Identifier: picturesquewas00moor (find matches)
Title: Picturesque Washington: pen and pencil sketches of its scenery, history, traditions, public and social life, with graphic descriptions of the Capitol and Congress, the White House, and the government departments ..
Year: 1884 (1880s)
Authors: Moore, Joseph West
Subjects: Washington (D.C.)
Publisher: Providence : J.A. & R.A. Reid
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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THE ANTHONY POLLOK MANSION. 246 PICTURESQUE WASHINGTON. intense, concentrated energy rarely seen in private business — eachroom under the vigihint eye of an official — the impression producedis that it is not, after all, such a very fine thing to be a govern-ment employe of the subordinate class, even if the compensation isliberal. Distance, indeed, lends enchantment to the view of servicein the departments. Away from Washington the stories of the largesalaries received by government employes for doing what is popu-larly supposed to be little work in a short day of labor, have a verybeguiling effect, and thousands of persons long for positions in thepublic service, and regard those who obtain them as exceedinglyfortunate. It is evident that there are some department positionswith a compensation very much out of proportion to the work per-formed— easy and lucrative places; but a careful inspection of thedepartments will convince an) one that the majority of the clerksand other em

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