Show 1 t LON GIeR OF OP The weeding out of the old eve clerks ir Irr the u various governmental depart departments ments rn at t Washington has hatI lie sot set t the u ones to thinking A As All a result lar larse e numbers of or them are hustling for something to do In IR oUter other walks of ol 0 life There Thera has been considerable talk during durl g the ue present pre nt session on of 0 Congress of nf p g the Ule agod aged and aad Infirm goy gov government 01 or at toast least adept Inc Ing some e plan Ilaa of et insurance by It means Irr If whist which these th who contribute will be bet t table ble to keep tear the wolf from the door deor when their a Ii are e no ne longer re ro required The later hatter plan would not help the theold old oid men and women who are receiving ing their walking papers at time the pros pres present ent cot time and there Chore is s no prospect of or ofa ora ofa a pension bill being passed for lor their benefit bene t tIt It MelDS acorns like Uko a real roe hardship for tor clerks who have havo passed the tho beet years nars of or their lives lIvos In the service of the government to bo be let out when whon it Is Impossible for tor them thorn to get work else olse ol elsewhere c where Yet et the same samo thing happens to those who spend spond their lives live as em of or great corporations or pd rule TUte individuals It is 15 l claimed that living expenses we are JU Ugh at the tbt national capital that muo or nothing can be saved This l Is M also true of every other city In the country Everyone oryon with a spark of humanity In n his breast teals feels sorry sorrY for tor the faith faithful tt ful tul oM old cs n whether r a government or not waste days ot of useful usefulness usefulness ness n are over and aed who has ha been Sh given Shen en notice nodes to w quit It is ono one of or tho tiro tragedies of ot Ute life The Tho only apparent remedy rem Is some form fonn of or Insurance unless un tho Uto Wk government adopts an old age pension pon plan which will include mon men and women waman Yo m n both In too ami out of or its 18 ts service |