APPLYING FOR A JOB

Northland Age, Volume 18, Issue 14, 6 January 1921, Page 5

APPLYING FOR A JOB

“ Sydney Morning Herald ” adv. 1/13/19 —Opening for smart girl in city office, must be able to typewrite and keep books. Salary to commence 15s. Apply before 10 a.m C. &A. Barnard, Ltd., 17 Bridgestreet Ist floor. Upon the appearance of this adv. an aspirant sent to the advertising firm what was considered a model application. It ran : Dear Sir, I noticed in the Herald of this date your advertisement which modestly designate as an opening. It is more. It is a large hole. I hope no one has fallen in If still gaping please consider me a victim When I saw the ad. I sat up. When I saw the qualifications I sat down. When I saw the salary I fell down. Please treat this application as strictly confidential. If you decide upon me I would not like my mother to know, as she would not approve my handling such large sums of money unchaperoned. Such obvious philanthropy would be bound to excite suspicion. My qualifications are: Book-keeping, book-making, stenotype, linoleum cloths line. I speak—English, French, Latin, Short- | hand, Siamese, Cingalese, and Chemise. As social accomplishments I sing, play, ! lox-trot, jazz, and gaby-glide. | I have pretty eyes, right e£e blue, left , eye same as right; complexion, fair to j brindle; hair, clockweed (just this side of auburn); 6ft 6in. in height, less when I walk on all fours; my nose is considered a feature—slightly tilted. 1 tilted it as a child on a step. My habits are good apart from a taste lor bathwater, hereditary by a friend of the family on my aunt’s side. I take bromide, morphine, vaseline, and j kerosene. My father was a clergyman, but apart from that my references are good. II you will grant me an interview I am ! sure you will fail for me. Yours affectionally, Mabel Normand, 15, Deena-street, Struggletown. j —From “ Smith’s Weekly,” Sydney .