Show saddest plaint one ever hears in washington W ORNING tor for undo uncle sam which it first Is a vocation oftentimes become W a disease and an incurable one the saddest plaint one ever hears in washington wahington ladder than the wall ball of the rejected office becker Is that ot of the helpless and hopeless government 0 I 1 YE VE clerk lamenting his unhappy lot JOL lie he boffl such SUC A realizes that Is he in bad and earns FOO FOOL L TO for one more chance to right himself SPEW THE ile he Is in the net and cannot escape BEST PAX lie he mould inguld like to extricate himself but of ay life that Is impossible perhaps hii big head AS 0 P has whitened and hla his hands bands have pal hied bled in the service and his years cars ol of chiep i steady employment are hi by a dollar abaied ills his fete is sealed u gloomily Gloom ll he be brods his hi wear may kay perhaps he Is a man iet et capable ot of throwing off his government harness and hitching himself to something better outside the cram cramming ring brIn grinding ding world of clerical dianer under official tyranny tr ranny but he has a tamly and cannot afford to take a chance ho he has certain hied fixed expenses and ili hii income must be uninterrupted ile he has not saied a penny because his salary which looked quite when ho he was a single nun min now Is woefully oe full inadequate under the added strain of tho the obligations 0 of a family lie ho could fill satisfactorily roost most an position requiring clerical ability and but ho he cannot let go his government iob to find something even equally as remunerative lie he is afraid to take the chance national magazine |