The evening world. Newspaper, June 17, 1908, Page 7

THE EVENING WORLD'S Civil Service -:- By Ernest L. Crandall, : Schoo) Former Civil Service Examiner. | em examiner would view these papers, but It ts clear that there is some room and some necesesity for personal judg- ment on his part. He would then of Course be justified in rejecting the third and fourth altogether, and it) | would be wholly a question of honest LESSON 7. | Judgment on his part as to whether Glen aurapier and Typewriter THE EVENING WORLD T goes without saying that The Your second passage was a sufficiently faithful rendering of the sense and substance of the matter dictated to entitle you to be raced for your speed on that. If he thinks so he will give you 80 per cent. If not he will reject that paper also and give you flat 70 per Evening World cannot give you instruction in the art of stenography and typewriting, but we hope to furnish some qinformation regarding the manner in which the examination to be held June ,29 will be conducted, and to offer some Practical suggestions that may of value, Your Machine, You are doubtless have to furnish your aware that you own machines. be of any make to wh! ustomed, Most of the stand. will reat out machines by or there are numerous ex- es along Broadway, from Duane} ve street that a tag bearing your name, e address of the owner of the ne, is attached. the machine These may day, or send the the commission, at No. 66 La (formerly m reet), | ‘Tombs, early on norning, or which you are notified are ne: pusand eandidates, they w eight groups, begin You will receive due at day have your machine there 915. It must be there will be the t your risk Jo not carry pany vour mach s early as ‘Dossible. isked your name and the make nachine, when you will be di nd your machine | and early is that rn r e entrusted with thhe delivery ¢ are not Prompt and that mi nAY need at- tention. Or the ay be slight Fly out of o and you will be co: velled, if not early, to waste much valuable t ne in adjust The Speed Test, i al The speed test, whi Beale of 10, will y ina ferent mann an that formeriy em nloyed. Heretofore the nm for| this test has been individual, the exam- {ner N such case regulating his spe according to the didate’s own esti- Mate ear of her rapidit In practice this 1 1 has always! Proven a hittle ur factory, Thx candidate might: the examine: to fo too fast and so fail to get an @ccurate record, or gain would sug- west a lower rate could really accor t examination the dicta tion for speed test will be given to the , candidates in ero in a room a Anati Mm roe dictating such that d have an aie tunity of hearing distinctly. If this does not seem to you to be the case it ts vour place to protest at the time, not to complain later; but there is no occasion 32 vour hearing fs + of that unvaried haracter at present vou will do vourself a great rervive by practising under the dictation of different versons tn varying surround- ines, The Re-ulations. 1 s the Inte pnd r F followins pian. ‘The irg to ip read four distinct pa t anotuer wits a reasonable interval, at four distinct rates of 4} vd. ‘The lowest need will be 100 words per the others 110, 12 and 13 and they will be rated at 100 per cent respectively. are entitled to take down nc transcribe one, or more, or all these pi ages, Your best course will be to take them all down, at any rate, unless you should see at once that the higher speeds are quite beyond you, tn which case you would do well not to Durden vour mind with them, as that might affect the clearness of your recollection when you come to trans- scribe the slower passages, Let us suppose that you have taken d them all, as well as following assumed respectively, 7. 90, 9 an and transert you could, with the Tesults, and see how your mark for | speed will work out, Of the first and | lowest test (100 words per minute) you | have made a reasonably accurate trans- | acript; In the next you have rendered | @ pretty good account of yourself; your third is only a garbled reproduc- tion; while your fourth or highest in a mere fragment. The Test Papers. We do not presume to say just how! Hot Days Are Coming! In your search for Rooms, Houses, Apartments, &c., there's no good reason why you should tramp the Streets In a tedious house-to-house canvass for the home or office you seek, The World Printed 6,165 “To Let” Advertisements Last Week — 2,667 More Than the Herald. DoYou. H use-Hunting at Home |} prove, | points on your general average. | poisonous x cent. In any case you will get for speed just 70, 80, 9 or 100 pér cent. Now, it may be to your advantage | that your second test ts rejected. If | you were rated on it you would get §0 | per cent. which would be of 2) to 16 But urate you might be on accuracy on speed, equivalent (at a weight if tt was very inac ven only 70 per cent counting, at a weight . 2 points on the general average, the two thus aggre- gating 27 on your fina! mark. A Practical &ujgestion. If, on the other hand, you were rated the first test would get but 70 per cent. for speed, or 14 points on your gen. eral average. but it being ae accurate copy vo re, say, #0) per cent. for a 27 points on your gen- era! averag: two thus aggregating 41 on your fi ark AS a practical suggestion If I were a candidate in just this position I shoul my two first papers. Tf, on turn in onl j Summer Odors. ooms during warm weather summer odor”—a musty Smell stamps the room as unhealthy to ive in. To prevent this unhealthy con- dition you must add to your cleaning and serubbi a little of a non- le like Disinfect- ant and also sprinkle it about. the , | Plumbing, toilets. garbage can, etc This will keep everything “fresh and healthy, and if CN is used it will ke p insects away even during the warmet weather. The latter effect of using C ceptionaily val 5 insects ut much of t which appear When using found econom to use the large fifty cent household sive. From “Cellur to Garret” Al GAL: 10c Stores DISINFECTANT aire WEST DISINFECTING CO. (ine.) |(MOCRING BUOYS} from $3.C3 0 : 9.00 Black Mushr om Anc! ors Wrought Stock, 100 1b. ap; ver Ib. 156 CHAIN Galvanized nnd Black, from B16 te 5-8 Lich Plymouth Bolt Rope ae a Gosden to | joats, Tents, | Boats, Tents, Camp Goods | Goats J nd for Complete Catalog. DRRIEUTS \ Disinfectant it will be 33% .%, to 50% aa _iWeE ackett Carhart 6 Broadway at Thirteenth Street 265 Silk Dresses at $7.50 e Values up to $15. 200 Taffeta Dresses, in stripes, checks and solid colors, daintily trimmed. 40 Foulard Dresses, in blue, brown and polka dots, trim- ming of braid and taffeta. 25 Silk Mull Dresses, with yoke of tucked chiffon, trim- ming of messaline. 187 Foulard Dresses at $10. Values to $22.50. Princess Models, with dainty yoke and sleeves of tucked net and imitation Cluny lace, in Copenhagen, champagne, brown, green, navy and black; figured and dotted. Taffeta Dresses, with yoke and half sleeves of lace; also taffeta guimpe dresses in all colors. Special Tub Dresses at $3.50 & $5 Value $8.50. Princess Lingerie Dresses] Striped Muslin | Perca’e Guimpe i 50 Dotted Swiss petecpal $3 Bordered Lawn % & Repp Guimre , { Chambray y | $5.00 Check Girgham | L.nen Guimpe Percale Repp Coat Suits at $10. Vaiue $17.50. Repp coat suits in all colors, collar and cuffs of white pique. Coat and skirt having pearl buttons down front. Linen Coat Suits at $5. Vaue $8.75 Linen coat suts in plain tailored models; in natural white, blue, pink and hel.o. A Sale of Midsummer Hais at $2.50 & $5 Values up to >9. Hackett. Carhart SC Furs stored 2 perct. on Vl ation Furs Leoaired at Noderat: Prices. Too tN goods and too li tle space ‘io us to Sacrifice cur magnificeni stock of the tins. furniture money can buy. Theretore we offer as long as they last Furniture Bargains unsurpa:sed in any retail store. For exampiz, we have revuced one line of our best selling brass beds, two inch cosis, form=rly $20 to $10; tlso we have reduced our Manoganv and Bird’s-Eye dr sseis acu chiffonizrs trom $80 to $15. Many patterns to seieci from, but only a limited number. As> our Cott°ge Furniture wil) show greater reductions than ev.r. The acove apply througnou. our general line of dining room, library, bedroom ani summer furniture. Cali and examine, FREDERICK W. EVERS 30-32 East 21st Siveet, anion hei 1dway and 4th Ave The exclusive “Give and Take” action at the back is the secret of the comfort which onty President Sus- penders can give. The pliable tons, For this same reason President Suspenders are the most durable you can buy. cords slide automatically through the polished tubes with every mo- tion of the body, relieving all strain at shoulders and but- President Suspenders cost no more than the ordinary kind that strain | and pu'l with every move- ment you make, Buy a pair now and en- joy real suspender comfort this summer. Weights and lengths to suit all requirements, high- est quality webbing, proof trimmings. Makers’ Guarantee on Every Tust- If your Pair: ‘“Satisfaction—New sce cunet Pair—or Money Back”— Be iii oo Means Exactly What It receipt of price, 50 cents, DNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1908. Silk Taffeta Princess Dresses, $6.95 One of Many Special Features in the Popular and Always Busy Bloomingdale Store To-morrow, Thursday Especially pretty Frincess dresses, made of splendid quality silk taffeta, in a dainty style—like the picture. In fit and finish they are flawless and they are in Julius Kayser’s $1.50 Long Silk Gloves . . E mer pair is guaranteed. dou el 10.5” AVE 59™060"S ‘| very one knows the sterling 16 of Kayser’s gloves. Every Every pair is Every pair is They e finger tipt. ranted to fit perfectly. OFF |] OF the Greatest Piano Offer ' | all the most looked-for colors, in all sizes. No store in New York can approach the excellent value we offer in these dresses at..... No ‘Phone. sell more than Mat! or C0. D. Or two to any on + The ot fe not large, 80 we Other Unequalled Specials in Women’s Outing and Lingerie Dresses and Misses’ Craduation Dresses: Women’s Tailor-Made Outing Suits, ™**¢° ) ) mercer- ired chambray and linor; in green. tan and pink, | blue and white, in a natty double-breasted Prince » Chap model, with turn-back collar and cuffs, in- laid with white linen. Skirt is a 17-gored model, trimmed with deep fold. Worth $8.50; at...... ) Women’s Tailor-Made Cuting Suits, jy. Guat- ity linon in blue, pink and white. Coat is 3-button Prince Chap effect, with notched collar and tucked cuffs tasteiully trimmed with buttons. Skirt is a circular gored model with 2 folcs. Worth $5.00; at , ° . in pink, blue, ) Women’s Lingerie Dresses, Jy impagne and white, in all sizes. Splendidly trimmed ene | German Val. high collar and cuffsto match. Skirt cut full with 2 rows of German Val. insertion on top of flounce and a tucked border between. | Bottom has 3 rows o' tucking. Worth $6.00; at | Misses’ Confirmation and Graduation Dresses, made 0! fancy aud plain nets, insizes 14. 16 and 1S years. Waist has lace yoke and is trimmed with German al. Skirt very made G $4. Belt to match. full, han somely trimmed, with German Vai insertion and two tucks. Entire dre s ii ed Worth $16.50; at....e+ oe BLOOMING. Splendid, Stylish Silks. Seven Siig Specials ae Each tells a story of wonderiul sav ngs. Seco Sik Rez! every one of them carefully. 59c Silk Fou ards in all desirable colors, in dots and small neat fgures. A quality that sold all season .or 59¢ # yard, will be closed out at the very special 92 Se price of.. $1.56 Racium Me:ca ine, yard wide, in all street ant A beaut evening shades, as well as black and w:ite ful, soit and iustrous silk that sold regularly to: ga $1.25; cearance price...........seeeee ve c 59c Rough Pongee, one of the most popular silk ‘abrics of 1908 Here in every desirable color. Always sold for 69c a ya:d; clearan e pricesese. us... 39c 7Ec Black Taffeia, 2: .nches wide, in natura! finish; Sells regu- very lustrous; gucianteed to wei larly for 75¢ a yard; to-morrow at :.. 45c one of these beautiful 8- oak mission mantel clocks at the unheard- of price of.. are 15 inches high and 8 inches w manufacturer at $5.00. Sure to make a sensation at this, the lowest price ever placed on acclock of this kind. Early se- lection is advised. “Main Fioor, BLOOMINGDALES*: : $6.95 $4. $2. $12. , Another Lot 0: Those Wonderful Ciocks That Created Such a Sensation , With this coupon you may purchase will not Suits es ast Broomingdale 95 95 95 30 DALES" Becond Floor. 7! are made of finest quality pure silk, 24 inches long, reaching well above the elbow. Mousquetaire style in black, white and al! fashionable colors, Identical gloves are sold throughout the country for $1.50. Mail orders will be promptly filled at the marveilously low price of $1.00, vith “WLOOMINGDALES® ~ Men’ s 50c Coat Undershirts and Knee Drawers 29c Made of fine sheer white nain sook in tancy weave. None sold © cealers and not more than :ix suits to a customer. Main | BLOOMINGDALES: ce.ting on Easy Payments If you desive, to purehaxe Furnt- old Goods, day antique $1.55 Have raised solid Been aera and hands, ide. Warrant- ed to be perfect time.eepers and listed by the $1.55 Front, Centre Smartest Summer Hosiery for men, women and children, at savings you se!dom have | | the opportunity to make: Women’s Stockings, {u'l seamless, Men’s 25c Half Hose, colors and 15e vi correctly shaped; 6 black in cotton; at. lent value; at... ioned, or of solid black and 15¢ eithread embroidered insteps Worren’s 25c Stockings, full fash- Men’s 50c Imported Halt Hose, lisle thread with silk hand- 27c jt eee tan. Women’s 50c Imported Lise Chidren’s 19c Sto: kings, extra Th ead Cauze Stock ngs, 24c quality, boys’ 1x1 rib, double well made: garter tops knee, all sizes; at......., Mens ivc Haft Hose, tui teamiess; b-ack and colors.. Infanis 25c ‘ocks, Se Main Floor, 5oth ALL. 238 Bioomingdaes No Time to Lose Lasi Three Days We wo! highest xr action. which i's a Walters It's the Best. Safe Piano to Buy Is the Orig World- Renowned Walters, in America. The Oniy can ma Job lot plinos. ist frequen mranatactuy pellet hei ph nayath the safest, can buy. Janos. igen many of these planos offered at seemingly low pric tnade by one concern and soid atencliled or assumed name have said th something Ww which the put hist ®. plano be on ermit yourse’t to. any. piano & name. i's the beat All Care Transfer to BLOOMINGDALES’ Laks to Saidpes: oe to 60th St. ie ne ala and tan, full fashioned, at with emp! * 8c black 12: i CARS TRANSFER TO BLCOMINGDALES', mur Ov + beautiful colton and silk { Dike all silk and wears equally as wei. practical tabric for Summer so.id co’ors or with silk dts. 27 inches wide: clearance yric obiGoND $1.25 Black Dress Taffeta in chifion high quality: 36 inches wide; warranted 10 wear Heretofore always 81 25 a yard; Black Orienia', Shower or Perspira‘ion Proo! <i ks ideal Summer ‘abrics, light in weight, and very durable; 27 inches wide a yard, at....., 27 Inche. Wide, worth 5c, at 27 Inches Wide, worth $1.00, at r cash—Consult ative Selling Warerooms, Third Bloor, “BLOOMINGDALES? a ud: en’s Bareloot ‘ andals | looks exactly Most sensib'e waists. Here in wine Sie a yard 1 ee dor all abric rocks 0} sanials, ovith or na ual finish, I0c clearance price especially cool Worth 75¢ 49c oe 6 9 11] Sizes 11% to 2, 5 h Main FI tot ‘i =} .OUMINGDALES' Household 1 toes & Bed Clothes Seven Uncommon Money Seving Chances. Extra Heavy Linen iinish Muian fui Yara Wid» & cached Sheets, siz: 72x90 inches; 29c Mu tn, '¢. grade seamed; 39c. valu:, a-... M ercertzed Tabe Mop bine, Muslin Pil.ow Cases, good quality; — fastedge, size 18x18 sizes 42x36 and 45x36; Bisg inches $) value, 12 for 59c 1243c. to 15c. grades, at Bleached Mercerizea Tobe Like al Size Huck Towe's, hemmed Damask, 56 in. wice; red border worth up to gy/ Am ¢ ; 7, "6% 131. OOMINGDALES" Sale of He. ae are, Sates Don't go away and leave your papers and valu- ables unprotected. 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