The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-16
DEPARTMENTAL WORKERS
Interesting Gossip Cleaned Among Employees
of Government Bureaus.
LIFE. ABOARD A GUARANTEED STEAMER
Novel Newsgatherng Misunderstanding Office EmpIoye
to Practice Medicine-How War Loan Was Sc
cured-Scotchman's View Of the Metropolis.

Mr. Finley s Hayes. one of the Gov
eminent Printing Office experts. is ex-
tremely versatile and has seen much Of
life He Is an artisan. al actor. e play
wright and a newspaper man and has
had extensive experience in all lines.
He IS native of New York aud spent
a great part of his life in the metropo-
lis He is popular with his associates
and his talents are often called into use
fer the benefit Of various enterprises.
MT. Hayes was fer several years on
the road as a comedian and had several
star dialect parts. His voice failed and
he retired from the stage. He has aP-
peared IN several parts. however in
Washington and made hits. He has
written a number of burlesques which
been produced in the local theaters.
Among them were clever sketches on the
SampsOn-SchIey controversy and on 'Er-
mimic He is the author OF a keen bur
lesque entitled When Nighthawks were
IN Flower"
Mr. Hayes had some rare experiences
while working on the New York papers
IN 1881 when the good ship Normania
came into port with a bad outfit of chol-
era microbes from Italian ports the
newspapers all wanted drst-hand
stories. The reporters were sent out
with instructions to go OF board and get
quaranttned and then fire stuff into the
Office They caught the ship at Fire
Island and were promptly quaTanttned
for fourteen days. They lived like
princes and held the nominal positions
OF clerks. While officiating in this role
they caused fun and trouble a-pIenty
by their ignorance Of the rooms, often
assigning whole family to a small
room and a single man to the largest
ones In the party Of reporters were
William J. Dvyer and William Raymond
Sill, the correspondent who did great
work IN the Spanish-AmeTican war, and
was the first man to sight the Spanish
feet when the Americans were looking
for it ar Santiago
Lottie Collins, who perpetrated ia
"a "a boom de ay" on weary world
vas on this ship NoTmania. Watt Nc
Dougal, the newspaper cartoonist. got
in trouble trying TO take Lottie's pic
ture while she was doing a dancing
stunt The people on the ship were also
entertained by the clam diggers. who
made desperate efforts 10 burn the ship
because they thought their game would
be infected and the trade ruined Mrs
Van RaRsaleT CTuger was also one OF
the party on board
Mr.. Hayes was representing the Re
coTder" and had orders to send a page
Of matter. The copy was gotten up and
with that OF the other reporters was
carried 10 land by Mr.. Sill, who ran the
blockade by swimming to the shore. Mr.
sill very properly got into the theatrical
business and is Stuart RobsOu's press
agent. Eddie Townsend. the author OF
ttChimufe Fadden was among the
newspaper men on board
Nj. Hayes still does newspaper work
and publishes many sketches
Dr. James D. Bridges. who recently
graduated with high honor from the
Columbian Medical College, will prob
ably practice in Memphis, Tenn. His
associates are sure he viii carry into
the practice Of medicine the energy. ear
nestness. and intelligence that has char
acterized his work for the Government. /
Dr. Bridges Is q native Of Missouri
The newly graduated physician has /
been in the Government Printing Office
for several years past, and has per
formed his work there with marked f. !
deity. all the while pursuing medical /
studies. On account OF his attention to /
duty he was promoted 70 the rsspon- !
sible place Of copy preparer for the big
shop, 4 position requiring skill and edu- /
cation and a thorough knowledge OF the 4
printing business
DR.. Bridges was lately presented by his /
fellow employees with q handsome set Of I
medical books, token Of the high es-
teen IN which he is held
\ Treasury clerk lately recalled the /
work OF Assistant Secretary Frank E I
VanderIip. who was in the Office at the /
time Of the Spanisb-American var. The
nation naturally turns TO the Treasury
in time Of var, and during the late dis /
tuTbance the state of the Treasury was
one Of the first things thought of. The
popular loan scheme was a happy
thought Of the Administration II is the