The Arizona sentinel., 1886-04-24

qualified for her duties by her linguistic attainments and her remarkable knowl edge of geography. She is perfectly familiar with every country, city and town in the world, and it was stated by the chief clerk of the post-office that he had no doubt that she would be able to distribute the mail in London as well as in Washington.
 The State, War, and Navy Depart ments have fewer women in their en- ploy than any of the others. A few women are employed as translators, but in this work, which, according to popu- lar ideas, would be especially suited to the requirements and taste of women, few women succeed. Their knowledge of languages is usually not exact and thorough enough to qualify them for a service which requires thorough grammatical and idiomatical knowl- edge of foreign languages. The official translator of each department is man, and generally foreigner. In the same connection it may be stated that it is a singular fact that in the occupations in which we would naturally expect women to excel, such as translators, l botanists, etc., we find no conspicuous cases of ability, while the universally acknowledged and notable instances of superiority are in those departments where we would least expect to find them at all, much less to find them talk ing high rank.
 There are fifty-fve women employed in the Quartermaster' office in the War Department, and about the same number assisting in the preparation of the 'Official Records of the War of the Rebellion" In the Navy Department few women are engaged in the work of the Photographic office, in map drafting and tracing, and as tele- graph operators, typewriterS and clerks. These are in most cases the widows or daughters of deceased army or navy officers, and many of them bear names honored in the historic annals of the country.
 The Agricultural Department em- ploys 112 women, including those en- gagged in the seed-room. They are chiefly corresponding clerks, keeping an account of seeds sent to each Sena- tor, Representative and Delegate; also, the records of all applications for seeds, plants, shrubs, etc. Much ot the work is manual, such as making seed bags, labelling and putting up seeds. The employees of thls department were classified under the civil service last November.
 The Government Printing Office, which is the largest establishment of this kind in the world, employs 1,200 women as stitchers and folders of pam phlets, gold-leaf ornamenters, opera tors of ruling, folding, and sewing machines, press-feeders and compost tors All of the work is manual, and the employees are not subject to the civil service regulations; but, as an off, set to this, the salaries are much lower and the number of hours longer Mnch of the work is done by the piece, the average amount earned per day being .33 1-3. The compositors are paid B cents an hour, and usually average about $70 month, which is the highest salary paid to women in this depart ment.
 The Civil-Service law makes no dis tinction with regard to sex, but in original appointments the head of department designates the sex of the persons appointed. Women are not now chosen as frequently as before the adoption of the Civil-Service rules. Men are regarded as more available for all sorts of work. Women are en- titled to the same pay as men for the same work.
 Two women in the Treasury Depart ment receive $1,S00 per annum each. One is chief of a section and the other a law clerk of the Internal Revenue Bu- reau. Of the remaining women en- ployes in the Treasury get S1 600 each, 31 S1, 400 each, 128 $1,200 each, 91 S1 ,000 each, 366 S90O each, and the re- maining IFS obtain all the way from $1S0, this being the pay of the char women, to S840 each. This list is also exclusive of the women employed in the Engraving and Printing Bureau, where the highest salary is S1, 500.
 In the Interior Department get $1, 500 each, 30 $1, 400 each, 135 S1 200 each, 194 $1,OOO each, 154 S900 each, and the salaries of the remaining 94 range from S360 to $500.
 In the Post-of1ice Department, ? women are employed at $1,600 each, 8 at S1, 400, 29 at $1,2OO, Il at S1, 1000, 62 at S900, at SS40, and at S720.
 The pay obtained by these women workers is good when compared with that obtained in private vacations, and the hours of service are generally easy. The workroomS, too, are large and well ventilated.-M r. Tribune.