The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-12

are the women whose skillful ewes ana
uellcate myers can detect a counterfait
III second. So expert are thew that a
STANCE sufhces. Occasionally. however
q counterfeit is so near the original that
- taAeS considerable time and labor to
ti1J ne forgery In the case of a bogus
Oh, the paper is soaked and then sonar
ated by means of slender knife. The
soVefhment greenback is made I'D Of torAA
Inn SheetS pressed together with hair
!lhe threads Of silk between. One can
imagine the steadiness of hand required
TO separate these sheets one from an
other without tearing or mutilating them
In any way. These women are not paid
extremely large salaries for their work
not over $l,OO per annum, yet it is doubt
ful whether many men could be found
TO do the work, regardless of salary.
Women Are BETTER Clerks.
Some pension officials declare that If
male instead CT female clerks were en-
ployed on the pension cases, of our old
soldiers, their widows and orphans. the
poor prospective pensioners would die of
starvation before action was reached on
their claims. In cases where exactitude
to the verge of Thickness is required, Wo-
men are better clerks than men, This has
been borne out in work Of the census
bureau where the tabulating machines re-
curing unending patience, and the most
Sklllful eXactness of touch are all run
by women. The census bureau has proven
a source Of much contention. Coming as
Its organization did at the close of the
SpanlSh-American war, it was god
send to many families that suffered loss
OF husband, son or brother in that con-
f1lct. There should be some considera-
ton of this fact shown in the dismissals
which are now taking place. However
a aIo
realized that their work would be Of a
temporary character.
Some few are prepared for dismissal
but the great majority have spent their
money carelessly and without thought for
the morrow, and these find themselves
In an unpleasant position. They have ac-
quired taste for Washington life, and go
back to the farm, or the store, or to the
lutte country home. disconnected and
with longings which cannot be satisfied
for work in the government service.
Without doubt these 1000 or more young
men and women who have been employed
In the census bureau have ADDED much to
the revenue Of the street car companies
and the confectionery of Washington for
the past year or 50: and the prettily
gowned figures and gay young voices of
the girls will DO missed from the streets
of the capital.
1t is Wen dressed crowd of women and
girls who troop down to the departments
in he mornings, the women many. Of
them from once wealthy families-dress-
ed in sobsr black. the girls in short skirts
and tailored waists. Indeed this sensible
costume of short skirt and SHIRT waist
has become almost a uniform so general
has, been its adoption. It signalizes the
passing of the old idea that woman in
business is playing at work. She has
tried it and found it good. now she is
going to dress herself for it, and those
Of her sex who are energetic and am
bilious enough to secure the shekels
from Uncle Sans money bag should not
be objects Of envy, but rather of emula-
ton. The way of obtaining these places
is long and tedious. but under the
methods employed by the civil service
commission it is open to ALL and no mat
ter how remote the place may be- oppor-
tunities are given those who live there
to take the civil service examination
wlTich is the prerequisite for employment
in the government service