The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-01-06
Everyday Stories of the Workings
and Workers of the Departments

Johnson must always. in preparing food
+ Tor The insane keep ia view TIE fact that
me health 81 her patients Is always her
4Fet ronsile-a -iOn- Yet with al tho
veins and iancies OF derauged minds. 20
which Miss Johnson must bend her wits.
she always manages 20 please even tho
most iastidious OF the unfortunate in
mates.
To light The Capitol and the surround
ing grounds vas always q kuotiy cues
ti0n 20 solve until C.. p. GIerer rae an
pointed electrician in the Office OF tbs
capitol Architect Mr. Gfiene comes from
Fennsy lrania- He learned the electrical
business 10 tdat State and for many years
worked for some Of the largest firms
there His appointment 20 the positiop
Ire nov t-!s Was uladC solely on his repu-
talon and from the wav fhfu~s look
about the Capitol Building. es7ecisIIv az
Right, be has added lauTels 10 bis already
Ne!l-knoWu abilities.
A woman who is beloved by all who
came in contact with her is Mrs. sarah
o. Fleet wood. superintendent Of. nurses
ar FTeedman-s Hospital She has had
large experience In this class CT work AID
the many nurses CT the Institution know
where TO look for advice whenever II riay
be needed. At Freedman's Hospital some
OF the worst forms Of diseases are handled
and anyone who assumes the charge OF
. experimenting the nurses there muss
have complete knowledge Of the Drofss-
SIGN Mrs Fleetwood can eIvravs Ia,
I ioGuu az her post Of duty. she telf7 OF
many touching scenes thar she has Wit
messed ia her career as nurse, and also
. or the suffering which some patients bc-r
Of -l.r--r
realistic manner th1L in listening 10 her
enc .linosl feels the surgeons Eai-e pierre
ms ones flesh.
Frederick s.Ilers has most excellent
ecord Tor handling mails al the CITY
Pos-cfice- He is graduate Of the
Washington High school. was q clerk i1
an attorney Office. learned the printing
business ana became a clerk in the CIV
Postoltce IN 1851 ia three ease avamin-
atiGns he handled g. 700 cards tHrovin-
I-'+' correctly as the rate Of over thirty
HFe CARDS per minute and an average Of
goo per cent On another occasion he
ili'-e i55 separations Of 1-z0 cards
throwing 1873 correctly in twenty-niae
minutes or at the rate Of forty-fve per
minute -IT- sellers IS a quiet. uHas sum
lnS man His rall2bic services were
recognized 2hgCt two years AGO. bv being
promoted % position ia tae ocice or the
SaDerillz-s-el, OF Mails.
PcstoEce Inspector Chris. c. James Is
always iuH Of Interesting "Reminiscences.
To O. party Of friends he recently told the
following story some years agl ne
suspected a man OF receiving o large
quantity o. mail frsm rural disLricsz His
real OF assumed name vas Brown We
instructed the letter carrier who deIfr-
aTe1 his mail at q ciga- Store In NAH,
some enquiries about Eim. and II possible
70 see MN personally The letter carrier
net WIN q re5um al the very first cues
ZION be pun TO the proprietor
Aoa deliver the mai here and that
nus your business said the latter. .You
1--we no reason 10 NEEDLE with Mr.
Browns business
The 1ezt day the letter carrier vas
aeccsted ca the street BY a big rsu~b-
lo0kiur. fellow
say he said 20 the letter carrier
sou are too fresh You mind your own
business or you'II get q cri-k ia I b, rsrI-
see VOW, so on OF III push your face
The letter carrier teIen5orsJ ~. an
4 ofter' q him 20 Keep the felIcw n sirhf-
IN inspector hurried Up. as soon a Tho
warrant could De obtained. aa5 nabFeF
,he ieito#- we could only charge him
7" l-- e-l1lninS the mails. as We had no
or proof against hin. He hired a
-e'- 'r, vas convicted and paid a ane Of
>lYy. but MS business went on as busfIv
as before"
The chief clerk o-tEe Dead Letter OHi-0
Ward Buriingame. Is cxtensi~cI- known
not only IN Washington. buf more cz,er-
tally in the West where he bcId The no
7i-i0n years ago OF private seerst5~v 10
four Governors and two Senators and
was prominent uewspaper. man. sfr
burilnsauo was appointed from Kansas
n 1850 To say the affairs OF this cface
ara IN perfect shape would be only +o nav
g sl-l4 compliment 30 the head OF fhis
branch %. the P0-J0Iic- Derarrnorr w. ~
zone -5 somewhat acquainted viii me
ee-ela- duties o. the Dead Letter OEee
bu- the i8yman Gtlie dreams o. rha 49,,
nous amount o. work that is done rbora
ear ase ln one OF the leading pariolI-
Gals hte1lE magma i've writer denoted
he Dead Letter Once in the mo-E s0-,bra
s. l--les- The clerks Ucre Described Is
performing their duties with f;-e solemn
-elDerauons OF funeral director. 7fIlo
IL was said that gloom and siIscee -.ign-
"a WIN oppressive weight thTOUgh0U- The
DIVISION TO-DAY that Office is one OF no
busiest in the Department.
There IS no place under the control ~
the Government where the us.se,-.rz
are mere disposed TO- play fobes than in
q he Fos,clige Department.. RecentI-.
when q reporter f.r Neg- York re1a-
was about TO enter she Office Of 5lr. A.
W Alceen- the superintendent of free
delivery. IN search OF news De mas asked
by cle OF the youngsters iii Ee Ha5 his
slate EGil-' Ir1l re-rg informed ----.- h