Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-08-24
r>sG0lsS A. - LADIES' MAN.
Hs sn4iies ca thS Soaae1 slsa Pr01~Asss
fh-1a An Situations.


lW4shlazEol Letter
Bgt Higgins shines best IS q ladies'
man There = asthlng Secretary Aaa-
BiBg 4lslkes uloT~ tlaa - os annoy 81 -
tbs ~Unisn wA0 want o1flce Or those sA9
have thsM AID want 70 make themselves
so.ld by reporting some regularity that
bas conas under their notice. The fzsclnat-
iug Appointments CLERK undertakes - re-
lieys ths Secretary or these, aud At al
noss any h0ur IA the day = rare collection
C,f fs1lAiss may b found Ia DIS ofttoe.
SO1s q tnsn are rosy checked country
maidsas Ia homespun gowns aud lOts OF
gFe0n ribbons On their hats Others are
a0t - ina0cenb nor ss plainly clad. Some
a1s strOng minded, angular women, aud
others are decidedly weak minded yOuns
grls, who have al idea that there ars
great prospects for Independence opened
ap - them Ia Official lifs. While dealing
With these Hlggios seems - Do Ia b ; ele-
menL His fayorits expression, as he
steps up - them with sweet snil. aud
a nOnchalant air, Is, ~ ell, my dear, wh at
can % for you this mornin'f" Then
sometimes hs viii tap them gently on the
shoulder and say: lyon are look
lng very sweet to-day. Come, my
little girl. you must have patience. Tie
world was not made In a day. You must
give Us time just give Us little time
aud you will be fixed all right You are
all right l give you my word for IL.
Come whenever you feel like IL l am
always glad 20 sec you" Ia this fashion
be runs on, varying his expression as his
fftTc Of ~ taar.nf. aff
tates, sometimes more famil ar, sometimes
more reserved-always fatherly. Yester-
day saw a widow ia his room urging him
for the sake OF mercy To give her some
thing 10 do. She had IA little boy by the
hand, and looked very pl ain and poor in
\ faded black calico dress Her face
showed signs of care. l think, il he was
sincere, his treatment Of her was the K ind
est have ever seen come from an official,
and it surprised me most after seeing his
peculiar familiarity with many others. He
treated her very respectfully, and assured
her over and over again that she should
have an appointm ent. Directly afterward
a very stylishly dressed and altogether
ia shy y-looking woman came in, and in
moment the versatile Higgins was
plea learned that she was an employe
of the department, who was on "sick
leave" and had come To complain about
the bad air OF the room she had TO work
in, and to insist upon being placed in the
Secretary's Office. She complained that
the people in the room that made her sick
were nasty, mean, sp, ing things" and
that the chief had set seme OF them To
watching her because she happened to be
'away sick" at the same time "A gentle-
man in the office she had known for sixteen
years was of on sick leave. All the time
she was reciting her wrongs her voice was
most pitiful and she launched off into
4 promise 10 furnish the necessary
charges 10 secure the rem)val of a "great
many persons" if they wanted to make
any vacancies
In this case Higgins became very re-
served, and while promising to look into
the case, told her that she must work
where she was assigned, that some one
nad TO work there. and there was no rea-
son why she should not as we'll as another