New-York tribune., 1904-09-23
EFFICIENCY OF WOMEN.
at Least TscO Ne5o Employment
Inspectors vii Be Women.

Since the passage OF the new law providing for
the licensing Of employment bureaus e general i'm
preston that il required the appointment of a
certain number Of women inspectors has pre-
vailed. This is q mistake. reference TO the law.
which instructs the commissioner only to appoint
inspectors" without specifying their sex. viii
show. Yet several women were appointed as tenn
D1raFy inspectors pending the preparation OF q
Civil Service list and II IS certain that al least one
o. two women VIII be appointed permanently from
the new Civil Service list which mas just been sent
70 the Commissioner OF Licenses. Frederick II.
KsarnE. by the Civil Service Board.
The employment OF women as inspectors was
recommended by the Women's Municipal League
and the experience Of the last few months has
abunoanuy verified the wisdom Of the suggestion.
Nearly every complaint against an employment
once calls for some detective work and women
have been found more adept than men IN making
many OF these investigations. They can get infor-
nation ey Dersonating a servant or employer.
Where man woulo Immediately Lay himself open
20 suspicion. and where girl has been the victim
Of evil practices. they eet her Story much bet
ter than a person OF the opposite sex.
The commissioner. therefore. regards the services
OF women as most essential and indeed abso-
lutely necessary. 10 the enforcement OF the law.
and he said yesterday that he would certainly
a9point one woman and PROBABLY more. from the
These women viii not be assigned to special dis
ricts, ior which they VIII be held responsible.
N the case Of The men. but VIII be reserved for
Vention.
The women from among whom the appointments
3 Quincy. Miss Alma V. Joye Miss Alice G. V.
Aaly and Miss Jane Seymour Klink Mrs. Upshaw
stands hrsi among The women candidates. and Is
fourth on the whole list Of FIVE hundred Miss
klink Is the only one OF the group who has been
q prOvis i0nal inspector. Mrs Upshaw. who is the
WIDOW General Alexander y. Upshaw. Indian
somnissloner under Prsslaent Cieveisnd: mas @ @5een
department. Of Public Charities. All hve are
Alghy recommended BY public men and OFganiza-
d
A sa ary II Sl.9yo IS attached to the position OF
tn Inspector OF employment bureaus and for this
and other reasons the number of applicants has
been unprecedented. Three hundred two hum
ored and FIFTY is the usual number OF candidates
@ a Civil Service examination, except in the
Police and Fire departments. where the numbers
are always large, but tNenty-one hundred persons
took the examination for inspector OF employment
egences on June 60 They wrote at the Grand
central Palace from 10 o'clock until g. and though
ne ne ground floor OF The building covers whole
tneIn The candidates were all persons OF superior
Intelligence and education, many college graduates
The examination Is said 70 have been the most
Qlncut ever set by the Civil Service Board. Sixty
of Inspector. and under this head the candi-
dates were asked what they would do in hypothet-
Jones and Robinson each pay $ 20 an employment
agency for a domestic servant The one sent to
Jones stays week. while Robinson doesn't take
lne applicant sent 20 him, but gets servant some
Nnere else What percentage OF the fee must De
ing You were informed b 2 stTaneer On the street
that a girl mad been sent by a employment
agency 10 house Of questionable character. what
would be your fun and immediate duty? Ques-
lons were also asked 20 the probable character
" agencies IN different parts Of the city, such as
Eoufteenth-st.. Muiberry-st. One-hundred-and-
enty-iifth-st East tWefth-st-,
south Brooklyn. etc
rive hundred secured the required percentage.
put the law requires the selections to be made
ION among those at the head OF the list. accord
lpR 70 the number OF appointments 70 be made.
tLonably from fifteen TO twenty. The Commissioner
sses not know yet how many inspectors will be
,,sssfeo' as the work OF the Office IS being ex-
ESstoec 70 heds that have not been fully explored.
~ Sn.y 'irfelieence 9faces" are % be brought
-i.1er me operation OF the law. but theatrical,
--5s.ukraphlc and other agencies. and the Italian
haeisone system under which men are sent by the
-sln1feos and thousands n work on the railroads
--olEnoul The L-nllaa Elala. and ConaEa-