Sunday Washington globe., 1902-01-05
LATEST FAKE
Lady Secretaries For a "a
triotic Society $I7 Per Week.
BOOK CAMVAsstRs WANTED
with Leather LegRings to Fooi 'he
Waller Dog-The Globes Discon-
tented Southern Girl Has Try AT
the Mckinley Patriotic Society on
the sixth Floor COrcOran Builains
Her Experience, etc.

An organization with the seductive and
bigh-souuding title of The Mckinley
Patriotic Society" with Offices on the SKIN
aoor of the Corcoran building, turns out on
investigation to be an ingenious ane
original method adopted by the hrainy heao
of the concern to secure book eanvassers IN
the first place, and the patrioue pnDhe l"
the second place The canvassers are IN
,erded of course to secure the patriotic |
nnblic az patrons and the patrons are de-
signed to let go of their good American I
dollars for the Life of William Mckinley |
and His Predecessors at from $25 TO $500
per set
How did we find all this ouu Very SIM
ple. The GLOBE had an intelligent but as
contented lady member of its staff, whose
eve caught in the unreliable columns OF the
/ daily papers an advertisement for A Lady
/ Secretary of a Patriotic Society SEND
slammed envelope for a reply" The young
ladv in this case IS patriotic She IS from
the South and has the original package OF
of natriotism from that section in her
bosou in addition to what she has acquired
during her residence in Washington listen
inc to the music Of the Marine band and
President Roosevelt's utterances, JnDe-
knownst" to us she answered the adYef-
tisement. as the "ad" named the salary
t,7 ner weekn--and the GLOBE was only
paving her 5000 per. The 'ad" also
s,ated that besides paying '$I7 per week
to a lady secretary, 1t would only pay 20
ner week to man." This struck her as
the proper place for the development OF
her talents-where woman was appre-
ciated and paid double the salary OF man.
Did she receive an answer from The
mckinley Patriotic Society," OF course
She did The young lady was requested
TO 6il out enclosed application blank. ~
After the filing of this she waited and after
arother communication she called at the
"oAicen on the sixth floor, Corcoran Build
, ing.
/ Here she met the suave gentleman whose
other name is "The Mckinley Patriotic
= societv.n He courteously explained that
v he had changed his name since writing to
s her and that he was now known until
d further orders by the name of The Cont
y mental Press" Yes, ne had also changed
h his nlan of procedure with his name. In
II stead Of employing numerous lady seere
l. taries at SI7 per week to tabulate the SUD
e scriptions received for a Mckinley Monu
e ment he had decidednot to further aecep
e these Sa. so per capita contributions. Hene
he proposed turning the secretaries inu
I
ie the Datriotic people Of the United States
ID solicit subscriptions to his History Of IN
ly presideutsu in which was included, {
Is course the Life Of William Mckinley.
3n these positions would be much sought atte
H. aud n would be advantageous, II not nece'
it saw. for the patriotic Southern girl to II
duce Senator Morgan cher friend to 81
IS licit letter from Congressman GrosvenC
ey certifying to the fact that she was "a goo
sc business woman, thoroughly reliable an
capable of handling an expensive public
he tou " She would thus indirectly secu
Of the Endorsement of the Ohio Congressma
lrs McKiulev's friend for the book and wor
las ipp on commission she would make an
dependent fortune, etc. etc
a Here is what the Southern girl told Il
of GLOBE she said, aud it is unnecessary
aid state that we believe every word OF IT,
ip- ITO the proposition Of his Oilship d
icy murred. ] stated that while they mig
md wish to do so the Southern people were n
Get 6raucialtv able to pay from S2S to $500 p
has volume for histories when they could g
the practically the same thing for ST. certain
hat not to exceed SIS, and more often for 10 cen
This seemed to take his Oiship of his
.tee 1os and he simply stared at me with astC
sion ishmeut. Yes, got out somehow with
eff implied promise to call again and turti
ber discuss the subject"
ion, 'Did you call agaiu" interjected
was GLOBE fellow scribe.
em- "Yes. / did-but evidently / gave b
iree enough at the previous interview for WI
D. R. nv name was sent in he sent out word {
own he was too busy to talk to me And tn
be- the matter rests and my high hopes bias
as as lady secretary to patriotic society
ODE SI7 per week, equal to a department
where the lady declines to use her
that auence" for further promotion
tier The GLOBE gives space to the foregQinl
1t a simplify matters for young ladies who Il
avs want to be Secretaries at SI7 per week
ans patriotic society" and TO admonish I'll
ould that the Job is simply the ordinary eve
hem day "snap" of a book canvasser and Leaf
rgu- leggiugs for protection against the va
king dog"