Show THE AGED NEED HAVE NO FEAR I H I a Il friend of HIP Ihl lillI Tho old ilin the of u MI miry inn 1111 i rl oil 1 In Ham ban lr 11 tilled 11 tn In K lOt H Hint they their th II P flU until 1111 Hf w hn ago n nr o foi rOl e of 1111 of or the tho 1111 done lit I till the U of or Secy Sec on HI tile urn 1110 lameR JumeR H n lIoUn of o till the Ht Ed end Auditor Person Fm n 0 time It looked tn ibero theto u n possibility that the might do with ho services ot or of or those thoe who luul glown InY and wink wElk In the th were held Id ami the question discussed I of the vere In favor of or I hUI nt at the tho same time the th And at lit last thU was decided Upon Tho treasury t I department hUK In III Its It employ more of the Will war and 1111 1 other othel citizen both men and women than limn nil other othel hl oC th They he occupy position po In nU nit parts of the tho great building Some Home of oC them hOI havi been there thero practically oil all their One of or these Is 15 E I B Me Ic Sw neY 92 of or ape age tho oldest mon In the service of the United States go 1111 11 t These people have been loyal and true to old Uncle Sam Their work linn been their ideal their future their livelihood And lId then the newit was whispered about till the and nil the of u that a II wan WAil to 10 be Instituted Naturally tIll the veterans In III tho service became Jinny lulI of tiC them aro without any on In III the 1111 ex IX except their salary received monthly the One of or the characteristic of or In IK to 10 see tile the government clerks leaving their work Many of them ul III tho and un l the thO other departments too for thul matter 1111 tt e some In III styled anti antiquated vehicles Some of these old which 1110 worn out oUI after years of or service hero here In h HO KO lines and other othel duties when mill notables 11 occupied tho Ihl l seats ilK These cabu have fallen into tho hands of ot old negro no drivers ami many of or them have their Il whom they lo 10 and from their work worl ov I Iery 01 ery y day dI Not u few of till the Use up crutches Others ate are still lUll strong to 10 net gel along ulong with the assis assistance tance of o u II ami tiding on tilt the wend their way slowly slow through the th Im Immense mense to their respective res quarter Some of oC those arriving In their own ot 01 hired vehicles almost havo hao lo 10 be he cart C led Into the building and nOlI to 10 the thc elevator elealor The report of oC tho thu proposed d reform like Tho deiy tIr old wo women women men and the trusty men of or almost 1 brokenhearted Tn To work worl tor the government Is I second nature with them Without their positions they be virtually lost loal out In thi th world with a 1 home maybe mn be and stilt still with n 1 feeling tell II I of homesickness They feel fecI that If their services were dis dispensed with they tho would be like men without a country n Tho anxious ones oneil were kept on the anxious pent ent for tor weeks thy they flint hoard tho Ih news Then gradually ti WI tall talk 1 that old Undo Bum had hlll shown hl bund There hero was to tn be no wooding out of tiC the thc old and tho Iho feeble anil just because they the WN not 1101 aw nM young as liS they used usell to he they had old In III tho Iho service lIerle It Il lo 10 the Iho wn W nIl all tho more moru why the e certain should be he retained Old 1 bag hOIl rade good lignin again his hili old a lire to to ho kept at III work every cr last Insl ono of lit thorn until this the very cr end The rho committee however baa decided lo to the of the depart department mont ment along Illon some other lines A study of the thc different divisions will hi made III eventually the thc treasury department will huyo n a new system Installed 1 TO 10 HB IMPROVED D fhe work ot or the department baa been be n nOil on Oil tho increase for fol years The Th result of the movement will bo be thu 1111 the Ihl Is not reduced the old retain retained ed cd and l system brought Into Inlo use Ulle whereby tho Iho will bo bc kept up UI with the tho without the employ employment ment nt of any nn extra help With n viol view ot or saving money for tho government tho hoard board of oC awards ot or tho Iho departments has hus appointed n II com committee to devise a It plan of uniform schedule I for tor purchasing supplies dur lul during ing tho next fiscal year A central pur purchasing lur chasing bureau was recommended by bythe the hl commission some time ago 1110 The schedule as aR arranged atlan by bytho b bIho tho Iho committee will bo to the for fOl the various de departments In this WilY way Instead of buying singly singh It Is tho Iho gov government will save 1110 when buying and paper and other 3 ma m Washington Herald |