Evening star., 1922-07-16
Heard and Seen

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sell Alexander Graham Bell on the
telephone? Or Mareoni on radio!
Or attempt to point out to Charles
Schwab the dssirability Of steel, Or
argue President Harding into enter
l ing the government service!
That 10 what the Post once De-
partment did last week when It sent
Postmaster Merritt o. Chance Of the
washington city post ONCE nice
long letter detailing the merits Of
rest bars for distributing clerks.
"You are aware" said the letter.
ETC., two pages being consumed IN q
the clerks rs they stand 1t their
cases, the plans Of the department for
| welfare, and other pertinent points.
Halt 4 dosen hne photographs OF
] clerks sitting on the various types
Of rest bars" were inclosed. 1t was
You see. Postmaster Chance IL The
man who started this rest bar"
business. The local post ONCE has
been experimenting along that line
for many months. Chance invented
the best type OF rest bar.
And those nice photographs were
all taken at the Washington city post
ONCE. =
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The dog rs q drain-digeer made his
appearance during the big storm last
| week.
Clarence schooley, superintendent Of
| mails At the city post ONCE. always
did think his English setter pup was
quite q hound.
But now he Is positive about 1t.
| sewer-digger. you know.
When the storm broke. the setter
pup sprang into the breech.
Or. rather. the sewer.
The rain washed the dirt out Of Q
schooley's back yard down into q
! drain. clogging It. and threatening
the overflow Of the basement Of his
Lanier place home.
Then the setter appeared on the
scene.
dog leaped down. and his hind legs
| began to dig furiously. The mud
! few in every direction.
The drain was cleared. and the wa
ter began to fow normally.
That 10 Just one reason why
Schooleys dog isn't for sale.
What 10 the proportion Of women in
government service here as compared
with men?
A casual observer on an early morn
ing street car these days would be
thoroughly justified in asserting that
| the proportion is about 1s to 2.
| That was the number counted on
one Of the long side seats in one Of
the box cars" running down Column
bia road. Certainly it 10 true that
mon are greatly in the minority on
the morning cars.
There are women everywhere. old
and young. "middle-aged," whatever
that means. and all sorts Of ages,
particulars. They stand cheerfuiiy
while the poor male clerk sits read
ing his morning paper.
The women are getting used to the
men keeping their seats. A year or
20 ago they cast baleful Slances At
ing audible comments. But now they
accept 1t all A. 4 part OF the scheme
| Of things.
The Civff Service Commission tells
| me that the proportion OF women to
men in federal service here 10 ss per
That may be true. but still hold to
tho 16 to ratio. Get on a car at
1880 any morning and see for yourself.
So
In listening to italian singers on
the records one is likely to get the
idea that an Italian could understand
| every word uttered.
| But my barber tells me differently.
| He comes from sunny someplace
| over there. Like all Of his race, he
must be accepted ~ an authority on
| opera He comes from the land Of
! Verdi. Mascagni ana Leoncavallo
I That is his passport.
AN opera might A. well be sung
! in Italian as not" he was told. be
| cause when it 10 sung In English you
| cannot understand the words anyway
suppose, you Italians can under
| stand your singer perfectly"
He looked puzzled.
I You can, If you understand the
! words" he said.
| CHARLES A. TRACEwELLA