The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-01-08


+ at his command 20 give his visitor an in
I terFiew is 20 sDeud a season OF unaUoved
. enjoyment Prof. Mason came 10 Wash
b ingtCn from Virginia. where he was born
. and raised. his home being the old Custfs
I mansion, which. with a portion Of the
+ farm on which Mount Vernon is situated
. was purchased by the professors father
7 from the Washington estate in 1889 one
I day seven years later young Mason took
a notion % come 70 Washington on a
{ visit Upon landing at the Seventh Street
wharf the first object which attracted
ms attention was the brown tower OF the
/ SMITHSONIAN Institution He made his
{ way there and found that the annual
I meeting Of the American Agricultural As
I ISOLATION was in progress George Wash
/ lnston Parke Gusts was the presiding Of
| ncer and when Mr. Mason entered the
I hall the distinguished Prof. joseph Henry
. who served as Secretary OF the Instftu-
I tion from 1916 until his death In 1873 was
Z leLVering lecture on The Necessity or
/ Studying the Atmosphere With Reference
I 20 the Crops The effect Of that lecture
I was that the Weather Bureau was some
/ time later organized Mr.. Mason listened
( WITH much interest tc Prof Henry lie
I returned 10 Virginia and in due course OF
/ time became a lecturer az Columbian
University While there he accepted. in
I 1872 an Oiier from the Board Of REGENTS
/ Of the Smithsonian Institution TO edff soa-
/ cal papers 90 be issued BY the Institution.
MS Office he held for twelve years re-
/ Inqulshlng DC IN 1884 10 become the head
( OF the Department Of EthnoIogy. which
position ne now most aceeDtabIy fills.
/ Herbert " Meyers. the efficient mes
senger Of the Commissioner Of Pensions.
IS probably the youngest veterans in the
I Government service. IL not in the conn
I NV. Az the rr14 II -re E-y
I although Of an age when most BOYS would
shrink from the stern realities Of war.
/ young Meyers. fired by patriotism. offer
I 90 MS services % his country. Obtaining
+ the necessary consent Of his aclardians.
. he enlisted and rassed through the hard
i ships Of the Santiago campaign After
{ an experience in garrison duty he was
/ hCnOrabiy discharged and returned 70 his
/ home a brOnzed AID hardy veteran. Ap-
Z pointed from the Fourth Maryland Con
: gressioual district April S. 1899 10 his
/ present position. he has BY strict atten-
/ ton TO business made an enviable record
and has a host Of friends in the Pension
Bureau Recently he has been assigned
70 the White House as messenger during
the social season. his principal duty be-
ing to deliver the many invitations 20
the different functions taking place there
during the next few months a position
requiring ability and tact as wei as ex-
IRENE prompuJude. Mr.. Meyers holds the
rank or Lieutenant in the Spanish War
Veterans organization. and is an earnest
worker for the good Of the order.
II all the scientific men Of Washington
who have leisure and wealth at their com
mand had the disposition TO benefit their
fellow-men BY the diffusion of useful
knowledge that is possessed By Major
Bendir l. s A tretiredJ. the advice
Of General Washington. in 1895 that
10 was the duty OF al Ito promote as
an object Of primary Importance fusti-
ruticns for the increase and diffusion Of
knowledge; in proportion as the structure
Of opinion a Government gives force TO
public opinion, il is essential that the
public should be enlightened" would be
carried out So anxious is the major 70
give the benefit OF his knowledge to the
world at large shat he has. without any
compensation whatever. written a number
Of books. which have been published By
the Smithsonian Institution and sent 70
those desiring them. without cost. in all
parts % the world One of the best known
Of Major Bendirs books is a volume on
Birds Eggs on which subject be is
an authority.
Mr.. Miles NJ Shand. OF the state De-
partment. has become the head OF what
is believed to be one Of the largest sun
day schools attached 10 the Baptist de-
nomination in the United States. and il
IS one Of not more than three OF four
Sunday schools that has a home which is
distinctively it's own and which was
built expressly for Sunday school Dur-
poses The erection OF this building.
which cost S159000 was made easy by
the munifceuce Of Mr.. s ". Woodward.
of this city, who. without solicitation.
gave his check for $4,000 toward the
BAPTIST Church. on the II Street side.
and IS one OF the church attractions OF
Washington. Dir. Shand also takes great
interest In other branches Of religious
work and is very active in promoting the
cause of Christian Eudeav0r. and also
hat Of the Young Mems Christian As
sociotion-
The duties Of the night force employed
in the Census Once consist to a great ex-
tent in inspecting. correcting and report
ing on the accuracy OF the work done by
certain Of the day clerks The work
which has been engaging their attention
for several months. and which is now
rapidly nearing q finish is technically
known as verifying family punched
cards For every family residing in the
United States card containing certain
symbols must be punched in the punch
ing machines The Information which
socs on. or rather is pTuched through.
these cards is Steamed by The lady clerks
FROM the original schedules which we're
returned by The enUuerarors. After a
district is family edited" and punched
the cards appg raining thereto. together
with the schedules for the district are
handed 10 the night force for VeriEratic1
They correct and report all errors and
he much perforated slips Of cardboard
are then passed on 90 the manipulators Of
The automatic tabulatiug machine. IL VIII
be seen that the standing Tor accuracy Of
the female clerks who punch the cards
depends largely upon the reports o. their
work sent I'M by the night force IL is
claimed by the clerks that the rules
which govern the exact symbols that shall
le punched for certain 'OccuDlr ious u
the people" are changed so frequently as
90 make 10 eLtc emely difficult 10 keep up
with the latest ukass. These changes are
made with a desire 10 get az the exact
facts of a mans occupation REGARDLESS Of
she ind56nitensss Of the census euumera-
tors primary class fiCaJjOl- The number
OF errors found by the night force men
determines their vigilance in the work.
and as a technical construction Of the
rules makes 10 possible TO charge errors
which are not errors at al in q broader
sense. the lady clerks often complain Bit
rerly that their work is too severely
iudEed-is ''bUtchered to make a niEht
force noliday-' With this bitter iajus-
ticc ranking I'm her bosom one OF the
young ladies seized her pen the other
DAY 20 give vent TO her feelings in verse.
She produced parody on KipIings Re
CessiOlal' the clever technical hits of
u.