The age-herald., 1902-01-17
Mrs. Roosevelt a Patron of Southern Relief Society's Charity Ball

we do learn of it anew in all its bitter ness those of us who return to these scenes of former observations
 Individuals, whether they be lawmakers or workers in other occupations. are powerless to effectually help the despair of Congress creating offices for all who actually and .sorely need them to keep body and soul together could cure the evil
 Honest young men and even fair young women without any prospects whatever of success leave their homes in the states and make their way to Washington in search of government employment A very few may in time get poorly paid places under the eSacting conditions of the civil service, but even those would be infinitely better off amongst their own home folk. At best an ordinary clerkship in department in Washington imposes a kind of slavery as hopeless of real advancem ent in life as was the con dtion of the black man regarding citizen- ship in the South of fifty years ago. Put Anc iHpSl Silleu yOuIlB III ehos SiSih- ship, and his career ends in its beginning
 As for thee young girls who come hithef upon the unsupported chance of finding official employment-tha is another story. worse than a tragedy. There Is a case here now. known to some of us, of young Virginia woman of historic name and related by blood to some families much further South, whose names are familiar to many of those who will read these words. She grew weary of teach ing village school and came to Wash inston, stood the civil service examina- ton, and was given temporary employ ment, the exigencies of the situation not permitting her permanent appointment. Several times she was so employed and then employment ceased altogether She is now earning nothing and has nothing. The friendly efforts of strangers in her behalf have not availed to relieve her most unhappy position. Yet she is we'll educated and is gentlewoman of fairest frame. Isn't her situation unmeasurably pitiful?
 Mrs. Bailey, wife of Senator Joseph w. Bailey, of Texas; Mrs. Clay, wife of Senator Steve Clay. of Georgia; Mrs. J. H. Bankhead, assisted by her guest Miss Alberta Fulghum, of Birmingham and by Mrs. Sydney J. Bowie of Anniston, tho Misses Richardson, daughters of Con- gressman Richardson, of Huntsville: Mrs. Wooten and Mrs. De Graffenried, of Texas; Mrs. Lacey, of Iowa; Mrs. Burke, of West Virginia; Mrs. Thomas, of Penn sylvania, and others. constituting the held their first reception of the season in the hotel parlors yesterday afternoon from 3;30 to 5:3O o'clock There were sev- eral hundred callers.
 Mrs Bankhead and Judge Richardson will conduct party of Alabamians, in- cluding the Misses Richardson and Miss Fulghum, to Annapolis next week to at- tend the Naval Academy ball. The party will be absent from Washington for only twenty-four hours. All the members of it attended the Presidents reception Tues day night.
 Four of the nine Congressmen from Ala bama are widowers. They are MT. Under wood. Judge Richardson, Colonel Thomp- son and MT. Clayton. Mrs. Bankhead, Mrs. Bowie and Mrs. Burnett have been here for sometime, and Mrs. Wiley will come on or about the goth inst. Mrs. Fay. Tor is not expected to reach Washington for several weeks.
 General Charles M. Shelley, who Is stay ing at the Fairfax, will spend the re- mainder of the winter in Washington. His partner, Capt. James H. G. Martin continues very i'll in this city, though his condition is a trfle more hopeful.
 Colonel Wiley has gone to Montgomer, on urgent business. He will return the first of next week.
 LUCIEN JULIEN WALKER p->->< = e>>e><~<~>>~~< of value to the officials He could stand out by the wall desk and look through the lattice contraptons at the clerks. cash fer. etc, but when he was convinced that the folks inside were not wild men from Borneo, and the lattice concern was not cage the editor would have no further interest
 An editor Is in his glory when riding on pass on railroad, when he heads the rush at a free lunch counter, or when he has free seat at circus but when it comes to being in a bank-well, we must say he is slightly out of place.