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The Washington times., 1905-11-05
Small Fees From Women.

After that we became friendly, even
confidential, and l set myself to find
out why the girl should choose TO work
under such intolerable conditions. Very
possibly. I argued. there are compensa-
tions in the way of large fees 1 gave
Edna % cents every Monday morning
others must be as liberal. OF more so.
Perhaps she was accommodating wealth
In proportion To her labOTs. l cOuldn' {
ask her outright how much her tips
amounted 10, but ! watched, and / fail
ed to discover more than three of the
regular residents who feed system
aticalIy The house was full of women.
and women are not yet accustomed 20
feeling Systematically. They are lavish
part of the time and very niggardly the
feeling system all OF the time.
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Prayers in Restaurant.

7 worked for a short time at anothez
popular restaurant Perhaps you
wouldn't believe il, but they had prayS
ers every morning before we went on
duty. The owner Of the restaurant Is
a very religious man. He is not so re-
ugious that he doesn't dock his help
for everything he can possibly find an
excuse for. You are even dOcl0ed for
being late to prayermeeting. What
claim has he on the services Of a giTi
before working hours begin? Religion
is all right. but I think a girl has a
right to choose her own Lots OF the
and a number Of them are Jewish,
What interest have they in his kind Of
prayers? I stood that place for exactly
5ne weeI
Then I got a place here. It is all
right The hours are long and the work
is hard but hey treat yOI pretty well,
hotels. 1 am free at $50 five evenings IN
the week. and at 8 o'clock the other
two evenings. Every other week
have an evening of. 1 have about three
hours a day 10 myself besides
I live with another girl in a pleas
ant room near Third avenue. The
house is an exceptionally nice one II
has a tiny little reception room where
your company can wat OF course We
don't sit there; that would be too stiff.
But az least you don have to meet
your friends on the corner. Girls do
hate that. buS unless they live at home
it's what the majority of them have 10
do"
so in spite of the hard work you
prefer the E9-'l 10 a good home with a
private family? 1 assure YOU they are
not all like your old place"
They're all like il in some respects y
said Edna, her New England rigidlty
showing again. They don't give a girl
a chance TO live hCr lie Ike 4 human
being l have stated hours here; good
wages; part of the Gay to myself, with
no one asking me what L - With IT.
and-and-I have a right to see my
friends and go out with them when my
work is over
Life. liberty and the pursuit of hap
piness. Are they not inalienable rights
in one class as in another?-Ns Xork
Evening Post.
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sarcasticaTy, unless they would fine
you for that"
''They would fire me-" said Edna
calmly.
We had our conversation out, never
theless. since nothing is impossible. One
of the fi<st questions 1 asked her was:
why do you work in such places?
To which she made answer that II was
a good place She was paid the highest
wages She could expect. the food was
not actually uneatable. and the fees
were fair. considering the preponderance
of women in the house.
'"Then why do you work in a hotel?
Why don't you get a nice place in a
private house, where they would treat
you decently? Surely high wages aren'
everything"
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y He was my waitress at an apart
ment hotel. She was a nice. trim
American girl with a shrewd ex-
preston in her gray eyes and an
amiable expression to her generous
mouth. Not a pretty girl but one pleas
ant to exchange breakfast smiles with
on the gloomiest Of mornings.
One morning 1 must have been out Of
sorts or very late, for I felt out Of
humor with Edna and spoke TO her
rather impatientIy because she was so
long bringing my coffee and chops. She
flushed a little, and when I changed my
mind about mullins and sent her for
toast instead. with a request TO hurry,
she said: I'll hurry as fast as 1 can,
but perhaps you don't know that the
kitchen is down two fights Of stairs
and on the other side of the house
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81. Il. Allen, who informed him that
Mir. De Graw was closely engaged in
his private conference room, but that
he, Mr.. Allen, would be most happy
10 serve him in any way possible.
The rural postmaster was so much
impressed by the cordial, friendly
manner Of Mr.. Allen it took him but
a short time to make a complete
statement of the case and hand 10
the latter all the papers which he
brought along to prove his inno-
cence. Mr.. Allen invited the Arkan-
sas gentleman to be seated, assuring
him of an interview with Mr.. De
Graw in a short while, and, return
ing to his desk. read over the papers
which had been given him.
In about ten minutes the door lead
ing from the private Office opened
and the portly form Of the Fourth
Assistant Postmaster General ap-
peared. Crossing the room rapidly
he took the Arkansas postmaster by
the hand, exclaiming: ''Mr. Smith
am glad to meet you and it is a
pleasure for me TO tell you the de-
partment's decision in regard to your
case is entirely favorable to you.
To the utter bewilderment of his
visitor, he then proceeded TO enter
into a discussion Of the case, show
ing perfect familiarity with the con-
tents of the papers which had been
given to Mr.. Allen. The expression
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sure of sleeping six, thus leaving
three hours each day for meals, etc"
When asked why he found it neces-
sary to work ten hours a day, Mr.. De
Graw explained the requirements of
the four divisions which comprise
his bureau, namely, those of ap-
pointments, bonds, city free delivery,
and rural free delivery, which in
clude in their Jurisdiction upward of
900 persons, necessitating, with
other routine duties Of the office. the
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code telegraphy was made possible
through the adoption OF the type
writer for receiving purposes, thus
enabling the receiver to greatly in
crease his speed. The telegraphers
on the postoffice short line are all
experienced code men, which still
further enhances the value and
adaptability of the recently installed
electrical acquisition.
While the writer was discussing
with Mr.. De Graw in the conference
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wherein do you find telegraphy
especially adaptable to Government
business - the Fourth Assistant was
asked.
"Oh, in many ways. l might say
generally" said Mr.. De Graw. But
especially is it useful in the saving
of time. which is essential here for
our personal welfare, for we do not
agree with my distinguished friend,
the electrical wizard-Thomas A.
Edison-who, 1 understand, has re-
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De Graw's desk with the one occu-
pied by his private secretary, the lat
ter was able to acquaint him with
the visitors arrival and to transmit
the contents Of the papers which he
had received without leaving his seat
and without the knowledge of any
one present in either room.
The total amount of wire used in
the construction of The Postofice
Short Line" is less than thirty feet.
The desk of the Fourth Assistant is
equipped with a complete telegraphic
apparatus, as are the desks of his
private secretary and his confidential
stenographer, Robert H. Prender.
AS both the last named gentlemen are
not only expert stenographers, but
top-notch telegraphers. and in addi-
ton possess the ability TO read each
others stenographic notes, it can
readily be understood that the opera
ton of such a system between them
would greatly facilitate the handling
of a days business.
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Up-to-Date Black Magic.

With a look of wonderment still
upon his face. he thanked Mr.. De
Graw. expressed his qualification at
the outcome of his visit and left the
room, shaking his head and mutter-
ing to himself: 81 have read Sher-
lock Holmes and seen a number Of
second-sight artists perform, but
when it comes down to the real thing
in thought transmission this Fourth
Assistant and his private secretary
are certainly there with the goods"
Yet the explanation OF the seeming
phenomena which puzzled the coun-
try postmaster is simple The Fourth
Assistant Postmaster General pos
sesses the unique distinction of con-
trolling and operating the shortest
telegraph line in the world, and as
this miniature system connects Mr.
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Fined for Talking.

One morning we We're conversing over
my coffee when the head waiter strolled
by glancing at us as he passed Edna
crimsoned and I asked why She hesi-
tated. then said. while pretending to be
very busy with the table: We are fined
if we talk to customers-that Is. if the
head waiter catches us"
But" l protested. L was talking to
you
I'VE We're talking relied the literal
Edna, with an expression on her face
that spelled New England.
Come to my room after you finish
your work tonight 1 bade her. Adding
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4 Phenomenal Time SaUer.

Mr.. De Graw was found very will
ing to show the operation of his lit
tie line, and while admitting the
novelty, stated that it was there
strictly for practical use, and be-
tween two old telegraphers was
far quicker and more satisfactory
mode of communication than any
other method could possibly be.
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doubt but that, especially after Com
gress convenes, they can be utilized
to splendid advantage, especially In
the conveyance to the Fourth AS
sistant of knowledge Of specially.
urgent matters without interrupting
the important conferences that may
be in process as they arise, and OF
which there are many each day in
the southwestern corner OF the fifth.
floor Of the huge Postoface build-
ing.
WILBERT MELVILLE.
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on the Arkansas mans face was a
study. He glanced at the papers
lying on Aliens desk, which to his
certain knowledge had not left the
room since he entered, then looked
obviously at that genial gentleman,
who had not been out of his sight
either. How did the Fourth Assist
ant become acquainted with the con-
tents of his papers, and for that mat
ter know his name?
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4 uqhtninG Operator.

Although he has been out Of the
telegraph business for number of
years, telegraphers familiar with his
touch" declare that Mr.. De Graw
has never lost his cunning at the
The Washington times., 1905-11-05

personal signing of a budget Of sew
eral hundred letters a day, which
alone consumes between two and
half and three hours.
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Fourth Assistant Post
master General De
OraW Has a Method
of Killing Time and
Space That FIRE.
queRtly Causes His
Callers 10 Suspect
That He Is d Dab
bier in Black Magic.

- o A CERTAIN rural post
master from down Ar
kansas way the Hon.
Peter V. De Graw will al
ways remain a man Of
mystery. The aforesaid postmaster,
who for the purposes of our story.
we viii designate as Smith, had oc-
casion to call upon the Fourth As
sistant Postmaster General recently
in connection with certain charges
which had been fled against him
with the department, and he brought
with him letters and documents
which he felt certain would sub
stantiate his version of the affair
and result in a complete vindication
for him.
Upon entering the big reception
room of the Fourth Assistants Of
fee he was met by Private Secretary
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Letter Writing by Wire.

Instead of following this stereo-
type course. In a twinkling. without
rising from his chair, Mr.. De Graw
wired his secretary a hasty reply to.
the message. This was copied from
the wire on the typewriter, and in
less time than it takes to tell it the
incident became a duly recorded and
finished official transaction
It will be seen that a very impor-s
tant part is played by the littles
saunders in the official proceedings
of this busy Office, and there Is no.
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Gently declared that regular sleep is
not a necessity. I believe sleep is
not an essential factor in the we'll
being of that estimable gentleman,
but unfortunately for us, perhaps,
we are not in his class. / find in
my case that six hours sound sleep
out of every twenty-four is the only
safe foundation upon which to Sc
cure a full days hard work at a desk
day in and day out. A man may
space" on diet, but experience has
taught me that in order to keep in
prime condition, it is unsafe to tres
pass upon the last six sleeping hours
of each day, hence endeavOr to fol-
low the rule of working ten hours,
sparing the brain by recreation dur
ing the next FIVE hours. and making
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room the advantages Of this unique
adjunct as part of the parapher-
MALTA of an up-to-date business Office,
a page appeared on the scene and
hurriedly conveyed to the Fourth
Assistant a message which required
immediate reply. Under ordinary
circumstances d stenographer would
have been summoned to take the
reply in notes, which he would have
had to hanscribe, consuming In all
perhaps ten minutes, and necessitat-
ing an interruption to the conferences
between the Assistant Postmaster
General and the writer.
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key. Along in the sos, while man
aging the washington bureau of the
United Press, he transmitted to New
York on test 49O words In ten min
utes, each word spelled out in fall.
which for long time was the record
in fast sending.
Since that time frst-class tele-
graphers have acquired what is
known as the Phillips steno-tele-
graphy, code especially adapted to
the transmission of newspaper mat
ter, and which is capable of doubling
and sometimes trebling the capacity
Of a wire in comparison with the
early methods employed in transmits
sion, when every word had to be
written out In full. The sending OF
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-04

of rare nobility. General John s. Pres ton, son-in-law of the Revolutionary officer who had built the house had his home there. One of the corps com manders of sherman. General John, A Logan had given the proper orders to burn the house when the army resum- ed its march. To his undisguised cha sword to vacate it. the Mother Superior of the burned convent appeared before him with an order from General Sher- man staying. the torch. The wife of voted Catholic and for her sake he had donated the old Hampton residence to the Mother Superior to replace the act as far as might be of the ruthless de- struction of the convent.
 The late Colonel Ivey F. Lewis of Hale County. commander of cavalry under General Hampton, told me short ly after this incident, that on the man advancing out of Columbia. ho rode for moment up to the residence of Nicholas Peay a wealthy planter. living tr1 boIn. in the handsomsst coTn. enemy O'S Were !" close e' behind 1si nd and when Colonel Lewis turned in his saddle to see how 1t fared with tho ume of smoke and flame shooting from the roof. The soldiers in blue had continued to Hay waste the country" and the splendid Peay home had fall on
 Colonel A. K. Mcclure rendered a most valuable service to history by the publication Of The Weekly Philadel- phia Times. running through years, in every issue. series of original papers from both Confederate and Union sol . diers. In this collection there was long paper from James c. Globes Mayor of Columbia, when General sherman entered the town A gen tleman of the highest standing, Dr. CIihbes saw all that happened. He testifles over his signature No man can doubt his narrative. He can die. but not lie. General Sherman saw private houses by the score set on fire by his soldiers in Columbia and he rode his horse amidst the scene with out word or sign of correction of the devilish work as 1t proceeded. It was his work. done by his consent, know ingly and eagerly. J. W. DuBose.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-04
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1905.
A SHINING EXAMPLE,.

A notable instance of cutting of one's nose to spite ones face, as some times displayed by Union men, is thus narrated by The Oklahoma State Capi- tai:
 Referring to ''the fetish of the work tngman-the theory that all workmen should be treated alike" MT. Alexander Eiemens, in his recent Presidential ad- dress to the Institution of British Elec- trical Engineers, narrated personal experience of the disastrous effect of this policy
 Twenty-Five years ago he erected at Leeds the first continuous glass furnace for bottle-making, which avoided many difficulties of the old method. and with which the secretary of the trade union, who worked at the furnace, expressed his greatest satisfaction.
 Though prices were lowered the men earned more money, but when the owners wished to put up more furnaces, of the same kind, the union threatened to withdraw all it's members, the eX- plantation being that they did not wish to see some of their men working under better conditions than others. To this decision the union adhered for nearly twenty years, and in consequence of their attitude scarcely any glass bottles are made in England the trade being monopolized by foreigners.
 
 as long as they enjoyed a monopoly of the work. There was no complaint about wages. or about the employment of non-union men. What the men in that factory or furnace wanted was a close corporation and that they should control all the bottle making to be done fin the town. To carry their point the usual threat of strike was resorted to, but their reason for it was the most selfishly puerile one we have ever heard of. If Mir. Siemens had proposed to erect other furnaces and employ nom union men we could understand the threat to strike. for that would have been strictly in accord with the in- tolerant principles of unionism. but nothing of the kind was proposed These workmen threatened to quit be- cause there was a probability that some of their own men would have bet ter facilities, and would make better wages ,n the new furnaces than those in the old one.
 It is not often that union men carry their intolerance so far as to try to prevent their own members from bettering themselves. but that is just what was done in this instance. and the result was what might have been expected. and just what ought to have happened. By their narrow ed and illiberal position they not only pre- vented others of their order from get ting work, but actually broke down their own business. It ia la shining example of what selfishness may do. and how it sometimes recoils on its promoters.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-04
THE PRESIDENT AND THE OFFICES.

A good deal of discussion Is going on as to the policy the President will pursue in filling vacancies in the South. By some 1t Is fondly anticipated that he will ignore party lines and make his appointments without regard to politics, but this in our opinion Is more than can reasonably be expected of him. We fully realize the force of Marcy's sentiment that ito the victors belong the spells of the enemy" and we have no reason to expect that a Republican President will ignore 1t in any general sense. The Republicans won a decisive victory and cannot be blamed for desiring the rewards.
 At the same time we of the South have a right to expect of Roosevelt that he will give us good officials. We hold that we are not wrong in demand ing that a man shall not be appointed to an important position for no other reason than that he is a Republican. When a vacancy occurs in any office, from the highest to the lowest, if there is a Republican fully qualified to fill it we have no ground of compliant If that Republican is appointed. On the other hand if there is no man of his own party who is fitted by character and qualifications to fill the position creditably Democrat should have the place.
 This, in our judgment, is as much as we have a right to claim or ask and this much is our right as equal citizens with those of all other sections The political millennium has not yet ar rived when we can hope for a strictly non- partisan President. MT. Cleve- land came near 1t and was cursed from Maine to California for his fairness. We cannot expect it of a Republican official but we do have a right to ex- pect of Roosevelt that he will not merely give us good officials but that they will be such as are acceptable to the community and the people who are to be affected by their official acts. If President Roosevelt will give the South good and acceptable appolntees our people will not censure him If those Appointees are Republicans.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-04
A rnruMpHANr Boss. !,

Like other members of the feline tribe boss Tom Cat Platt fell on his feet this time. though he has not always been % fortunate. Ever since he played Me too" to Roscoe conk- iing's resignation from the Senate he has been having ups and downs: and more downs than ups. In fact. Some years ago he bucked against odell for the position of dispenser of federal patronage and got the worst of It.. Later he was downed again when odell became boss of the party. Still later. and only last year, he opposed the nomination of Higgins for Gov ernor and went under again.
 When Platt took up Chauncey Depew as the man to succeed himself. while odeli was boosting Black the predic- ton was confidently made that he would hit the ceiling again. It was confidently claimed and believed that odell still held the winning hand and that Platt and the venerable Senatorial jokist would break through the ice and go down together. It was thought that odelI and his men were sure win pers, and there were people both in and out of New York who looked to see Platt's finish, but they were disappoint- ed. He is now "lt." so. far as the Senatorial position is concerned.
 The mistake that odell made was in not taking account of Depew's popu- larity with the common people, for that he is popular is beyound doubt. Whether 1t is because of his real at- jokesmith we do not pretend to say, but he is popular and Platt took ad- vantage of 1t, and in a way that knock ed out the tricks and calculations of the other side. Instead of trying to beat odell with the usual machine methods he went outside the machine and got in his work with the people the people, by the way, who gave Roosevelt nearly 100000 more votes than they gave odelrs man Higgins. That move knocked odell out.
 It is but fair to say that Odell takes his defeat with good grace. as all good politicians do when they can't help themselves. He knows that if he should buck against fate, carry the war still. further and be defeated In the end 1t would in all probability be fatal to his hopes of future control of the party. and he prefers to yield gracefully to the inevitable and save himself for any future struggle that may come up. There will be Gov ernor to elect next year. we believe. a President in 1908. and a Senator in 1909. He is but fifty years old and doubtless wants to go a step or two higher than even the Governorship of New York. With ambitions and views for himself he yields with appearance of cheerful satisfaction and will pro- ceed to whet his knife for future use. Meantime Platt is on top and happy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-04

vinol in our family and each succeed ing year I feel like praising 1t more and more as the greatest curative and rength-creating tonic in the world.
 MT. Fowler says: "Vinol is not a patent medicine Everything In it k printed on the bottle. It contains in a concentrated form all the medicinal clements of cod liver oil actually taken from fresh cods flyers but without a drop of oil or grease to upset the stom- ach and retard Its work We have never sold anything in our store equal to Ninol to build up the run down
 tired and debilitated, and give renewed strength and vitality to the weak and aged. or to cure chronic coughs. colds. bronchitis, or incipient consumption. We ask the people of Montgomery to try Vinol on our guarantee to return money if 1t falls" E. G. Fowler, Drug