The Washington herald., 1913-12-10
TOWN TOPICS
i ERSELY TOLD

Miss Eva L Moran. daughter Of
Thomas M Moran. has been made clerk
i in the War Department by executive
order. Miss Moran is- a daughter Of
Thomas NJ. Moran, clerk IN the War De
partment for fifty years. The War De-
partment advised that Miss Moran be ap-
pointed because Of the long service and
present illness Of her father.
The President has ordered the reinstate-
ment without regard to civil service
eligibility rules. Of Herbert L. Solyom.
as assistant examiner in the Patent OF
fee.
The famous mint bed at the White
House, according to report, has disap-
peared, whether by neglect or intent Is
not known. II had been in existence since
the days OF Andrew Jackson.
| water win be drawn from the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Canal starting Friday.
and traffic for the wint. VIII De stopped
Repafrs will be made during the winter.
The canal will be reopened next April.
plans for the new Y. w. C. A. building
at thirteenth and / streets are being re-
yised. II is proposed to make the build
ing. which Will cost $4,000, model for
associations In this country.
The District Board Of Education. In
stead of the Civil Service Commission,
| in future will have charge Of mental ex-
aminations OF prospective policemen and
firemen.
The Cornell Club of Washington yes
terday gave a luncheon at the New Eb-
| bitt Hotel
A smoker win be given tomorrow even
ing at the Raleigh Hotel by the Wash
| inEton Alumni Association OF the Delta
Kappa Epsilon Fraternity.
Candy, aprons, and useful fancy work
will be on sale tomorrow and Friday.
from to 10 o'clock, at the Raleign Hotel.
where the Aid Association for the Blind
will give a tea and bazaar. There viii be
dancing in the evenings from to L
o'clock.
The most suitable site for the Langley
memorial aerodynamical laboratory. ae-
cording to the committee In charge. would
be in the recently reclaimed section Of
Potomac Park east of the Pennsylvania
Railway embankment. Permission to use
this site has been asked Of Col. William
W. Harts, engineer officer in charge Of
public buildings and grounds, by Prof.
Charles d. Walcott, chairman Of the
committee.
No vacations will be granted to POST
office employees during the Christmas holi-
days. Notice to this effect was given yes
te-day by Postmaster Merritt in an order
saying that there would be no leave
granted between December Is and jan
uary 5.
Improvement has been noted In the
condition OF L. @. Hlne. former District
Commissioner. who has been i'll at a Bat
tie Greek, Mich, sanatorium.
Charles A. Richey and Mr.. and Mrs.
Shelley Fletcher. OF Ohio. have started
Journey in a covered wagon from Column
bus, Ohio, toward this city. They will
go to New York and then to San Fran
cisco. They expect TO reach the Pacific
Coast in time for the opening, in 1915,
OF the Panama Canal Exposition.
NJ. and Nine. HippoIyte Dreyfus-
Barney, the renowned Bahai authors and
travellers, will address a meeting tonight
at the Washington Conservatory OF Mu-
sic, 9o2 T street northwest
A meeting of the Capitol Hill Literary
Society was held Monday night at III
Hobart street Addresses were made by
Mr.. Carr and Miss Marion Guild Wal
port. Several numbers of instrumental
and vocal music were given by Mrs. Carr
and~Mrs- Frear.
Mrs. Curtis Eisinger, a well-known So
rrano of this city, is visiting in Cincin-
natl, Ohio.
Robert N. Riculfi. a prominent attorney
of Jacksonville, Fla, Is in Washington
as the guest of his uncle. Representative
Walter N. Chandler, OF New York. Mr..
Riculfi is the author of "Riculh on the
Sherman Antitrust Law"