The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-01


are more naturally sympathetic with her than
you would be with man, and, II it Is possible.
would much prefer her going home than remain
ing at her desk Then you DO not care to boss
woman around like YOU would a man, or scold
her If she should fail to do her work. And then
there are women who will not stand being repri
inaspaed, and talk hack to you savageiysaud then
subside into spell of the sulks that will last
several days. All of this is very unpleasant.
and il does not occur often with the male clerks
Again. there many other things to do by
clerks IN the department beside actual desk
work 1t is often necessary for them to do mes
senger work. such as mounting ladder, getting
down from shelf big ledger and carrying 1t to
another room in the building, sometimes, per.
haps, up flight or two of stairs. This kind OF
work is entirely unsuited to women, and man
would rather DO it himself than to ask them.
Another reason is that women stir up more
trouble in the Offices than men; they gossip more
and fall out more with each other, and at
these times make themselves generally
disae reeable to all the clerks in tie room. DC
casionaly lady clerk will throw the whole
room in an uproar about some trifiinc thing that
a man would never give thought. Again, an
occasional Irritation between the clerks will give
us trouble Not long since an irate. Jealous wife
walked into a room in one of the departments
and created quite scene by abusing one OF the
women for she alleges, being entirely too
free with her husband, who was also clerk.
These are the principal reasons why we prefer
mala TO female clerks"
.'But what kind of clerks do the women
maker
"As general rule, the best kind. When they
Go work they work harder and faster than the
men, and their penmanship is better. The best
copying in the departments is done by the
women. They are careful and neat. an3 take
more pride in their work than men. If have
a nice piece of copying to be DONE always give
the Job to one of the lady clerks, and it is very
unusual for the work not to be executed nice,
pretty style"
"Do the male clerks object much to the pres
eace of wolnen2'
'sSelne Of them do vigorous kicking against
them. know men who will not work in the
same room with women if they can help it, but
then know number of the female clerks in
the department who cannot bear to have one of
the male clerks to come near them
you think, on the whole, then, that male
clerks are the bestF
Yes, L certainly dor
do you believe that this administration is
disposed to discriminate in favor of men over
women for clerksf'
.sNot any more than the last, If as much"
In regard to the Civl-seryice Commission or.
ganization, Judge Thoman asserts positively that
it is perfectly fair and entirely partisan. He
SAYS that there is nothing in the civilservice
law to prevent removal from Office of any Of
the clerks, and that the President and Cabinet
can make their own classification of grades of
the clerks and their salaries. Your correspond
emit particularly pressed Judge Thoman to know
if the Democrats could not obtain some slight
advantage over the Republicans by having a
majority 4 the board. He said he did not know
how, unless the President would adopt classif
cation and organize the board to strictly conform
to the same. 1t is worthy of mention, in conclu-
sion, that the clerks appointed by the commits
sion doing satisfactory work. some OF them
being among the best clerks in the services.