Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-03
DISTRICT BUILDING.

Preparation of the municipality's an
nual estimates has kept District OFF,
Gals and employees busy this week.
Daily conferences are held by the Com
missioners, while heads of departments
frequently are summoned before the
| board to explain appropriations re-
quested for next year. The budget
October Is. 1t is expected that the total
amount of appropriations to be recon-
mended will approximate $14.00o.0o0.
Capt. William D. A. Anderson, deslg.
mated by the War Department as sue
cessor to Capt. Mark Brooke, assistant
engineer commissioner of the District,
is expected to begin his duties here
| Monday.
In the absence of DR.. William TIN
| dali, who was detained at his home
Thursday on account of illness, Assist
| ciated as secretary to the Commission
ers. Mr.. Meyers returned Wednesday
from a vacation spent in Maryland and
New York city. His sister, Miss Au-
I, for two months. sailed Tuesday from
| New York for Germany. She is super
| intendent of the Deaconess Home in
| Hamburg, an institution which is now
filed with wounded soldiers. Miss
Meyers will take active charge of the
| home as its superintendent upon her
! arrival in Hamburg.
i Jack Armstrong Of the surveyors Of
! flee has undertaken the hazardous task
| of tanning an ant lion. Always d close
| observer of outdoor life, his attention
was attracted not long ago to an odd
| looking insect, which he decided to
| take to his office for close inspection.
Websters dictionary was appealed to
| and the genus of the bug established.
! While 1t was found to be an ant lion,
the dictionary stated that it had an
equally strong appetite for flies. So
pot, partly filled with dirt. threw in
few flies and awaited results. The
little insect cannibal got busy at once
and appeared to enjoy the meal. Then
he burrowed down into the dirt and
remained covered up the rest of the
day. Now Armstrong sees 1t has a
choice breakfast of flies every morn
ing. and the funny part about it.
remarked one of the officials of the
surveyors office. 'is that it is always
| up waiting for Armstrong, and appears
| to recognize him as a friend"
John H. Sherman, superintendent of
weights, measures and markets, re-
turned Wednesday from two-week
honeymoon. Besides looking after the
routine of his work, Mr.. Sherman
will give considerable study this win
ter to marketing problems. with the
|
| wives to reduce the cost of living.
| Last night he addressed the Park View
| Citizens Association on the subject of
marketing. He has been invited to
speak before a number of civic organ
| izations.
Arthur Farnham. craftsman in the sur
veyor's office, will soon resume his art
studies at the Corcoran School. During
| the summer he did considerable sketching
| in the mountains and at the SeaShore.
| w. f. Albert, assistant chief engineer
! of the water department, left Thursday
| for a two-week visit to Philadelphia and
Boston.
! John Cousineau Armstrong, craftsman
in the surveyors office, will attend box
party at the Academy of Music in Balti-
more tonight as the guest of Miss Mar
garet Lachman of Homestead, Baltimore
| county.
Alonzo Tweedale. auditor for the Dis
trict, returned Tuesday from a two-week
visit to- Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Chicago, st.
Paul and other western cities. Mr..
Tweedale inspected the accounting and
auditing systems in operation in these
| municipalities. He is now working out a
plan for uniform method of accounting
for the Districts charitable and cor
rectional institutions.