, P. H. Hoffman, Lina Gracke, John Brau- ninger, Henry Brauninger, Lisa Brau- ninger, Sophie Scholl and Margaret Roeth. One of the girls here men- tioned attended our Washington high and normal schools, later became one of the best graded school teachers in REV. MARTIN KRATT, Founder of the German Or- phan Asylum and its first president. the District, and also taught the chil- dren of the home. OON the demands upon the home became increasingly large, and the securing of more commodious quarters _The western boundary of the town site was at about Twenty-third street, the eastern line somewhere between | Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets, | end it extended from about H street on the north to the Potomac River on the south. The old-timer knows this general locality as Foggy Bottom. Mr. Funk also provided ground for | another church to be placed in Ham- | burg, which he refers to as “for a| Calvinist society.” } Time passed on and it was two| Years after the corner stone of the District of Columbia was laid—and after the town of Hamburg, as such, | had become merged into Washington— | before any claim was made for the lots so thoughtfully donated by Mr. | Funk for religious purposes, when, on June 28, 1793, Daniel Reintzel took steps to secure title to the lots granted on behalf of the societies named. How- ever, no effort was made to build churches upon these sites for a long while, and then not until the Con- cordia German Lutheran Church erected a building on the Twentieth street site in 1833. This church, of course, later gave way to the present structure, the corner stone of which was laid in December, 1889. The pastor of this church in 1843 | was a Mr. Borchere, who was then re- siding on the north side of Louisiana avenue (now Indiana avenue) between Sixth and Seventh streets. In 1846 the same pastor; in 1860, Rev. Sam- uel Finckel; 1866, the same; in 1878, Rev. G. L. Rietz, who was succeeded in 1879 by Rev. Kratt, who, as stated, ! conceived the idea of forming the or-| phan asylum, which first occupied the | L street house. This soon proved un- | suitable and other quarters were se- | cured in 1880 at 2422 K street north- west. Some pioneer work in caring for | needy childern had already been done, in the care and protection of the orphans of the congregation by its| members, even before the Rev. Kratt took charge of Concordia Church, and it was their difficulties and uphill work that attracted the pastor’s at- tention and really convinced him that another agency of greater strength and scope was needed to care for the destitute and abandoned children coming under their notice. The names of these early workers were Sophie Aigler, H. Liesman, J. Thalburg, K. G. Barthel, C. Schaefer, R. Kettler, F. B. Roberts, Rosina Botsch, M. Bottger and M. Falconer. THE first meeting having in view 5 the starting of the asylum was held in the Concordia Church on Au- gust 31, 1879, and at this time a reso- lution was passed to appeal to the citizens of Washington in general, and the German-American citizens of the District of Columbia in particular, for aid in the establishment of a Ger- man Protestant Orphan Asylum. And with this purpose in view a commit- tee was appointed to solicit aid for the establishment of an orphans’ home. Those named in this committee in- cluded Dr. John Walter, William Kettler, George Walker and Charles Bchneider. Another meeting was held in the church on September 7, when an as- sociation was organized, and by Sep- tember 20, 1879, the German Protest- ant Orphan Asylum was incorporated, the control of the asylum being en- trusted to a board of directors, as follows: Dr. John Walter, Frederick Imhof, George C. Walker, Hugo Kan- dler, Louis Kettler, Casper Schaefer, Charles Schneider, Willlam Helmus, John Kaiser, Gustav Hartig and Martin Kratt. Of these, Rev. Mar- tin Kratt was elected president, Charles Schneider, secretary, and George C. Walker, tressurer. was necessary. In 1880, through the energetic though unwarranted action of the Rev. Kratt—which turned out well in the end—the farm of Capt. S. G. Cabell, containing 32 acres, to- gether with his old residence on Good | Hope road (which he had given up to | reside at 22 Third street northeast), were purchased for $20,000. And here Simon Wolf proved his known worth by lobbying a bill through Congress which carried with it an appropria- tion of one-half the purchase price, and about this time the name of the asylum was changed to “The German Orphan Asylum Association of the District of Columbia.” As life has its successes and failures, its joy and its grief, so we find the | board of directors of the home en- | family, Charles Schroth and family, countering a knotty problem when it was discovered that there was a | family, F. Gieseking and family, Henry | defect in the title to the ground they had purchased. But the members were not discouraged, and though they | Hoffman, Louis Faber, Wash. Wil- | paid Mr. Cabell an additional $4,000, liams, William Linger, Henry Linger | Sewing Society. they obtained a bargain in the ground purchased, and which today would bring a fortune compared to what they paid for it 56 years ago. Later, however, & court action was brought in the name of 8. Suit to re- cover & part of the ground, but this case was settled in favor of the home. Again Congress came to the aid of the institution in 1883, when it ap- propriated $5000 as a contribution toward a building fund set at twice that amount, and a further approp- riation of $10,000 was made March 2, 1889, “for the erection of & suitable brick building to be used by the Ger- man Orphan Asylum Association, provided that said association expend an equal amount in the erection of said building.” On February 9, 1890, being in a position to comply with the act of Congress, passed the previous year, the cotner stone of the present build- ing was laid with Masonic and other appropriate ceremonies, and in due time it was completed at a cost of $30,601.75, of which amount Congress appropriated $16,000. The super- vision of erecting the building was placed in the charge of George J. Seufferle, chairman, John L. Vogt, Charles Ruppert, Anton Eberly, J. J.| Appich, Charles Mades, Simon Wolf, Jacob Jose, Maj. J. E. Weyss and Mrs. E. Poesche, and Mrs. Rosina Botsch, representing the Ladies’ Society. (It is undoubtedly true that the amounts mentioned as being appro- priated by Congress for the home, as well as those subsequently made for its maintenance and upkeep, were not in the nature of Federal grants, but chargeable to the appropriations for the District of Columbia.) ON SUNDAY, October 26, 1890, the building was dedicated in the presence of a large crowd of about three thousand spectators, many of | whom had come in horse-drawn ve- hicles, for this was still the horse- | and-buggy days, and it is quite likely | that some bicyclists rode their high wheels and safeties & part of the way up Good Hope Hill that day to listen | | to the remarks made by President Jacob Jose, George J. Seufferle, chair- | man of the board, and Director Hugo | Kuerschner and the superintendent, Charles Obermeyer. The Star, in reporting these exer- cises, devotes a column to the event, and tells us that the address of wel- come was delivered by President J. Jose, after which “Das Deutsche Lied” was sung, accompanied by Donche’'s Band. Simon Wolf, one of the board of directors, delivered the oration. Among the many others present, there were in attendance Charles Schneider and family, Charles Dietz and family, Paul Burk, August Dietz, Carl Miller and family, William M. Brooks and family, Capt. Quacken- bush, Dr. Wolfsteiner, John B. Miller | and family, Mr. Lambrecht, Otto | Fischer and family, Mrs. Ross, Wil- } liam Bowen and family, Gottlieb Plau, | F. W. Seebode, Henry Seebode and | family, F. F. Neukirk, Misses Carrie and Lucy Hurlebaus, Gottlieb Hurle- | baus, John Bauf, David Joyce, Chris | Rammling and family, Albert Behrens, Miss Jennie Brooks, Miss Gertrude Stewart, Fritz Hermann, Julius Jeune- |mann and family, Henry Hoffer, | Misses Annie and Lizzie Eckert, Wil- liam Mayer, J. G. Rupli and family, Henry Kraemer and family, Misses Minnie and Maggie Neputh, Miss Lizzie Wohl, Henry Raebe, Charles Deprez, Misses Lizzie and Minnie Spangler, Miss Emma Etieb of Balti- more, John Dieste, John Weide, John W. Mahler, Anton Loeffler and family, | Gustav Lansburg and family, Henry “Franc and family, Gustav Hartig and iMrs. Flemming, Fred F. Steinle and | Pfister and family, Albert Carry and family, Carl Hoffman an. family, Dr. The original German Orphan Asylum on Good Hope Road. Steep, Henry Buscher and family, Henry Fischer, Adolph Gessmann, Charles Jacobson, Jacob Volland, John Heiser, Chris Beucheler, August Neuman and family, Martin Schneider, A. J. Rouspies, Charles Coppes, Edward Piepenbring and family, Gustav Dietz, F. W. Dieste, Theodore F. Plitt, Mr. and Mrs, Stoepe, Andreas Loeffler and Christian Heurich. The Invitation and Reception Com- mittee included Anton Eberly, chair- man; Reinhold Springsguth, secre- tary; Charles Graff, S. Wolf, John L. Vogt, Charles Ebel, George Breitbarth, Chris Heurich, Jac. C. Appich, George J. Seufferle, Fred Dietz, Miss Emma Foesche and M. Thalberg. Committee on Decorations—R. Springsguth, C. A. Didden, Joseph Colignon, Fred Rebe and C. Shickler. Committee on Music —John L. Vogt, Dr. John Walter, Christ Ruppert. Committee on Print- ing—W. Koch and R. Springsguth. Committee on Grounds—Jac. C. Ap- WILLIAM C. ZIMMERMAN, President of the German Or- phan Asylum since 1926. pich, William Kettler, Louis Kettler, | Charles Schroth and Charles G. Ro- | zier. Committee on Conveyances— | Charles Grafl, George Breithbarth and J. Karr. Committee on Comfort— George D. Bessler, Andrew Loeffler, | John Appich. Committee on Finances | —George J. Seufferle, Charles Graff, Jacob I. Appich. P COURSE, ! still stands on Good Hope road, a | reminder of the charitable and be- nevolent work begun in 1879 and still being just as enthusiastically carried on today by those in charge of its management and affairs. During its entire existence the Board of Directors has had but nine presidents, in order: Martin Kratt, Dr. John Walter, Louis Kettler, Jacob Jose, Charles Graff, Frederick Imhoff, John F. Schneider, Martin Wiegand and William C. Zim- merman, who has presided over the board since 1926. As the women of the Concordia Lu- | theran Church were the first to care for the orphans of the congregation, so are the women today working just as zealously for the present organiza- tion. Of these, of course, the most active workers are members of the Ladies’ Aid Society and the Ladies’ Of the former, Mrs. the Orphan Home | rietta Herzog, first vice president; Mrs. Lillle Schneider, second vice president; Miss Mary Widmayer, third vice president; Mrs. Margaret Duerst, recording secretary; Mrs. Louise B. Gould, financial secretary and Mrs. Agnes Gisler, treasurer. ‘The officers of the Ladies’ Sewing Society are Mrs. Catharine “Miller, president; Mrs. Mollie Holst, first vice president; Mrs. Amelia Grass, second vice president; Mrs. Elizabeth Wie- gand, recording secretary; Mrs. Emma Thomfardt, financial secretary and Mrs. Elise Zimmerman, treasurer. One of the most active members of the orphan asylum in more recent years was Martin Wiegand, who served as president of the Board of Directors from 1914 to the time of his death in 1925, and a few years ago, when Good Hope road was widened, and a retaining wall in front of the asylum was needed, an attractive and sub- stantial one was crected and dedicated to his memory by the familv of the deceased. When the road was widened it also became necessary to remove the monument to Baron Von Steuben, celebrated Prussian-American officer in the Revolutionary War and in- | structor general of the Continental | Army. However, it was given what many consider a better setting. | This monument long stood in the Schuetzen Park grounds, on Georgia avenue, where the cornerstone was laid by the Grand lodge of Masons, May 20, 1870. The present officers of the Board of Directors of the home are: President, | William C. Zimmerman; first vice | president, Frederick W. Schneider; | second vice president, Henry W. Wie- | | | | | gand; secretary, Rudolph W. Santle- | mann; treasurer, Edward A. Tripp. RIOR to the Civil War there were | few homes along Good Hope road from Uniontown—as Anacostia Wwas | once called—to the top of the hill, | where was the old town of Good Hope, | |and an early map includes only the | names of R. Worthington, to the north | of the road, and B. Smith, to the south. Both of these homes set back | congratulated Mr. Mudd and he takes |a distance from the road. Near the | top of the hill and close to Good Hope Tavern, lived a Mrs. Perkins, and J. | Jenkins, and H. Anderson resided close to the tavern. A later map shows the nurseries of Nicholas Studer and the the home of a Mr. Linger, both be- tween old Anacostia and the asylum. C. Thompson was on the south side | of the road, a little above Dr. Christy, about opposite Studer’s place, and near | the top of the hill was Dr. Wadsworth's | home. J. Chrismond and T. Mosier | were located at or near Good Hope. | Frederick H. Kramer and Gude brothers also were well-known nurs- erymen on Good Hope road, 40 years ago. ‘The late Harry Shannon, in one of his rambles, says that Good Hope was the name of a tract belonging to the Addison family, which very probably had been taken aut of the tract called Chichester, and that it was out of the tract called Good Hope that Nicholas | Young, progenitor of the Washington Young family of Giesborough, bought an estate which he called Nonesuch. Mr. Shannon also mentions as early settlers south of Good Hope road, Bob | Martin’s Farmers’ and Drovers’ Hotel, | Alexander Crutchett’s drug store and J. Minnix & Son's wheelwright and The German Orphan Asylum as it is today. 4 35 It was erected in 1890. the road Dr. Arthur Christie’s house, Jim Goddard’s lodge and the Linger home. He also mentions as an early settler at Good Hope, John Darling, who came to America after the Civil ‘War, went back to his native land, and returned to the United States in 1874. They settled, according to the “Ram- bler,” where the Eastern Branch and T. B. road intersects Hamilton road, now Alabama avenue. Mr. Darling was the father of Effie Darling, & well-known actress of this city. ‘The Good Hope road came to mind a few nights ago when the writer heard a paper by John F. Mudd, esq., | of La Plata, Md,, before the Bladens- | burg Historical Society, on the “Life of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd and the His- torical Accuracy of ‘The Prisoner of Shark Island’” This, of course, is the road traveled by John Wilkes Booth when he made his escape from ‘Washington on the night of the assas- | sination of President Lincoln, and it | | was at Dr. Mudd's house, near Bryan- town, Md., that Booth's leg was set by the then young country doctor. Mr. Mudd prefaced his remarks by saying that he was only collaterally related to the famous Dr. Mudd; in other words, he was of the same tree, but not from the same limb. He | also made it plain’ that his family | was one of the few familles in that | part of Maryland of Union senti- | ment. His talk was interesting and his- | torically well prepared, and especially | pleasing because it kept within the bounds of facts, and showed no un- due sectional coloring. The writer pleasure in doing so again. Coffee Fraud Halted. THE coffee purchaser can purchase his coffee with confidence, know- | ing that when he buys the product he | will get what he pays for. | Some unscrupulous dealers in the | past have adulterated their product | with chaff, worthless in itself and re- ducing the strength of the coffee pur- | chased. | One manufacturer had been supply- | ing dealers with what he described as coffee screenings, which were in real- ity chaff which had been molded and | pressed into the form which resem- | bled ground roasted coffee. An investigation resulted in the| trapping of this illegal trade, and the | manufacturer in question pleaded guilty and was fined. ‘The Federal food inspectors are con- stantly on the watch for violations of food regulations, violations which, it may be said about the processors of food, are the exception rather than| the rule. . Buffalos, when pursued, always ran | west or northwest—never east or | south—according to William Emmett to get & clear title, yet they now realize | and family, Charles Xander, Thomas | Sophia Schultz is president, Mrs. Hen- | blacksmith shop, and to the north of | Roberts, pioneer Texas ranchman. Lincoln Went to Grave With_Worlgi in Sorrow Washington Shrines Testify to Lasting Im- press of Man Remembered by Lovers of Freedom in All Spheres of Humanity. By Herbert Hollander. women the world over this week will join in marking the ham Linceln. As the years have rolled by Lin- the ideals for which he strove have found a responsive echo in the hearts he united will lead in paying tribute to a great and kindly man. I IBERTY-LOVING men and birthday anniversary of Abra- coln’s figure has gained in stature, and of all peoples. This week the Nation In a life whose every contrast stands Head of Abraham Lincoln, by Borglum, at the United States Capitol. | as classic none is more striking than the deep obscurity in which Abraham Lincoln was born and the world-wide expression of grief that followed his untimely death. No circumstance attending the birth of Abraham Lincoln 128 years ago Fri- day, in the bleak fastnesses of the frontier, even remotely intimated the immortal role he was to play in the affairs of the Nation—the impress he was to leave upon the consciousness of mankind. His birth was of import only to H—— Ecarctus T CROMINENT ESIABLISHMENT 2 SAME PETER BACON B A\ WHOLESALE & RETAIL GIROCERS, G4 O=PAAVE.N. 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Go2 “The Corner Store of Yore” ——By DiCk ManSfield 5 _CHAl SToRES 111 T \SAIEEZMDR'TME)/ e ONG 2 Towa. G3Z- LA AVE, 349-m-s,w, 2400~ (- now. N = 1L MoAEg.y, €- 522.0- -~ CHARD ~ 3 WARE 2 —— b s 4 N.W. IST. s.e. =9 2Ma G ME —<ne SReR0 A < C i -~ [ ONC ND TABLE, FRESH! E LOCATED AT IlOO E-ST. N.W. D\ ANSWER, NEXT WEE! WHAT PROMINENT. WAS L. LOUDO CATED IN OILOING | those within the walls of the humble cabin. His death, and the manner of it, touched the heart of all humanity. It is safe to say that no single event in the last century aroused such a universal feeling of mingled respect, | admiration, indignation and des;air | and brought to America more sincere expressions, not only from the gov- ernments of the world, but from the press and the public everywhere. Perusal of the messages, NOw pree served in the archives of the Governe | ment, which poured into Washington in 1865 immediately after the official announcement of the resident’s ! death, reveal the depth of the world's | feeling. | Of chiet significance. however, 1s | the fact, first, that the people of every | country gave vent to their feelings be- ! yond the official condolences of the governments representing them, and, second, that even the official messages breathed a sincerity and warmth which went many leagues past custome ary diplomatic verbiage. Queen Victoria personally was deep= ly affected by the murder of the Pres- ident, and in her very feeling personal letter to Mrs. Lincoln pointed to the parallel between the latter’s bereave- ment and her own recent loss of the | prince consort, to whom she was so devoted. In these words, as one bereaved woman to another, did Queen Victoria speak to Mrs. Lincoln. Dated at Os= borne April 29, 1865, the Queen’s lete ter read: “Dear Madam: Though & stranger to you, ¥ cannot remain silent when 8o terrible a calamity has fallen upon | you and your country, and must per- | sonally express my deep and heartfelt | sympathy with you under the shock= ‘ ing circumstances of your present { dreadful misfortune. | “No one can better appreciate than | I can, who am myself utterly broken= hearted by the loss of my beloved hus- band. who was the light of my life— my stay—my all—what your sufferings must , and I earnestly pray that you may be supported by Him to Whom alone the sorely afflicted can | look for comfort in the hour of heavy | afftiction. | “With renewed expression of true sympathy, I remain, dear madam, “Your sincere friend, | “VICTORIA.® 'HE Earl of Derby, addressing the House of Lords. said: “In joining in this address—that is to say. in expressing our sorrow and in- | dignation st the atrocious crime by which the United States have been deprived of their Chief Magistrate— your lordships will only follow, though the event has been known so short a time, the universal feeling of sympathy which has been expressed from one end of this kingdom to the other. And if there be in the United States any persons who, misled by our having ab- stalned from ex] ng any opinion as to the conflict now going on, or even from expressing the opinion we may have formed ucon the merits of the two great contending parties—if there be any persons who believe that there is a generally unfriendly feeling in this country toward the citizens of the United States, I think they could hardly have had a more complete refu- tation of that opinion (cheers) cone veyed in what I hope will be the unani mous declaration of Parliament, fol- lowing the declarations which her majesty has been pleased to make, both publicly and privately, to the American Minister, as well as to the widow of President Lincoln, and again following the voluntary and spontane- ous expression of opinion which has already proceeded from almost all the great towns and communities of this country. “Whatever other misfortunes may have attended this atrocious crime, I hope that, at least, one good effect may have resulted from it—namely, that the manner in which the news has been received in this country will satisfy the people of the United States | that her majesty's subjects, one and all, deeply condemn the crime which has been committed, and deeply sym- pathize with the people of the United States in their feelings of horror at the assassination of their Chief Magis~ trate.” Searching through the records, one can believe that few groups were so small that when they met they failed to adopt a resolution which was for~ warded to the United States poste haste; usually one addressed to the Government, another to Mrs. Lincoln. There are such resolutions by the thousands, representing every walk of life and countless communities every- where. The record is a monumental one. In an address from the working men of South London to “Mrs. Lincoln,, Mr. Johnson and the people of Amer- ica,” it was pointed out that “the name of Abraham Lincoln has already become famous to the working people of England; he appeared as one of (Continued on Seventh Page.)