The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-09-08
Department Women. Home.

Department WOmen's Home.
A movement started some time ago
among the women employees Of the
government printing office for the es-
adjustment Of a department women's
home is spreading to the other govern
ment departments. according to Mrs.
Aryilla McDonough, who is on the
ed in the work. 1t is stated that in all
probability the home will be opened
some time this winter. The idea is not
TO establish Il charitable Institution in
any sense, but it is simply to give the
women of the departments who have
no homes and live in rooms a place to
live and have the comforts Of a home.
A minimum charge will be made for
rooms and board, and sitting rooms,
parlors and libraries will be provided.
Public Printing investigation.
Last winter congress authorized the
joint committee on printing to make
an Investigation during the recess into
methods Of printing public documents
at the government printing Office and
to report to congress upon its meeting
at the following session. This joint
committee, of which Senator Plat of
New York is the chairman, was sup
posed to take up the matter of all use
less expenditure in printing duplicates
OF government reports, to look into the
nature Of the material that is being
printed at the expense Of the govern.
ment and to report its recommends
tons for curtailing such expenditures.
Early In the summer the chairman
called a meeting Of the joint commit
tee to meet in New York city, but up
OF a failure Of the members to show
up Senator Plat. decided to allow the
matter to go over until the cool wealth
er of the fall, when it was said he
would call the committee to meet in
this city and go to work in earnest and
probe the methods pursued in the Or
dering Of printing.
1t is now assured that when the COM
mittee does get to work it will find
enough to occupy it's attention for
quite a time. 1t will be face to face
with the increase of the governments
expenditure for printing from $780,
600 in 1898 to $7,0OO,O0O at the present
time. This doubling of the govern
ment's printing bill has alarmed many
of the leaders in congress in view of
the deficit of the treasury and the rec
concentration of the public printer that
the government printing Office be en-
larged by replacing the old building at
the corner Of North Capitol and III
streets with a modern seven story
building to correspond in general style
The Capital Pro Tenn.
Oyster Bay, the summer capital Of
America, is entirely devoid of social
life 81 far as the presidents family il
concerned. The Roosevelts, big and lit
tie. are taking life as people should in
'the good old summer time" Mrs.
Roosevelt has had several intimate
friends from time to time as house
guests, but there has been no formal
entertaining. The entire family de-
votes itself to riding, driving, boating,
tennis and other outdoor sports, and its
daily companions are members of the
Roosevelt clan who are sum-
mering at Oyster Bay. The president
has divided his time about equally be-
tween work and pleasure. In the inter-
walls of labor he goes of on little
jaunts, the last M being a camping
out In the woods party, when he cook
cd his own meals and bathed in the
hrs cine xvufAra ~ tho ~n,,n1
P~atrlareAs OF the Senate.
The United States senate is regain
ing it's youth. When the long session
adjourned, little more than a year ago.
the number Of frail men In that cham
Der who walked about with uncertain
step was a subject OF comment by
many observers. Statistics then show
ed that sixteen Of it's ninety members
had passed the allotted three score
years and ten. Seven of these In Il sim
gle twelvemontll have ceased to be
members of that body, four by death
and three by retirement. and OF these
three one has already died. 1t is doubt
full If so great u thinning out OF the
aged men ever before occurred in the
senate. Those who died have been
Quay OF Pennsylvania, Hoar of Massa-
chusetts, Bate OF Tennessee and Platt
of Connecticut. Those who retired on
March 1 who had passed the x OF
seventy were Hawley Of Connecticut,
Gibson OF Montana and Stewart of Ne
vada. No new man has become seven
ty in the year nor has M seventy
year-old man been elected to the SEN
ate. The nine members who possess
this distinction now are Morgan and
Pettus Of Alabama, Plat and Depew
OF New York, Frye of Maine, Proctor
of Vermont, Cullom of Illinois, Allison
of Iowa and Teller of Colorado.
CARL SCHOFIELD.