Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-12
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The leaves of absence in the depart
ments are arranged on the wrong idea"
explained d welI-known physician to a Star
reporter 'in the fact that they are gen
orally confined To two months. July and
August. though now and then there are
exceptions which include September and
October. To start c,lt. a leave of absence
is intended as Il rest and recuperation.
With many persons rccureration in the
summer months is impossible. They run
down in the summer and do not brace up
except III the cooler seasons, and to take
a leave Of absence. or be compelled to take
it during the summer is a contradiction
and in many cases more of an injury than
otherwise. Health is not confined to few
months in a year any more than is disease,
and. as is well known. what benefits one
acts on the contrary with others. Leaves
of absence should be granted and taken
when the particular person interested needs
and requires il. it matters not whether the
need is in the summer or at other seasons.
In q great many cases I admit that
recreation is more beneficial during the
summer season, but this does not hold
coed with all persons The signs are spe-
cially marked. when q clerk or persons
engaged in other occupations need a rest
CT change OF conditions Many recrcate
best when they have work of a different
kind from that they usually do, while 9TH
ers to get the best benefit from a leave of
absence should actually do nothing but eat
and sleep. The habits should DO changed
as much as possible and / would especially
advise longer sleeping hours. An extra
hour or two of sleep in the morning is
wonderful source of reCupera ton. To those
who are in the habit of retiring at a fixed
hour in the evening it will be found bene-
fetal if they retire an hour earlier or later
as suits them, as to change the Condi-
tiCnS of sleeping. The extra time used in
sleeping in the morning will be found to
pay. A leave of absence to be a complete
recreation should not be run on schedule
or itenerary, but should be carried out on
irregular hours. Thus breakfast should be
taken when it suits the person interested,
rather than to suit the hours of boarding
houses. hotels or even in private homes
Nne-tenths Of all persons who reside III
cities and who are engaged IN work Tor
others whether in stores. banks or depart
rnents very often have a feeling at the
hour for rising that they would enjoy a
little longer sleep. but they know 1t Is out
of the question, and have to fOregO the
pleasure Such pleasures should be INDUCED
in frequently during a leave Of absence
of course the conditions are altogether on
ferenr when a person Is engaged IN Dusl-
ness Of his or her own Selt-intereSt ana
business habits are in control then and all
things else have To be considered secondary,
or at least they are supposed 10 De con-
sidered secondary, and many business OF
professional men do not md out that they
have. made n failure in life and round up
their existence years earlier than they
should until it is too late The average
clerk, departmental or comnerc!aL Is
har1-w0rking ne chine. for the trlilerS are
bur few In comparison with the great mass.
and il HchurveS them to 50 arrange lheif
work ami recreation or leaves Of absence
that it will b" as beneficial as poSslbie.
There can n TO general rule laid down
from a medical standpoint, as 10 when
leave Of absrNCc should he taken bul l
think | am ON the safe side when say
that the moment clerks ascertain that they
are carrying their work to bed with
Them and dreaming Of it. the time Tor a
leave Of absence has arrived, IL matters !lot
whether it is during the summer or othef
SEASON Burning the candle at bpth eIu5
consumes it rapidly. and working during
waking as We'll as sleeping hours Will CON
sumo 4 person as rapidly There i Sucil
thing as getting So tired that rest Is I'M
possible. When the signal Is gwen II Is a
certain sign that physical nature demands
n halt ana the inevitable Will follow unless
note is taken OF it,"
"The. late Colonel Robert Ingersoll prob
ably stood higher in police and detective
circles than any public man of the present
day" observed a visiting detective officer
To A. Star reporter and it all came about
by the address he delivered over the grave
OF a detectives child in this city. That
address touched them all, whether they
coucurr-d in the religious doctrine or want
of it that mace up the greater part Of the
address or not. and there was nothing that
they could do for him that they did not
do The colonel was u wonderful man in
many respects and his lecturins tours were
great successes in a business way, as
We'll as In other ways, but there never was
a city in which ne IecJured that the police
old net assist il making the box office re
ceipts Is large as they could or all the
lecturers travelling throughout this coun-
try he was regarded as SpeciaL4y inc friend
of the policeman. and this assistance from
the hundreds of Thousands of policemen
and detectives turned many big bag OF
money into MS receipts. In many cities he
was taken in charge By the police on his
arrival. and helped in every way until he
left. / remember on one occasion he lee
tured IN a city in which l YVES located. 1t
was in the winter time and he discovered
as he was leaving the theater that his over
coat hal been stolen He informed the
police officers At the theater of the loss of
the coat and asked their assistance in re-
covering It. lie was assured that the coat
would be recovered BY the time he needed
II the next morning if there was anything
that could be done by the police. and in
the mean1iIl" an OVeTCUat was borrowed
for him To wear TO his hotel 1t was in a
biz city. - here there were a large number
of thieves. The robbery was reported to
police headquarters and special consul
tatIOH held The chief OF police gave or
ders that the coat had To be recovered by
the next morning even II it was necessary
10 lock up every thief in the city. Orders
were sent 10 all the precincts in the city to
arrest every thief that was known and
bold him until further notice. BY / O'Clock
that night there were over 100 thieves I'M
der arrest They We're told Of the robbery
and were Informed that they would be
held under arrest until the coat came back.
All OF them were allowed 10 communicate
freely with their aSSOCia ties, police and de-
teCtlye officers carrying their messages out.
BY : O'Clock that morning each thief had
on an average three associates engaged in
the hunt for Col IngersolIs coat. and some
or them a. many dozen. The result OF
tho several hundred engaged looking for
the stolen coat was that by : o'clock that
morning, ii was turned up by one Of the
thieves friends 1t appears that the man
who stole il did not know 10 whom the
Goat belonged He picked il up near the door
OF the thoater where it had been Carelessly