ADVERTISING FOR A SERVANT.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume VIII, Issue 25, 20 June 1891, Page 96

ADVERTISING FOR A SERVANT.

‘ John, I think we’d better advertise for a girl,’ said a newly-married lady who resides at Opawa, Christchurch, to her husband, the other day. ‘ I think so too, my darling,’ was the reply. Then she brought pencil and paper to write the ‘ad.’ * Wanted a good girl to do general housework,’ she wrote. ‘ That’s not enough, interposed John, * put in something about neat. I don’t want a girl that isn’t neat.’ ‘ All right, darling. “ Wanted, a neat, good girl for general housework.” ’ ‘ Better say at the end, “No red-headed girl need apply.” ’ ‘ Why, dearest ?’ * Oh, I don’t want any red-headed girl around.’ ‘ Very well. “ Wanted, a neat, good girl for general housework. No red-headed girl need apply.”’ ‘You might add, “ Black-eyed, plump girl preferred.”’ The husband looked reflectively at the ceiling. ‘ John.’ The pencil and paper dropped to the floor. ‘ What is it, my love ?’ ‘ I don’t believe I want a girl. They are more bother than they are worth. No! I have decided not to advertise for a girl, John.’