The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-08-27

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: the bridal guests. no one could fail Il
read that he too. had determined t.
Danish at once and forever the enem,
from his princlev home.
Those present at the wedding cal
never forget the impression so solemn
~ made. Many from that hour re
nOunced the wine cup forever.
ANSWERING ADVERTISE
Broken Down Business Men Will
ing to Do Anything-Women FOL
the Stage.
New YORK sun.
More than forty applicants answered
an advertisement inserted in Tuesday.
Sun by a liquor dealer. who wanted q
''yOung man to tend bar. Apply at
l72 Varick street, corner Of Charlton. y
The proprietor said that he was
astoni>hed both at their number and
their good appearance. A year or two
ago he had put similar advertisement
in the Sun, and not more than fifteen
or twenty answered it. Among those
that applied yesterday were several
that had kept bar-rooms themselves.
and Others who had been proprietors
in other kinds Of business. lie was
surprised To find how many capable
men we're out of employment.
Another advertisement which at
tracted more than fifty applicants.
read: "A respectable lrishman. with
good references rs TO character, etc. =,
can obtain remunerstive employment
BY ,plying at Office Of Thomas Kelly,
X Barclay street" Mr.. Kelly is a
publisher. and desired canvassers for
his publication. Mr.. Dilks, the clerk
who received the applicants, said that
one of them had once been a member
Of the Stock Exchange, and had only
lately returned from South America,
where he had likewise been engaged
in stock operations. He was complete
ly ruined. and had hardly enough
money to pay his way back to New
York. lie was man of good bust
ness address. and well dressed. He
was told that he could make from
81 80 to 81 day, according to the
aptitude he should display. He went
away to consider the matter. promis-
ing to call again. Another applicant
had been the manager If large hotel
in a large Western city. eff We
would guarantee a salary If $40. or
even So. week." Mr.. Dilks said "w.
could get men who were accustomed
in better times, to earn 81 800 or
81 800 a year. All business men,"
Among the more unprepossessing Of
the applicants was a man. having no
cash to leave as security for the bOnks
he expected to be intrusted with.
offered character reference dated
1857. Since that time he would not
tell where he had been employed.
One was 50 deaf that he could hardly
hear. Almost all the trades were
represented. Some of the applicants
had held good minor political berths.
The best men employed were usually
those who had been book canvassers
in Dublin or London.
Occasionally the advertisement of
the house called for educated Irish
men," la that case only twenty ar
twenty-five applicants were likely to
make their appearance. Such an AL
vertisement was used where canvasserS
were wanted to sell such a book rs
picturesque Ireland" the beauties of
which i: requires some education To-
comprehend and portray. When
excellent men were wanted applicants
were sometimes directed in the adver-
tisements to address the Post-0ffice box
Of the house. To such an advertise.
ment nearly 800 answers had been
received, manv Of them from men
OF fine business address and abilities.
though MT necessarily of the kind of
ability that would make them Success
fnl in book canvassing.
Another advertisement said that
twenty-five boys who understood sing
ing were wanted To apply at stage
door. Union Square Theater. The
gentleman who received the BOYS said
that there were nearly 200 Oi them
Nearly all were well clad and other
wise apparently respectable. There !
had never been SO many applicants
before in answer tO q similar advertise |
ment
Last February" the speaker said.
"while / Was IN San francisco. I |
advertised for ten suPernumerarie=,
and received SIS callers i'm response. /
Three years before John Mccullough |
had great difficulty in getting fifty or
sixty men to fiji up the stage when !
Rignold was PLAYING Henry V. for
him. Among the SIS who answered ,
my advertisement were eleven Chinese.
who offered to serve for ten cents a
night. The white men wanted fifty
cents. The price in the tbeater had
formerly been 81. They finally &C
copied twenty-five cents.
There's not day that Mr.. Palmer
doesn't receive letters, mostly from
women, applying for situation oh the
stage. This, Of course. in itself Is no
new thing, but now the applications
are more numerous and from a differ
ent class Of persons. They used to
come almost entirely from stage-struck
women. Now they appear to come
in many cases from persons who are
without means of support and are
driven to examine the stage to see If
i will not afford them a livelihood"
The boys selected will sing in the
chorus Of the last act Of "Olivia," to
be produced on Wednesday next. i
ITO Be or Not to Be-"
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