The Washington herald., 1913-11-23
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Eduardo Braga, representative of the
Brazilian ministry of agriculture and
public works. has been sent here to
study the work Of the Bureau OF stand
ards. Brazil expects 20 establish a Bu-
reau Of Standards.
Her salary Of $50 month Will be paid
to Miss agnes G. Young, navy nurse
during her stay at the Government Hos
Pital for the Insane, it was decided yes
terday by the Treasury Department Il
was held that Miss Young, when ordered
to the hospital. was in duty status
George Campbell. colored, is a patient
at Casualty Hospital with about 100 bird
shot imbedded IN his skull. Joseph
Simms, colored, charged with the shoot
ing, claims self defense.
Some Results of the First Census of
European Races in the United States
is the subject of q lecture to be delivered
before the AnthrOpological Society by
Or. Daniel Folkmar, its secretary, in the
National Museum auditorium at 4:50
o'clock next Tuesday.
An Illustrated lecture on a "Trip to
Panama will be given at Grace Baptist
Church, South Carolina Avenue and
Ninth Street Southeast, Tuesday evening,
December 2, by the Misses Gusehewsky,
Proceeds of the lecture will be used for
home mission work. q.
Washington automobile dealers will
give an informal oyster feast at the
Hotel Sterling at $50 o'clock tomorrow
evening.
Postoffice Department officials have
completed an inventory of equipment
There are in use 2,5s2,479 mail sacks,
~, Sc mail pouches and 4Ss, ,f6l mail locks.
Members OF the Armstrong Alumni As
ISOLATION held their second meeting Fri
day evening at the gymnasium of their
school. Plans were arranged for
winter reunion on December &c.
Dr. Merrill E. Gates will deliver an
address on The Spirit of Missions" at
Ncsper services at the Y. w. {. A. ut
: o'clock this afternoon. Miss Eugenie
de Guerin will render violin solos.
Business League night will be held at
Metropolitan 4. NJ. Z. Church, NJ Street.
between Fifteenth and Sixteenth Streets
NOrthw' st. Tuesday evening by Wash
ington embers OF the National Negro
Business League. The meeting will be
ina con- E'0u with that OF the Bethel
Literar, ! Historical Association.
Henry ) Washington will deliver
lecture Oh The Island of Sardinia un-
der the auspices of the Societa Dante !
AIighieri. an organization for the study !
of the Italian language and culture, at
the Public Library next Wednesday |
evening. The lecture will be open to the !
public. |
A meeting of the District OF Columbia |
Federation of WOmeu's Clubs will be |
held at the Raleigh Hotel at o'clock |
next Saturday afternoon. Judge Lati- |
mer, of the Juvenile Court, will deliver !
an address at public meeting Of the |
federation at the Public Library at Il !
o'clock LAY morning.
The Associated Press has transferred |
John h Tiedeman. of its Washington |
bureau. to Panama. where it is expected |
he will be stationed until the opening !
Of the Panama Canal
Rufus Hardy has purchased the resi- |
dsnce Of William R Merriam at l4lI .
1renue Of the Presidents. near Scott !
Circle
stOnewan jackson Chapter, United
Daughters of the Confederacy. will Civ,
Christmas sale and tea dance OF De-
crmber at the Rockambeau apart
nients. Patroncsses will be announced
probably this week.
Plans for the year were discussed at 4
meeting Friday of the Sunshine and |
Community Society. at the Raleigh Ho-
tel The quarterly open meeting of the
society will be held at 2:3O o'clock next
Friday afternoon, at the Raleigh Hotel.
Repairs have been made to the dis
abled steamer Volunteer of the GIymont /
route Of the Potomac and Chesapeake
Steamboat Company. The engines of the
Volunteer became disabled while the
steamer was on its way here Thursday.
Il. Andrews Society will hold a din
ner AT the Raleigh Hotel next Saturday
evening. c. c. Calhoun. w. T GaIliher
J. H Small, Jr., William Ramsay, Will
lam Hannay. y. NJ X. Gilmour and
hobert Watson have charge of arrange
ments
Their annual smoker and social was :
held last night by bookbinders of the
Government Printing Office at Washing
ton SaenSerbund. IA c Street Northwest
Unless Gait and Brother jewelers.. Of !
Pennsylvania Avenue, will move their
street clock several feet. so as to be ouI
Of the way of the new lighting system,
many Washingtonians will be late for
work, as they will have 20 depend on the 4
l ostoflce clock, which, aCcOrdingl to
some, is right only at the moment it has
lost twelve hours.
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