The Washington herald., 1919-03-16

Mrs. Adah Friedlander and Miss
Ola Mallory. Of the keyboard room.
delivered to the Walter Reed Hospital
boys on Thursday hfty-six glasses Of
Jelly and preserves. donated by the
employees Of the printing sections.
They also presented them with quite
a collection Of books and current mag
axines. Wilbur Copeland helped out
| Elmer johnson has received letter
from Gerry Brewer. formerly of the
| foundry force. relating many inter
/ esting experiences with the boys In
France. Mr.. Brewer has been recent
ly appointed district secretary Of the
Knights OF Columbus. and expects to
be sent to Russia to take care Of the
doughboys there. When his work is
| finished he will return to the vacant
bench he left behind him.
The bindery bowlers are impressed
with the showing, made by the limo
| typers In their contest with the foun-
drymen last Tuesday night, and have
arranged a meeting with Eddie Reck's
quintet at the Grand Central alleys
next Tuesday night If Otto Herman's
bookies are pleased with the result of
1 this contest they will look up Hugh
Carey. who Is not at all difficult to
locate when you make a noise like
pins dropping.
| Eddie Poole, a former popular G. r.
70. worker. was a visitor last week.
He is now connected with the Ship
| ping Board and was en- route home
| from Genoa. Italy. The years have
touched him lightly. and he still re-
tains that happy smile and peddles
conversation as OF yore.
During the absence of Jim Carter
Deacon Weeks is running spess copy
| and Harry Matthias is getting thin
trying TO keep up with the spess re-
vises. The harder he works the be-
hinder he gets. He will send the
deacon an S. o. s. early Monday
morning.
As a result of concentration in pull
ing spess slugs. Martin G. Stecker
has invented a perpetuocycle, con-
sisting of a hollow cone-shaped sheet
metal body mounted on three wheels
The air is exhausted from the hol-
low cone. and atmospheric pressure
against the sides OF the body propels
the vehicle with such velocity that
the invention is impracticable because
OF the inability OF the inventor to dis
cover means of stopping II. This
machine will be as useful on the wa
ter or in the air as on the roads:
possibly more so.
The men down ir the boiler room
are well pleased because they are
now getting better coal than for sew
eral years. They expect good coal
from now on. because last year they
burned all the dirt and rock that
could De scraped Up around the mines.
Charlie johnson. up in the limo
type section. says prohibition has in
creased the output of the shop, be-
cause there is practically no type
set in bar rooms nowadays" What
does he mean-practically?
Thomas ]. Fitzwilliam was absent
from the job room yesterday mov-
ing his effects to his summer home,
the Speedway Club. near Chain
Bridge.
Harry Wilson. over in the library
bindery, SAYS he will have to place
his children In an orphan asylum
as no one will rent him an apart
ment. Poodle dogs are popular. but
nothing doing with this family"
stuff.
William Hutchinson has been absent
several days from the keyboard room
because of the death of his Oldest son
In Baltimore, Of pneumonia.
John McLoughlin and Charles S.
shutterly are on the proofroom sick
list.
Archie Harrod. who used to enter
tain the night forces with music, will
give a concert at the Mount Carmel
Baptist Church, Third and I streets.
Friday, March q. under the auspices
Of the Sunday School,
Elmer T. Schott, spess makerup, is
acting as press reviser. In the absence
OF Valentine Ruff in the hand section.
Miss May Parsons, keyboard op-
orator, is steadily improving in a
hospital in Jenkins, Ky.
Mrs. Betty A. Tanner. Miss NJ. l.
Throckmorton, and Miss Annie NJ
Dutrow. folders in the pamphlet
bindery. are on the sick list.
Joe Dreis is enjoying several
days leave sitting on the wall
around the Tidal Basin counting
the fish and dreaming about that
orchard he once owned.
George II. Ogle, who has been alb
sent from the job section three
weeks because of an injury received
on the icy streets. is improving.
Homer Hall spent two days last
week at the Library repairing
broken cylinder press.
Patriotic But Tardy.
New York. March 15.-"Just heard
about the war and I want to en-
list" said Stephen Kresney, dash
ing up to Marine recruiting office