, 1877-02-26

spectacle looking mtltlte-agcd women, who 70
peared to be wdowa or married ladies, nnil neur
y all wero dressed with sxtreno rlalnncss.
Sson cxpae o mpo" no. te:o ts va s
much Of which Is unnerito nnl decidedly oil
Of place. These "Trcasury girls" nrc nearly
alwava poor, re.peetasio wolnv1,, who have seen
beiter days, many VI them orol.ana nnl wiauws
OF Union soldiers who hravely f"GRlt for their
cnilntry4 and nearly all slpkult :atnl1Y VI
hs9e never Gecn marr:ui, Dat w;,o ars nca " "
nlw1Ya up In tho twent:ea, genera y s1p. .,ort an
aReI mother Of AZ orpnarea brother, hut they
bear oniy enal! PRO- ?.urton to a t;lcsnu1'her Il
find so1nc worthless woman who !: 9uarterej
escssman, but ticro arc ew ., thc"e sase. Ss FER.
laps the groatcst popular Illusion. i1owsvell il
mind Immediately calis the plctare' q young,
It, and highly imaginative Warrington corrc-
spon1anis havo lent themselves to confirm this
ietl,alc beauty and fascination iii the Treasury.
But tho visitot at the Treasury will see at a
glanee how fatcltul nn,l imaginative these az
counts are when he bcholls these stat1, sober,
platn, middlt-hEud women, dressed In tho quiet.
est colors, and without a. much assumption OF
roauctrv or grftslncss rs even tho solcmn fe.
male telegraph operator or the Dus!lcss.likc
female reporter, They, arc nearly. all women
lnve known tho cares anl struggles OF tnls lie
aud lot,k ut tho world from u suriutss point u
view. 1icncc It is certainly wrory t., speak or
write Of these worthy wotncn II, yein OF 1evIts
Mr.. Brown informed The writer that nhou.
6,0)O, 600 aEceta VI revenue stHnp pa or lave to
be cuuntc, nntl he thought tho task would w.
eMpy MS forty.fuur vnrcsn week Or ten days.
THO STAMPS arc principally lor tobac.b, sn,lfr,
ntId spltila, anl eacli sheet conta.rs irun ivv %
forty btatnps. TIC sliccts hare to 10 counted
twfrc.. The women will work from 0 to4, ani
= sess & to It ' s as hos e eins src sS et
ha! begun their work, they wcre q'itte lively
!" Is the' Grand Duke Alexis hcrc. /" one a,kcl,
narrIeI ths tnaary xas % ires iss 4os
any matrimonial dcsigl,+ Then, tlp ,o:vers1
tton turning upon Mrs. Olyer's breaIn-uf-pru,n-
ise suit against thu youthful Senator Cameron,
one OF the wnmen exclaimed, ''That's aIl fa6cp'
aud gave ii as llur opinion that tho charges
Senator.
1--WE hare been travelling all night; that's tho
marked Ironically, While Tie others remained
absorbed III their newspapers.
Their wosk was begun ycsterday afternoon al
tho American BANK, ,Note Company, md when
Ind counted nearly 4oo,01o sieets. One of 'ba thaa
manaEcra mani of tle Company said . they, averaged
2,8o0 sllcuts an hour each, willie tile Cnmpanys
expert counters Averaged ~, ,Uo1 an hour: The
accne Of counting Was not very lively one.
Tho women sat At TABLES ia i rooin on one u
thu highest stories, will! bundles of 1,oo9 sheets
turning over the upper right hand corncri
with thcir middle finger, which they every now
md then wet op q spongo lying belore
them. No word e spoken, and when ons
has finished q bundle anl finds Il correct another
goes over 1t again. Tho Company.s o1pcrts
count in a different manner. They take pilc
ot sheets, and, turning them over, spread the
edges uetorn them md conn' them by Aves.
This Is undoubtedly quicker process, but II Is
questionable wlleihcr It Is a safet one. Tho
manager d!d not seem to think that thls work
was very e1haustfng.
You seq" sall he, ~ keep my girls at work
from 8 It'll s, aud not from til 4. Thu fact IL
this Is rather nice holiday excursion for tless
women; but Just think VI all tho money 1t must
cost 70 keep ti,ctn hcTel" Xxx.
As q matter Of statistfcal information It should
bo added TINT tllero arc twcnty-one misses III
tho purity and twenty three who appear on the
hotel register with tho prefix Of Airs. This Il
rather an unusually heavy proportion u uumar-
ndda to tho livcluess Of the party.