Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-10-23
WOMAN'S INFLUENCE.
CUPID IN THE TREASURY DE.
P4RTMENT.
He Is the Means of Reforming q
Bright Young Man and Max
ing a Pretty Girl Happy.

The life of a Government clerk in
Washington is at best a monotenous one,
as in nearly all the departments the clerks
have the same routine work day after day."
| said venerable Treasury Clerk, "and
when there is a bit of gossip to relieve the
monontony of his life, it is taken up with
a relish and retold Till it blossoms out in
! many different FORMS"
"What is disturbing the monotony
now" inquired the reporter
Well, l am getting to that. Six years
ago last March bright-eyed, rosy-cheeked
young fellow of % received an appoint
ment through political influence in the di-
vision am employed in. You know that
was before the days of civil service reform.
He was quick and intelligent, and it was
not long before he was as familiar with the
work as the oldest clerk in the office. For
a year or so he was a most efficient clerk,
and always on time. With sorrow | began
to notice that he was becoming dissipated;
that his work was behind, and instead of
the frank, independent expression that he
had when he first came in the Office was
careless, devil-may- care sort of look. | re-
monstrated with him, and told him he
would be dismissed, and justly, too if he
did not shake the companions he was
assocating with. His only reply would
be: can take care of myself; you
needn't fret about me- His downfall
didn't surprise me much, for had seen n
number of young men go Just his way who
had come in the departments honest sober
young fellows, and leave it broken down in
health, and careless as TO how they made
their living. Things went on this way
until the present Administration came into
power, and the heads of the different
bureaus were changed. Consequently a
great number of new clerks came in.
Among these was pretty young lady with
large brown eyes and fascinating smile.
The clerks. both male and female, imme-
diately took TO her and she became gen
| eral favorite. The young men in the office
never lost an opportunity TO have few
minutes chat with her, but that is as far as
it ever went. Though she treated all
pleasantly. none were ever invited to call
on her. The young fellow that | spoke
about had gotten SO that he seldom had
anything to say to any one. In the course
of time he made the acquaintance of the
pretty young clerk, and that evening one
of the older ladies, with the best intentions
in the world, told the young lady not to
get too intimate with that man, as he was
considered rounder,' or, in other words,
dissipated.
''She said she liked him. and thought
| there was q great deal of good in him If
he had the proper encouragement. He
seemed to be a gentleman, and that if he
did anything wrong it was only through
earelessness. After this the two people
were together constantly when not at the
| office, and a most wonderful change came
| over him. He stopped drinking, attended
| to his work with a WILL and, when not
| somewhere with her of an evening, stayed
| in his room and read | was pleased to note
the change, and knew that all would come
out we'll She had only been in the Office
| about six months when be came to me one
| day and said he was going to resign, as bis
| salary was not sufficient TO support wife
as he would like to, and that he had Sc
cured position as bookkeeper in whole
sale grocery house in New York. He went
away, and heard nothing from him. We
! often spoke OF him at the Office, but no one
| ever dared ask the young lady clerk about
| him, for they remembered how she went
for the old lady who spoke of him to her.
| Several weeks since | was surprised when
| the Young lady came to me, as the young
man had before, and said she would be
! pleased if I would send her resignation 10
| the Secretary. l asked her jokingly if she
was going to be married. She blushingly
admitted she was, but would not say to
whom. l suspected and felt pleased. This
morning she and her husband called to see
me, and it proved to be the young man
suspected. He told me that he had been
very fortunate since leaving the Office, and
was now head boob-keeper for the concern
to which he went from the department and
| attributed all his success to the pretty
young bride at his side. They left this
evening for New York, where henceforth
will be their home. 1t does my heart good
! Republican.