The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-02-01

I nice girls are following this practice.
II is safe 10 say that mother doesn't
know"
Referring 10 the present agitation on
the part OF the employees Of the govern
ment TO secure a retirement measure. J.
H. Geary, OF Philadelphia. a lawyer who
/ was seen at the Arlington, said: The
hand-to-mouth way OF living so common
4 in the American civil service IS found
/ in every country where civil service. as
we know It. prevails. Lifetime leases on
/ positions are naturally not conducive 10
habits Of thrift and economy, and all civ
ilized governments are finding It neces-
| sary 20 provide for their superannuated
clerks.
with but a few minor exceptions,
however continued Mr.. Geary. 1T takes
the form Of requiring the clerk 10 lay
| something by out Of his own salary. rather
than coming as a straight-out pension.
4 Other nations which have tried civil
| service pensions and retirement do not,
| as rule, seem to Ike the cash payment
! idea advanced by many Of the advocates
/ Of retirement. England has a civil pen
| sion, and also a retirement fund A few
years ago there was a movement set on
/ foot 10 commute the annuitles. but this
was not met with favor by those who In
vestigated Il for the British government.
/ This commission found conditions IN Eng
/ land much the same as they are found in
America, and said that 4 the government
/ employees were improvideHt enough TO 60
}
/ teuce they would hardly be pr0vident
/ enough 20 use judicially a lump sum.
and that the interests Of the employe and
/ the government would be best subserved
/ by allowing him an annuity or monthly
/ payments.
/ There IS one point N this argument
which IS probably the most important,
and that IS the question OF cost OF living.
/ The salaries OF the government employe
/ should keep step with the cost OF living:
/ Il they don't, these people are simply
/ forced 70 borrow that which IS needed.
and it is not TO be expected that they can
lay aside anything for their old age"
/ J. F. O'Rourke OF Dublin. Ireland. a
linen merchant who is making a business
tour of the United States. was seen at the
/ Riggs recently Speaking Of the political
outlook in ireland, Mr.. O'Rourke said:
If only the Irish people will work hand
/ in hand now, they can attain home rule
without much trouble.
! 1T is dissension in the ranks OF the
/ Irish party in Parliament which prevents
Ireland from securing home rule; It IS
measure. and not the House OF Lords.
Tell you something about the barney
stone? Well. Blarney Castle isn't much
/ Of a castle to anybody nowadays who
/ has seen the rale ting It consists
chiefly Of one tower with wings. In tho
wall OF the facade, about twenty feet
! from the top. or. al a guess. forty-hvs
/ feet from the ground. a stone about the
/ Size Of a bushel basket Protrudes, That's
! the real barney stone. Only those ladies
who have been lowered in 'boatswains
chains and the Wild birds have ever
actually kissed IT, Yet I have had TO
sit and listen TO many beautiful and
truthful women tell how they knelt 10
/ kiss the barney stone.
/ 7 understand exactly what they meant.
/ They didn't know the real from the I'M
position. The little village OF Barney
/ has not much 10 commend II to the at
tention of travellers except the castle
and the stone and fine atmosphere and
a blue. smiling sky. A just as good
/ blarney stone has been placed IN the
| courtyard OF the castle and for a trihlng
matter of a sixpence you and may go
into its sacred presence and press our
/ lips upon its rough, clammy surface. But
one isn't getting what one is bargaining
1 for"