The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-06-30
Washington Notes by Jackson Boy,
WASHINGTON, June Is, 1886.

DEAR FRIEND: Twas there
in THE CLtRIoN so long that / felt as il
| never could or would leave it, and now
when the paper comes its Just like a
letter. / get it on Saturday, and | look
anxiously forward to that day. | had
to re.learn the business here, but at this
date | am getting along all right. We
have type at our office here that never
heard of before; in fact every kind that
was ever moulded, they have got There
are some three thousand persons a.
work and they present busy appear
much red tape about the way things are
carried on there, but am just the other
way. We have door keepers at every
door, and they won't let you pass by un-
less they know you or you show your
credentials, nor will they let you go in
the other departments if they know it.
Isydore and myself went to the guides
Office and made him supply us with a
guide and We took it all in. The folding
room and bindery are busy places AL
ladies nearly; among the white ladies'
you see great many negro women at
work We saw machines in there that
were curiosities to US, and we made our
guides explain everything. They have
so many visitors that it is necessary for
them to employ guides. 1t takes near a
half day, or perhaps a whole day to go
through this immense establishment
In our room (the Record) there are about
seventy men, and it takes pile of copy
to keep them busy for eight hours The
Union requires that they get eight hours
composition, and should copy run out
the whole force is put to setting pie or dis
tributing pie, and, by the way they have
plenty of tit never runs out. / have
what they call Primer of the style on
the Record, which is very difficult to
learn, but the proof,readers understand
their business, and what you 6on'ss know
they mark it on your proof, and by long
experience of corrections you can learn
the style. Some of the printers in there
have been trying to learn the style for
thirty years, and have not succeeded
yet. The greatest advantage is to set a
clean proof. You don't have to correct
changes of copy-nothing but your own
| mistakes. / have improved in my proof,
and can set takes" now without an
error. 1t would take me all the even.
ing, or more, to tell you everything, but
/ will drop that matter and take up
another which think will interest you.
Mrs. Schaefer, Isydore and myself
went to the Presbyterian Sunday-School
this morning, and were impressed very
much with the way they conducted this
Sunday School. They are divided off in
departments until their lessons are over
and then they all come in together, and
they are so well trained, they know ex.
actly what to do, and their singing il
just fine. The musicians consist of q
lady at the piano, little girl eight years
old on the violin. and another the same
age on the other side of the piano with
cornet. They play by note and they
play well. They are all marched up
stairs to church in a body, none going
home, and open the church with theil
singing and playing. The little girl:
playing the violins and cornet could b.
distinctly heard all over the large
church. and everybody singing, there
being about two thousand people there
The Sunday-School hiss about three hun
dred children. 1t is the First Presby
terrain Church, ON A street. DIR. Byron
Sunderland, the minister who officiatet
at the Presidents marriage, is its pastor
He is also at the Sunday Scaool ant
marches up with the children. This il
also the church that Mr.. Cleveland
attends regularly; be and his beautiful
bride were there this morning, and
created quite Z sensation in coming ii
and going out Of the church. DIR. Sun
derland Is one of those very deeI
preachers. b1t his sermons are short and
TO the point
was mp to see Maj. Barksdale yester
day and be was not very we'll; had beer
having dumb chiils all the week, but il
didn't make any change il his business
AZ the Capitol - he MAS there every
day hard Il work. He Is : good worker
here for our people.
Yonra, J. B. r.