The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-26
MANY WOMEN EMPLOYED
IN UNCLE SANS SERVICE
Duties Are Hard and Exacting and They Are Not
Paid MunifCent Salaries.
Always Vacancies For Clever Capable Women Who Know How to
Work and Are Willing to Work.

tSpecfaI Correspondencc.)
II, AsH1NGToN. May 9,-Aecordins to
It ,re reports of the United states
" -f.r service commission, about
.sf-I or AN employees in the govern
ol 5ensrtment at Washington arc fe-
nsN several receive over $500 per
about fifty receive 1880 per an
taa receive Fl.ioO per annum, $50 re-
. .i-s $500. 800 receive $lO0O and the re-
-..,-5sr receive from 1850 to $500 per an
rss government employc az Washing
.-is always regarded By the outsider
-t,, more or less envy. Every little
.,sr who can not play the part OF one
y, s1Iom0us lilies OF the field, but
U,tt .tof" OF spin looks with jealous
i07ging at what arc supposed TO be the
aIsrs" al Washington. The snaps
~. i1.f waiting to be picked up-bv the
e,rf peorTr. and with that Cold-blOOded
.gtffYfisu the United States civil scrV-
30 commission. IN prime working order.
.es rzht people are very easily selected.
inst 0pen The Manual OF Examinations
Far the Civil Service Of the United States,
devised COB Jan. !. 1902. and glance over
~. t4brr showing the number OF appli-
ANTS examined the number that passed
and the number appointed 20 office dur
e. the mast three years. The male and
t.7,sIs are nicely classified. and Just at
r-st there appears TO he an appalling ar
an of blanks on the female side.
This goes TO prove that woman IS not
Invading mans work as rapidly as some
have feared Still she Is doing very we'll
"a b. fz somewhat surprising 10 find her
"a fr Z
tbst M immigrant inspector, weather OBJ
ssrysr and deputy United States mar
shaIs However. there are plenty of pO-
sfHons In the government service that
sAr never will try for, because nature
never Intended she should do that par
ucuIar work
The civil service commission records for
last wear show that 3.oS3 women were
examined for the various positions open
d, them under the civil service. OF these
wa n4ssed and $50 were appointed: l.35i
N the applicants examined came under
,re head Of skilled labor" This is the
easiest examination given. and the low
fy salaries are paid 20 those appointed
under 10. the remuneration ranging from
Is cents an hour amounting TO so TO $50
month"; Co $50 a month. The higher
salaries generally go to the men employed
rom this class, the lower salaries are
rad 90 the charwomen.
Tho most popular examination for wO-
men Is that for stenOgraphers and type
writer's. Good stenographers is the
raagoTpes demand OF the department Off
daI-not medioCre-but good par excel
rrce on steuOgraphiC eXamiuatiO
hvs the biz. dTeary examination room q (
-he commission Is crowded with the
trembling applicants. Nowadays. the
ssnographer is OF necessity a type
Triler and the preliminary tiukle and
dick rcvcrberates from every known
make Of writing machine.
Tho men predOminatC. Last year they
numbered 553. while the women had little
more than half that representation, or
W-yet the average passing was larger
on The female side. But when II came
90 the question Of appointment. eighty
nine out OF the ia men who passed re-
ceved good positions. while only thir-
Teen 0ut Of the 100 women on the eligible
Ist were appointed.
These positions carry a salary Of from
So TO $3.50 a year, the steuogra pliers
o, bureau chiefs receive $3.50. and those
Of The heads of departments $3.50. The
commissioner Of pensions employs a wo-
nan sielogr3pher and many OF the lower
officials refuse 90 have male stcnoEra-
7afF IN their offices.
In those classes which are omen 10 the
competition ot both men and women, the
i..'ias show much greater ability on the
ses oi the latter Last year there were
a.a male applicants. and 21I5 female for
Ug,f examinations. The successful COM
If..'TS numbered l.tN3 male and 1914 e.
MaIe, ana yet three times as many men
as women were appointed. This prefer
,.t Tor the male clerk I'm the depart
U'a'e VII endure q 8 long as the sterner
-A slS in the high places 4 thousa nd
..sons are urged why men should have
- preference The very poorest is that
#HH rreH.. e. IA #r-
".slom OF it's male contingent
freedom ls frequently construed TO
-tas an absence OF coats On warm
.t..ef, and an atmosphere of plutoniau
EH Do cold weather. then by all
.'als lct MS have the interference - Tho
~, reason offered Is that the average
--,Iament salary Is big enough for two.
therefore, should so to q head OF a
e OF q prospective head. All very
~ a.l 5000 as far as the present head
family goes-but as for the pros
1--we head. he Us apt 90 think a very
S time before no really confesscs tbsi
month divided by two. or more. is
~ peasant as tho undivided whole
, -.',r more. this reason might serve
l-i-E good ground for employing
rf.-L Hardly one woman out or every
wv l7 the department. off We excent ths
IN. .N il' census bureau hut is either
+. -.eo or "a family herself, or ono Of
..-.'H props great many have
$50 "0'm they care for. while the
are married, or perhaps not do
- NE hard working office girI Of Chi
~. View York. and MANY of tho big
...' cities 0f the country. the gov
---N clerk who draws a generous sal
-' me lst and 18th Of every month
tearlf1 with almost vindiCtive envy.
t..5 .-.'S opinion prevails that she is
-1 INTO position by an influential
hot Frerr- II Hrnnr
r- arc sort Of uuipt resting time
.ff.a. congressional backing is con-
h. ~ t'HI.c her q notch higher on
M -,Lt f0L Vow, she is no more a
s-r-F..' I'T jealousy than any other
49,, .. woman. She works Just as
.aHl harder somatimes-tbsn her
En- WI. .o' outside. I'm the first place.
r- .NlaucC at Washington won't
ss-. on iae eligible list of the civil
h-i- -'nm'sson. She has 20 work
Fl &.A mus, nave ability 10 get there
-.-s. second place when she has Sc-
All e,- pace she must work 10 keen g.,
7h,'t..t work Tor six hours and a half
r-va ... easy. There must be no err
M ...'aHis. mo- mistakes I'm letters.
v--t b, .N.'i~ Ot fact Government
u tho .ES.4 paid only when well done.
sr.-- .0.ru place. promotions are the
,-,.. ". merit very striking iIIus-
q. 'Hs occurred last winter when
HtI- N.a'aH was made chief OF one
r--. .I'Si0ns Boo the postoffice depart
WI. .s ,8Hse slo knew more about the
rts- ..at particular division than any
q rsr'l.'Fe i0 80. She receives salary
rz- f- ere 't rho best paid 20 any wo-
90 the service.
u- l1ora Srei1eEer. OF the smith
Is -1-- 'tHte. Is another woman who
&s large wages. Miss Steineger
To ."eEi5n who has devoted her
es-r. .ae study Of animals. She has
u-sir-s me classification Of all animals
sr IL .E tho Smithsonian. and many
r-s N,eer specimens that she exam
Dr. ~ .tneis with the skill Of an eX-
Es aver dav. year I'm and wear ont.
Den s,E......s Reel. superintendent of In
'-- as-sS does the work and endures
,. b. +lals that are supposed 20 be
tsss W men exclusively. Her work
r--r ~ aN over the west and through
S-t-i S'arn states. The poorest Indian
rstf -le iar-away frontier must be
,-.--. 'r-ularly as the famous insti-
Rel f.a. 'eTIvIo and Hampton Miss
fsr 500 many adventures. and not
1-s pS. Often she is Obliged 90
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