New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-12-05

with their Office assistants and c0aDorers must % DUST
ness relations and nothing more or the business anu
their powers of endurance must suffer corresp0ndingy
There Is radical error In the manner OF appointing
Ii Is not every man VINO IN III ior any Pioh'er
movement and to expect that al women, oL even aL
line Of civilization IL expecting snperhnnah perectoh
of the feminine half Of humanity Yet such the sys
tenn or want OF system, which this grand expert
ment has been inconsiderately tried. To get an ap
pOntment qualifications are required; except inhu-
entail friends; and something near one'tmTd OF al te
appointments are from the district or ts immediate
vicinity and Of course, are women OF the southern
idea that womnn's personal charms and decorations
are her stock in trade-women who have as little idea
of themselves a. competitors for bread In the worids
labor market as have the with whom they are as
ISOLATED of them In any such relation Othe Northern
women appointed 1t Is not always those WHOM the Work
some Honorable Senator or Representative, has fe
male friend without visible means OF support lie gets
her place and she makes her appearance perhaps ate
piece of painted impertinence, who might have Deen
slowed away in the catacombs In the days OF the
Pharaohs for all tell Of her age bnt VINO stqdi'
ous,y assumes all the airs OF a miss OF sixteen Her
wrinkles are filed with pipe clay or some other khd
of light .colored mudher eyebrows ere made OF black
lead or lampback, or something In that hne-hei nun
dyed until Is dead enough to satisfy any respeta
bic undertaken Of the proprety OF burial and one won
ders she does not add setting Of green leaves to the
mage cOiored on her thin cheeks SDe COMES
tripping in on the Of her ntntessim CATERS gets
off her things and displays head which reminds one
| of dIop chandelier trimmed for ball and under
going the process Of busting, while her pins, cnaihs
bracelets is and other filings would set up tin'oox
peddler in trade. She establishes herself at her taDe
her basket gets out her beads and to count
| ing and strnging "one two, three. iour ana tnen
large one; one two three. four ana Knott iVr YOU
see she is phanthropst and kindly instructs the ady
at the next table In the mysteries Of this becoming ana
lady like employment The superintendent gets haeety
and brings this interesting tolier IN iips Wohshop
niece of writing TO copy. The lady looks injured ana
as the superintendent 49, Of course Southern gentle
man. who has been selected for that place with special
reference to his amiability he feels Ike boIfld
wretch" The dainty little hands take up the pen ana
the dainty little brain keeps on "one two three ohr
and large one-one, two. three, four ana a loop
Loop" Yes. Beg pardoni said KNOT put II "
4" n loop" which comes after the second four
The writing finished. it is sent of by messenger
and presently clerk appears with 1t IN ms hahd. ne
looks weary has found mistake and Is directed to the
i ii,tie beadmoneer who drops her hands in her lap
and her head her left shoulder cocks her rght eye
at him like canary. making prognosc atoms aooua
beg ms 10 scratch his bead The conference lasts some
time The man retires hafied and swearing, not loud
but deep the other ladies exchange ganees ana snles
or perhaps nothing wrong. while not one begins 20
com prchend the deep damnat0n' OF the whoe antr
1 or To know that then and there every woman IN the
| room "felt Hat" and richly deserved SO to fall
| Another pure rs New England frost. bright az q
button active as bee does much work In the month
and does IL well rs any man IN the Department. ou'
her book is wanted for reference. She wants 10 sur.
prise some friend with pair OF SOCKS ior . new
baby and while her book is gone, whips out her knuhg
and goes nimby TO work Some clerk comes inlo lhe
room goes out and reports that the WOMEN ia tna'
SIN another comes sailing In about 9i o'clock. gets
a her vraps sinks into her chair with the air Of will
low wand cracked in the midde anguidly asks some
one to call servant: sends said servant with her com
ailments the head Of the Bnreau for the loan OF his
morning paper reads IL eisurcy with running com
men, loud enough to be heard all over that room and IN
the adjoining the houses TO rent tho late appoint
menis and removals; tells who bnt the house Tor sale
on such street and who lived In IL at such time;
ciyes an inventory of cr furniture and history OF her
family In its lateral and collateral banches mas Who
h dead and who married and does Gs much for their
l.4pf xfit AZ
the stream Of small talk until some other LADY Is through
with her morning paperi when sue reaos lhas sets
several new text and goes on wiz tns % hx hs
until a o'clock. when. being quite worn out Dy her
DAYS labor she gracefully reres or course she IS
one q those favored mortas who can trace some Iool
of their family tree back to Of those excellent
women who came 20 the Old Dominion. originally as
exchange for tobacco and whose descendants wear me
title Of r. +. v" with such proud satisfaction. vi
coursc, che Is Of those Government cmploje VINO
shrug their high shoudered dignity and elevate their
arisiOcfaiio noses AT sight Of " Lincoln RaDole he
Union soldiers. and are shocked at The immorhnhes IN
troduced BY strangers /. 9. Northern people, INTO
Washington, which has been 40 transformed by these
vAndas that n natycborn gentleman can no longer sell
bis own baby when II gets old enough IN order gray
his lady friend with drive behind pair OF fast horses
As she Is "A law unto herself and her hne lady airs
make her monarch of alrhe surveys Il II wonder that
Other women initiate her ana that very i,N such 90
much 10 dIsorganiTe the working force Of Department.
I There u yet another class Of appontees-ihe lady
who must the clerk for whom she IL recording or
copying and who when be comes strikes Saint
Agnes attitude folds her hands meekly draws her lips
to pruncs prism aud potato packer turns up her
eyes like duck in thunder storm. on Juvenile
bovine In the act OF becoming veal makes pun and
40 impression. or several puns and as many impress
sol. grows witty. tells the unfortunate man that she
dreamed as night she married 10 ANA - soiiSats
fed aud subsidies in n simper while there Is 70 one
with the and authority 10 order her ont OF the
room. and see that she never returns
In tho same Bureau where YOU will find the assort-
ment descrbed-and this Is most Of them, there IT, per-
haps II majority II the female clerks with whose duness
and dcmeanor il would be difficult to find faat-women
working like horses. scarce taking time Tor lunch,
making books OF records second 10 none and copies OF
important papers with wonderful rapidity and correct
ness; some OF them doing precisely the same KIND OF
work. and as much OF IT. as men at salaries OF sioo
81 100 and 81 200 per annum. while they get $40
At the end OF the month all get equal pay. Their
chances Of promotion the same and special iayors
are for those who have done the least work what
wonder that the experiment is thought by many to be
failurei
II is for the people to say whether influential men
shall close their door against honorable women, by
making these places accessible 10 women OF bad char
acter and Of no character VIII they pay men double
treble salaries for doing what women can do quite ~
well, and will do for n compensation so much lower
VIII they not sustain heads ofDcpaImens against that
type OF Congressional influence which carries corrup
ton OF the worst kind into the Departments. and makes
Government Offices places Of assignaiion excludes
honorable women from honorable and suitable employ
men,i The exclusion of women from these places viii
improve the morals Of the city or the country while
their employment in them. under proper regulations.
could not fail to exercise most beneficial influence.
There are thousands Of women perfectly able aud Will
ing perform the duties OF any first or second class
clerkshp here. thousands who by The war have been
deprived OF their former OF support and left with
families dependent on Them and II Is mean and coward
ly for the Government to set the example Of driving
capacity the shortest way OF dsposing OF abuses for
which Government officials are responsible.
Secretary Harlan has found an easy way OF disposing
Of the difficulties on this question. but 1t does not APP.
JANE &. SwIssurLM
Washirsion Nov. 10. 1865.