San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-14
DALLAS LETTER.

DALLAS, Tex, April, Ii, 1895.
It is said of BENJAMIN Franklin
that he knew just what to say, and
when to say it, and what not to say
This cannot be said OF the appli-
cants for civil service examination
Your correspondent saw returned
application for departmental ap,
plication. The application was re-
turned for correction :; in filling the
voucher, one of the endOrsers of the
applicant failed to write the mid,
die initial of the applicants name
On the outer sheets was blank
to fill, naming the kind OF exami.
nation; just above which was
printed in large letters, "Applica.
ton for Departmental Railway
Mail or Indian service"
1t was the indian service exami-
nation the applicant desired, and
filled in the space left blank, "In-
dian Service" This was also
marked for correction. The infer.
ence is, that the applicant should
have named the position sought in
the Indian service.
l concluded that there was
lots Of red tape and much strain
ing at gnats when we learned the
applicant was barred out of the
examination on account of not
being furnished a card of admis-
sion, which was withheld till these
discrepancies were corrected. AS
the examination is on Friday,
there is not sufficient time to send
the corrected papers to Washing
ton, d. c., and get reply card.
We feel sorry for the applicant,
but were thoroughly impressed
with the accuracy Of our govern.
ment, or at least with the auth
ority of those in power.
One can interpret the "advlce to
applicants" to mean more than one
way OF doing thing, just as
church folks can, and do interpret
the scriptures as to the way one
should be baptized.
You may write to the chiefs ask
ing the meaning OF certain para
graphs. For an answer they send
you the printed pamphlet, which
perhaps you have already beer
furnished with.
Mrs. Maud Darlington Booth
had a large and appreciative audi
ence in the First Baptist church
Friday afternoon. But for the i'm
pending storm an equally large
audience would have greeted. hel
in the city hall the same evening
In the afternoon she spoke FOL
an hour and half to an audience
who drank in every word she said
She told of salvation work, of thu
ridicule to which the salvationist
had been subjected. She told o.
slum work, rescuing the scums o
earth from life worse than death
or the practical work, she spoke
"You ought to see the 5000 children
poor little outcasts passing
through their bath. Many o
these little helpless creatures neve
had a bath before coming to the
salvation army nursery" said she
She told Of work in the Bowery
"Bowery means a great deal that i!
not good and nice, as you all know
, But great and etfeCtual good re
suits from our work in this partic
ular section OF New York" TIL,
speaker impressed her hearers
with her earnestness, so that when
collection time came there wer,
few who did not respond to he
appeal for aid. Those who coult
not give, put their names dow
for whatever amount they fel
they could afford, for staff Captain
McFarlane to collect later.
] After the audience was dismissed
it seems the entire congregation
came forward to shake hands will
/ the little woman who had i'm
pressed all so favorably.
Mayor-Elect Holland continue
= to receive multitudes Of congratu
, latory letters. Six hundred have
l been delivered to him thus fal
? Mr.. Holland says he will answer
: each one OF them as soon as h
= finds time to do so. Mr.. HOLLAND
says the mayor protein will draw
: a large portion Of his salary, as hi
will be absent from the city grea
deal.
: Prof. Alexander Hogg, Of Fort
D Worth, has been in the cit,
8 trying to effect arrangement
with railroads for transpor
= tation of teachers who desire to at
: tend the Teachers convention. 1
is expected some 1000 teachers will
. be present.
q An anti-poverty society has beef
t opened, where the managers stat
: an active campaign Of educator
( will be conducted and where Their
!. will be free employment bureau
t II. B. Strange, former cashier o
3 the Fourth National of this city, il
, a candidate for the receivership o
J, the Fort Worth City Nationa
l bank. 49,
= Great industries have never beef
/. created by the labors of workmel