Show eros 80YearOld Math Worksas Pepartment Clerk f the ago of SO Mrs Ann E Grid other or the famous captain lo i Admiral Dewey gave the order may begin firing when you got Gridley nnd grandmother ot Tohn P V Gridley killed two Ingo by thecxploslon on tho bat lip Missouri Is regularly at work clack In the land office a sub lion of the department of the In IT at Washington Griillcy has worked l for the gov cat almost continuously for years Her salary Is JOO a 5 Grldley camo to Washington Michigan shortly after the war husband was Frank Grldlcy of dale Mich Ho had been end en-d in mercantile pursuits beToro var but ho became a confirmed lid and Mrs Grldley sought em out and supported both for ninny s o has ono son Lucius E Grldlcy ears an empluyo of tho treasury rtment with whom she lives Is Grldley has a pension of 20 onth granted her on account of services as nurse during the civil President Roosevelt bus taken ersonal Interest In Mrs Grldloy has recommended that congress a bill Increasing her pension to i a month which would enable her Icslgn from offlco and taken few Is rest e prize money tp which Capt fley was entitled as a result of the lures In Manila bay amounting to fly I 10000 went With the insur and pension to his widow wholes who-les In Erie Pa Tho latter also Ived tho Insurance etc lifter the Ih of her son tho young lieutenant I was killed on tho Missouri fcpt Gridleys remains wore creed cre-ed In Manila and no monument been erected to commemorate him Is bravery In the national come fat Arlington though there Is also 111 for this purpose pigeonholed hero In some capitol committee My work Is very pleasant hero said MrsGridloy I have little writ Ing now to do and spend most of my time arranging documents alphabetically alphabeti-cally and numerically Long practice has given mo quite a bit of skill In this line Everybody Is very considerate and t LA 1 1 mT = uI + tAI 1 t M Ann E 1 e Cllictlo = 00 kind Sometimes 1 think it would bu restful if I1 could afford to go and pay a few visits and see my relatives and friends That Is where that Incieaso of pension would come in handy But I am moro anxious that they build a suitable monument to my son In Arlington Ar-lington That Is really a grief to me |