St. Tammany farmer., 1906-10-06
UNCLE SAM EASY. =.
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OLD GENTLEMAN NEVER A HARD
II TAskMAsTER.

according TO INDUSTRIOUS e"knocker1"
Of the Sunrise Club, His En-
pioyes Have 4 Hard Time
Keeping Amused.
Say, this government gets lot for
its money, sometimes, said one of
the charter members of the Sunrise
club, when the organization was hand
Ing around few of its customary
knocks in the dairy lunch room the
other night. Now, I don't like get.
ting up In the morning little bit,.
said the qualified hammer thrower,
but work for my living. so 4 have
to. But the other morning was COM
ing in with bunch of fellow-com-
muters on an early car, and the fel-
low that was sitting next me had q
day-before-yesterday accumulation Of
stubble under his chin.
Scored on yeu this time, Willie.'
said l, with an air of virtue, for was
pretty nearly cleap myself. I took
my shave the night before and could
sleep late next morning on the
strength Of it, but he gave me the SUI
perior smile and said: sOh, that's all
right. / never shave at home. I'll
take these of after get down to the
Office
HE works for the government, OF
course.
Then he went on to throw It into
me. You see,' he said, there are very
few of the fellows in my Office who
shave at home. keep my razors and
shaving tackle down at the office, and
the government always has plenty OF
hot water and porcelain wash stands
on hand. shave down there. It's
q great scheme and helps to pass the
time"
The Sunrise club went into execu-
tive session behind several sections
Of iced cantaloupe and then one of
the members took up the sledge.
Il don't know how it is now said
he, but used to work for the gov
ernment myself, and / know we had
then regular sewing circle in the
Office. All the bachelor members and
a good many who were not kept but
ton boxes and spools of thread down
at the Office and in the course Of the
afternoon we used to get quite lot
of domestic work done. Our wives,
those of US who were SO furnished,
said it was a good thing and it took
lot of work of their hands and saved
lot of clerks from working them
selves out of job"
oh, well, there are different ways
Of doing 1t, but the man who can put
In Ill of his eight hours working for
the government Is wonder" said the
amiable member of the club who is
always trying to make excuses for
human nature. Take my case.
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
on his desk and in the midst c. it an
Advanced Treatise ON Bridge Now
bridge is mighty intricate game.
There are more ways of losing money
on 1t than in tackling bacarat or
crooked faro bank. Some philanthrop-
ic author had gone to work and print
ed his experience, which must have
cost him lot Of money, and put it
all up In neat, attractive form where
the hard working clerk could accumu-
late 1t all for Is cents, NO headaches
and no remorse.
1T would be hard-hearted man
who would grudgo an Industrious gov
ernment employe few minutes to
fortify. himself by studying such an
volume. It might mean
more saving to him than all the gov
time he puts in reading dur
ing office hours. This eight-hour day |
which really looks like eight and a
half by the clock and which seems |
like nine and three-quarters when you |
are putting it in polishing the seat |
Of a government arm chair, requires |
some ingenuity to kill. / think the
man who evolved the idea of studying |
bridge rules in the Office is a bene-
factor to his kind.
"Of course they cannot lay out golf
courses in the office, though some of
The departments down in the Mall
might do it, and the employees have
TO do something. But If you want to
really earn competency, you ought
10 invent q variation Of the Pigs in
Clover puzzle and sell it around
among the clerks this weather, or per-
1aps better scheme still would be to
write out course of ten easy lessons
IN how to build perpetual motion
machine and then supply the direc-
ions and materials on the insta1lment
)lan so the clerks could experiment at
heir desks It would be a great
scheme as money-maker and an In
,stimable boon to the wearied govern
nent employees at the same time
Privileged Employees.
In the building OF one of the largest
in Washington there is
! sign which can be taken in two
Ways. It reads: /,
Notice! Employees only are al
owed to loaf in and around this
'uilding." /;
Several persons who have had oc-
aston to read the sign commented !
n the wording. They desired to