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in the station. almost across the street.
eventually delivering the mail through
post office will adjoin both. Mail cars
are to run into the post Office on switches
from the station. and it Is probable that
a tube system will be devised which Will
shoot the mail sacks from the printing
office mailing room into the mail cars
themselves
The mailing and delivery of publications
from the many government oHlces was
additionally wastefu in that it did not
work individual mailrOOmS and wagons
to capacity. Several of the offices which
issue publications extensively had in
stalled mechanical addressing machines,
but there was not enough work to keep
these machines running full time. More
over. department wagons seldom carried
full loads to the post office The commas
sion questioned the necessity or sendlng
franked mail to the post office Tor can
collation.. Canoeing a frank is onvlousi E.
useless labor. and it was costing the post
office about $1,000 year for this opera
ton alone. The handling of the govern
ment publications in the post office en-
tailed a cost of about $4,000.
4 =
The economy commission predicted an
annual saving of nearly $25O.O0o in all
by mailing directly from the printing OF
flee to the station, or to the new station
most office when it is opened. According
". Congress in the recent session author
izao the change. Under the new sys-
tenn the following savings are being ac-
complished:
Since the publications are now mailed
from what is practically the same build
ing in which they are printed tney W
not need to be bundled and wrapped for
delivery to the departments as 1ormeIiy'
This cost, So. s66 annually. is thus entire
1t cost the printing Office each year
SIS. 765 to deliver the publications to the
departments. Also eliminated.
The departments themselves sent their
wagons to the printing Office for publ
cations. This cost, estimated at $I'SV'
is entirely saved.
The mailing divisions of the depart
ments occupied space at an actually PAID;
or bookkeeping charge. rental or $lo,45|
per year. Entirely saved.
BY working In wholesale lots. thus
keeping the machines busy. the central
lied office can make the mailing list
stencils for 81, 400 a year. 1t cost the
departments s6,17S. a saving of $4,6SS.
The centralized mailing office can ad-
dress wrap and sack publications for
$76, 40 less than it cost the departments
individually to do it. There Is also ef-
fected a saving of over $4,000 in enve-
lopes. paper, Irvine and ink.
=.
Approximately $4,000 is saved in cost
of administration and overhead expense.
In the post Office the labor saving is
about So 600. And the cost of trans
ferring the document mail from the post
office to the station, $3.50. is entirely
done away with
1t formerly cost the government about
a third of 81 ,OOO. 600 per year to mail the
documents from the departments The
centralized cost IS estimated at $4,000.
Prior to the present arrangement gov
eminent publications reached the public
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this month, when. urlder tie liz" Ia"
drawn upon the recommendation Of the
Cleveland economy and efficiency commits
sion. all mailing and distribution of pub
lie documents was taken from the hun
dred or so departments. bureaus. COM
missions. services and offices and con-
centrated in the office of the superintend-
ent of documents. which is a bureau of
the government printing office.
August Donath. the superintendent on
whom all this new work has fallen. is
willing and anxious to testify, after three
weeks experience i'm distributing all the
government printing office publications,
that Uncle Sam is the greatest publisher
on earth.
There seems to be some basis for Mr..
Donath'S contention The new central
lied mailing office is now sending out
something like 100000 copies of publica-
lions per week. 1t is true that certain,
indeed numerous. private publishing
houses in this country equal and exceed
this number of copies per week. But it is
in the diversity of the million documents
going out each week to subscribers that
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much nome 10 them all as havana ttty
have taken a furnished house for month
or two and VIII renew old acquaintance
here before going to Havana for longer
visit. Senior Quesada Is remembered first
in Washington in the closing days OF
1898 when faint rumbles of the Cuban
revolt began to trouble the diplomatic
world. He came with his young wife
and an assistant, Senior de Rivero, now
Cuban minister here, and established Of
fees in a hotel on PENNSYLVANIA avenue.
He was fiery and outspoken in regard
to the wrongs OF his country and the
junta had scarcely been organized when
the spanish Senior de LONE, made formal
protest TO the Secretary of State. Richard
OIney Of Massachusetts, and demanded
that the United States as a power friend
~ to Spain should deport all connected
with it. Mr.. Olney parted the point and
took no decided step.
1t is 10 the credit of the late and es-
teemed Vice President under Mckinley
Garret Hobart, that he first recognized
claimed that the United States was faith
aid the Cubans battling for liberty at its
very doors Senior de Lome's influence
Rad permeated Washington society, and
no host. official resident, however SYM
pathetic, had the courage to invite Senior
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dressed putting no work upon the rail-
way mail clerks.
In this room. too arc the automatic
envelope sealers. This is a simple
machine. in which the envelopes slide
along thin metal plate. with their
flaps underneath the plate. where they
are touched by moistened roller. AZ
break in the plate the flaps slide
through to the upper side and ar"
sealed to the envelopes by the double
pressure of two steel rollers. They
are then dropped directly into a mail
sack, which is attached To the ma
chine. This machine will seal about
$50 envelopes a minute.
The publication and mailing of the daily
Congressional Record is an impressive
spectacle. even to publishers used 10
rapid printing on big scale. Here is a
publication which sometimes for weeks
at a time will average daily 40 pages OF
solid printed matter, staggering num-
Der of words much larger than is printed
in any daily newspaper or weekly or
monthly magazine. The congressional
Record is often printed i'm fcverish haste
in the small hours of the morning. Vet II
is remarkably free from errors. either OF
English. composition or of makeup, or
in the government style. The stut-
terings of the linotype never get into the
Record. The proper words are capital
lied, or left uncapitaliZed. and spellinss
are uniform. Although written. printed
and delivered in twelve hours. II COM
pares very favorably in accuracy with
the best specimens of bookwork. The
printing officials declare II Is the most
remarkable publication in the world In
this respect.
The Record has an editor, a staff OF re-
porters and contributing editors. The
editor Is John r. Berg. the superintcnd-
ent Of work in the G.. p. o.; and he is
probably the most unloved man in the
halls of Congress. His sympathizers VIII
be the members OF the fraternity OF
newspaper MANAGING editors and make
up men" everywhere. Many is the SEN
ator and representative who has burned
the midnight oil revising speech he
was particularly anxious to have appear
In the next days Record. only to get his
copy OF the publication the next morning
and find instead the sentences: Mr.. Y.
of Oregon addressed the House. His re-
marks will be printed later. On such
occasions Mr.. Y has expressed his opin-
ion Of Managing Editor Berg in language
he wouldn't care to have a constituent
hear.
But midnight is the absolute dead line
for copy" to go into the next days Rec
ord. and while the forms are sometimes
held open a few minutes after this hour.
this does not often happen. and when
his copy is late the delinquent contribu-
tor finds the to-be-printed later legend in
stead of his speech.
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to such American and Cuban visitors Is
were i'm Berlin at that time.
MIR. Quesada has already departed tor
Havana, and his family may join him
shortly after Christmas. This is their
first visit home since the appointment
three years and a half ago. and the min
lister has a six-month vacation. II is To
be distributed impartially between friends
here i'm New York and Havana. Senorita
Aurore Quesada attended school at the
Holy Cross Academy in her day, on Mas
sachusetts avenue, but now on Dunbar
ton Heights, and many of her old COM
panions are giving fetes in her honor.
She is slight and fair. with her mothers
grace and her fathers vivacity, and she
is already counted among the bellies of the
embryo season.
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A Sunday With Prisoners at the District Jail.

good is accomplished by this and they
really believe that in some cases far
reaching results are obtained The
prisoners learn to know those associated
with this work and they look forward to
their weekly visits with eager anticipa-
ton. Many of the men visit the cells
afterward and their presence and words
of encouragement mean more 10 the in.
mates than many can imagine.
At present there are thirty -four women
confined in the Jail. many of whom are
white. When sitting about the corridor
I'm the women's ward. dressed in neat
wrappers Of dark blue. il is difficult to
realize that they are put there as pun
ishment for some offense. All are anx-
be permitted to breathe the air of free
dom again. A peep into the cell of a
woman who had only few days to COM
plete her sentence proved very interest
ing. All her clothing was neatly folded.
while near the door hung her street dress
and pocketbook, all ready to be put on
as soon as the -lookedfor day ar
rived.
While many of the inmates OF the Jail
have serious charges entered against
them, a large number are not criminals
in the true sense of the word. but mere
weaklings. They have some predominant
passion that is hard to curb. Some are
careless and shiftless. and have no aim
or incentive strong enough to lift them
from their present surroundings.
Visitors are welcomed at the Jail at
any time, and especially at the Sunday
services Those who have the time TO
spare and go out either I'm the morning
or in the afternoon find much to interest
and entertain and do not regret the time
given.
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of that astonishing triumph of the Cuban
cause in oriental waters was the first of
the long series with which Washington
was enlivened.
sadas have added dignity and Importance
to the legation Of Cuba in the capital of
Germany. Sonora Quesada speaks fur
languages. Spanish, English. French and
German. This gives her a position in
which her own personality may be judged
and not entirely that Of her husband or
the Importance of the interests which he
safeguards. The legation has been located
in the Inter den Linden, not far from
the great gateway Of Berlin, the Branden-
berger Tor Miss Aurore de Quesada was
presented there last December at re-
ception given to the diplomatic corps and
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the proper key lists have been addressed.
He then orders the stock OF publications
loaded upon the wrapping tables and sets
his force of girls to work wrapping or
filling and sending envelopes The pre-
pared mail Is then trucked to section
OF the room. where a force of six men are
tossing the packages into the proper mail
sacks, which are held open and upright
on frames Automobile trucks standing
in the alley below, and. where they get
full loads, take the sacks to the station.
A considerable feature of the work con-
sistfng In handling the miscellaneous or
ders for publications. which amount to
about 10000 per day. Mailing lists. Of
course, are impossible for these. The
orders come from the departments in the
form Of hand-addressed envelopes. on the
the names of the publications to be in
closed. These are selected directly from
the bins in the stockroom by a force OF
woman clerks.
But 1t is in mailing the big editions of
the periodical publications that the high
est development OF mechanical devices is
to be seen. This work, though under the
direction of the superintendent OF docu-
ments. is done In the main building
OF the printing Office, as the publications
come from the gathering. stitching and
trimming machines The wrappers. how
ever, are addressed on the machines in
the old building.
Wrapping is still done by hand Sam
uel B. Donnelly. the public printer. has
been seeking for months to find a sat
isfactory mechanical wrapping ma
chine. but in vain. He is now spend
ing much Of his time travelling about
the country to see the operation of
machines advertised as successful. But,
although publication machinery has
been brought to higher point Of de-
velopment than that in any other in
dustry. there has yet to be devised a
machine which can pick up a pamphlet
of any size, roll 1t in its wrapper and
seal it. fortune awaits the success
full inventor of such a device
When an edition is large as many
as fifty girls are at work at the wrap
ping tables. One force of girls is
ironing out bundles of wrappers SO
that they may be picked up singly by
the wrapping girls, who are supplied
by forewomen at each table. Along
the back of each table runs an endless
belt in a shallow trough. which is
flush with the table top. The girls
throw the wrapped and sealed copies
into this trough, and the belt empties
them into a mail sack at the end of the
table. The wrappers are arranged by
cities and states, so that when the bag
is full it need only be sealed and ad-
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in Philadelphia. Mr.. Quesada was &C
lively identified with the revolution Which,
resulted in Cuba Libre, besides being the
director of the junta: He was associated
with Jose Marti and devoted his facile
pen and his READY eloquence to the cause
in various cities of this country and Latin
America.
Senior and Sonora Quesada were in Wa IL
ington when the news became public of
the death of Maceo and the predicted
collapse of the revolution. They were
also here when the news Of the destruc-
ton of the Maine came, and Mr.. Quesada
aided in every way In getting minute de-
Deweys splendid victory in the orient
reached Washington the Quesadas gave
a great reception, and their celebration
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guests in Washington to Mount Vernon
and the White House Berlin is fas-
cinating in every way. and close by
are Charlottenburg. with some grand
old palaces and mausoleums, and
Pottsdam, where the emperor's home is
located. is but a half hour by auto on
one Of the best roads / ever trav-
ersed.'
Sonora Quesada is receiving much
courtesy from her old friends There
are many in official life who knew her
during the dark days when the cause
of Cuba Libre seemed a lost one She
was quite dignifed in those days.
care. but always ready to greet the
world with a smiling face. She or
ganized societies here to sew and mend
for the patriotic army and gave gladly
from her private funds to concerts,
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propriate hymns. On the third Sunday
of every month they are assisted by
Father Gallagher. priest who devotes
his entire time to work of this kind. He
celebrates mass on that day in the large
hall of the institution. This service is
much more elaborate than the usual one,
and the white altar with its many bril-
liant lights lends an added solemnity TO
the impressive services.
At o'clock in the afternoon the Prot
estant ministers hold exercises Of a SINH
lar nature Rev. Mr.. Roberts and Rev
Mr.. Murphy OF the Episcopal congregation
are usually in charge. although visiting
clergy go out from time to time to assist
The prisoners follow all the services with
the closest interest and nearly all join
in the singing. Not long ago there was
a quartet among the inmates that proved
to be a feature of all the services. The
voices were picked and trained by Supt.
Zinkhan, who prided himself on their ex-
cellent work. But three OF them were
among those who were sent to Fort
LeavenwOrth to serve out a penitentiary
sentence and, of course that put an end
to the work Of the quartet. At present
there Is no special feature like this. but
nearly all the prisoners assist in the
singing, and among them are many voices
far above the average.
A variety of motives seems to urge the
prisoners to take part in these Sunday
exercises Some. it is true. assist purely
from religious interest. others are at
tracted by the music and the faces of
the visitors. still others go out Of idle
curiosity, while few like the chance
to get beyond the narrow limits Of their
daily existence. But. no matter what the
impulse is that urges them on, all seem
to be improved by their attendance at
the religious services. Those in charge
at the Jail think that a great deal Of
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through three sources. Senators and rep
resentatives mailed their quotas direct to
their constituents. This congressional
distribution is a very wide one. the COM
bined mail from the House and Senate
offices averaging twenty tons per day
while Congress is in session. this vol
ume, however, including correspondence.
free seeds and the many separately
distribute in their districts. The new
mailing arrangement will not take from
the congressman their privilege of send
ing out pubic documents.
The second method of distribution and
the one with which the public has been
most familiar. has been through the de-
partments. 1t is this work which has
been placed in the hands of the superin-
tendent of documents. The third method
has been the least familiar Of all-that
Is, the distribution heretofore made by
the superintendent of documents.
Inc superintendent is the proprietor OF
Uncle Sans book store. While it is pos
Slble to procure almost all documents
free. it is also possible to buy them for
nominal prices from the superintendent
OF documents. In his stockrooms he keeps
complete files of all documents in print
and issues monthly and annual cata-
logues of his stock, with the prices al
which the documents can be obtained
BUSINESS is not very brisk, however, prob
ably owing to the fact that the public
hesitates to pay for something 1t can get
for nothing by applying to senator OF
a representative or the proper govern
ment official. However, the superintend-
ent last year sold documents to the value
of $4,000. and at present his sales are
running about 500 per day.
This feature of the work of distribution
has not been disturbed by the new mail
ing arrangement; the superintendent will
still continue to sell documents to those
who would rather pay cost prices than
ask for favors. Moreover, the Superin-
tendent has a certain free distribution OF
his own to public Libraries, which work
he will also continue to do. Each SEN
ator and representative under the law is
permitted to designate public library
to receive every government publication
and there are now 475 such Libraries in
all. Then there are what are known as
geological libraries. which receive free al
scientific publications relating to geology
each senator and representative is per-
mitted to designate four of these. Finally
there are the libraries which receive only
the Gazette of the patent office. eight OF
them to each senator and representative
Under the new law the superintendent
of documents has all the free distribu-
ton except that of Congress. but the law
does not give him control of the mailing
lists. These are preserved under the con-
troll of the offices issuing the publications.
the superintendent handling only the
purely mechanical work of mailing the
documents.
In order to see how this great volume
of work is systematized let us suppose
that the Department of Agriculture has
prepared new farmers bulletin on some
popular subject. The editor of the de-
partment sends the copy to the gov
eminent printing Office. together with a
printing requisition for an edition Of a
certain size. A slip of notification is also
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Il OWthe Government Pub

LOW the Government Pub
1 l fishing Business Is Con-
Quoted Under the New Econ
omy and Efficiency Law
Centralizing Distribution of
Government Publications in
the Office of the Superintend-
ent of misunderstanding
Out the Various Bulletins a
Gigantic Task - Circulation
of the Regular Publications
What Has Been Saved by
the New Law.
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CENOR QUESADA Was
lin Charge of the Junta
During the Days of the
Cuban Revolt Against Spain
and He and His Wife Gained
Scores of Friends for Their
Fortitude and Stanch Patriot
isn-Senora Quesada Is the
Daughter of the Late DIR.
Miranda of Havana.
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Quesada and his attractive young wife
even to the least formal fete.
For an entire year Senior Quesada brave
lystormed every avenue, social and official.
which might mean aid for his struggling
country, but in vain. Finally. through
one of those happy accidents which some
times determine the fate of nations, he
was presented to Mr.. Hobart and that
genial gentleman seemed to realize in an
instant how unworthy part his country
was playing. He asked Mr. Quesada to hts
home, that famous old mansion Of Don
Cameron's on Lafayette square. and he sat
for half the night going over papers. let
ters and old documents relating to the
past and present instructions Of Cuba
against Spain. A few days after. the
Vice President and Mrs Hobart gave a
large reception and musical and Senior
and Sonora de Quesada figured among the
guests. The Spanish minister and Nine.
de LONE refused to attend the fete be-
cause of the presence of the leaders Of
the junta. Mr. and Mrs. Hobart bore
their absence with equanimity and a few
days after the musical the Quesadas were
invited to dine with number of promi-
nent American legislators and Latin
diplomats. That was the opening wedge
socially and events followed quickly. for
il was In December that Mr.. Hobart gave
his fete and in February American inter-
Vention was assured.
Sonora Quesada, though an ardent
Cuban is a native Of New York city and
was educated at a convent near the
metropolis. Her father. DIR. Miranda. had
years before gained the enmity OF the
Spanish government because of his fear
less attitude toward the oppressed and
the generous sums which he expended
for the diffusion of knowledge and Of lib
erty. Even prior to the revolt OF 1875.
in which Gen. Ulysses s. Grant figured so
nobly, DIR. Miranda had found 1t prudent
TO remove his home from Havana to New
York. Here several OF his children were
born. among them his eldest daughter,
Angelina. Her marriage to Senior Quesa-
da, also a member of an exiled family.
occurred just year or two before their
coming to Washington in 1895 Mr..
Quesada is a native OF Havana, but his
parents moved to New York In his child
hood and became one Of the colony OF
exiled Cubans by whom DR.. Miranda was
so beloved.
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bazaars and all sort OF entertainments
designed to raise money for the cause.
or the three children Of Senior and
Sonora Quesads the charming young
girl who has recently been presented
in DIR. Miranda's home in New York. but
the Oldest boy was born in Washington.
Another son has been added to the
family since the minister's residence in
the German capital, and this present
visit Is intended to introduce this young
gentleman to the relatives and friends
of his parents here and in New York and
Havana.
The Quesadas remained in Washington
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CHAPTER of his
tory which every
\ IN eric d n must
read with reVerent
pride is recalled in
the brief sojourn of
Senior GonZalo de
Quesada and his
charming family.
They have recent
~ returned from
+ : I ii II. and as
" ashington is as
n