The Washington herald., 1910-05-29

monthS, Mrs. MaTgaretta Robinson, vile
OF Edward j. Robinson, welI-known
skilled laborer in the document section
for several years past. died On Tuesday
last.
A meeting for the purpose OF arranging
for the Fourth OF July celebration at Nc
Devitt's Field will be held at st. Martins
Hall, North Capitol street, on Tuesday
evening next at s o'clock. Residents of
the Bloomingdale district are requested
70 attend, as the promoters OF the affair
are desirous OF making this years event
even more enjoyable than that of last
year. and the cooperation OF all who are
interested IS necessary. Committees are
to be selected at this meeting 10 take
charge Of the various features OF the
proposed programme. plans for raising
the necessary funds perfected. and IT is
hoped the attendance Will be in keeping
with the importance OF the occasion.
Cards have been issued announcing the
coming marriage OF Miss Hazel Stuart
Price. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Clinton
o. Price. to Charles Frederick Boss. jr.
It will take place at Douglass Memorial
Church on Wednesday, June s, at
o'clock.
These are the days when those who have
leave due them put It on the fellow who
used all his last year. and the way some
OF them have exhibited their satisfaction
as they passed out 10 witness the Detroit
games has been real mean.
q Al ~
duty in the monotyDe section from
very enjoyable trip to Lancaster. Pa,
where he renewed many old friendships
at the reunion of the regiment with
which he served during the civil war.
While It is my business TO sell labor
saving machinery and boost the intro
duction Of the machine I represent on
all occasions. cannot help admiring
the head of one Of the departments here
for the way he turned me down. said
representative of a concern that has
been successful in introducing a machine
that is causing anxiety 10 quite a num-
Der Of government employees Just now
II called at the department over which
this gentleman presides, by appointment.
and after hearing my argument, he took
me to a room in the building where there
were perhaps fifty or sixty women at
work. and said: I have seen your ma
chine and considered very carefully the
question OF its introduction here. You see
those women? Many Of them have fam
files 70 support: have served here long
and faithfully. The introduction OF your
machine here means throwing most Of
them out OF employment The saving 10
the government while II would be con-
siderable. would not I think. warrant
the displacement Of these worthy people,
and so long as I am the head Of this de-
partment, your invention Will not be IN
stalled here. for just that reason
Charlie Sickles. after an absence Of
six or seven years, spent principally in
Philadelphia and Albany. has returned
20 Washington. and is employed on one
OF the daily papers.
Frank Pyne and Charles a. Read. OF
the specification division. will spend
Decoration Day fishing in the Kappa
hammock River.
Aleck Douglass. OF the machine shop |
is one OF the old-timers who knows
everybody and who IS always a welcome !
visitor in any part Of the Office.
Frank f. Buckland. clerk Of the time !
division. accompanied by his wife. sailed |
from New York on the steamer Martha |
Washington. Of the HamburE-American /
Line. for Europe. this being the eighth /
trip Of the kind they have taken. They /
wilLago through the Mediterranean. land /
ing-s|t Trieste, Austria, thence through !
the Balkan states. visiting points Of in /
terest in those countries, and reaching I
Oberammergau in time to witness the /
famous Passion Play there Their trip |
Will occupy a period OF about three |
months.
Henry Noyes. whose wretched health |
has kept him from his desk in the proof /
room the greater part Of the past two /
years. paid short visit to the Office on |
Wednesday.
The annual subscription for Decoration |
Day throughout the office was quite as |
liberal as this worthy cause deserves.
and the sum subscribed for the decora- |
tion Of the graves OF the Confederate /
dead. TO occur on June 8, will also be OF |
goodly proportions.
A relic OF the past IN the possession cr
Will Waudby, OF the Census. Bureau. is q |
list Of the officers and members Of Co. |
lumbus Typographical Union. No. ;. John
Handiboe, OF the document section he |
ing the recording secretary. and Billy
oe
rotary they being the only officers OF |
that time now living.
Hynes Terry, Of the guide force. has
been acting doorkeeper while l-.uis Neuer |
has been taking a vacation.
Surprise is often expressed that Hugo |
Miller. second vice president OF the I T |
u never appears to have any opposition. |
That office Is conceded by law 10 the Ger |
man union. and Hugo had held It ever
since tho German organizations cana
under the !. T L. Paul Mas explajns |
1t this way Paul says that Just as soon
as a member of one Of the German locals
becomes OF sufficient prominence 10 an
pear at all dangerous he receives from
Hugo copy Of the constitution calling
particular attention to a certain marked
clause which forbids one member TO seel,
the position held by a brother member
in good standing.
Thomas Martin, who resigned the DO
sition OF pressman about year ago. has
been reappointed and went TO work last
Monday.
Edward E. Neal. one time an employe
OF the proofroom. has received the Pc