The Washington herald., 1916-05-25
purely Personal

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E. R. Cram, radio engineer. U. S.
! Signal Corps, has returned from bust
ness trip to New York City
Mrs. Agnes Chase, Department of
Agriculture, has left for Florida, where
she viii collect botanical specimens.
| DR.. ]. N. Rose, of the Division of
| Plants, u s. National Museum, is work
ing at the New York Botanical Garden.
| Prof A. S. Hitchcock, of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, and his son. con-
template a visit to Hawaii to collect
| grasses.
Prof. Albert Lewis Harris, professor
| of architecture at George Washington Uni
versity, has been appointed government
| Inspector at the new central power plant
now in course of construction.
c. ]. Brand, NE- H. Thompson, H. C.
Thompson, C. w Thompson, all of the
| Department of Agriculture, will be on
| the faculty of the Graduate School of
| Agriculture to be held at the Mas
sachusetts Agricultural College July TO
2S, under the auspices of the Association
OF American Agriculture Colleges and
Experiment Stations. DR.. A. c. True,
OF this city, is dean of the school.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. Philip Hermann have
closed their winter home in Washington
and are in Kensintgon, Nd. for the sum-
mer months.
The chorus of the Community Singing
Society's Opera Company. at its last re-
hearsal Of Martha" presented Musical
Director Albert Harmed with silver
mounted walking stick. Miss May
Thompson made the presentation.
Manager Ruth, Of the National Hotel,
| is spending a week in New York and
| Boston.
Eugene Cochran, manager of the New
COCHRAN Hotel, entertained his sister,
Mrs. f. H. Fairbanks, and party of
friends on his motorboat. the Ducal.
| Sunday They steamed down the Po-
tomac as far as River View.
Alfred Noyes of London, poet laureate
! of England, was in Washington last
week and made the Shoreham his head
quarters. Mr. Noyes is touring the United
| States.
Mayo Dudley. the local newspaperman,
who recently narrowly escaped death
when an aeroplane in which he was
passenger fell into the Potomac two
| weeks ago, is rapidly recovering at his
home.
|, Rev. John B. Pittar. who came to
Washington last Sunday to witness the
May procession at st. Aloysius' Church.
where he formerly was stationed, has
returned to Philadelphia.
Capt Charles Farquhar, sealer of
weights and measures for Prince William
County, Va. and formerly a resident of
Washington. is a delegate to the eleventh
annual conference on weights and meas
ures of the United States at Bureau OF
Standards.
Col. w. W. Harts, superintendent Of
public buildings and grounds, will ad-
dress the meeting of the Falls Church
CVaD Chapter of the D. A. r. at its
meeting at Falls Church Park tomorrow.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. E. stephen have closed
their winter home in Washington and
gone to Bethesda, Md, for the summer
months.
Mrs. Nancy Lee Colby has returned to
her home at Winchester, Va, after
visit Of several days in Washington.
visiting at the home Of Mrs. Bertram
n. Garstrin, in Cumberland, Md, has re-
| turned to Washington.
Richard King is spending few days
at Atlantic City with Mr.. and Mrs. w.
Bruce King.
Mrs. Carter Page has gone to her home
at Culpeper, Va, after a visit with
friends and relatives in Washington.
Joseph E. Mann. clerk in the Interior
Department. has been transferred to the
Census Bureau.
Maxine NJ Kallaw, a Filipino, and
graduating student at George Washing
ton University. is the author OF a book.
Just off the presses, entitled The Case
for the Filipinos." Kallaw is 25 years
of age.
Henry c. Martin has received an ap-
Tontment in the Coast and GeodetIc
Survey.
Herbert A. Davis, assistant engineer in
the Bureau of Standards, has been pro-
NOTED.
George o. Watson has been elected a
member OF the Washington Board of
Trade.
Joseph Troupe has received an appoint
ment as an expert clerk In the Commerce
Department.
Miss Lorraine Williams, of Gathers
burg, Md, who has been the guest of
Miss Ethel f. Weakley for the past week.
has returned to her home.
WEATHER CONDITIONS.