Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-11

"say, this government gets lot for its
money, sometimes" said one of the char
ter members of the Sunrise Club. when
the organization was handing around
few of its customary knocks In the dairy
lunch room the other night. Now. don't
like getting up in the morning little bit,
said the qualified hammer thrower, out
1 work for my living, so have to. But
the other morning was coming IN Win
a bunch of fellow commuters on an early
car and the fellow that was sitting next
me had a day-before-yesterday accumuia-'
ton of stubble under his chin.
"'Scored on you this time, WILLIE SAID
I. with an air of virtue, for l was pretty
nearly clean myself. 1 took my shave the
night before and could sleep late next
morning on the strength of 1t, but he gave
me the superior smile and said: On that >
all right never shave at home. I'll take
these off after get down to the office
"He works for the government Oh
course.
Then, he went on to throw 1t into me-
You see,' he said. there are very rev
OF the fellows in my Office who shave at
home. keep my razors and shaving
tackle down at the Office, and the govern,
ment always has plenty Of hot water anu
norcelain wash stands on hand. l shave
down there. It's great scheme anu
helps to pass the time"
The Sunrise Club went into executive
session behind several sections OF iceo
cantaloupe and then one OF the members
took up the sledge ,s ho
"but I used to work for the government
myself, and know We had then regular
sewing circle In the office. All the pache
lor members and good many VINO wels
i,o b,,ttn and SDOOlS OF tnredu
down at the Office and in the course OF tIe
afternoon we used to get quite Iot "
domestic work done Our wives, those oI
us who We're SO furnished said IL was
good thing and 1t took lot OF work on
their hands and saved lot of clerks from
working themselves out OF )op.
"Oh, well. there are d1nerent ways VI
doing it, but the man who can put In all
of his eight hours working for the govern
ment is a wonder" said the amiable mem
Der of the club who Is always trying 10
make excuses for human nature. tfe
my case. l dropped in to see one OF the
cabinet officers this week, and there was
his secretary framed up with large,
choice collection of summer literature OH
his desk and in the midst of 1t an .Advanc-
ed Treatise on Bridge Now bridge Is a
mighty intricate game. There are more
ways of losing money on IT than IN eack.
ling bacarat or a crooked faro bank. some
philanthropic author had gone to work ana
printed his experience which must nave
cost him a lot of money and put it all up
in neat attractive form where the hard-
working clerk could accumulate II All ior
seyenty-fiye cents, no headaches and no
remorse.
ut would be hard-hearted man who
would Crude an Industrious government
employee few minutes to fortify hlmselI
by studying such an important volume 1t
might mean more saving to him than ali tne
government time he puts In reading during
office hours. This eight-hour day which
really looks like eight and half by the
clock and which seems like nine and three
quarters when you are putting 1t In polish
ing the seat of government arm cnalr,
the man who evolved the idea of studying
bridge rules in the office Is benefactor
"Of course they cannot lay out golf
courses in the Office. though some OF the
departments down In the Mall might do 1t,
and the employees have to do something.
But If you want to really earn compe-
tency, you ought to invent variation OF
the Pigs In Clover puzzle and sell II
around among the clerks this weather, or
perhaps better scheme still would be to
write out course of ten easy lessons on
how to build a perpetual motion machine
and then supply the directions and mate
rails on the installment plan SO the clerks
could experiment at their desks. 1t would
be a great scheme as a money and
an inestimable boon to the wearied govern
ment employees at the same time"
X X y
A discovery was made the other day by
several young folks in dense thicket
about thousand yards south Of the cleo
the railway station at Mount Rainier on
the District line. which gave the discoveries
a subject for considerable speculation. The
young people were on a fern hunting expe-
ditIon and in their search for specimens of
the pretty plant they entered a thick forest
of young pine trees. In secluded spot
about the center of the forest they came
across a quaint little log cabin which ap-
peared to have been long unoccupied. The
structure had been built of the small pines
which had been chopped down in the imme-
diate vicinity of the hut. These had been
placed end on end and built into shape, just
as the boys of years gone by made their
figure A. bird traps. The roof was formed