A New Industry.
Ax advertisement in the London Post reads as follows: —“ Advice and sympathy given to those needing rit, by a woman of the world with wide experience ; os for half an hour's interview, etc., etc.” If this docs not meet the hackneyed “ longfelt want,” then appearances are deceitful. As Mrs Partington used to say, “ Sweet are the uses of advertisements.” Who, at one time or another, does not need “ advice and sympathy ? ” And who would not rather seek it from an expert, even at five shillings the half-hour, than to have it thrust upon one by the bungling volunteers who always have advice and sympathy on tap gratis ? Poor old Job, it will be remembered, bora np under his afflictions heroically until a delegation of friends came unasked to sympathise with him. Then he was ready to swear and give up the ghost. The London “ woman of the world ” has put this matter on a proper basis. Unasked advice is generally an irritation. When one needs it badly enough to pay for it the advice may do some good.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 218, 20 September 1901, Page 3
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181A New Industry. Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 218, 20 September 1901, Page 3
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