The evening times., 1901-12-16

dian Office Several years ago he secured
a transfer TO the Department OF State,
where he is now employed in the ofice
OF the Secretary. MT. Cow is an expert
steaographer, = very rapid typewriter,
and his knowledge Of the law makes him
very valuable assistant IN the Office to
which he is attached. He has had an ex-
tenstve training along various lines of
endeayor- And baing Z conservative man
with many OF his best years before him it
VIII surprise those who know him best
If he does rot pave the way to honors for
himself in the high class of departmental
service to which he has been fortunate
enough to be called.
Mr. Douglas s RoDa9dson is a member
OF that very small corps Of men who com
pose the list OF engravers in the Bureau
Of Engraving and Printing. It is pretty
generally accepted that the men who do
the engraving work on the paper money
circulated in this country bearing the i'm
print of the Treasury are skilled in their
art-it can hardly be called less In fact
they are the most proficient engTavers in
the country. which It is proper they should
be, and the small band which is employed
is drawn from among the crack engTav-
ers OF the land. Mr. Ronaldson, before
coming to Washington. was employed by
the New York Bank Note Company where
he did ali classes OF high-cIass engrav-
ing During that period of employment
he executed some of the most beautiful
specimens Of work ever turned out, hut
his particular pride is a scrap-book Of
postage stamps, the original dies for
which he made, ordered for foreign gov
ernments. The portraits n some of these
are maTvels Of faithfulness in their like
ness to the oId-wcrld rulers they repre-
sent Mr. ROnaIdson. besides being a
past-masteT in the engTaTeT's world, IS
one of the haiI-feIIOws Of the bureau to
which he is attached
Mrs Eta S Chapman is a second as
sistant examiner in division 80 Of the
Patent Office. designs, trademarks. op-
tics" This division, by the way, has for
its principal examine, Mr. Edwin L
Chapman. who. however, is no relation
to Mrs Chapman She enjoys the dis
tiuction Of being one of the few, # not
the only member Of the examining corps
of her sex in the Patent Ofice- Mrs
Chapman has been On the roofs for over
twenty-three years. period of time
which has enabled her to absorb much
information in regard 70 her paTti .,1iar
class of work Her examining duties re-
late exclusively to Trademarks The nles
Of drawings in division 33 relating TO de-
! signs and subjects for trademarks IS
simply vast There is an ever pouring
Z stream of applications for the right TO
use particular combinations Of words,
firm names. pictures or other devices by
: commercial concerns TO use as labels
signs OF otherwise in connection with
their products or manufactures 1hese
must be new. original or be character
2
TO the office in other claims granted tF
pending TO entitIe the applicant 70 q
trademark patent and the ensuing T1Snt
tn exclusive use Very often some very
fine points arise in determining the right
/ Of an applicant under this head, ana n
/ references" are not at all uncommon
which means ore or more parties claim
I in the same device, which sends the case
! 10 a hoard CT examiners in interference
/ n mass uDon its merits MIS- Chapman
/ is probabIy the most expert person IN the
/ United States On trademarks. ana carries
around IN her memory store Oh hHo"i
/ edys which enables her to tell almost al
/ q glance whether an applicant has good
: case without recourse to the drawings
/ Patrick Flynn, CT the Office OF the Audi
for for the War Department, has had
very interesting career He cana 10 this
country from Ireland some time before the
beziuning of the civil war, joined tue
Federal Army and ii one OF the great bet-
{ ties received a wound which permanently
/ injured his left arm. At the close OF the
/ war he found himself in Detroit general
earvice clerk. headquarters Department Of
the Lakes. Returning 20 the old country
! he brought back with him young Vile
and secured a place in the appointment
division OF the Treasury transferring
later 10 his present office. AF- lynn Is
: scholarly and among other matters mas
+ devoted much study TO the subject OF the
meaning and derivation OF names, eS
pseiaIIv those OF the clans Of Ireland and
. Scotland The variations OF spelling IN
family names are certain tracers OF their
origin and nationality py Nj Flynn ;
method of reasoning. and there are some
very interesting revelations ID De Iodhu
in his researches along this line, some OF
! which ne has contributed to the pubic
through articles from time to time Nj
Ffvnn IS also well up in English Scotch
and Irish history and politics he IS q
first cousin Of the late William J. FLOR
ence whose fame as an actor hngeTS III
the memory Of many Of the older Sener-
alton OF theatregoers-
Dewitt P. CowI. acting application clerk
OF the Patent Office, gIsnces retrospect
iveIv over career in the public service
which commenced July s, 1S6s--neaTiY
thfrty-three years Of bonorsbIe and faith
! fuI perforance Of duty Very few men
in the Government employ look back so
many years. The patent business has
grown to its present gargantuan proper
ffous within the span OF his years as one
of its servants. 4 comparison Of the
number of applications made during the
first wears OF his regime and those now
. fled under his direction IS almost humor-
Gus. As the title Of his position iTmplles.
Mr.. CovI has charge of the first steps in
cident to the securing OF a patent, to-wit-
aDpIying for one. which involves the not
unimportant feature OF Temitung the hrst
fee. When this step is taken the appli-
cant's idea becomes q case, properly
jacketed and labeled, whence II proceeds,
through the proper channels, TO the divI-
sion having charge Of the class OF inyeh-
tions in which it claims distinction, where
: il becomes subject to the scrutiny OF TIE
. scientific gentlemen who compose the eS-
ar,,ining CORDS Mr.. CoBl is yet a very