A New Profession

Southland Times, Issue 19471, 26 November 1904, Page 2 (Supplement)

A New Profession

A bright young American girl has dis- 1 covered or invented a new kind of profes- | sion, which possesses two qualities tbat I are found but rarely in combination — g those o( being lucrative as well «s ex- | tramely pleasant at the same tinio. The > profession might pass as " hotel introducing," and only those who Unow the lonely feeling of spending a holiday at a summer hotel whore they have no friends will realise how pleasant the hotel introducer can make things. Men can generally manage to striko up an acquaintance in some way before long, but women are likely to sound the depths of boredom for the first few days of their stay, at least. This is where the hotel introducer comes in. She watches for new arrivals, and tries to make them feel at homo from the first. She introduces them to the other boarders,, suggests yaines to pas 9 the time, and get 9 up trips to interesting points- In the evening sho encourages those with musical tastes, and herself plays and sings ; in fact, she acts as if she was the hostess of the whole party. One chai'ining girl of the right kind can fin this way greatly increase iho popularity of a summer resort, and (he proprietor raaktes it well worth her while also. She crets her own vacation for nothing, and at the same time is enabled' to open a little bank account of her o*vn. Her work is pleasant, and she gets j'lst as much enjoyment out of it as the persons who pay "dearly enough for it. To put it i briefly; sho is making money by just boing agreeable-