A Liberal Employer and a Facetious Clerk.

Auckland Star, Volume XXII, Issue 139, 13 June 1891, Page 3 (Supplement)

A Liberal Employer and a Facetious Clerk.

An omployer recently advertised in a London paper for a clerk understanding shorthand and the Remington typewriter and having a knowledge of French and German. For these qualifications he offered the munificent salary of £60 per annum. He received tho following applicabion :—' I am forty-five years of age, and was educated at Oxford Universiby, where I matriculated in 1869, being Senior Wrangler in 1871. I write shorthand at the rate of 4QO words a minube, and can operate bwo bypewribers ab once. Should this labber accomplishment be of use in your office, I would be pleased to supply the machines. I speak all the European lan-' guages fluently, am an expert accountant, and would be prepared to work eighteen hours a day. The salary you mention is more than I have been receiving, and I would accept less, as, living on nuts and water, my expenses are moderate. I am a member of four btf-ial clubs, so thab in the event of my decease while in your employ, you would feel under no moral obligation to subscribe to the cost of my funeral. I may furbher add bhab lam the holder of the London Merchants' gold medal for an essay on " Overpaid Clerks ; or, Why Encourage Luxury ?" I have various other accomplishments, which I would be happy co detail a. an interview.' The advertiser seemed to think that the applicanb was nob serious, for he sent bhe letber to bhe papers.