Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-22

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g that time, gave The happy couple hi: bsns-
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his predecessor, and no doubt al the employees
Of the department. could pair OF IL their exist.
ing conditions permitted, without the service
losing single one Of the present valued force.
That IL, marriage under the present enlight-
the further employmsntof the ladies, although
y the truth was known the ladies, in assuming
the matrimonial yoke, prefer 10 cast OF that OF
the government A d the case with the other
departments, the number Of lady clerks il in
creasing IN the Post Once department.
interior department. his is in fact the result
Of their large numbers and in part to their
efficiency 20 clerks. There are several ladies
who receive the highest salary paid to clerks
in the government service, and there are Q
concerned, are way beyond the usual q 200
limit. The examining corps OF the patent
Office includes . number Of ladies, and repre-
sentatives Of the fair sex may be found in posi-
tions where the duties are exacting and re-
quire more then ordinary ability. There is
~ to the advisability Of the employment Of
women, but, nevertheless, they increase in
numbers. The latter circumstance Il attri-
buted BY some to the superior ability Of women
in getting up the necessary .aooence." In
mans name il stil til powerful in securing posi-.
tons in the government service. Like the
male clerks, Il IL said that the female clerks
aS1 good, bad and Indifferent, but the judg-
mont Of some Of the department officials is that
the majority Of female clerks do not belong to
the first class.
AT TIE o1rT fosr-oYY1cI.
"A woman's face peers out Of the general de-
livery window and answers the inquiries Of
people who como for letters. This may give
the impression that the post-ofice is run by
women. The fact 10 that only small portion
of the clerical force in the Office is composed Of
women. In the registry division there is one
woman-a bookkeeper, who il considered un-
usually expert. The postmaster's private sec
Rotary il young woman, who writes short
SSss and Saeg9 Ss
the Office are four women. All the rest Of the
employees Of the office, clerks and letter-car-
riers, are men. The clerks in the dispatching
division have much hard physical labor to do.
They have to stand for hours at their distribut-
tax tax. made de- upon their physique: Postmaster ste.
place as letter-carrier from woman.
Some Of the most important work in the city
post Office. however, is done by women. The
Attl0 ucu, Win lt8 TWO WIuOOW1 lOOkluR OUT
into the lobby, devoted to the general de-
livery" is, as stated, presided over by .
woman. Much skill and quickness and good
temper il required to conduct this ser
vice to the satisfaction Of the public, the
most crotchety part of which gets its letters at
the view of the public, surrounded by more
books than college professor, sits keen-eyed
woman, who supplies brains for the portion Of
the letter-writing public that either never had
any brains or failed to use them when direct
ing their letters. Heaps of letters are con-
postal car coming into Washington brings
Washington Office are constantly adding
to the heaps. These letters are not properly
addressed. Either the state 10 left of, some
post-ofice not down in the postal guide is
vents their being transmitted through the
mails. The railway mail clerk never corrects
an address. If letter is addressed to Q place
not down in the guide the letter is laid aside.
All letters erroneously addressed are collected
in packet which il labeled Mixes" This
With the books. She has q long shelf full Of
directories of different cities, piles Of postal
guides, bulletins and aliases, and head stored
with q vast amount Of information about the
ort-of-the-way places Of the world The letters
cone to her to be readdressed. She quickly
0AnvOVCIb VIC c1IOE IL large udJoElty VI
them, and sends them on their way reioic-
ing. with an amendment in red ink added
to he address. She has to keep posted
,ip al the changes made in the names Of cross
road post-ofices and hundred other facts.
If case comes along that she cannot cure it
is conside.edH hopeless indeed, and it is sent to
the post-offce> grave-yard-the dead-letter
Office. at another desk near by sits a woman
who has to keep trick Qf all the people who
are constantly writing tc<Rohfy the ONCE OF
change in their residences. People who are
going out of town want their letters sent after
them; when they get home they want TO be
sure their letters are sent to their neS address.
Constantly requests Of this character are SOM
ing in and the task of keeping these matters
straight is assigned to woman.
IN THE DISTRICT SERVICE.
The District government clerk goes through
his routine without the cheering influence of
woman's presence. There are no female clerks
employed under the District Commissioners.
No woman smiles officially in the District build
ing on LIST street, or in the gloomy quarters Of
the police or health department.. The six hun
dred school teachers employed by the District
are, however, nearly all women. About the
courts at the City hall no women hold official
places, but women stenographers occasionally
come into the courtroom to report, and the
echoes of the chambers are stirred by the
shrill eloquence of women lawyers. In the re-
corder of deeds Office the copyists employed
are mainly women.
He was Married.
From the Lowell Citizen