Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-03-03
Spinsters Best Workers


TINE spinster and the little, duty
struck looking chap found in
almost every Office in the vari-
GUS department buildings Of the
United States Government here
are riding the crest of their long over
due glorification wave.
Their painstaking endeavors against
clock watching and keeping up with
their work have won the greatest OF
praise from Uncle Sans highest EN-
cheney expert, Herbert D. Brown, chief
of the Bureau of Efficiency.
In GROWING the spinster the working
queen of the $4,000 women in the Gov
eminent service, Mr.. Brown has got
"dapper" and the widow in Govern
ment employ are writing him heated
letters in protest.
But Mr.. Brown, after watching thou
sands upon thousands Of clerks labor
for Uncle Sam during the past 81 years.
said today he was not going to retract
one word Of his statement he issued re-
Gently as to what class Of Government
workers shows the best average OF &C
complishment, the most faithful and
painstaking performance Of duties, the
pest all-around record in attending to
the multitudinous details Of the far
flung Federal establishments.
Stands by Statement
'I will still stand by my statement"
Mr.. Brown calmly asserts, that OF all
workers of either sex, the spinster Is
the most loyal to her job, and OF all
women, considered as workers, she Is
the most efficient.
LAS for the mantle small chap Is
full of pep and energy. You know the
type I mean-about inches over feet
100 pounds. If he is at the bottom OF
the heap, he continually squirms and
wriggles until, very likely, he gets to
or near the top. The fat, placid man
does no wriggling and is not so likely
to get ahead.
once settled into spinsterhood," Mr..
Brown went on, "a woman is not dis
tracted by thoughts which constantly
engage the younger woman. The art OF
self-decoration no longer claims most
CT her attention, and her thoughts,
being no longer mainly bent upon the
ensnarement of the male, leave her
more time and interest to give to her
work, her usefulness to her employer
increasing correspondence.
AT her best In her thirties, she gives
to her work loyalty and enthusiasm
which, in the typical instance, is I'M
rivaled She develops an affection for
it and lavishes herself upon 1t. It be-
comes her main interest in life. She
mothers her work The devotion which
under other circumstances she would
give to offspring she bestows upon the
job.
Widow Not So Good.
1.-The widow is not so good. The loss
Of her husband has unsettled her. Her
home has been broken up and her
future thereby rendered uncertain.
Restless and given to 'pottering around
she is often troublemaker in the
Office
THE efficiency of flappers is not high.
Yet there are certain employments in
which they can run rings around the
older women. Their speciality is the
high-speed job, requiring exceptional
activity of mind and fingers. However.
they spend much time at primping and
they think much of dates dances and
the movies. Work in many instances is
merely a tempting way of gaining a
livelihood until the right man turns up.
When the single woman gets mar
ried and stays on the job, her work, as
a rule, shows marked improvement and
the reason why is not far to seek She
is no longer distracted by thoughts that
revolve about sex. Life has become q
serious problem, her husband and her
self having entered into what is in eff
feet a business partnership There
| must be teamwork If they have in
view the purchase of a home, their
joint efforts must be used to put the
project over. Some definite aim there