The Washington herald., 1912-01-14

| Bookbinding section.
In selecting Felix ]. Belair for presi-
dent for the third successive term, the
Bookbinders' Union has shown wisdom
and good Judgment, for few men
who have come to the front
in the labor movement in the
District in recent years have made
| better impression than Mr.. Belair. OF
the modest, unassuming type of man.
| who never obtrudes or intrudes, who
would rather follow than lead, who never
seeks the limelight, and never speaks un-
less he has something to say, but when
he does say a thing you know 1t Is the
truth. and carries conviction with II.
such is the president of the local Book
binders Union. A sterling, straiGht-for-
| ward American citizen. thorough me-
chanic, man who loves his home and
his family. a student of economics, a
/ firm believer In the trades union move
ment, but not demagogue, not fantic
who believes that labor can do no wrong,
but safe, sane, and conservative union
/ man, who believes that unions, like men,
to be respected must command respect
John Mitchell type OF man. Such is
the man who has been chosen for the
| third time president of the Bookbinders'
Union, and who is destined, his friends
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trades union movement OF America.
Mrs. Mary Hoffman. whose sudden
death Cfalling on the street while on her
way to the office) was a severe shock to
her many friends, had been a press
feeder in the office for many years, for
long time one Of the force OF the
| specification pressroom. Left n widow
! with several small children, she took up
I a4N.
carried II through with that self-sacri-
fcing spirit which good women so often
display.
Several .compositors IN the monotype
section, night, have been assigned as
operators, among them Charley Peake,
who says it comes rather awkward after
three years. absence from the keyboard.
FRESHMAN Julius W. Bufkhardt has
been called to his home in Ann Arbor.
Mich, by the serious illness Of his
mother.
H. Y. Cwindy) Brooke, who, since Ieav-
ing the G. p. o. has been publishing
newspapers and holding all kinds OF good
political Jobs down in Alabama, Is a can
didate for Congressman -at-large from
that State, on the Democratic ticket, of
course, with an Al chance of returning
to Washington and hanging up his hat
at the Capitol.
He was a black boy of about ten years,
and he was toilIng up 4 First street hill,
dragging a sled. He was handicapped with
footgear several sizes too large, and an
old ulster large enough for a good-sized
man. But he had a head for business
As white man smiled at him in passing,
he said: Hey you all, boss. You pull
this yah sled up to the top of that yah
hill fob muh. an I'll let yuh ride an
beIly-whopper down wifi muh." The
humor OF the thing appealed to the man
to the extent that he not only hauled
the sled but hauled the black boy as well,
and gave him a good boost as a starter
down the hill.
Fame, like certain botanical specimens,
often bushes unseen. And a postal card
section hero's fame would do likewise
were II not that the veil Of modesty has
been ruthlessly rent by admiring friends.
Reference is made to Mr.. Doyle c.
White-he Of the Ozarks. And his fame
rests on the rescuing, snatchinG, drag
ging, or otherwise robbing the grim
monster who had laid his clammy-mo-
noXide gas hand on a feIIow-boarder
Yes; Mr.. White turned the trick And
il seems that such acts are becoming
second nature TO him. Arkansas ira
dition informs US of similar feats Of his
in that misguided country. Not all from
gas, though-three being rescued from |
the grave Of the H2O variety on the Ar |
kansas River, and another from ''sar- |
pents."
John NJ Phillips, skilled laborer, has |
been promoted to caster helper. and |
transferred from the specs, document |
section, day. to the monotype section, |
night.
After several weeks sickness Comrade |
Theophilus Fitzgerald. helper In the |
spess, document section, with an exten- |
sive acquaintance in G. A. r. circles. |
returned to office during the week, |
greatly improved. /
The legion OF friends Of Mr.. ]. p
Morse, one OF the many popular persons
who served a long number of years in
the @. P. o.. as a reader and reyfser
when the specification was by all odds
the busiest section from whistle to
whistle, will be gratified to learn that
he quietly passed his eighty-second BIRTH
bered by many Of his friends; and that
he may witness many more is the uni
versally expressed wish.
Mr.. Jacob Newman, prominent men,
Der of New York Typographical Union,
No. 6. took time in a recent trip to this
city TO cali upon his friends in the big
printery.
Maker-up Nelson P. Meyer, of the
spess. document section, has been sum-
moned to his home in Lebanon. Pa, by
the death OF his eldest brother. Maj II. P.
Meyer, who passed away at his home in
that city. attributable 10 rheumatism OF |,
he heart. The deceased was a promi-
aent citizen and identified with several
business interests He was the cashier Il
of the Farmers Trust Company at the
time of his death, position which he
lad filled for several years. He had also
Seen the city treasurer for several terms.
Maj Meyer was well known in G. A. n.
.ircIes, having enlisted at the outbreak
II the civil war in the 10Th Pennsylvania Il
cavalry. serving until the close. Subse- II
Iuently he joined the National Guard and II