The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-21
PRETTY GELS AT WORK.
Something About the Fair Clerks in
the Treasury Department.
From the WIsbiaGtOn Star

Som sthing About the Fair Clerks in
the Treasury Department
From the Washington Star.
Some of the pret-iest women in the
country are right here in the treasury de-
pertinent. A great many of them are
WashiI gtonians, but, as a class, they repre.
sent the beauty Of about the whole country.
They are blondes and brunettes: short and
tall and midi IN; some plump. some
queenlY, some of 1.-the and willowy form
they are fairly the types OF the sever
great cities d about all the states of
covering four blocks, is to be found
more beauty than a hui through any
large cities might discover A large
proportion of the female clerks are
Jung, or at least the minus side of the
line beyond whic lies old maidhOod Office
life is not promotive Of 10 evity, and
many Of the eide 'ly wo men have died off
or reached an age beyond useful ess. Those
VINO have come in the department within
the past four or five years are mos ly young
women, who have just passed tn -ough the
normal schools and have entered the gov
eminent service through the CT Ill service
examination. They are a bright lot Of
young women. In ma " case, i is. per-
haps tina they are the prettiest girls of the
family, which inspi eS them with an am bi-
tion beyo ID the I'D sery # house work or
the trials of a schoOlmarm, and induces
them to strive for the more agreeab Q ,ork
and better pay under the ivil service. And
this may accou 1t for there being such
prepondera1c zee of good 10 ks.
REFINED, SENSIBLE GIRLS.
They are not, as a rule, gaudy beauties
frescoed and decorated by ar though If
course there are some of tina type They
are usually If refined type of good sens-
BILE, pretty girl,-a liutle beyond girlhood.
They always dress in 20 d TASTE, though II
generally in expensive style. A designer
of fashions might gel many valuable points
fro n the female treasury clerk.
During the ordinary working hours the
visitor to the treasury will not see many of
the young women. They are apt to be
hard at work behind close doors or Just
shut from view by gree baize screens, over
watch one cannot see without the aid of a
chair or a step-ladder. t 9 desks are usu-
ally provided with these screens, other wise
they would be annoyed by the re of the
visitors passing through the corridors, who
would probably be numerous if the screens
were not there.
DURING THE LUNCH HOUR.
But during the half hour allowed for
lu Oh a swarm of pref y female Clerks rush
about the corridors to exchange bits of Cos
sip or to get their tea. Washing tou m "
get her reputati IN for her be ,utiful wo.ne
from the throng that appear on th9 aveuu
on the way home from the department
after O'clock
Vine ever there are any number of peo-
pie on a visit to Washing on the treasury
generally the center of curiosity on account
Of the ,opular in crest in money. Visitors
are always teresUed in the places where
tine money is handled, and some one must
be delegated to take charge of the n. In
view of the & ca. mum er of these visitors
ID the pros ect of a great ma y more
when tue Knights Tenn 1lar come mere FIR
their con entIon a number of Jung womsa
of the department have been desig lated
regu.arly to act as gu des through the re-
demptioa age ICY, where tne old notes are
counted aud destroyed.