The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-19
Interesting Gossip Cleaned Among Employees
of Government Bureaus.
SCHEME TO KEEP AWAY BORES THAT FAILED
Mir Beavers, Chief of Division Of Postoice Department.
Fastened Down a Chair Five Feet From His
Desk-The Bores Found Him Out,

Mr. George ". Beavers. chief Of the
salary and allowance division OF the
Postofdce Department, Is patient man
and has suffered long and endured much.
Now ne has 10 regret the failure Of .
scheme which he had .ondIy hoped
would abate the bore nuisance. The
anti-conideutial chair was The name
given the eoEtgivanee- It consists Of a
good-sized- chair, securely wired 20 the
floor at a distance OF about i've feet
from Nj. Beavers seat, and was de-
signed 10 prevent laxative callers from
drawing up close TO the chief Of the di-
vision and telling him their troubles
and interfering with the transaction of
Government business Tie scheme
worked like 4 charm for a time. men
with long tales 10 relate and tiresome
bores being quickly routed when they
discovered that their chair was tightly
nailed 10 the door. But the other day
Mr. Beavers cut the couaning wires and
showed the chair back against the wall,
pronouncing the experiment 4 failure
Well. he said y found that the time
! saved IN avoiding confidential stories
that I didn't want to hear was more
than Offset by the time / consumed in
explaining the purpose OF the chair TO
inquisitive callers. Everyone wanted
70 know why should wire a chair TO
the floor, and I had to tell al about it
to everybody that came II. Then. again,
the people for whom I invented the
scheme got on TO it and evaded the
trap. They would carefully ignore the
wired chair and drag others up close
TO my desk. It got so that in the course
OF an hour or Two every chair in the
room except the wired one would be
damned about my own, and when
wanted TO get out Of the room had 10
climb over all these distractions. /
have given up hope Of evading the Dores
and so cut the wires of the lnti-con-
hdentiaI chair and am now a ready vic
tim for whoever drops in
That rag time" is not always the most
desirable music to march By is claimed
By many, II not a majority. of the old
soldiers. who know what real march
ing Is Apropos Of the recent discussion
in Grand Army circles in regard 10 the
adyisabiltty Of admitting this class OF
music TO be played during the coming
encampment, Mr. William B. CIemmer.
Of the special examination division OF
the Pension Office. tells an amusing
story
Mr. Clemmer was one Of the boys who
for four years wore the blue as mem
Der OF the famous I46th New York In
fantTv- more widely known as the s'Zou-
ave brigade No finer body Of troops
could be found among the countless Ie-
gions that had been the wonder and ad-
Tniration OF the world in their defense Of
the Union. Every man Of them was 2
trained soldier by. reason Of long expe-
Renee AZ drilling and fighting. It was at
the grand review in 1865. and although
'rag-time" music was then something
stiIl hidden By the dark curtain Of the
future. there was music that was ragged
enough 10 have been classed as such had
the name been invented. There we're
many bands attached 70 the different
commands that went 10 make up this
grand procession, and none we're 9ueT
than The one heading the l46th New
York As this veteran regiment swung
into Pennsylvania Avenue with tattered
banners flying, and the whole line n
perfect cadence moving as some huge
machine 70 such stirring tunes as yam
kee Doodle" or the a'Star-Spangled Ban
ueT. the sight vas indeed inspiring
EspOieon+s grenadiers would have eD-
Wed such superb marching as these
bronzed warriors did as they neared the
reviewing stand, whereor were the Chief
Executive and many noted people
The music haS ceased 70 allow mo
ment's resi- &c the tired band players
when the band o. Dutch regiment i'm
nediately preceding the 18th struck up
''ScazeiileE iRkCIubuu,. A waycTinE ran
through the ranks OF the Iz6ta as The
wind strikes and bends the tzE saplings
% some pine grove Confusion seized
upon officers and men. and what had C
Enouenz before been d perfect symmetry
OF motion was roH q tauzlc OF legs
They Jusr cClIG1'- keep step 70 that
Dutch music
Order VAS not restored until the band
OF the 18Th struck up The Girl I Left
Behind f." and the boys once more caught
that old swinging step for which they
Te-s 1G2o-s-
4 Treasury clerk who used 20 have
the mining fever hasn't got It now. he
also used - have some mony. Sovcrai
months ago he took trip &c the South
west and EEL IL sith gentle stecreF
whs vas promoting tho Interests o.
the Dead Cinch Mining COMPANY OF
Mexico. and who was out looking f0s
some deserving young man who had .
Ittlo money whick he wanted 70 plan;
II some good place for tho benefit o.
pCsteTity The Treasury clerk had
beea seeing lot Of money, and he
rather liked the idea % having Il Ircas-
Try o. his OWE. a86 know q yosaE lady
Sc Washington who world :ize 20 be
assistant treasurer Therefore Ia. 81
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