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EQUAL PAY FOR EQUALSERVICE
CORTELYOU FOLLOWS THAT RULE
~ Hrs DEPARTMENT.
He Promotes Miss Kelly n Gives Her the
Same Salary. $4,000, cs the Man She
Succeeds other women Employees OF
Uncle sam VINO Receive o.. 900 salaries

Uncle sam VINO Receive o.. 900 salaries
/ WASHINGTON, July A.-Secretary Cortel-
you has followed the rule laid down by the
late Cen. 81 inner, former Treasurer OF the
Unitel States. that when a m en-
ployee OF the Government rendered the
same service as a man she should have
equal en- sation. The case on which
the Secretary passed was that Of Miss
Margaret ". Kelly, who for more than a
year has been performing the duties OF adj
juster Of accounts for tho Director OF the
Mint. The Office was formerly filed by q
man. who drew a salary Of s2,o 900 a year.
When George E. Roberts. Director OF the
Mint, began closing up his affairs, prepare
tory to going to Chicago to become presi-
dent Of the Commercial National ank, he
took up with Secretary Cortelyou the case
OF Miss Kelly, who lad been receiving a
salary Of 81 1900 a year as a classified en-
ployee of the civil service. The Secretary
Of the Treasury is m alumnus OF the civil
service school. The only information he
desired was whether Miss Kelly was PER
forming the duties Of a 81 900 position and
doing the work satisfactorily. The Dr.
rector Of the Mint answ cred that she was,
and the only reasons he could offer why she
had not been advanced previously to $1,000
was that she had not asked for promotion
and was already receiving more than the
average ray for women clerks. The d.
rector Of the Mint was anxious hat Justice
be done in the case Of Miss Kelly before he
quit Office. Seer etary Cortelyou promptly
advanced Mas Kelly to the 81 900 class and
appointed her "adjuster.'
Miss Kelly is one Of the most efficient en-
| ployees Of the Treasury. She has become 90
familiar with the details OF the mint bureau
that she might very appropriately be called
Assistant 10 the Director OF the Mint
, The value Of her services is so well under
stood by the people who have business with
the mint bureau that when some officials
we're discussing the question OF the appoint
ment Of a successor to Mr.. Roberts one OF
them inquired: Why not appoint Miss
Kelly?" II was agreed by all present that
no more fitting recognition OF ability could
be made.
Miss Kelly is not the only woman en-
J ployee in the classified service who receives
a salary of 81. 900. There are two experts
in the Bureau Of Engraving and Prlnting
who draw the same salary. They are MISS
Annie Z. Rowe, chief of the numbering
! division. who has PCS employees under her
| control, and Miss Anna +. Bealle, chief OF
the examining division, who. directs the
work OF nearly four hundred employees,
Both divisions have charge OF the printing,
numbering and counting OF paper money.
1t is delicate and responsible work.
In the Department of Justice Miss Anna
II. Shortridge Of Brooklyn receives a salary
Of 81 900 a year. she ID assistant 70 ooncitor.
General Hoyt and her services are almost
indispensable on account OF her familiarity
with the work of drawing legal documents.
Miss Josephine A. Clark, librarian OF the
Department of Agriculture. and Miss Ora
A. Brady, acting cashier OF the Government
Printing Office, draw salaries Of $1,000 q
year each.
Miss Estelle Reel. Superintendent Of
Indian Schools, receives a salary OF u ,OW
a year. but this is a Presidential appoint;
service. Miss Reel came to Washington
in the first administration OF President
Mckinley after she a been elected
Superintendent of Public Instruction IN
Wyoming, where women vote and hold
office. She was so successful in her oficial
work as an educator that the interest Of
President Mckinley was aroused. and
when Senator Warren recommended her
for appointment as chief OF the ndian
school work Mr.. Mckinley gave her the
place.
responsible positions in tho departments.
Tn ey do special work n receive salaries
Of 81 600 and 81 500. Miss Anna j; shirley
of West Virginia. who handles the pay
rolls for the chief clerk OF the Pension
Bureau, has been in the Government service
since 1878. Miss Mabel Hatch OF New
Hampshire, clerk to the Commissioners OF
Patents, has been in offce since 1877. she
has a room set apart for her adjoining That
specialized and Of a confidential character.
She is credited with knowing moro about
the details of the Patent Office than any
other person connected with It.
Miss NJ. Z. Alexander Of PhiiadelPhia,
assistant 10 the Solicitor for Internal Reve-
Five solicitors have been appointed since
she entered the office. She is a linguist
and has a knowledge Of legal and official
papers relating 20 the Solicitors o1ice that
Clara Grsason is the only woman law clerk
in the Government service. She 10 carried
on the rolls Of the Office OF Comptroller OF
the Treasury by that title and Is said TO be
a very competent employee. =,
Miss Nettie Peterson OF Albert Leo,
MINI, and Miss Caroline I. Griesheimer
Of Washington, D.. c., are specially COM
potent women employees OF the Civil Ser
vice Commission and have charge OF ex-
animation papers. They receive the high
1900 a year. Miss Mary Van Branken
of the Internal Revenue Bureau and Miss
Marietta G. Deehan and Mrs. {. T.. Lime
burner OF the supervising architects
ONCE each draw ti,SOO u year.
The two Government experts in the
Identification Of paper money that has
been burned. mutilated or otherwise rem
dered unfit for currency are women, Mas
Amanda K. Brown was appointed in 1875
from Livingston county, New York. She
has charge OF the Identification of green
backs and coin certificates, while Mrs.
Sarah F. Fitzgerald is the expert in the
redemption division Of the Office Of the
Comptroller Of the Currency in the identi-
fcation Of national bank notes returned
for redemption. Mrs. Fitzgerald was APP
pointed in 1858 when the ofsce OF Comp
troller Of the Currency was first eetab-
lished. Each receives a salary of 81 900
a year.
Miss S. Alice Sommerville, an employee
in the ONCE Of the Auditor Of the Navy
Department, is the only colored woman in
the Government service who draws 81. 800
a year. She is an expert In handling navy
accounts.
BY some officials there is still manifested
the same prejudice against women en-
ployees that was shown at the time Gen
Spinner, over much opposition, first recog-
nized their qualifications. One case has
become celebrated in Washington because
Of its romantic sequel. Several years g
the than A6iutaNf- Geperal NJ tina Arnnv