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Show t i' I .M l ,lt;UAI Atl, AW lol 'Milt , I 1 w. 6ECRET WATCIi AA I MTAINED ON P06T0FF1CE EMPLOYEES Uncle Sam's Inspectors Are Always in a Position to I. earn Just How Clerks Are Doing Their Work. HAYING dropped a vnlunble parrel, par-rel, ount;iiijiiip pmhapr, u (.'linst, niiiH prcscnl, into Ihe ilc.HtnaL-cd ilc.HtnaL-cd .slut. uL I lm puhl ofl'icc, do uii V aliout. ;vuur huhitie.i with ;in iippn; i-iiitiun uf tlic'paiiiH to whirli your Ihi-cln Ihi-cln Suniuel ur? lo insure n nfcly in liutiillinu i hid vini ever Ik'.-i r of t Im looUn.it 7 Nu, not "itli rcfcrcni'o to things riiiuti citl, but llie hurt of looKoui tliat is iti-sl iti-sl a Me. I in c et v hi;; pitulTiro in I lie I'nitcd Stales. ' A-d, unic pusllil cl:rii t'ricml about it. lie will .mbahly tell you l twit us lie works lie lia-i a imiui ol I ' nclo Sii iii si 1 1 i n rj bcli iml an overhead hi 1 1 i-o on u 1 1 i 1 1 nI ool pu II in;: a I bi.s i ll iii w liisliors, w hi le his eves laky i " everv ino emetil td' rriv man in bjn postotliec. (If emiisc Ihe rdd chap i-nl really Ihere, but Ins ii'iil ir,. The iimi i known a-, n postollu-e iiisiei-toi'. In All Pusloniccs. lluilt into cverv federal lunhlinp ' I i,at lium-os a msi cdl'i.e in (he I nited SI.i'cm a lookout, a s it is known. It is a sort ui' rtWinyilii.', inrtosed viaduct, that .'teiulrt ov er I in- woi Uin; latiuii of tlie p.i-tnlViee. Latticed (ipetiins make it pm-Mlde for a per-on insi'lo the lookout look-out to see wlin t is c-niMM on ii t any de-k 111 t lie po-doli ire. The idi.crver is ill ir-iblc to the inlntl'ice cmioi ee. Silently Si-lently the wal-tier entmn tn- s.-.-rct place of ol'scrv at ion ttirnnh a duuray known only tr polollii'c inspectors and silently h.: v.atrhrs the swift di-pal h of the lui-iiir of t lie tjtl ice, alert t or anv inoenicnt of a postal clerk that i n i irli t bid fay anvthin'j other than deo-t deo-t ion to iioiit-M. cure ol the mail intrusted intrust-ed tor h few ltticf iiiiiiiih s lo his liaiuls. Operates Seiiclly. 1 'i" i our-.i the in-pi rtor is no in the Innkont all the time, but ho alone knows when he is there. He roines and coos us he pleases. oinet noes, there arc -ev ii itl inspector in a lonl'.ont at ritie time. Sointdiiuc-' there i no on- in the place of f-pioiia-jc. Cut to the pnMal clerk (lie lattices mi the inclosed pas-arjc Unit tniver-es the work room just under tlie ceil in-j n'pi i sent - t tic e er-w at -li f u I .(' of I 'nelr Sa in. He vork w iti fhn mental iittittule that humeoiio k uows ot every movu inude. J 1' very act i- mic of carrd'ul linnfty, then there is a witness to his integrity nf faiTvien as tnm li as there in to uny act of dishonciy conrmittc.j hy him-.self him-.self or any of his fellows. Entrances Are Private. I n tlie eon ht ruction of the look out k in the, federal buildings over the country, coun-try, ueverul entrance are provided. Thcv can always be, entered from the private, offices of the potd office mspee-iors mspee-iors provided in the liiiilditih, but other oth-er cut i n ti ces are also provided, leading from hallways into the secret vantapo point ot observation. Kvery door ir I ii t e, with ;( lock that is likn every ol her jock on look out doors over t lie count i . This makes it possible lor an inspector from any part of the, country coun-try to ojiin on I r;i nee lit anv time to any I'lokoiit in any po-.t office. He may :Jrop nil' a t nu ii at 'J o'clock some afternoon and half ;in hour later inav let hinisi-lf into the da rk recess thnt w i 1 1 luiablc him t u untangle some rase of stealing in the postal service upon which he has been working for wcekn. Can See Everything. Unco in; ide t ho lookout , he goes to the position that rvil command a view of the desk nt w hich t he nupret is wiw'kinp. If ho cannot pet a view of the position of the man siiHectod throuph tlm lnltire, wtiich is along the sides of tlie lookout of a height, that permits one to Maud or sit on a vtool f-hie ga.ing upon the workern ludow, he may have recourse to another means of nb.-ervnl inn. Along the floor of the, lookout are evti-hules. evti-hules. They are. made after the plan of a ertional Move. lid. A b-ole about an inch in diameter in in the center. If I Iii- proves insufficient for t he pnrpopo ot' (lie observer, he may lift out a disc of the floor that will leave an aperture aper-ture of three to s i x inches directly aherve the head ot' the man being watched. So, after all, Uncle- Sum isn't taking so miudi of a chance a you might think wlieu he pells you for a few rents a ft am p t hat insures the par" col that you trust to his care. |