The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-05-05

N Uosnfp&tous NtetksusP y IN
the Department Of State arc considered
the most desirable. To begin with, the
incumbents arc never discharge1 with
out being provided with consulship or
some other place. Their employment
carries certain amount Of social posi-
ton with it. The most c,nsptcuou, OF
the young swells In Washington arc en-
ployes Of the "Forsigo 0tics," as they
like to call It. Beaux being greatly In
demand hero, they have more invitatiou,
than they can accept. With sn I'll ssla-
fies aud no prospects, they would bs 70.
gardo! as "dstrimsuts" Id other o;ties,
but here they are at the top Of the
swim. Good manners and the fact OF
wearing pantaloons constitute satisfac.
tory claims to recognition In local
society. They got their dinners at other
peoples houses, soc all the plays that arc
going without paying q cent, aud onjoy
excellent opportunities, for marrying the
rich girls who fairly swarm ut the CIpi-
tai. They are not even expected to
send bouquet Ia aokuo vie Ign, OF
Of the entertainment they reo,ive.
The work of clerk In the D,p1rt.
meut of State implies no little re,. .,)1,l.
bility. A wrong word in his trai'crip;
ofa diplomatic paper might p:a;, this
Government in false poNtio,. TIC
business he trausacts Is mostly Of sscret
nature. He may know lony i'll atvince
whom the President ha, cAosel for n
Cabinet Office, or what war ship, are
about to be sent to threaten the ci.ie' OF
4 foreign Nation. II he tells auy5o ly,
and his Information gets out, his indis.
oretion may upset a policy all dissr-
ranged a complete series OF moves waicl
Uncle Sam is trying to carry out. HIP.
PLY, betrayals Of secrets by Go1srnn.ns
clerks have been very rare.
Though one-h,lf of the applicants for
places in the Department are women,
only ono person OF tho gsutlee sex is a..
pointed for every seven men. TLere /,
pre)udtCv yatnst fom,to clerks on sew.
eral accounts. Nevertheless SON, OIL.
oials have discovered that they can often
get wo nau for $500 year who is moro
capable than $l2J0 man. Before the
war the employ nsut OF women as clerks
by the government was almost unknown
though they sometimes got copying to
do at home. Tho first woman regularly
employed was put on the rolls OF th,
Navy Department thirtY.tive year, a 20.
She was u your widow. 1t was a gravs
question wnlt should DO donc with her,
aud it wa, thoasht bsst to isolate her, a,
Ii she wero Contagious. Al attic room
was gwen her, AL she receive ald re-
turned her copying by messenger. To-
day there are 1909 wonea 10 the Trels
ury alone. They aul others iu other
Dep,rt nelts are efficient as acc ouutants,
correspon1 1cuts, iuslists, draugatsmei,
| .yesetters, etc.
In 1851 tho coined money belonging
to the G)vern nsnt gavo out al | C)l.
gress authorized tho issu, of legal tenior
notes payable in g,ld. Ta,sc wsrs til,
ori yinsl "sre.a1Iot,." Ti,y c,ns Ia
sheets from the bar'>uoto computes,
with blank spaces for the signatures Of
the Treas irer an Re yister. It wa, nee.
essary to cl. the aplrt with scissors an
trim the Cd ,e', NJ mtchiuo having q,
yet b,su iuvente for that purpose. G,1.
eral Spinner Suggested thu won,l
should bo employed temporarily to cI;
and count the notes. A number Of tie n
were hired, and after they hal cat SjJ,.
900, 900 worth Of paper Congress author.
lied another issue, at tue SAN, timo IN *.
Ing the employment of tho won II p,e-
mlueut. Somo Of these women are still
at work in the Treasury, where their
sex is intruste1 up to the preseat tin,
with the counting Of the monoy. Fr,.n
this starting p)iut onen grA lu,lly
made their way into tue othar DopIrt-
ments.
great many young men secure place,
in thc Department merely for the pIc.
| pose of supporting the .nselves while :hey
are studying IN the Yroa. sohoois Of law
| and me 1icine here. Matters are so ar.
| ranged at these institutions that clerk
who stops work at p. m. can get din.
ner aud be on hani for the evening le,.
turcs, which begin at 6. After bein
graduated, the young physician may
| practice and yet stay in Office, bee )min
what is known a, q "suudown doctor. y
The melicsl schools of the Goor geto wr
college, ana Columbia U diversity are oil
the highest rank. In the Army Nc lie,
Museum the finest medic Il library in IN.
world is accessible. Justices of tht
United StItes Supreme Court and grei
medical Off ;ers Of the Governmei ar
membcr' OF II, n; ittic, Of tia,c aud
other lcar1cl csta 1lishmeuts in Washiu ,
| ton.
If clerk is absent on account Of ill
ness over sixty days IN any year, he or
she must pay substitute. The Civil
Service Commission provide, all the
substitutes that are wanted. 1t is pro.
videi that tho CLERKS shall givo to the
substitute certain proportion of tn
pay, uJually amouutin to abolt fifty six
per cent. BY thus hiring substitute a
clerk migat retain his plac, in tho ssr.
vice Of the Government for ten years
thou yh himself blind, paralyz,d aud con
hncl to his bel. In all ctic, OF sic'iues:
aphysician's certificate is required.
The clerks are perpetually haunted by
dread lest they are watched by detcc
tectives of the Secret Service. That sort
OF thing is sometimes done, bat only
rarely and on relu,s, OF n superior cfficc
who suspects that so nething is wrou :.
II mau who occupies responsible
| position gets to drinking and "playiny
the races it my bs thou ,ht worth
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