The evening world., 1891-05-22
QUALIFYING FOR MATRONS.
Civil Service Examination of a
Hundred Women Is Completed.

lue utbt ClNI-sorNlce e1hulubtOu OI Cauul-
dates for appointment to the new once of
Police Matron was completed to-day. About
one hundred candidates, all told, have passed
through the ordeal.
II may be gratifying to the ladies to know
that not one OF them has failed on the question
OF physicai ability, anu the average on the
balance of the examination has been remark
ably good.
The candidates have been. in the main,
earnest woman, brainy and refined. Some of
them received their nrst inkling OF the peculiar
duties Of Q matron through the sixteen ques-
tions which were propou1ded to them regard
ing the duties Of that position.
'What would you do In case q woman
prisoner was consigned to your care while suf-
fering with delirium tremensf"
That In not an uncommon condition Of the
fallen women gathered in by the police, and
more than one Of the candidates paused, half
appalled,, when her eye fell upon that question.
What would the fair candidate for matron's
place do with lost child brought in from the
street by bluecoat7 Would she consider 1t
her duty 10 accompany q female prisoner TO
court7 How would she treat a siok woman uu-
der arrest7 How would she deal with q female
prisoner who insisted in tearing on her cloth
mgr II q female prisoner used vile, indecent
and profane language. what would Matron
- do7
These are all matters that must be decided
quickly by Q Police Matron, and on correct
solution depends the eflciency Of the matron.
Experience counts heavily for or against
. candidate. Has she ever been graduated as
o trained nurse7 Has she ever been employed
a. In
Has she ever had experience with debauched
women. sick women, little children Has she
ever taught school, managed saiesw omen.
been housekeeper?
General knowledge" the ability to sum
up In simple addition and subtraction: facility
In reading, and Q nimole hand at writing, are
the other points on which the candidate Ii ex-
amined.
All OF the women performed crsditably in
these branches, but even should all have
reached the necessary general average Of 20
per cent, only few can receive appointment
The Police Board has not yet decided how
many stations 1t win set apart for the incarcer-
alton Of women, and at each Of which matron
must be located.
Eigh', or perhaps twelve, matrona will be
needed. Whether they must room al the
station-house, as do the patrolmen, rounds
men, sergeants and captains, has not yet been
decided, and whether the Matron must be at
call the twenty-four hours round, seven days
In the week, Is still q question to be answered.
Salaries have not been decided upon, and
they may be very small but not larger than
81, 900 year.
Ii is thought that the Police Board may ex-
lt.x.tN for go
ave years, In which event there will be
further examination by the Civil Service
Board some day next week.
There were several candidates who were too
young. ranging from twenty-one to twenty
nine ysArs old. Among these disappointed
young women were:
Kate NcKeon. OF the Insane Asylum, Black
wells Island.
MrA. Annie Hume. $50 West Forty-sevsnth
street.
Fiorsnrne J. .McAnana, 1874 East Fify-seventh
street.
Sabine J. Creamy. 17D West Eighty-third
street
Mrs Nary F. Ellis. 20 West Thirteenth
street.
Mrs CathArine A. SAgel, IS Prospect place
Mrs. Annie DAILY, l6H Dover street.
Margarine K Goldneur, 800 East Forty-slxth
street.
Mra Jennie v. oConor. 21l East Nineteenth
street.
Mrs. Sophia Hickman, $40 West Fourteenth
street.
Mrs. Bette Buttner, 25s West Tenth street.
Mrs. Sarah A. Rule, $40 Madison street.
These young women were all sent home tn
grow, as It were.
Mrs Kate Travers, at present MAtron for
the lost children at Police Headquarters, must
also 60 through Q civil service examination
and reappontment; but 1t will DO non-com-
petitive, and will be private.
The police matrons must be appointed before
June 90