The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-09-10

Treasury girls" lie it known, are not
all young; IN fact, some Of then,s no
doubt, have children as old as your cor
respondent, while many are yet in the
full bloom Of girlhood, and more have
entered the cypress hung portals of old
maidhood, or have worn, or still wear,
the widows weeds. Still, according to
ye festive correspondent. all ladies en-
gagged in the Treasury Department are
ssgirIs." even though they be gray-haired
matrons and heads of families As !
have said, Treasury girls" are not at
all either young or pretty, as is gencr-
ally supposed, and in looking over the
asea of faces'' / have discovered but
few who look as though their owners
consider life as great Irritation made
up of little ffirtations; on the contrary,
the majority of faces belonging to
Treasury girls bear the impress of an
earnest purpose earnestly pursued, while
many are evidently Swallowed by sorrow
or disappointment in fact, the ladies
who are engaged in the Treasury De-
partment are only small detachment
of the great army of women who find
themselves dependent on their own re-
sources, and have, as is natural, sought
out, the best places they could COM
mand.
The average stTreasury grip does
not go to work in silk and lace, accord
ing to the popular idea but, on the
contrary, wears loose sack aud over
dress of some light wash goods over q
worsted skirt; and, by way OF taking all
romance out OF the matter. carries a
little lnrch done up in paper or pinned
up in red napkin. Neither do all
'sTreasury girls preserve tie lines of
beauty in form or face; on the contrary,
there arc thin, angular and perpendicu-
lar women among them, and there are
some who are burdened with flesh; most
certainly, there are some who evidently
did not win their positions by means of
personal beauty.
Near the table ut winch I sat, on my
first day was plain looking Michigan
girl, with no noEsense about her, who
had her sleeves pinned up and her dark
hair cut short for convenience. She
counts well, and every day does
square days work for Uncle Sam. To
my left was sweet wonanhry girl, who
was an adept at her work, and who
acted as my teacher. First, I had ten
cent notes to co,,nt. Which were given
me in bundle made up Of ten smaller
packages. + will write what She taught
me, 50 that if any OF my readers ever
become Treasury girls they will know
how to begin. First, each small pack
age is bound Up in a paper strap, upon
which is marked SO, and these small
packages are bound together with rob-
Der bands. After removing one ofthese
bands, Miss r. told me to take one of
the small packages aud count it care
fully, one, two, three, up to twenty-five,
wien Ishouid lay the notes together
and count twenty more, until had
counted four times twenty-five, or one
hundred notes, which is what each pack.
age should contain. The paper strap
which binds the package IS kept until
the notes are counted, and if there
should I've note or two over or under
one hundred, the cast off strap must he
marked 30 much ssoyer" or so much
ssshort. . 80 50
Different issues Of money must not be
put together; for instance, il one finds
an old issue Of dimes in .. package Of
new ones, they must be cullcd ont and
laid aside. and their loss made mp from
another package, which leaves it
ssshort.'' When you get tired OF being
at Odds and want to square up, you
borrow what you lack to. make up q
package Of neighbor; but perhaps All
this time yen have been aecnmulatilg
an old Issue OF dimes that is, you have
probably taken Eve Of SIX out Of each
package you have counted, and if you,
are beginner, these worry you ini-
nensely, at least they did me, to such
an extent that asked Miss r. what ii
the world ! should do with the ragged
edged things Why said my pretty
teacher, .sif you have nearly enough .
make package, eotnt them and bOr-.
row oi neighbor what you lack, and
ID that way you viii get rid Of all your
odds and commence square again.
So this ii tile principle upon which
money Ii counted, from dimes on mp to-
the larger denominatii ions When you
have flushed your work for tho day,
.you take Jour money % q part ct the.
room, where there is man and ma.