Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-02-27 | Page 28 | Women Expert in Work of Mints

WOMEN EXPERT IN WORK OF THE MINTS I hERE are numberless mert and T THERE women In the s service of the United States government who l love ve their work worl and give It St th their lr un undivIded undivided undivided un- un divided attention for tor long over the regulation seven soyen hours a a. day These are as as- as asa a rule the tho specialists with Individual Individual Indi Indi- vidual work which they alone can per per- form One of ot these devoted members of or orthe the federal service Is Miss Mary M M. OReilly confidential secretary to the director of ot the mint Miss OReilly loves her work ork In a measure which is given to few and her duties are of ot a a. character ot t sustain her interest and stimulate her intellect td the highest degree The director of the mint has general supervision of ot all the mints and assay offices In Jn the United States and he prescribes with the approval of the secretary of the treasury the rules forthe for forthe forthe the transaction of business at these various establishments S C He lie receives daU dally daily reports of ot their their operations directs the coinage to be executed reviews the accounts au authorizes authorizes au- au all expenditures superintends the annual settlements of the several institutions and makes special examinations examinations examinations nations of ot them when deemed sary Tests ests of weights and fineness of ot coins struck at the mints are made In Inthe Inthe inthe the assay laboratories under hi his charge J The secretary tary of at the treasury pub- pub Z lish s quarterly the directors director's estimate of the value of ot the standard coins of foreign countries for custom houses and for tor other public purposes purposes- Since she was transferred from the department of commerce to the tho office 01 ot the director of f the mint ten years ago Miss 1 OReilly has been making a serious and fruitful study of ot every everyone one of ot these phases of ot the working of or the bureau of which she is Isa a part Her of office office of- of fice Aay ay Is limited by no hours The study of ot standard of values is not only part of ot her work but Is also made an important feature of her private readIng reading read read- ing and she Is acknowledged as an authority on the subject The office of ot the director of the mint is a small bureau which might be compared compared com corn pared to the staff start headquarters of ot an army with the director as chief of staff aided by his corps of pl picked ked of officers ot- ot It Is an office of expert service sery- sery ice and almost every clerk is an expert ir In his or her line Une Although the special special special cial Washington corps Is small there Is a large force connected with this head office and employed at the mints in Philadelphia Denver and California Califor Califor- nia Ma as well as In the various arious assay of offices of- of flees tices throughout the country These s send nd regular reports to the m main ln office and all are gone over here acc accounts settled and Instructions Is Is- Is sued Miss OReilly might be termed the chief clerk of or this office She is the man of the director in every branch of or his work and takes care of all the Important official cot cor Her knowledge is la so extensive and thorough that when the tho director tor Is called upon to make a spee speech h or to prepare an article of ot detailed report Miss OReilly can Immediately place her hands upon the data required and put them in such form torm that they are arc immediately available for tor tion C When the annual settlement Js Jg i made of ot values s in each of the mints and Inthe in inthe inthe the New York assay offices Miss OReilly Is 18 qualified to serve upon settlement committees and has performed performed per per- perI I formed this duty In iii both Denver and Philadelphia and in going forth upon this commission she performs her full share of th the work proving hers herself lf an experienced and valuable member of ot the committee With a clear headed and decisive viewpoint in business and nd taking her part in official life ute upon exactly the same footing tooting as a man Miss 1 OReilly is yet one of ot the most womanly of women is reserved to a fault in re regard regard regard re- re gard to her own part in the working of the he important office of at which she Is a valuable and valued member Born in Boston and reared and educated educated educated edu edu- in New Orleans Orlean Miss OReilly evinces the intellectual attributes accredited accredited accredited ac ac- ac- ac credited to the northern town and to ancestors of reserved distinction is perhaps the fruit of or her upbringing in the romantic Southern city with its pronounced Ideals of ot the qualities which constitutes a no gentlewoman New York Sun Sun j