Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-09
About the Half Holiday.

To the Editor Of The Evening Star:
The seeming object of correspondents,
whenever the government clerk is the sub
ject. is to make him out one OF three
things: A fraud and rascal, a school boy
or an object of pity.
In view of the decided tendency OF bust
ness men in the present age to allow their
employees a Saturday half holiday. and
the following of the example by several
cities. a certain very nice gentleman in
Congress introduced a bill to allow the
same privilege to the government clerks.
Now, that is all right; 1t is a good thing;
the country can stand it, and the govern
ment clerks life. not being a typical bed
OF roses. would have injected into 1t a
small amount Of brightness to compensate
for some of his ills, and coming at this
time, when the policy OF everybody outside
the city of Washington seems TO be to
give the clerk black eye. ii was particu-
lsrly gratifying and agreeable to find that
at least all were not against him.
Now, 1t would be supposed that the clerk
would appreciate this. and if possible do
everything he could to help bring about the
desired result. OF course the chances for
its contamination were and are small. but
what do We find? One bright and ingenious
light Is not satisfied with Saturday but
wants Thursday; that would be quite nice.
personally i should prefer both; but
wouldn't II be quite good idea to let them
give us Saturday and keep our oral cavt-
ties closed; there might be such a thing
as the supposition that Circe's magic had
worked after all Then another goose, with
a more foolish and a louder quack SAYS
that II is necessary for the clerk. when he
can't get holiday decently, to go around
with a SLOUGH hat in his pocket and sneak
n ha hga rNw-fv1 ~
away, and besides, as everybody knows, 1t
isn't true, why, of course. nobody will be
Heve il. In the office which 1 have the
honor to grace We have had one such case
In ten years, and the gentleman is not
there now.
Now If everybody must have something
to say, say ii, don't print it, and IL the
gentlemen in Congress want to give us a
halliday holiday on Saturday and think
II Is our due, why let them; don't stop
them and take up valuable space in the
papers trying to show how much better
something else would be. and why IL is
necessary that We SHOULD have it and a
thousand other insane suggestions and
reasons and explanations-in other words
let well enough alone and don't monkey
with the buzz saw. Now. IL every one will
put a stop his jaw tackle and allow
me to have the last say. and just go quiet
~ to work and do little judicious talking
to the right parties, and keep the weather
eye open, We may get il, but don't knock
everything in the head by a great long
discussion When one person says any
thing Ii Is natural for others to chip in
and have their respective little opinion
airing, but IL every one who at the present
time has nice little article" neatly type
written for the newspaper will go off and
read IL TO the moon, 1t will do more good
than IL will printed. and besides that it
won't hurt anything. Don't answer this as
i have now made my little lecture tho
opinions about the proposed holiday eN-
pressed and will gracefully retire into my
cyclone cellar and pull the cellar in after
me. AID CAPTANDCM VJLGUS