European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 5, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Union Yoopa March Down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington b.c., Only blocks away from Hooter s division an in Tumour neighbourhood named Attar sen. Joseph Hooker s troops Archago Logusta Are excavating part of the old neighbourhood looking forget at of mid-19th Century working class life. Red Light archaeology by Mercer Cross National geographic a Hundred years ago in was one of the National capital most infamous sections collection of hovels housing Prosoli lulls. Gamblers thieves and drunk. I was known As Hooker s division or us Iho division named Alici Gen Joseph fighting Joe Hook i whose Union troops camped near Washington d c Dunn the civil War the men sought diversion in to Saloon a a Boi Dellos of the area Polho North by Pennsylvania Avenue and. On the South by a Felix open sewer called the Washington canal surrounding locations Boro such descriptive names As murder Bay Louse Alley and rum Row Tho working women of Iho division endowed the general Wilh dubious immortality by adding his name Lowercase a to the lexicon of american Slang City of Licals shut Down the Boi Deloi in 1911, seventeen years Laler. Build Biezis cleared the area Lor construction of the Federal Triangle a Complex it imposing govern men buildings the canal Long ago became Constitution Avenue one of Washington s stat Liesl Bourc ievaids. Several blocks of Hooker s division have been a parking lot since 1931. Beneath the Asphalt lie thousands of artefacts Hal should reveal previously unknown details Aboul everyday me in 1 set Century Washington. For six weeks this Spring in the second and Inal excava lion. The Asphalt will be peeled and air geologists will intensively dig scrape and Sill the soil 1 this neighbourhood was particularly interesting because in was a typical working class ncighborh6bd. .say5 archaeologist Charles d Chook who is directing the excavation in had residential commercial and entertainment unctions part of the entertainment was to be found. In the division s numerous Bawdy houses. Cheek knows of no other red Light districts in the Eastern United Stales Hal has been i excavated this would be a i unlike their More Iran Sirril better explored counterparts in the developing Washington s Brothel were t relatively stable ensling Lor decades j . Was respectable taut not fall enl. Check. Speculates that in might have been an entertainment Center associated with the. Nearby National theatre which still operates with Iho treeing of slaves after the War. Some Blacks moved Inlo the division s like Osl Urban areas before the 20th Century they wore integrated 1 says Cheek ser Calion in the North was hot racially based at Hal Lime. Working classes lived Side by ordinarily he notes such people Aren t the focus of historians and Arches Logisios poor Folk Are ignored by /. Wollen sources in general unless they re statistics of is subject of a reformation businesses wore interspersed with residences in the division. They included a Carriage maker s shop a brass foundry and a manufacturer of Iron and Copper. Building cornices -. Unfortunately for she . The businesses and industries have let no. Recoverable deposits because they have. Been replaced by other buildings. The Carriage shop Tor example became a Gas station. Last summer Iho first dig produced dozens of Glass and Clay Bol lies and jars which onco enl tried liquor Beer medicines plume soil drinks and condiments. The cloves in one Bolte probably used to soothe aching Leech. Remain pungent by aromatic. By the Lime he finishes this Spring s project. Check of Pecos to find As Many As 45,000 artefacts he and his Crew will Oxe Avale 14 Yards which he thinks will be a representative Sample. Most of whal they will recover lies inches below the sur acc the deepest they will have to Fig is2 loot bylalo.1990or.eaily 1991 the results of their research will be written up in a Leporld Loi the Pennsylvania Avenue sponsor of the pro Cal under the National historic preservation acl of i9g6. Lede Rantand must by of tire new buildings Are erected on in no new years the parking lot will be covered by a �46f.million International cultural and Trade Cen Lei. Hooker s division will be burned Ioro yer Bra Bombeck i bet you re All wondering Why every year the irs Nakes its Tan forms easier to understand the last t heard the comprehension level was geared to a Touth Siador know people Don t like so be walked Doivan to. But the is a reason Lor this since 1986. Any child under the age of 14 who has gained $3.000 or Moro in wages or �500 and up Isom in Teisl dividends or has had to file an individual lax return you would t want the governor Penl to Lake advantage of children by giving them instructions written in revenues would you 01 course you would to so they had to bring out a torm thai any average 6-Yoar old who was sired in a sperm Bank of Nobel prize laureates could understand there s jus l something wonderful Aboul being toilet to atoned and gelling a Ian refund in the same Caf in t y. I know Thoro Are some children who try to Soasti Nul of giving the government la duo i m sure the los owing scenario happens All the time Stovie is summoned from the playground to lace an iss Man m the Ollie who dolls him he is being audit cd Stevie. According to our records. You loss six Leoth in 1088. Lor which you received income this income was discovered in the Nelums tiled by your parents and your grandparents As declared gift giving that up you in a higher bracket than 19b7" Stevie. I pledged the Money to a Wal Kalhoun is did you keep your rocoipl7 Stevie 1 wrapped my gum in in irs do you know what to do to youngsters like you1 Olevio shakes his head we Send them to a place where to Pul bad children you la share a cell with hardened criminals who signed their returns with crayons How would you so to be next to a kid who said to loss Money Isom his cans pocket in the Washer but it showed up later in the Hal tiay7 huh7 Steve to do seated irs this is serous business. Stevie the government needs a trillion dollars for us annual budget. Stevie How Many zeros is thai7 irs How old Ara you. Stevie Stevie six. Irs substitute 1 Lor the band add 12 zeros and Loui con Wing Stevie what s a comma irs Don t smar bit Stevie the Isis l Aliello Misdemeanour Lor playing in Iho Toile la Titis is Iho uni Ltd slates government1 some say it is unlit of the irs to lax Small children and make them responsible Lor evasion and penalties. Others believe they re out there in the marketplace so let them share in the Burden alien All Thuy have the same opportunely to Lake the advice of Lanman Henry Block. In a to commercial he advises us to buy a Subaru kids jus have to figure out How to get it Home to 1989 Erma to act Page 16 the stars and stripes wednesday april 5, 19b9
