Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-05-07
''Miss Brown upon the Treasury Ii.
Dr0ry.


My DEAR STAR: don't know whether Won
are aware Of the fact that our department,
sports library or not; still, Paving an intense
regard fer the figh-toned institution, mean to
tell you what "feariully and wonder full,
made" blessing 1t is to US clerks aud counters.
Daring the dark ages IA year or two ass), If
you belonged TO the depai tment and wanted
book from the library, you went to the chic,
Clerk OF your bureau, received from him a car
showing your connection with the Off CO, an
ihen, upon presenting this, were entitled to =
!ect the book you wanted, with the proviso th A.
you bad to return IL AZ the expiration of fnr,-
teen days, unless you had longing for Q polite
note inviting you to return the volume. One
la0y, At salary Of $500 per annum discharged
all the practical duties Of librarian then, and
WAS, besides, fully equal to the task of impress
Ing rs poor mortsls with . sense Of the vast DIFF
mon clerk. But somebody found that the dig
nifty OF the institution was not properly main
tanned BY that simple process, and forthwith set
ms gigantic intellect to work to raise it (the
now see the result:
You first send 10 the chief OF your room for
catalogue and make out a list Of the works you
card showing your title clear" q formerly,
ana wend your way up the three weary flights
OF staiis each OF which reminds you OF Jacobs
Heaven-and at last find Yourself in an ron
cage, about 6x6, and we'll out Of reach OF the
ebelves. Perhaps 1t 20 happens that onIy q
Sozen Others ,; are before you, and You remember
life, and determine to take things coolly and
comfortably. But your predecessors find neither
OF the twenty books they had selected in-or If
and consequently there Is trouble regarding o
choice. Then your prize corn developes An
obstinate tendency to make your standing In
your mind that the chief Of your division has 4
longing desire about this time Of day to see YOU.
You are not afraid Of the said chief, of course
not you only rave tender regard for his feel
be disappointed grieves you to the heart. That
makes you slightly less amiable than usual, ard
II you are wise you'll turn your back on the
sednctions OF literature at once, and 60 to your
desk.
WAS THERE MYSELF
some days ago, and know whereof speak; but
l was not wise, and I'm sorry to say, fell from
grace by talking arithmetic and logic 1.-TWO
things which have no business there) to the
handsome hunter Of wished-for literature. You
ing, and then mildly suggested that the new
red-tape arrangements we're the biggest kind of
nuisance, when that gentleman Infatuated that
novels by any means, that in fact about q hun
dred had mysteriously disappeared.
CHIEFLY STATISTICAL.
A have passion for statistics occasionally,
had ascertained that, under the new regime,
one Of the attendants received Q salary OF g 0O0
one q, 0Co, and one, doing the heavy ornamen-
tai, as far as could see, $500 per annum. These
facts told him. calmly suggesting that the diff
ference Of 5000 In salary, between then and
now, would be euficient 70 restock the whole
concern half . dozen times over; and that,
moreover, the time We lost In waiting Vas %
much clear loss TO the government also, amount
ing within year to more than the whole value
OF the entire library.
That awakened The handsome Ren.lcm ans
Spartan devotion to duty Tin others.) and he
"supposed' that where It was not Convenient
to walt, people would not come for books; upon
vhich shocked him b. pleading thatWe poor
sinners were 90 very ignorant . % "supPose"
use and benefit OF the Treasury en- ployss, ana
not for the sake Of creating 900 and q, 900
positions for lucky mortals.
DxDUOrIOHs.
And now. my beloved STAR, since you see
how this thing works, don't yoa agree With me
whom say that 1t has been brought down toto
fine point entirely for rspabIics9 in:tita-
ter since the workers have NO benefit from the
costly concern-shut mp the library altogether,
and give those gentlemen an Opportunity to
display their brilliant talents at some other
Stree Investigation is the fashion, let this
sshollow mockefy" be investigated By Ill means.
partmsnt cay "ysa and amen" 70 that . veil
- Miss Bsows.
HoReY RACYne II ENoLAND.-At the New.
market, England. nrst spring meeting yeater-
day, the race for the 2,C00 guineas stakes Waa
won By Atlantic; Revevbeeaf3on W. eooond and
Ecceesis third. The last betting vas seven TO
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