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Show OFFICIAL POSITIONS, 3 How a Middle Aged Mother of aFamily Got a Govern- ment Job and Interest- ;' ing Work ; :l Here Is the story briefly told of a woman past mlddlo age, mother of , grown children, who was advised to i- take an examination for a government h position. Sho had dono considerable fy work as city missionary, but this was her entire experlenco outsldo her , homo. She had as much to learn i about taking the examination as you ' i or I would, and Bho took it with fear and trembling, certain that sho had i jt failed to pass. However, experience fc and judgment count for so much in I government positions of certain kinds, f that Uncle Sam decided to place her n I in his Immigration service. When her j appointment came she was whisked out of her small inland city to tho Barge OiHco in Now York, where sho j if Is a matron of tho Boarding Division. J Jjr Hor present llfo is hard, but, oh, how i rj Interesting! Best of all, sho Is a motherly woman, from whom sym- j pathy and lovo radiate, who says she f g does not need any foreign language. becauso "any one can nndorstand tho language of love," It is hor duty to fc see that young girls and women and ' Wh children aro met by their friends, ', ,or are landed in respectable private homes with respoctable relatives. sr h are safo in the homes sustained by h ." their own nationality, or are placed j; on board trains going to relatives. ( Tho matron of tho Boarding Division ( often acts as maid of, honor at wed- dings of immigrants, If a young man J has sent for his sweetheart and prom- v- 'Isci t6 marry hor as soon as sho lands. . "the' matron take3 no's chances on his tutting off thtj wedding day or per- 1 J hnp.s forever. Sho stays right with ', fc them until they arts married. 1 1 |