Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-16
Envy and Malice.


Another worthy citizen. resigned but
cheerful In the consciousness of faithfully
performing duty. gives abundant evil
dence that certain lawless characters I'm
MS vicinity are receiving pensions for dis
aoiiities not contracted In the military ser
VICE He asserts that - and
- - goes fishing miles to the River
every day all summer. grape wine and
wichious habets" thus conveying a dark
nint that grape wine and wichious hab-
cts are responsible for the Densioned all
Hehts. On investigation such charges are
often proved to have no other foundation
Tran personal malice or envy.
Some OF the addresses of the pension
bureaus mail are even more curious than
the letters themselves The promiscuous
american use of the prefix Mr.
mas made IT possible for one man TO ad-
I H ms communication to Mr.. Pension
department, Washington, d. c. !" which "a
not more original, however than this SUI
Offic." Ni'i'
An envelope worthy Of special regard for
its unpleasant suggestiveness reads:
Pinching Department Washington. ID CO
ana correspondent from South Carolina
actresses the present commissioner as
States"
Curious Addresses.
One feels compelled to admire the CLEVER
handed over to the bureau of pensions let
tiers addressed as follows.
Washington. ID. c.
'U. s. ID. o. tie cor: mishingbiors " ara
this: o
commissioner Clay, Columbus. Ohio"
The Commissioners title is variousIv
modlned to Keeper" "Proprietor or
Head Man of the pension office Here
are some other odd expressions used in ad-
dressing Commissioner Evans:
III. Clay Evans, Pension General Q"
Evans a Co, Soldiers Attorney Evans
evans penchant agent" Henry c Iyens.
General Comision Agent" SECRETARY PEN
son Buro, and even this: lien hon Comb
TONER OF pensions" lien" is presunab Ivy
to be translated General and hon. or
course, stand for the Honorable" An
other man directs his request ia Com
itloners In the plural. evidently in the
peilef that their name is legion A cor
respondent from Pennsylvania literally
covered his envelope with these directions;
Mr.. Evins,
Comisher of pinsh,
Washington City
Co
GO Ensecptors, Pension Office. :, .'Pion.
sshon ID. p, and The Penshion of Burop
are characteristic efforts Ii is evident
that the man who inscribed the following
ADDRESS reproduced faithfully thereon a
portion OF the printed notice on the gov
eminent penalty envelope sent him by his
congressional representative:
Bureau of Pension
washington ID. c.
NJ. c. Official Business
Penalty for Private.
ShrOuded I'm Mystery
singular superscription. the full inn
port Of which is still shrouded in mystery,
is:
''washenton
"Penchen Ofic
And yet it is possibly not more astonish-
ing than this one:
washington d. C.
to the pention department terror
a brief, but novel method, of expressing
Pension Office, Interior Department
The fact that all the business of Uncle
sam s executive departments is not trans
acted In one building would probably be
source of wonder to the men who direct
ed their envelopes thus:
~. ST. s Penshen Bgrea, Z. s. Capitol
Washington City of ID. c."
TO the SECRETARY Of Ware,
Washington d. c."
and
Mr.. McKiley
THE Pension ONCE"
Carefully crowded into the corner of an
odd-looking envelope is the entire address
General penshion offs, Washington, d. CO
One feels inclined to wonder what could
have been the writer's motive in leaving
so much blank space. A California man
recently requested some information from
the "Comisinger of Pensionegers."
Reasons for Delay.
Any one who feels inclined to wonder az
the length Of time that elapses in many
cases between the filing and settlement Of
a pension claim is respectfully requested
to consider the difficulties made by the ap.
plicants themselves as well as the neces.
sity of sitting the evidence presented, the
work Of gathering medical testimony or
proving the identity of the claimants etc
Many applicants, on the rejection Of
their claims. are firmly convinced that
such action is the result Of personal malice
on the part of the commissioner of PEN
sions or the Interference OF their neigh
bors. Others are constantly complaining
of the delay in issuing pension certificates.
If these people realized the fact that
over 100000 certificates Of all kinds were
issued during the last fiscal year possibly
they might gather a faint idea of the tre-
mendous number of cases constantly being
handled.
An Old Law Gone Wrong.
From the Philadelphia Press.
Dash ding itr' exclaimed the bachelor.