Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-29

but were not numerous in
Woman the departmental ranks
o, for some years afterward
onS' From time to time. how
ever women were named to places in
the executive service In The Star OF
June 81, 1869, is the following para
graph:
The ffty-three female clerks who
have been designated for appoint
ments as copyists and readers OF
proof and copy in the patent office
assembled today in the basement Of
tho west wing Of that building for
examinations as to their capacity for
those duties. 1t is contemplated to
in the patent ONCE in six rooms.
which have been fitted up on the
ground floor Of the west wing. where
they will be in charge Of Miss Mary
Capan of Massachusetts,. who will
have control of that department. The
examination has been going on all
day. the results in each case being
transmitted to the commissioner for
his action. One OF the applicants on
presenting nerSei1 Tor examination
stated frankly that she could not
pass, that she never went to school
a day in her life. was married at the
age of fourteen and could not read or
write"
Washington had a visit from an en-
tertainment organization fifty years
ago that later became
Haverly's nationally famous.
rr: Among the members
of this troupe were
several men who gained a reputation
throughout the country. The Star of
gagement:
'Haverly's Ministries gave their first
performance at the National Theater
last evening and made a decided hit.
Charley Pettingill. at the tambourine
is a great deal of originality in his
witticisms and impromptu songs.
After listening to the stale jokes and
threadbare ballads which form the
stock in trade of some minstrel
troupes. it is pleasure to welcome
a company like this, which brings
with it some Of the freshness of the
great west. Fayette Welch. the
bones is another original, and his
limitations of darby boatmen in the
camp meeting hymn. are capital
w. II. Rice is comical as the prima
donna of the troupe and his features.
voice and makeup all bear out his
assumption Of femininity. The COM
pany contains some excellent vocal
lists and their singing of quartets and
choruses would do no discredit to the
grand opera. Altogether the troupe
is very good one and deserves the
patronage of the amusement lovers
in the line of negro minstrelsy"
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This country was continually ex-
posed fifty years ago to the danger
Of disease invasion. as
Epidemics the science Of SANTA
Feared ton had not developed
far In The Star of
June %. 1869, is a note of apprehen-
sion on this score:
Between the yellow fever ship
which arrived in the lower bay of
New York a few days ago and that
reported at Fortress Monroe yester-
day there is danger that that terri
BILE disease may gain foothold on
our shores during the present hot
season. We trust, therefore, If they
have not already taken them. that
both federal and state authorities
will take every possible step to pre-
vent so deplorable a result. The hor-
rors of the summer Of 1855 at Norfolk
are yet SO fresh in the public mem
DRY that the bare thought of their
repetition causes the blood to run
cold.
There is also danger. in view Of the
exceedingly hot and damp weather.
that the cholera may once more COM
mence its ravages, as the condition
of the atmosphere just now seems to
be unusually favorable to it's spread
AS the march of the yellow fever can
be stayed by a proper system of
quarantine, SO can the spread of
cholera be prevented by cleanliness.
and those responsible for the public
health should lose no time In adopt
ing the most vigorous measures in
both directions"
Municipal jealousy ran perhaps a
little higher fifty years ago than at
present New York
Nexu York's particularly was in
clined to the influence
Jealousy. of the gre eyed
monster In The Star of June %.