The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-22

h"iNllllB the news OF eacn day, With Spe-
cial features for each issue. cartoons
and Illustrations and all a hrst-class
paper should have
Evidently there are insurgents in bat
Ties other than national politics.
Miss May Davis has been reassigned
20 the day press force.
Parson Fantray after an extended visit
TO HIS old home. down near Fredericks-
burg. Va, has returned 10 his duties In
the Government Office. He reports the
church which he instituted there In
hourishing condition.
Comrade D. w Beach. OF the foundry.
will Journey 20 Ohio next month TO attend
the annual reunion OF his old regiment,
an enjoyable event which he yearly IN
dulges in
Reviser Cornelius Corners has recently
undergone some OF the trials Job, of bib
Heal fame. was noted for. and says they
are not conducive TO patience and good
temper.
-Ne@o hoo VI boAAAANI AbI the l. L
u. located at Chicago, at the time the
German unions were taken under the
banner Of the parent organization. The
proprietor Of the leading German daily OF
Chicago insisted that the rules governing
the papers published in the English Ian
guage should apply to his paper, and
posted notices that the custom Of putting
UP keg or half barrel of beer on the
Imposing stone each night and stopping
work until the beer was consumed after
certain date should be dispensed with
The result was a strike and sixty men
walked out Mas, as organizer, decided
against the men and threatened TO All
thelr places If they did not return 10
work and settled the matter forthwith
Faul, In telling Of the experience. saws
one prominent German printer said 70
MIN: You, a Dutchman, have DESTROYED
tradition Of the German typos OF 200
years.
photo Of Harvey Ellis cigar store on
II street in the SOS exhibited during the
week shows. besides Harvey and his
brother Tom. "Si' Daougherty, Icy
Sternberg, Howard Ferguson. Andy Pur-
n
Lambert. and a number Of others.
James Bresnahan, former well-known
Washington printer. now for several
years located along the Canadian border
as an immigration agent has been re-
newing old friendships about the Nation
al Capital recently.
PnErQlg fTnU0 Il
are evidence that he has been taking in
the beauties Of Newark and also inspect
ing the State institutions about Column
bus Ohio.
VIII Mattocks. of the proofroon,. aid
good work IN Washingtons election for
an Old army comrade whose blanket he
had shared during the Spanish-American
war. and the vote T. D. Fennessy got
for trustee Of the Union Printers Home
was largely due TO that old army COM
radeship.
The Carlisle pa Evening Sentinel has
published the odd Home Week" letters
of Charles H. Leeds Of the document
section, in book form, a copy Of which.
handsomely bound in cloth and lettered
in gold. with the autograph Of the au-
thor, has been sent US. The work is we'll
printed and illustrated by half tones OF a
number Of characters introduced IN the
work. Charlie uses the town pump as an
emblem In his chapter headings. and
many or the stories and "reminiscences
no doubt had their origin around this
meeting place in the told town. Some
interesting features Of the work are the
bits Of poetry scattered through the chan
tiers. many Of them doubtless original.
the authors modesty forbidding credit
being given The letters make a very
Interesting work. and the citizens Of Car
Isle have reason to feel grateful that
Charlie Leeds took up the work.
A game Of baseball. resulting in a tie
OF six runs each. was recently PLAYED be-
tween :wo mines Of the employees Of the
Government Printing Office at Manila
che team being captained by Albert DOYLE
and the other by Sam NIusick
The members Of the Typothetae were
interested visitors 70 the Office on severa,
occasions during the week. and several |
OF them met many old friends among the |
employees.
The many friends Of Ned Thomas o,
the night proof force, VIII regret to learn
that his condition is so serious that there |
is little hope Of his ever resumInp his |
work in the Office again.
Joseph Silberberg. OF the monotvne |
section, mas resigned and gone back 10 |
New York to live.
FRESHMAN Elias Olsen is stiu confined |
in the sanatorium at Washington Grove |
Nd.
Section Chief Harry Christy is absent |
from the pressroom. on leave, and Carl |
White Is acting in his position.
James B. Knapp, reviser in the press |
room. is away from duty by reason OF |
an attack Of acute bronchitis, and James
NJ. Maloney is doing duty at the desk.
AL Riddle. Of the front Office. is suffer
Ing from another painful carbuncle on
his neck, the third experience Of the kind
in three years.
Jack Farrell Of the blndery. as a men,
Der OF the committee arranging for the
Fourth Of July celebration at McDevitt's
Field. Is already hustling to make tho
event one TO be remembered and says the
prospects are very favorable.
Compositors Samuel 2. Mullan and
Nathan c. Hawley, OF the document sec
tfon reported for Uorly d,,rfpr, ,bo ,,,o,, |
after severe spells OF sickness.