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Show YOUNG MEN FOR SECRETARIES T O CABINET OP'ICERS. I . tesi Upper left. Jasper Wilson, secretary to the secretary of agriculture; upper up-per rlsht. Chnrles E. Taylor, secretary to Ihe secretary of the navy; lower left, Herbert A. Stcens. secretary to the secretary of commerce and labor; lower light. D. M. Carr, secretary to the secretary of the interior. Washington. D. C, April 18. The private secretary to the cabinet officers offi-cers Is the man who really does the routine an.l disagreeable work of the office. It Is he who gets the, '"glad hand" artist, listens to the many tales of woe and pacifies the disappointed office seeker. He works day and night. His principal attention is given to protecting pro-tecting his chief, but he must send everybody away In a happy frame of mind. This office of secretary to a cabinet officer requires the smoothest, most diplomatic, most polished, most I experienced kind f a man His re- marks are interpreted frequently to j express the sentiments of his superior and for that reason he must keep absolutely ab-solutely still on all matters pertaining to the government. It is a continual nervous strain and it requires youth and vigor to withstand tne trials of a private secretary. This office Is uniformly filled by young men. highly educated and of refinement. It Is no uncommon thing for a private secretary secre-tary who "make- good" to bo advanced in many ways, for young men of the caliber "required for "this work are hard to find and if they make good here they will make good elsewhere. |