New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-09
"OFFTCE BOYS" DOOM SEALED.
"oFFr~F GIRLS" To BE PLACED ON TIE
ELIGIBLE LIST AFTER CIVIL SIX
VICE EXAMINATION.

VICE ENAMlNAlloN.
The most inlnitesimal item I'm the CITY govern
ment I'm point OF size the greatest srandes' aho
IS, ,,,nortant item IN the city government In his
own estimation may be deposed soon from '''
ranks ~ the officials in tho city's employ no"
New-york cry will continue o. exist IS the prooieo
rbicb is puzzling the brain 81 the great American
Office boz without his official existence
Numbers o. Office boys employed In he various
departments OF the city government are up VI arms
over the announcement made by the Wv" 'e
Commissioners that an examination IS 10 Do held
y, Anri "A for the establishment N an elgine "s'
~ office girls" who are authorized 20 ne EMPLOYED
IN the civic government which will displace me
sveral hundred Juvenile cigarette nends ana auto
crafts who at present divide their time between TIC
congenial pastlmes Of snubbing taxpayers haFihS
business with the city officials. smoking cgaI"'fes
shooting craps and perftming the ofhces IN VIC"
they are employed with noxious odors as de
guise for the scent OF the paper-covered TOBACCO
smokes"
Rrooklvn az well as Manhattan Is thrown into a
vb,r o. Juvenile political excitement by the action
Of the Civil Service Commission In ordering com
petitive examination FOR the positions Of "onice
girls under Schedule =. Regulation 5. o. the CiN
Service rules
The Constitution Is undermined" 50 say the
hovs Women don't vote. AMI have no standing
in the political influence OF the State
Ward politicians are trembling In their ehoef'
and well they may for there Is an eligible list OF
several hundred aspiring voters 20 the lucrative
position OF Office boy" which under the IA" IS
rxed AZ A maximum salary OF s. a month.
But under the fatal Schedule is "a Niger IN
the woodpne" and the pronounced brunette or the
melting blond Is the office girl" The law pro-
vdes that II she can pass examination IN read
Ing. writing spelling and the first four rules OF
arithmetic the taxpayers daughter Is entitled 10
AZ appointment.
For the first time IN tho history % the city such
an examination IL announced. 20 he held on April
a. II means the passing - the ONCE boy
The boys are mp IN arms my are opp e,s Az =,
placement by girls what don't know notten about
politics" and they collectively and ndividually
making ne miserable for the local adherents Or
Tammany Hall IN their respective districts by the
nportunites % Themselves and their friends 70
prevent the removal 81 the present Office holders
and the crowding out % the rising generations OF
Tammany cohorts
Strange 10 say. the request made for me sx-
animation for the new would-be appointees comes
from the departments OF Sewers and Street Clean
ing and the ONCE hoys with tho true inbred
astuteness % the New-York politician. sees n
movement backed by wOmens health protective
associations suffrage leagues and similar organ
izations Interested IN the emancipation OF woman
for the purpose % ousting the wretched man from
Secretary Lee Phillips OF the civil Service Com
mission f. a feow-suiferer with the ward leaders
In the tumult having been driven nearly crazy IN
the last week by the opportunities ~ eligible
bovS and their hackers for immediate appointments
before de girls get In. See''