Evening star., 1917-11-05
women To CARRY
MAILS TOMORROW
City Post Office to Experiment
With Two to Meet War
Conditions.
BONDED FOR $1,000 EACH

Two woman letter carriers will ap-
pear on the streets Of the National
Capital tomorrow morning for the first
time in the history of the Post Office
Department and will go down in his
tory as the first women to be used
for the carrying of mail on routes in
a city. ss @ss==a
The women are Mrs. Permelia Camp
bell of GA C street northeast and Mrs.
Nellie NJ. McGrath Of 1853 U street
southeast. On account of the diff
Guilty of obtaining men to work at the
city post office, due to the fact that
SO many of the clerks and carriers
have entered the military service, City
Postmaster Chance decided upon the
innovation.
The young women selected for the
experiment are wives of former letter
carriers. Mrs. Campbell is the wife of
Robert L. Campbell. letter carrier, who
died about year ago. Mrs. McGrath
is the wife of Maurice P McGrath. who
is now with the D. C. n. G. in Ala
bama.
This is the first time in the record
of the Post Office Department of the
United States that women have been
used for carrying mail on routes in a
city" Postmaster Chance explained. +
1t must be considered more or less in
the nature OF an experiment, although
the young women are very enthu-
siastic and thoroughly believe that
they will be able to make a success Of
the work"
More Than Enthusiastic.
Indeed, the two woman letter car
riers-or should 1t be letter carrier
esses?"-were more than enthusiast site
today as they went to a bonding COM
pany and were bonded for $1,000 each.
The new mailmen-er, mail women
will not be uniformed. but will wear
the regular postman's cap and badge
They will be "on the job" bright and
early tomorrow morning at o'clock,
along with the regular mail men.
The new mail women will carry the
mail on what is known as routes TT
and l19, which embody the territory of
the Union station and the unit blocks
of all streets northeast from G street
10 ana including New York avenue.
Begin as Substitute Carriers.
This means that the first of the ma.
tions mail women will carry mail to
the to 100 numbers from G street to
station.
The women begin their work as s,h-
stitute carriers, at SIS cents an homr
and will make the regular number nc
trtips required of carriers in the ter
ritory IF they ''stock"-and both of
them vow that they will more than
make good''-they will become ree1,Iar =
letter carriers and will be ADVANCED
automatically.
TIE appointment of the two 1e++.-
carriers does not complete the record
of the city post Office as to war-tima
employment of women.
More Girls in Other Mems Places.
There are. for the first time in tba
history Of the city post office. women
at work in another employment ALWAYS
held by men before.
Eight girls are "manning'' the "pict-
up" table on the big workroom f1onr
They started in their work Thursdav
and their duty consists Of Sorting iet
ters before they go to the canceIIation
machines. Short letters go by one heIt
and long letters by another. The girls
have to see to it that the letters Savs
the stamped ends the right way around
etc.
The girls work from noon each dav
to $50 o'clock each night, with an ho,,r
about tea time" for lunch "t