The Washington herald., 1910-01-02


Though Others in the Yuletide glow may bask
He tolls to sauate the fierce news greed
Of brother man; no holiday he knows
The printers Christmas gTeets him at his task.
-GoOTTe Sanford Holmes, IN Denver Nsws-Tinles.
Simeon Johnson, the weather man, as he
Is known all over the Office, was dropped
from the rolls during the week.
Vice President Joe STEELE spent Christ
mas with friends at Atlantic City. and
was snowbound on the return trip. fall
ing to report until Tuesday morning.
The James Wiley who was robbed dur
ing the week in Sixth street northwest,
according to the daily papers, is not
James H. Wiley. of the keyboard room.
". H. Brock, for many years an en-
ploye OF the Office now an inmate Of the
Home. sends US the Christmas Day menu
for breakfast. dinner. and supper, about
as handsome a Job of printing as could
be turned out anywhere. the bill of fare
being worthy Of the greatest Institution
OF the world. The dinner bill follows:
Oyster cocktail.
COusOmme.
Olives. salt almonds Celery.
Roast young turkey lgiblet gravy.
Cranberry sauce.
Mashed potatoes. Sugar ooru stewed tomatoes
Plum pudding brandy sauce
Asserted fruits Mixed nuts.
Bread. Butter.
Coffee. Tea. Milk.
Paymaster Wilyer paid al the force
whose regular pay day would have been
tomorrow, on Thursday last, an accom-
mediation which was duly appreciated. Mr..
Wilver Is continually doing things of this
kind, and demonstrating that It is his
desire to favor the employees in every
way possible
Jason Waterman. clerk in the secre-
tary's office. has the sincere sympathy Of
his many friends throughout the office
on the death of his father.
Tom Elliott the afable and popular
messenger OF the keyboard room. attend
ed a progressive euchre party Wednes-
day evening, and he and his lady part
ner won both chief prizes. taking eigh-
teen games Of the twenty played. That's
going some, even for Virginian.
Jim smlthers (Which is not his name.
but viii do for this story worked for
about ten years in the G. P. o. He was
a frst-class workman, q good fellow in
every way, but a mighty poor financler,
He got into the clutches of the shylocks,
and they finally got him. One OF these
F-h-a II
run by a fellow who has been doing
business with people In the Office for
years and years, and he Is one OF the
sIickest of his kind. He will loan you
a dollar at 10 per cent any time. if you
give him two dollars to hold. Well. he
got poor Smithers and there was never a
payday that he didn't get a goodly part
Of Smithers' earnings. When things final
" came TO showdown. and Smithers.
through poor management and some hard
luck, had TO resign and jump the town.
he owed this shark some money, and the
roar the fellow has put up ever since
would lead some people to believe he had
been very badly used. when the fact IS
the amount owed him would not amount
10 more than a penny on the dollar to
what he had got out Of Smithers. But
every time he meets any one of Smithers'
friends he bawls and bellows and has
made himself bore on the subject Just
before Christmas, so the story goes. one
Of the innOcents, who had never done
such a thing before. found he was short
Of the necessary amount to give his best
girl present, and interrOgated one Of the
wise men as 10 how TO proceed to negO-
tate a loan of about fifty The wise
man, seeing g chance TO put one over on
the shylock, instructed the innocent TO
proceed to the Office OF the aforesaid loan
shark. what kind Of a story 10 put I'D,
and as a clincher TO tell the old rogue
that Jim Smithers had recommended
him thete. And the story is that when
the innocent mentioned Smithers as his
reference, the old shylock tainted dead
away.
Pressman Forest S. Thackara and Mrs.
Thackara spent New Years with Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Trundle, at their home. SOC
Fort avenue, Baltimore.
Some OF the Specifications for the old
patents now being printed are dated as
far back as 1917
Miss Bessie Isle Ramsey, assisted by
her sisters Helen and Esther, entertained
her Sunday school class on Wednesday
last at her home, "a Randolph place
northwest with an evening OF vocal and
instrumental music. games appropriate
for the occasion, and refreshments such
as boys best appreciate about Christmas
time There were present Masters Dun
can Adams, Eric Barnes, Joseph Laplsh,
Gustav Mattfeldt, Frank Schweitzer, Ed
mund Pennybaclsr, Harry Beardsley,
John ODonnell. and others.
Maj. George Harry Stone, of the proof
room. received a very handsome New
Years card from his daughter down in
Mexico City. Mexico. and greeting from
his grandson, who fills an important DO
sition in a steel works down In Peru.
Frank Cowden filled the position Of
specification referee during the absence
Of John F. Putnam. jr., last week
At the recent installation of officers of
Cathedral Chapter. No IL o. E. S. at
Scottish Rite Cathedral. conducted by
Worthy Grand Matron Mary T. O'Brien.
assisted ysGrand Marshal Fannie Taylor
and Grand Chaplain Ida V. Faber, Harry
W Templar was made worthy patron.
Mr.. Templar is not only well-known
employe Of the @. P. o. (deskman In the
Office Of assistant foreman of printing!.
but an active member of Columbia Union,
No. 10l. and an official in the Central La
Dor Union.
{ Chairman Phil Nachman. Of the key
board room, Is to be congratulated on the