The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-16
GIRLS, LOOK IN
YOUR MIRRORS
State of Kansas Has Estab-
lished a Beauty Show.
personal Qualifications" Count
30 Points in Examinations.
MEW civil cEnWnE Dill &c
new CIVIL SERVICE RULES
StenOgraphers Must Be Judged
by the Commission.
Ability to Read, Write and Spell
Only Incidental.

State house stenographers in the
! IA grade class will do we'll to go to
the beauty doctor and consult the
fashion magazine before taking an ex-
animation under the civil service
rules. OF the possible 100 points TO
be received under the rules. the look
in girls eyes, her brand of rouge,
the cut of her dress and the style Of
her shoes are all important factors.
Under personal qualifications a
stenosrapher may win or lose 80
points. And the commission is the
sole and final Judge OF personal quail
ifications."
The new rules of the civil service
commission have been printed and dis
tributed and are the occasion of much
speculation among state employees.
The ranking of IA grade stcuozraph-
erS. however, is one of the big STUN
bling blocks Discussing the rules to-
day, J. L. King, state librarian and a
members of the civil service commits
sion, admitted that a girls dress and
appearance may enter strongly into
her ability to win or hold a state
house position.
Some Are Fashion Fans.
Among the state house stenosraph-
erS are some of the towns model FASH
ion fans Some of them are excellent
stenographers. too. In other offices
are young women whose stenograp
ability is of the highest rank. Some
of these sane young women don't see
the inside of a fashion magazine once
a year They don't spend sleepIess
nights trying to work out a new gown
to suit their particular style Of per-
sonal beauty, nor do they deposit a
portion of -heir earnings with a hair
dresser or manicure lady.
Now they can prepare for the worst
Personal adornment is to become a
factor in the holding of a state posi-
ton When Bill Hicks comes 70 To-
peka from HiclSsvflIe, his ideals OF a
state house stenographer are not to
be shattered by meeting a Typewriter
artist in 1911 model clothes That is
L part Of the administration program
for economy and efficiency-IeIs
model stenogra pliers
Merely incidental.
If a girls penmanship is high grade.
she Will receive as high as five points
n the civil service contest II her
spelling is perfect, size may receive all
Of ten points. If her arithmetic meets
every test, she will get another ten
points. If her copying from plain
;opy is correct, she will get five points
Perfect copying from rough draft
$ good for five points.
But penmanship and spelling and
copying are only details of a high
srade stenographer. Of course she
;ets Is points if her letter writing is
perfect and she gets 20 points more if
Ter office methods. practice and gen
raj information are above question
T Improvement
"A girl must win 10 points in the
est" King explained today-addinz
hat the stenographic provision was
written by j. z. Cation, state account
mt
personal Qualifications
Yet, why should a girl worry about
er spelling, her penmanshfp. her
opying and letter writing ability?
hey are just details Of being good
Under classification
To- s, Education, experiences and
ersonaI qualifications a stenog-
apher wins or loses 30 points A
-enographer may pass a perfect ex-
in all except this eighth
revision and still fail to win a rec
A girls hair may be red when the
0mmission prefers brunettes- A girl
lay wear too few or too many rib
ons- Her hair may be dressed i'm
roperly- She may use the wrong
rand OF chewing gum Her shirt
a1st may be cut too
But what's the use2 Those are
latters for the commission to decide.
IL else is speculation The civil SER
ce Is the states new and latest fad
nd the stenographer who cannot
rise to the occasion. should look else
here for job
Ants have the faculty OF crossing
alter by means Of the surface tension