The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-28
Civil Service Commission Pre-
pares Statistics for Applicants
Few OF THEM FORTUNATE
OFFICIALS Do Not Desire to Hold out
False Hopes and Have Gotten up
Regulation Letter-other Cos
sip From Washington.
BY wATTERsoN sTEALEY.

BY WATTERSON STEALEYs
Washington, December H-(Special)-
The civil service commission has pre-
pared for members of congress. and 9TH
ers interested, a letter bearing upon the
appointment of women in the govern
ment service. Quite a percentage of the
letters received by congressman are from
women desiring positions in the govern
ment service through the civil service
commission. The officials did not desire to
hold out false hopes to the women of
the country, and they desired to tell the
plain truth. They worked for some time
over the matter and finally, through the
exertions of the chief examiner and his
staff, succeeded in compiling a letter
which can be revised from time to time
to bring it up to cate, but which will
last as long as the office itself. This let
ter contains statistics as to the appoint
ment of women during the year prior to
that in which it was written and the
preceding year.
In the letter, which follows. is found
carefully prepared statement of the posi-
tons to which women have been an
pointed during the past fiscal year and
the year preceding, and is a copy of that
which has been sent throughout the
country by representatives In congress
In presenting the exact conditions of the
service to their constituents:
The Regulation Letter.
In reply to your request to be inform
ed OF the opportunity for Mrs - to
secure appointment through examinations
your attention is called to the following
information regarding the appointment
OF women through the commissions ex-
aminatons During the fiscal year the
largest number of appointments from
any one particular examination was from
the printers assistant examination for
the bureau of engraving and printing.
from which 3SS were appointed; during
the prior year 21S were appointed from
this examination. Eighty-two were an
pointed from the skilled labor examina-
tion while during the prior year fftv
seven were so appointed. Thirteen were
appointed from the departmental clerk
examination, while during the prior year
four were appointed. During the past
year thirty-seven were appointed to the
position of matron in the Indian schools.
while thirty were appointed during the
preceding year Twenty-one were ap-
pointed to the position of seamstresses
lastyear and twenty-six to the position
the prior year. Thirty-one press feeders
were appointed to these positions in the
government printing office against twen-
ty-f1ve appointments to these positions
during the preceding year. Four were APP
pointed from the first grade and four
from the third grade examinations in the
different custom houses during the past
year while the prior year two were APP
pointed from the first grade and one
from the third grade examination. One
hundred and sixty-five were appointed to
the different classified postoffices during
.1.F1-
ing the prior year. From the registration,
or UNCONVENTIONAL examinations during
the past year women were appointed as
follows: Attendants, government hospital
for the insane, "A; marine hospital serv-
ice, 8; baker, g. cook, "a; laundress. 81;
matron, 1. All of the other examinations
from which Y omen were appointed dur
ing the past two ysa-s required s.ine
special or technical skill or knowledge
as shown by the following list: For the
year ending June 80, 1902 artist, 1; scien-
tific assistant, l.; assistant microscope
list, u book typewriter. land office, 2;
computer. coast and geodetic survey. 1;
COUNTER, government papermll, L; indus
trial teacher, a; kindergarten teacher. 4;
= teacher, 81; trained nurse 8; register and
receiver clerk, 8; scientific aid, 1; stem
ographer l; stenographer and type
writer 81: typewriter, 4: geological clerk,
j. compositor, 4; public document cata-
loguer, l; internal revenue service, /;
Philippine service stenographer and
typewriter. L."
Senator Pettus on Spectacles.
Senator Pettus of Alabama, who is In
his 81st year, is wearing one of two pairs
Of eyeglasses he bought in 1860 He lost
the other pair shortly after he received
them, and has thus for thfrty-seven years
been wearing the same glasses. They
have worn out several gold frames, and
have of course been lost a number OF
times The senator says II is ali humbug
for people to change their glasses so Of
ten. There are few men in the senate
better read than Senator Pettus. Much
of his reading has been done at night,
and, as he says, he has abused his eyes.
though evidently they are of a kind which
can stand abuse.
Territorial Delegate Worsted.
Until the holiday season Washington
was crowded with citizens of Oklahoma,
Arizona and New Mexico who were here
TO boom the statehood bill. The territorial
delegates have been doing their best to
create the impression that there are few
states in the union which rival the three
candidates for statehood. One of these
delegates recently met Colonel Archie
Hughes of Columbia, Tenn. and began to
tell him of the richness of New Mexico
.sWhy, that's nothing. said Colonel
Hughes. referring to the phosphate fields,
1--WE are actually so rich down in my
state that we annually dig up a hah a
million tons of rock to fertilize the resi-
of the country"
Cotton Boil Worm Bill.
The ravages of the cotton-boll worm in
the south have caused the introduction
of a bill by Representative Sheppard of
Texas whereby the sum of $4,000 is ap-
propriated for the use of the secretary
of agriculture in the discovery of meth
cd of determination. 1t is provided that
some suitable place in Texas is to be
chosen for the experiment The secretary
of agriculture is to prepare a bulletin for
distribution In the cotton producing sec
tions, giving the results of the expert
Inents.
SPECIAL EXCURSION RATES
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