The Washington herald., 1909-05-16
Items, General and Personal,
Of Interest TO G. P o. Workers

Ncp- q PCS-tAoA Al me GOFeElIllcuL EEllS
ing Office there. says:
The new Frisco was duly reached and
explored, and after passing the Colder
Gate I was viewing for the first :in1s the
old Pacific, n six days Honolulu wa
reached, where we met about a mile from
the landing hundreds OF Kanska boys,
swimming beside the vessel and diving for
money thrown them. which they rarely
failed 10 recover. Honolulu is the clean
est. prettiest city I was ever in. barring
none Nothing short Of inspiration can
Idepict its many charms. Honolulu IS a
paradise. To the Manila exile the lowell
ness, cleanliness, beauty, and fragrance
Of this tropical flower gsrden-Honolulu
is the dream OF Paradise. For the next
eleven days I was out in the big disk Of
water, passing but two ships in that
time, conscious that the old boat was go
ling somewhere. even II 1t was taking the
Dig disk with Il The 18Th OF March
brought me into Yokohoma, and after
! making the acquaintance OF the jinriki-
shaw, We went 10 Tokyo, the only decent
(and there only IN spots city in this
greatly overestimated oOuntr-. One Jap
anoso city 10 just like another mas Of
narrow. filthy streets. filed with little
shops. selling the cheapest and silliest
kind Of trash; an occasional silk shop.
trading IN goods for which they ask three
times the price they viii take before let
ting you go; tea houses, dives, and de-
| pravity. ] went 10 Japan with kindly
feelings for the young conquerors, and
wanted 70 ike them. bat I was dlsap-
pointed-in fact. dIsglste6-with what
saw OF every hand You can't tell me q
! people who viii work for Is cents day
and save money win ever amount TO
/ anything.
Shanghai. China, Is as far ahead Of any
/ japanese city, from any viewpoint. as
I Washington is over Ivy City. Hongkong
/ also is a beautiful modern city-in fact,
iexcelling Shanghai The trip
through the Inland Sea from Kobe TO
Nagasah is indeed one Of msrvels
From Nagssaki We pass through the ia
pan Sea for about six hours and through
the Yellow Sea for thirty hours, reach
ling Woosing. the first Chinese port, where
We embarked on q comodious steamer OF
/ TIE S 5. Company for Shanghai. thence
( to Hongkong-
I Manila was reached on March le. and
/ ny name went on the pay ron one day
I later Manila is a beautiful city. a weird
I mixture OF the dreary past and the mod
/ EN- present. II is hotter than the Gov
| eminent Printing Office boiler room by
/ day, but cool and pleasant az night. You
| can buy anything on sale IN the States
st as high as so times the p-ice- This is
I the smokers paradise For 20 cents a
/ hundred you can get q better brand OF
/ cigars than are sold In Washington for %
cents each. A routine day here is about
I as follows: At q n the 'mah-chat-cho'
I Qt isn't spelled that way) informs you that
your bath is ready, and after bathing and
/ breakfast start is made for the ofice
/ about :, which is about forty-fve minutes
wax and the stroll wOrkward is spent
I in lodging the 'actinic' rays (Which are
( said TO be very injurious 70 the spinal
I column when not reading the paper
I Perhaps fifteen minutes are spent in front
/ Of the Office. smoking. listening TO knocks,
yarns, counting the days and exchanging
/ sympathies. &c Promptly at we are
reading proof. digging away as hard as
Wa ever did on bill night. with old Sol
! climbing from s. al 20 20 and over at 10
| We stop one hour for lunch. and z. n
/ finds Us digging away as hard as ever at
the proofs OF the little brown brothers,
and az We are gIsd that We can get out
Of the Office. but in a measure are sorry.
for it is as hot as II ever gets out IN the
T
day You are afraid 20 drink the water,
beer IS % centavos a glass. and as II costs
p cents TO ride home you are compelled
10 seek a shady spot until after s. when
Il begins 70 get cooler. Am pleas
antly situated. within so feet OF Manila
Bay. with nice people and pleasant sur
r0undings."
Owing 10 the lack Of money. Joseph T.
GiIlin and Mrs. Mary IL Farusworth. Of
the bindery division Of the Navy Depart-
ment, were transferred 10 the main Of
fee
Hamilton R Ray and Henry Fitzpat-
rick. formerly employed in the G. P. O.
have successfully passed examinations as
bookbinders from Kings County. n Y,
and are now on the eligible list.
Theodore Gerber. reader n the proof
section. and George z. Clark, Of the
stores division. are recent transfers 10 the
document printing division.
Miss Amanda Craig. We'll known
press feeder in the main Office. paid a re-
cent delightful visit 20 friends al the
charming Berkeley Springs. ". Va
Many employees Of the big printery are
members Of Federal City Lodge. No.
p, / O. O. F, which meets at North
east Temple. Twelfth and H streets
northeast, on Wednesday evenings. The
annual roll-caH meeting was the head
liner for Wednesday night, and it proved
red letter event After a short bust
ness meeting, the fun began at thu ban
quet table in the main hall, with Past
Grand Lang as POSTMASTER. It IS said
that he gave knocks and took knocks"
like Gridironer- The roll call developed
a large ATTENDANCE OF members and brigI
letters from absent ones. Past Gran
). T. Petty made q speech that delighted
every one in tae hail. Harry O'DouneU
read history Of Federal City Lodge:
John H Wood. P. c. II. told Of the
work OF the lodge; Tom Bynum talked
until the Strains Of the Rebew Orchestra
stopped him. Past Grands Pennington
and D c. Cook spoke about Happy
married men and disconsolate bachelors.
William n BrOckwell, a guest told an
original turkey story; Henry Weber. 70
show his versatility. played e barytone
solo; E \. HopeweH rendered a classical
violin solo; J. I. Humphreys sang a barry
tone solo; George Weber gave German
dialect rotations; political hits and car
toons, local knocks stunts by wireless
from Africa. &c. were thrown on
screen, and AT a glance you can see
there was something doing all the
time. Members OF Dorcas Rebekah Lodge
ably assisted the committee in serving
the ejibles that contributed 70 the sr,c
cess OF an event notable in the history
Of Federal City Lodge.
Theodore Hanft, Of the proofroom. who
has been compelled 10 use clutches ever
since he had a severe attack Of grin. fol-
lowed By infismmatory rheumatism. sew