The Red Cloud chief., 1886-01-29
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An English gentleman gives q Lon
don paper an account Of the answers
he received in three days to an adver-
tisemeni for . ~jsnitor for . school. The
advertisement stated that .ii. position
would only be given ~ . person who
Was sober. r-lisblc and Of good char
scter: that 4 married person was pre-
fened; that the wages amounted TO ten
dollars per week. with free living
rooms. gas and coal. VIZ received in
answer TO this advertisement five hum
drel and forty-eight applicants Among
them were ~iiftr-seycn graduates from
English. Scotch and Irish universities.
two scion. of noble houses, tf.. per-
IONS who had been engaged in literary
pursuits. twenty men who had been
officers in the army. about the same
number OF c.ergymen, medical men.
clerks and men VINO had been engaged
in business for themselves ard sixty
three women. Many of them wrote
very pathetic letters. and some asked
the advertiser whether he would ALLOW
them TO live or permit them 10 die.
Several stated that Trey were not mar
ried, but would take 20 themselves
wives as oon IS the place WAS Sc
cured. One writer stated the al
v~ertiser had il in his power 70
make two persons happy. As they had
long loved each other and had been
waiting for such 4 place as he had to
bestow so they could be married.
Over four hundred of the applicants
stated that they were out Of employ
ment and that they would be- thankful
for any position. Most Of them offered
To serve on trial one month for moth
ing. Several offered 10 take the place
for half the wages offered. The mill
tary men offered TO drill the students
without extra pay. Others offered to
keep books, to work in the garden. or
to make themselves useful in any way
they were able. All desired a personal
interview. and quite a number insisted
on 1t. As a rule, the persons who
made the greatest boast Of scholarly
represented themselves a.
the most destitute. Most Of them had
been out Of employment for = long
time. Ii was ascertained at the Office |
of the newspaper in which the adyer-
,iscment vas inserted that over = hun
bred. in bringing their letters. under
took to find out the residence of the
advertiser. that they might have Il per-
-onal interview with him. The place
was given To = carpenter. who had \
fair common-school education, who did
not seek the place on account of pow
erty or because he could not find any
hing to do.
The head Of thn school. after CLASH
lying the answers he received to his
advertisement. freely admitted that a
education did not appear to
OF any value in assisting n to OBJ
4 living. Most Of the men edu-
,ated in universities represented that
hey were living in the most abject
poverty, and the absence Of stamps
rom their letters shOwed that they
'rougiit them u the newspaper Office.
of them stated that they had
;iven mp all hope of ever obtaining
ny remunerativc employment. and
hat ,hey would be very grateful for
nv position that would afford tsem
i~psc food and plain clothing. They
aj reached a period in life when they
ould not learn trades. and tAey were
bic to obtain work only by joining
he ranks of unskilled lahcrers. The
concluded that he could %
ain u thousand of these men Cor
nothing Il year" providing tiiey
;ere allowed the cast-oif clothes IF .
entleman. and had the privilege ~
ating with his servants. - GAio~D
itslas.