Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-25


ton. He will have charge of the gov
| eminent exhibit given under the direc-
| ton of the Smithsonian Institution. In
addition to this work. Mr.. Lewton will
prepare reports on number of the
! special industrial exhibits. He and his
| wife, who is accompanying him on the
| trip. will remain at the exposition for
; about two months
| Miss florence Poast of the division Of
l. ethnology is on six weeks leave of alb
Omaha. Neb. She will return Au-
| gust is.
W. o. Stricken, employed in the di-
vision of textiles at the museum, spent
| last week visiting relatives in West
Virginia. His wife accompanied him on
the trip.
c. B. Denmark. chief engineer of the
Smithsonian and National Museum, left
for Atlantic City last week.
William T. Duke of this city was re-
Gently appointed messenger boy in the
superintendent Office of the museum,
vice s. B. Clements, resigned.
j. F. Brazerol and J. Fl. Durand of
the museum carpenter shop leave Mon
day for vacations.
of mechanical technology leaves to-
morrow for few days vacation.
Claude T. Warford of the museum
watch force left Wednesday for his
vacation.
S. J. Lancaster of the watch force
went on leave last week.
Frank Harter of the same Office left
July s for trip to his home in Phila-
delphia.
J. A. Mirguet of the division of marine
invertebrates is now on leave.
Joseph A. Cox resigned recently to
accept a position as clerk at the Naval
Academy.
Nicholas W Dorsey of the disbursing
office returned to the city July II from
Colonial Beach, where he had been on
leave for a week.
Mrs. Lucia Boehmer of the bureau of
exchanges has just returned from
weekend visit to Gainesville. Md,
near Baltimore.
Miss Elizabeth Madison of the Ii
brary was on leave during the past
week.
itors office returned recently from a
visit at the home of Mrs. s. T. Earle
at Green Spring Valley. Md.
Edward B. Nickles of the department
Of geology. National Museum, leaves
for his vacation Monday.
Miss Elizabeth A: Johnson of the
same department left the city July 10
for her home in Pennsylvania.
j. B. Giles. assistant preparation In
the division of paleontology, left on
a OF
Herbert D. Chabot of New York
state was appointed preparation of fos-
sils July 16.
Miss A. ". Cooney of the division of
mineral technology leaves for a trip
to Atlantic City August ..
DR.. George P. Merrill. head curator
Of the division of geology. United
States National Museum. leaves Mon
day for Isle of Springs, Me.
DR.. Paul Bartsch, curator of the di-
vision of marine invertebrates who
has recently returned from an expedi-
ton in the Florida keys. has published
a report of his Investigations in a bull
letin of the Carnegie Institution.
Carl W. Mitman of the division of
Museum left the city last Saturday for
Dingmans Ferry, Pa. where he will
spend the remainder of the month with
his sister and her husband. Chester G.
Gilbert. curator of the division of min
eral technology.
DR.. J. n. Rose and Paul G. Russell,
who are on a botanical collecting ex-
petition on the east coast of South
America. have arrived at Rio de ia
metro. Brazil, and report very sue
cessful trip.
DIR. J. Walter Fewkes, ethnologist of
the bureau of American .ethnology
leaves shortly for Mesa Verde. southern
Colorado. to supervise the excavation
and repair of prehistoric ruins near
Cliff Palace and Spruce Tree House.
Miss NJ. A. Neill of the chief clerks
office. Smithsonian. will leave July 80
for months vacation in Chicago, Ill.
Miss Barbara E. Bartlett has been
transferred from the National Museum
to be cataloguer in the International
Catalogue of Scientific Literature.
NJ. I. Murphy was transferred re-
Gently from the international ex-
changes to the international catalogue