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QUIZ WASHINGTON LITTER.
10 NE Editor u the Nsirs:
Washington, Dec. 5, 1917.

Washington, Dec. 5, 1917.
The various cabinet officers have
prepared their reports with great care.
They furnish to the country in detsil.
the workings, wants and necessities Of
their branches Of the public service.
Economy is a marked feature, and a
more thorough and practical civil ser
vice will be sure to result il Congress
approves and seconds the recommen-
dations. Some prominent Banker,
with a good share Of common sense
has written as follows to the L. 5.
Treasurer, "Do YOU pay all the Con-
gressmen in silver? BY the Eternal
do 1t! II will bring themto their SEN
ses to give them 400 heavy trade dol
lars a mouth, or 500 halves" What
a funny sight It would be to see the
venerable baldheaded Lawmakers each
step up to the Treasurer's Office and
draw out of their pockets the proven
bal stocking to be filed with the shin
ming prices of silver. The chief of
the Bureau of engraving and printing
reports,a saving in his department OF
over s5j 900 since last year. $685.
339 sheets fsecurities valued at $685.
4I4.645 and lSl'720 stamps were
printed. No counterfeits have yet APP
peared on any of the this years work
of this Bureau. In this report high
and Just compliment is paid to the EN-
ployees, many of whom are ladies, or
department women" as some style
them. Pride in blood, often saws Il
would not have my daughter in the
government service, but many of these
lady toilers, are more highly educated
and cultured than the gay society wo-
men who parade the avenue in silks
aud diamonds, or whirl through the
streets in elegant coupes. The fact is
Washington is overrun every season
with Goldfish aristOcracy, like Saratoga,
men and women swell here in great
style and yet at home they amount to
nothingin the social scale. These ladies
who are forced to earn their daily
bread are, many of them made de-
pendent by the loss of their father or
husband in the late war. Among the
host of them are many who have &C.
cupied enviable positions in former
DAYS. For instance, one in the Dead
Letter office was born in the White
House in Jackson's term and yet is
now dependent on the government for
her living. Senator Ingalls, proposes
to make short work Of the National
Capital Insurance Co. mot National
L. s. Of America Life). q concern
started in this city with little capital,
and atording a very small amount Of
security to those who had been delud-
ed into patronizing it. lie believes in
insurance reform, and will endeavor
to have his bill passed which shall here
after stop the outrageous lying which
has been going on in this class of bus
mess in this city at least. The re-
ceptions of Miss Winnie Ream, lady
made famous by her $50, 900 statue Of
Lincoln. in her studio are among the
most interesting features of society
life here in Washington. Her gentle
ness, case and charming manner. make
it most agreeable place to spend an
hour or so, amid statuary and art,
formed by her hand, which was taught
its cunning in Rome. Busts of Sena-
tor Davis, Gen. Custer, and others
are now in process of completion.
Admiral Farragut is immOrtalized in
marble by this fair sculptor, as are
many others, well-known in the histo-
ry of our country. Miss Thursbv,
the celebrated songstress, sang at a
reception at the White House the 9TH
er evening and delighted the dignita-
ries of state. President Hayes thinks
the Presidents salary too large and is
going, it is said, to advise q reduction
to the old figure S2j, 900. lie has ex-
pended but 1000 so far during his
administration and at this rate he will
save s42 900 per year. Mrs. HAYES,
by the way, takes a great interest in
politics, and frequently converses with
gentlemen OH the subject. 1t is need
less to say that she is "Policy" wo-
man. FAX.