Evening star., 1915-02-14

is In charge of a committee of Loca
No 4. International Brotherhood oi
bill of the theater the book binders will
repeat the minstrel show recently given
by them. as follows: Opening chorus
by the company: tenor solo. "Good-by
gerald: song. Susan Brown" Ben
Spellbring; basso solo. ANY Old Port
in Storm" Frank A. Dougherty: song
TN Glad My Wife's in Europe" j
Irwin Esterly: tenor solo. Goodbye
for All Time" Frederick w. Seyfferth
song. There's Lock on the Chicken
Coop Door, Herbert r. Weston; BARI
tone solo, "I Want What 1 Want When
] Want It." Edward H. Paudert, and
song. They All Had Finger in the
The Tall Tale Teller. will entertain
with a monologue and little May Ester
ly will give singing and dancing spe-
cialty. the bookbinders' part of the
| program closing with grand finale by
| the company.
J. NJ. Thompson, imposer in the docu-
ment (hand) section, has been on the
| sick list during the week.
Miss Catharine c. Cooney of the press
division, who was painfully injured by
fall while at work, is confined to her
home in Langdon. D. c.
| H. g. Rarnhart and Charles Stutsman
| have been on detail as copy editors
during the rush of special work in the
| day proofroom.
William C. Soules of the carpenter
section has the sympathy OF many
| friends in the loss of his mother, who
died February T. Funeral services were
| held at St. James Church last Monday.
and interment was made at Arlington
cemetery.
Samuel G. W. Smith of the monotype
keyboard section returned Tuesday from
Bristol, Tenn, where he was called by
| the serious illness of his father-in-iaw,
who is an employing printer of that
city.
Samuel E. Carter is on the sick report
| of the buildings section.
William H. ("Doc") Murphy. who was
transferred from the night to the day
proofroom last Monday. is confined to his
home with an attack of pneumonia.
Miss Josephine Buckley of the money
order division has been on detail in the
press division for several days.
Miss Ruby Stanford. well known
violnist in this city, will assist in the
Government Printing Office Chorus next
Saturday. She will play the obligato
to the solo to be sung by Miss Kate
Ellis. Miss Stanford is a daughter of
division.
Miss Julia NJ. Burke of the monotype
keyboard section is compiling a scrap
book. consisting of pictures and articles
OF interest concerning the officers, for
mer delegates and members of Columbia
Typographical Union. which she intends
to present to the Union Printecs' H>me
at Colorado Springs, Col, and she will
be pleased to receive pictures or ar
tices concerning the craft employed in
the government printing office from any
of the printer employees.
Henry Hobbs of the forwarding and
finishing section of the bindery suffered
a paralytic stroke at his home last
Tuesday.
Mrs. Annie D. Niedfeldt and Mrs.
Martha E. Mangum were on the sick
list of the sanitary section during the
week.
James T. Higgins and Frank J..Ward
were transferred from the monotype sec
ton to the day proofroom last Saturday.
Albert whitacre of the machine shop
section was absent from duty during
the week on account of illness.
Stephen T. Brown, John W. Kolar,
Thomas T. Ryan. Mrs. Sarah Templar
and Charles Greenleaf. all Of the press
division. have been on the sick list for
the past week.
Appointments. separations. transfers,
etc. in the government printing office for
week ending Wednesday, have been an
nounced as follows:
Separations - Patrick F. Mccormack.
emergency plasterer; Wilfred C. Aitken-
head, helper. resigned; Thomas Z. Tay-
lor. elevator conductor.
Transfers. etc.-Lewis NJ Shipley.
skilled laborer. monotype section (night),
to hand section day; Joseph Nick
Hodges. skilled laborer, hand section
(day). to monotype section (night); Miss
Kathryn c. Cooney and Mrs. Anna T
Wright. press feeder. presswork division
tnighp. to day; Frank j. Ward, COM
positor at so cents an hour. monotype
section. to proofreader. so cents per
hour. proof section; Lloyd G. Cuney,
skilled laborer at 20 cents an hour press
work division. to counter at 80 cents an
hour. cutting and packing section;
Thomas W. Tucker. skilled laborer, Is
cents per hour. pamphlet binding sec
tion.. to helper at IS cents per hour;
William H. Murphy. copyholder, proof
section might. to day.
Gen. Josiah H. Brinker, superintendent
OF documents. left Friday afternoon for
West Point. Miss. where he was called
by the sudden death Of his brother. ].
r. Brinker. a prominent citizen of that