Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-11-10
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were, it is public blessing thar N. a.n a.
bucceneering have come to an end
Public men can do little for their fr,.,<,.
in the way Of procuring governments em-
ployment All but the highest and the low.
est offices are under civil service law, to bs
filed from the list of ehgibles who hav.
passed the examinations Getting into q
government job by this process Is . matter
OF years, and many cannot get in at al, no
matter how great their pa.ienca When .
woman asks a senator TO get her place he d
honest when be tells her, as be must tell her,
That he can do nothing, though often the
needy applicants do not believe it About
the best senator or anybody else can do
nowadays Is 10 exert his influence in having
woman appointed Iaborer or charwoman,
ana that Is employment which not one wom-
an IN twenty viii accept
A Few weeSs age well known and popu-
lar newspaper man died leaving a widow
and child. WITH bus iIsle property The poor
woman wanted To 80 "a eorS She had been
carefully reared AM e,.u-atesi and her bus
band had b2d hoses ol Trends EVERYBODY
was willing 20 aeiD Ser INTO place. bu, The
best that COM * dene Tor her was a lob a
laborer III TIE interIor department In all
probability she rS>not required 20 do much
nlenial laoor taiaS Ii safe To guess tina,
sac has iltie Ge>s some place, at which she
does copy.As or write leslers This Is ia v,o-
lation OF the law which declares that clerical
labor shall not be done by employees who
have no; been appointed through the civil
service examination, tut who is going &C
maze row about its Certainly not the
newspaper correspondents | fancy they
would raise a row VITA the man who would
be 50 mean a TO call attention TO such q
Tiling and pardonable deviation from tho
strict letter of the statute
Generous, earnest. sympathetic Ben But
terworth, representative from Cincinnati,
has reputation for Willingness 10 help needy
women 70 employment. a reputation which
brings him many applicants and Responsible
ties II IS not generally gaown that al let
tiers OF this sort, and n. applicants who 60 10
HIM in person, are turned over 10 Mrs But
terworth, whose keen womanly intuition 10
worth more IN vinnowing the chaY from tbs
wheat than all of the statesman's acumen
and logic. | was much struck with the good
advice which Mrs Butterworth recently
gave poor girl who had written 20 inquire
if she might call on the Congressman and $50
what he could do IN the way of getting her q
place. Thy as hard rs you can to get some
other place" wrote Mrs. Butterworth. tho
chances are very poor for obtaining any
thing under the government IL you fail
every other place, and nothing but the gov
eminent service Is left 10 you. call on Mr.
Butterworth, of course, and state your case
plainly. You write me that you are only -
Then let me give you little advice In call
IN INT farW nsb hay he
man on such an errand, do not be silly.
Don't smile at him. and toss your head, and
try to charm him, and play upon his mascu-
line susceptibilities Many young women
think public men are 20 be caught in Ihis
way, and thus make the greatest mistake Of
their lives. Such conduct only disgust, the
gentlemen and insures failure of the eiTorln
and Mrs Butterworth is right In these
times the man of real influence in Washing
ton is not 90 be reached by feminine fattery
or caJolery. He quickly resents any such at
tempt TO play upon him. What gratifying
change from the days Of the buccaneers,
when government employment was bough:
and sold most shamelessiy. and brazenness
was sure TO gain precedence over merit and
desert
was lucky enough the other day 10 catch
a glimpse OF the new Chinese minister's wife
as soe sat ut window IN the south front IT
the legation house on Dupont circle. looking
pcnsively out upon the street and park No.
only that, but active work brought an a.
artist upon the scene In time 20
sketch the lady in one of the prettiest poses,
with her dainty hand up 10 her head and .
mirror resting upon the window ledge close
by. The picture was one which attracted
much attention from passers by. aud provoked
the comment that the wife Of the minister
must have been belle in her own country,
and that 1t is u great pity she cannot go into
the society Of the American capital and con-
vince all beholders that China has produced
at least one pretty woman. AZ the wife Of
minister of China this woman has little more
liberty than convict Of the gaileys, and Is
already known in the neighborhood of tho
legation, which is the old house commonly
called Stewart castle, as the prisoner Of the
castle"