Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-13

more than mere editor. can be num-
bered among government editors. without
placing undue stress on that part of his
labors His editorial work has been far
from insignificant.
He inaueurated in 1Sn. and edited 10
its conclusion the bulletin of the rolls
and library of the State Department.
a medium for the publication of cata
losues. indexes and papers of the ma
tional archives lie was born i'm New
York in 1855. graduated at Harvard ard
studied law. He was disbursing agent
of the court of commissioners on the Ala
bama claims
Until few months before his death
recently Philip c. Warman was the editor
of the geological survey. a post now
filled by George NJ Woods. former as
sistant Mr.. Warmans period of service
as editor began i'm 1894. and was pre-
coded by period OF twelve years service
as secretary of Maj. Powell. He was q
man of varied talents. having been =
newspaper editor and lawyer I'm New Jcr-
sey, and all through the time he .was
Maj. PowelrS secretary he was associated
with photographed work on Indian lam
suages for the bureau OF ethnology.
Since 1901 the coast and geodetic sur
vey has had as its editor Isaac Winston.
who has done much of the surveys geo.
detic work. having entered that branch
of the government service in 1878. lie
is a geodesist by profession, and was
delegate from this country to the thir-
teenth general conference of the Inter-
national GeOdetc Association at Paris in
1900. He is a member of various scien-
tifc societies and of the Cosmos Club.
Born in Alabama in 1Sa:s. Mr. Winston
graduated from the Virginia Military
Institute in 1873 and farmed for three
years before taking up professional work.
One of the most widely known and
widely used of all government puhlica
tons has not heretofore been mentioned
because it's editor is not In the executive
civil service. but performs his editorial
labors for the joint printing committee OF
Congress. The editor of the Congress
sional. Directory, Albert James Halford, IL
one of the National capitals foremost
newspaper men. and one who has filled
some Of the most important positions with
Washington newspapers and news Du-
reaus. Congressional Directory is the
second most important of all publications.
in the estimation of every newspaper
man. The first is of course, the news
paper for which he works. 1t requires
only a glimpse at the Directory to become
convinced that it is edited with surprising
skill, and the amount of information con-
corning official Washington that is crowd
ed into its 400 pages is wonderful. MI
Halford is a native Of Ohio. and Is fifty
seven years old. He belongs TO that fast
disappearing Sciiooi vi JouIhahSts MhV
learned the rudiments Of their profession
at the case He learned the printers
trade in his youth. the proverbial
gamut from printers devil to managing
editor, but he did not tarry long in the
composing room Of a printing Office. He
was on'y fifteen years old when he report.
ed proceedings of the Indianapolis legis-
lature and eighteen when he was one o.
the star reporters of an Indianapolis
newspaper. He came to Washington In
1893 The work of keeping the Con.
gressional Directory correct and up-to-
date requires not only skill, but the exc
pendture of much time in careful revi-
sion and one of the busiest workshops in
the Capitol building is the editorial office
of the Directory.