The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-05
THE DEPARTMENT WORKERS
Interesting Gossip Cleaned Among Employees
of Government Bureaus.
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES NOT UNSYMPATHETIC
Their Purse Strings Frequently Loosened in Aid of Deserv
ing Charity-Rapid Rise of a Young Accountant
A Tar Heel Secures Good Place.

The popular belief that Government
employees, by reason of q comparative life
OF ease. rs a class. are Indifferent to the
sufeTings of those en- the outside is dis
approved BY those who now.
Hardly a week passes but some appeal
is made to their generosity. A city de-
vastated by fire, country swept BY fI9cd
or some unfortunate individual in distress
appeals alike TO the sympathies Of these
workers, and purses are opened and their
contents poured out in relief Of the suffer
ing
4 day or two since in enc Of the down
town departments there occurred an Incl
dent illustrative OF the fact that in Uncle
Sans workshops amid the humdTum OF
everyday life bit Of Dathcs is some
times injected which brings forth the bet
ter side of human nature. The building
which houses this bureau is being wired
for electric lights. and for some time a
force Of W0Tkmen have been engaged in
this task
The hour for closing the Office aP-
proaches. and as the clerks are bUsily
engaged in putting the finishing touches
to the days work they are startled by a
terrible crash. An electrician working
upon one of the lefty corridors has made
misstep and been dashed senseieSs and
bleeding TO the hard pavement below,
Prominent officials hurry forward, and
raising the PROSTATE nan. tsnderIy bear
him TO one Of the private rooms AID place
him upon a lounge. Medical aid is called
for and an ambulance Is summoned to
carry the wounded mar 10 his home
Of course all Z Is but the common act
of humanity, due to any fellow man, but
other things show a deeper feeling
among the crowd Of employees who gather
before the door of the room into which
the wounded man has been carried
Everyone wishes to help IN some way
Here and there a woman quietly weeping
not Historically. but from pure sympathy
for the sufferer. who Is the support Of a
family. and IN all probability VIII not
work again for many day.
A look OF pity Is IN the faces of men,
many OF whom have braved the dangers
of battIefeIds and witnessed suffering q
thousandfOld greater than this
throughout the building a hush and
stiffness breathes. and as the army OF
employees silently file cut a sincere wish
fills every heart that the bTeadwinneT
who has been cruelty manned may be
spared to his family Every expression
heard is desire TO do something 10 help
the man with the drawn and pallid face
who is being gently carried 10 the ambu-
lance by willing hands.
The atmosphere OF uncertainty and
restIessness which permeated the Office
Of the Recorder of Deeds. about the time
that Nj John W DanCey succeeded Nj
Cheatham as the head Of that department,
has disappeared.
Soon after Nj. Dancey took charge Of
the ONCE, rumors went flying fast that
there was TO be a wholesale dismissal Of
employees. Mr. Dancey stated that there
was no ground for such reports. as II was
not his Intention TO remove any cuDl0ye
who was competent and faithful
This announcement by their chief
caused renewed confidence among the
clerks who now feel assured that there
Will be no disInissals except for good
Cause.
The division Of statistics Of the De-
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