The Washington herald., 1919-03-18
BUREAU OF
ENGRAVING
AND PRINTING
S1 NEWS
B. Dw1C

quite OenSht1ul lunCneOn was
given today in sections II. IL, and 10
by some Of the ladies Of the examin-
ing division, in honor of St Patrick
The table was beautifully decorated
in green. and Old Glory proudly wsv-
ed back and forth in the center OF
the table, fanked on both sides by
the flag of Old Erin. Seventeen ladies
were present to commemorate the day,
and the honor guests were the chief
OF the division, Miss Annie z. Bealle,
and assistant chief. Miss Annie Hus-
sey. II one can judge by expression,
all surely had a good time. Those
present were: Elizabeth Henry, Mol
lie Jackson. Mabel Chick, May Smith,
Mary O'Neal. Fleda Jahnkle, Ethel
Allsworth. Mary Mccarthy. Margaret
Miller, Mary Gleason, Emma Grifith,
Ruth Burke, Margaret Nesline, Alice
Wiles. and Alice Orton. The usual
round of goodies were served. and the
favors were the harp and shamrock.
Mary Ganzhorn. OF the numbering
division. was receiving congratula-
tions all day Saturday. They say she
had sixteen candles on her cake.
Candles are high, due to the war,
you know.
Miss Dorothy Mccarthy. OF the
stamp cumming division, returned to
work today, after several weeks ILL
ness. She spent some time in the
hospital
Willard L. Laws, who returned re-
Gently from military duty. has been
appointed to his former position as
pressman in the surface division. Mr..
Laws was stationed at Ft. Sheridan,
Ala.
Alfred Baker. plate printer, sec
tion s, was seen headed for home
yesterday morning when all the
other employees were just beginning
to arrive for work. 1t developed
that AL forgot to bring his clean
working clothes, and, as his figure
is hard to fit, he could not borrow
anything to wear. AL just took an
other day off and resolved to put
his hat on his packages after this.
Mrs. c. Gleason, of the wetting
division. is spending a portion OF
her leave with relatives in Mary
land.
Miss Rose McGuinnes. forelady of
the examining division. section 6. is
strong believer in preparedness.
and is taking q couple of days to
get her outfit under way for the
Easter promenade.
The first reminder that yesterday
was st. Patrick's day came from
Watchman Karney, at the Four
teenth street entrance to the Eu-
reau. He was there with his' nifty
bow tie of green.
Robert Daley, plate fnisher in the
engraving division, is some patri-
otic Irishman too.
Miss NJ. ConneIl. and Mrs. A
Kelley, of the wetting division. were
of yesterday to celebrate st. Pat
rick's day. The writer was remind
ed of the fact that it was a Jewish
holiday also.
Frank J. Scott, OF the surface di-
vision, has returned after an ab
sence of four months on account OF
illness.
Suss EkCul1OHus Ol stCllOH o.
excused yesterday afternoon that he
might reach Baltimore in time to
attend the banquet of the Shamrock
Club at the Hotel Joyce.
Miss B. McReady and Miss Lucy
Stone, of the wetting division, are de-
tanned at home on account OF illness.
Miss Bessie Adams and Mrs. c.
Mayes, of the wetting division, are
absent on account of illness in the
family.
The bureau band held its regular BIZ
weekly rehearsal yesterday afternoon,
and tried out several new selections.
They're getting better every minute.
John ]. Kennedy. supt. of supplies
In the printing division, is OF for
couple of days entertaining lifelong
friend from his home town.
Several Of the men in the engraving
division were a little disappointed
when Leo Schuyler reported for work
yesterday morning with an honest-to-
goodness hair cut. schuyler said he
would not take any chances with that