Evening star., 1926-03-19
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES L. TRACENELL.

one. The ten are relentless. the one
Ia stubborn The one Is an old, old
maid, who likes fresh air. and the ten
are far hea lthier, but do not like fresh
air.
When the one puts the window up.
the others conspire to put 1t down.
The old, old maid is queer" they say.
They whisper against her. especially
does the pretty Miss Jones whisper.
She whispers most OF all.
Since Miss Jones stands in WE'LL
with the chief. she Ia in fair way to
whisper the old, old maid clear out Of
the ofiice.
SoonA no doubt, II this thing keeps
up, there will be interviews between
the old lady and those higher up
With trembling legs and quavering
mouth, she will shrinkingly take a
seat on the hard leather sofa, while
the big man with the quiet smile. asks
her few questions.
Such innocent questions. of course.
and vet in her sad heart the little old
woman will know that the life she has
led for 10 many years Is drawing TO q
close 1t IN not so hard to whisper an
old employe out Of the Government
service.
Az We pass along the street ny tne
side Of this huge Government building.
moi far from the White House, We
may see window raised, and hand
place breadcrumhs on the sill.
The birds flock TO 1t. Jostling one
mother to get their breakfast. The
scepe is repeated every morning at
/! e:0o O'Clock. II the woman clerk in
uuestion does waste a few minutes of
Uncle Sans time-well. what OF II!
For the Lords sake. what OF II?
Only those who make the mista ke
Of REGARDING the Federal Government
a. some sort of machine for the
! sole purpose Of grinding out reports
can feel that Uncle Sam loses any
! thing when one Of lis clerks stops to
| feed the birds.
! Here is sort Of superior Office
! boy who puts on more airs than the
his man outside whose office he ats.
| II YOU can browbeat this surly. i'm
| pudent fellow, and get past him.
YOU will find the man drawing big
| pay the very opposite in every
| respect.
Here is colo,ed messenger. a
| long time emplOye. who is pillar
| In his church. He hides his head
| with shame every time one OF his
| superior officers breaches an Oath h of
| any kind.
| SO 4 standard Joke in this Office
is to swing a few swear words for
| the benefit OF old Sam.
| Through this entire cross section
| Of American life seethe the Ordinary y
American emotions-the desire ia
! get on" TO stand in" with the
chiefs. 20 refrain from criticiZing
thoEe who may be of benefit to you
| to take out your spleen on those who
| cannot help and 80 cannot resist -
| and a thOusan more.
Here, In the Government service
We have all that America In. for our
! country Ia jusi what we human be
| inss who inhabit II make Of 1t.
! Our history Ia more than geography
moro than economics. The Plymouth h
rock is only interesting because ca
mon and women landed upon IL.
George Washington was grea
man beca use no was first ma n
| No one can deny that.
| These members of Congress on the
| Hill. they are more than makers OF
Jaws: first and foremost they are
men from the States. real huma n
beings every one OF them.
Let Us study the reports. and know
! the accomplishments. hut let us not
| forget for one moment the huma n
eide Of the United States Government