The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-02-08

When President Mckinley announced
Tho appointment CT Frederick J. Allen. Of
Auburn. \. T.. as Commissioner OF Pat
eats. inquiries Immediately were made as
e. who ne was. what experience he had
had in patent matters. ana how long ne
had been practiciug before the Patent
Omcc. An invcsura ion showed chat Lc
was q patent lawyer who's, uaDlc had
been enrolled on the roster of lttofs-- -
entitled 20 practice before the Patent Oh
Gee II was further ascertaincG that he
had been conducting modest nut steady
practice before hgt Office AID the courts
for nearly twenty years.
A year hes not YET passed sire" he was
fist insteiIel into his present office. set
be- has i.niii9liZ.d himself with the
duties oi Be-. Conn missioner nip and mas
tered the voiumluous and intricate work
involved.
lie is q man in the prime o. Iite Of
quiet. GiEnlhed bearing. and c0mu-udiu-
p.e-cBcc, yet Gaable. kind, anG foTboar-
ing "a most entertaining tslllcr and good
listener
A man OF slender frame. but tirelsss
energy a r1iustabins. thorOuzh Official
who ti Is iiuc 90 take UP, in a measure,
the details o. -bc various branches OF
business iu bis bureau and give them per-
sC-5l attention. FIs decisions. rendered
ia aid tf,t senate plat recommended
Mr.. Allen &C the i 'eE dent Tor this ap-
poirtEcut.
I,ecentIy an old and faithful clerk in
TIE Patent Office died. leaving a widow
With four children and q ve-v small iu-
cone. u became necessary Tor the
mother 10 obtain employment o. some
KIND co sla made ap-.IicatIou 20 the Con
missioner Of Patents for appointmcnt in
the 1,flcIaSriGcd service. had friend oil
her husbands state her ease. and received
an appointment the next daE.
This NAV appear q very little thing 10
do b7,t when II IS stated that there were
scores OF applications or aypontw,ut on
n, fi,5 ~ no -o--rc,ie n, sfq-1 r viii
=. Seer rs.4t n raura-e0us mind rs vel, as
4 eyuDathet-. teaI- was roglir,l so give
TINS tereaFee " oman the ana le "7A'-
io' ana H- --e--
NJ P-.rr- or+n--- ono n tho r-a1-g-
- ...-.-. .,. r-,-...-
IAlDT'- ID t-- -'--.. a. 1917" ~
once. ls FeTt III WIN y phoi4 tet-t-- 'A--
Putnam has been IN the Oihce for nearly
fourteen years and is familiar with ali
80 ,r.,. .3..,f1. 81 -t. ,-,-l. ..I,5i--a,sa
II.
DE l3 tIe term @ipiie1 ~ ann ~ I'7
and s-=nOgrapl5-s so la t1e icad DIVISION
b-t jhe kind with ,Ee ability ana fidelity
Of Nr. Putnam 30 not come i'm large con
S guGeufs. JUST ROW, however, the oili-
Gals think they have find in Mir Ralph
Daskam. unit recently a sJencgraDHer
on" to the wo.k So quickly thar Jne on
cials are a Httie afraid that he may leave
them They say that an lAelr 1est i L'-l
W. lLe '.yii % - - -,
s. the ~, liifsr,,it WI or f5e division
vel in hand. So they are watching Mr.
Daskam's development IS an Indian Office
sten2grapHeE Win "a satisfaction "HieA 10
not InmiNed MIN alariA-
. Il -.
hiS7 1uila 'OlNSto" - 'iilo'ia -
are assisting Che4e sam 70 count NO"
many Of rs there really are and how many
dollars we are worth Sha belongs 10 the
,--17 ,--,r,,-- r-b.z+or family of VIRGINIA
- 90 80, ~ az, J,,spa Johnston
Of r,o.l-i7-h7r9 county Previous 10 com
io, "a V-s-l,in~+on A-f-- Tobnstoo taught
scboo1 =, nor 1ati,-a count and was IN
,,s,,,II,, ,,,cgessf,,l % a r~ir,a,.v teacher
Rrr fca -bars IN EIrcinfa 80 a rpIa are
not ,-s-,- r,-nifrantlv rsr-srdad for fnair
7,-o-l- IND frcge 80 fbor, ,,bo hoo enter
rrise ana ambition ana who are nat we'd
80 ~ ~. r-oFa-sion for rhe Drofession,s
ssl-s ,,eraIlt- Leave Tho zc,oolroo-, and 90
,rae-s tIef~ en.~eies are betre- re,-ar.i-
g.. i; s 80 % -, ,. ',,'.--- III
acc,iracy cd nor work and has proven a
valued emDloye OF the Governments.