The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-13

considerable cracking Of the papers on his desk.
Most OF Mr.. Sherman's visitors know enough to
take this hint, IL they don't the Secretary of
states quiet : ls there anything elsef Rener-
Secretary. of the Interior Bliss is tho hardest
in penetrating beyond the young man whom Mr..
Bliss took from the Fourth National Bank in
New York no always gets a satisfactory talk,
even III he comes away without any promises. A
great many swagger women, most of them from
New York, call upon Mr.. Bliss in their hus-
terror is a shy man In the presence OF the sex he
rather breads their visits. although they are
generally the bearers Of letters that practically
woman of 80. perfectly tailored and somewhat
violently perfumcd, swept into Mr.. Bliss's office
he looked like n man who wanted to run. 1T
was a narrow escape; he said, after she went;
came in that she would want mo to recommend
her husband for , an Indian agency Or something nj
1ttorncy.GencrSi MeSRenna exhibited great
OF bad looking men in black frock coats OF the
Texas cut, enormous black SLOUGH hats, and
o MISUNDERSTANDING sp.is SinS oonkoidnsg 6nl Fss. in the So nsilshsorfh hood
the, wild and woolly West who yearn to servo
their ]country, IN the capacity q United States
None of thcm appears to be able, to SEQ into
the private secretary interrogation business
tary is a miid.mannered young man who
was born and raised in this town, and al.
though he understands enough about tanning
art of tanning a gun, wherefore most of tho
wicked;looking mon with dropping black mus
him. Whom tho private secretary inquiries their
business they gaze at him hard so that no yields
The Attorney. General displays no fear whatever
of them, and works off the flo your papers"
speech on them rs easily as Mr.. Gage does on his
Secretary Of Agriculture Wilson is visited by
9 great number Of agrioulturists with chin
visiting Washington for pleasure, can well re.
train Il from IS,S, sailing upon ? tn the cabinet Cabinet MI Ie,,
folio Mnos Solely fSat he q might Sni be- , able 6ist to Work I for Pq the
man with his coat or" They generally call at
,hs sSSs rF W,},S of 4 As 1i%1ts S.si ptlis Sl. d to pa, sss
for three. lie himself takes the middle seat,
his visitors. and then talks crops and stock
and ampliicd markets for American agricul-
warns KIM pbS By coughs and other signalling de-
vices that there are a lot moro people out In
the reception room waiting for an audience. Mr..
NM short II tiS ssp %so a young woman 1iisi tsdd'i MIN
and asked him for a lob in the Department of
her to one Of the windows Of his office looking
out upon beautiful flower gardens and acres OF
Sepeso sG" upon nc" quite rhapsoaioaliy CMr. Wilson on
was born in Ayr. Robert Burns's birthplace),
and he concluded:
" w " "uht u iuS - nv ~ iohoh
my dear young woman; you do not want to be
cooped up in u dusty room; your place Is out in
the sunshine-out in the beautiful sunshine"
The pretty young woman was looking at the
Secretary OF Agriculture out OF the tail OF hel
eye as he spoke.
One can't live on sunshine, you know" she
said when he had finished.
Mr.. Wilson saw the point, descended. ant
gave the girl the job she wanted.
Secretary of War Alger receives his visitor,
after the manner of a General in his tent in thu
field. He does n good deal Of writing with a pen
and when the visitor is ushered into Mr.. Algert
presence he generally finds the Secretary of Wa,
scribbling with the apparent mental concentra
ton of n commander issuing orders upon which
the fate of an army depends. Mr.. Alger has go
the trick Of a general officer in being able t.
recognize his visitor without apparently glanC
ing up from his writing. He is not much both
cred by Office seekers, for his private .secretar,
and his confidential clerk have to be dealt witt
in their offices before the visitor can reach tn
Secretary's sanctum. md these young men ar
both capable and successful WATERS.
Postmaster-General Gary receives everybod.
who calls with the proper sort Of credentials L
impress his private secretary. The men VIII
call with regard to Postnastcrships are turne
over by the private secretary to the Fourth As
sistant Postmaster-Gencral and few Of then
ever see the inside OF Mr.. Gary's office. Til
office seekers who want jobs in the Post Ofic
Department other than Postmasterships hav
already fastened upon Mr.. Gary the reputation
OF having many more words of hope and chez
than he has memory for their names when the
visit him the second time.