The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-25
WILL WORK ON A FARM.
How a Cornetist Answered a "Situa-
ton Wanted


How cornetist Answered "Situa-
ton Wanted
! Well said the old gentleman, with
fine irony, Il shan't want for any
1 thing in my old age. may rest easy
now"
1 -How's that?" asked his friend.
! My three boys are in the town band
One plays the cornet, the other a flute.
and the other violin. You see, shall,
be comfortably provided for"
The friend looked dubious. He
glanced across the room to where
young Bronson, the cornetist, sat talk
ing with neighbor young man, Howell
by name.
If father had spent as much money
on having me learn to paint signs as he
did on my cornet lessons, l would be
able to support myself now, Bronson
was saying.
Cant you make living out of your
eornet?" asked Howell.
Not so far as l can see" said Bron-
son.
| Howell looked sympathetic and, after
moments hesitation, suggested:
Why don't you try to get into a thea
ter orchestra ?"
2 Il don't play well enough
: Break into one of those little street
] bands then.
s Il play too we'll" said Bronson
There was a long pause broken by the
4 old gentleman Why don't you adver-
s. tise for a situation?" he said.
What kind of an ad would you put
7 in?" asked Bronson.
e The old gentleman took out his pencil,
o scrubbed for minute, and then hand
: ed the sheet of paper to Bronson.
u How would that do?" he asked.
Il 1t read:
e SITUATION wANTED-Young man;
= cornetist; can wait on table.
Bronson frowned. Il don't like that
last part, he said.
< But you know that you can wait on
:. table, the old gentleman insisted, and
it might help you TO get a job"
le SO the ad went into the papers.
- Three days later when Howell met
he Bronson he saw that the young man
D. who sought the situation was deeply
he moved. The two went into liquid joy
re establishment and sat down in silence.
Never again. quoth Bronson impress
sc siyely, as he ate radish. The next
4. time your cousin puts an ad like that
nc in the newspapers it will be frosty
IL weather indeed
lis What's the matter" asked Howell
n We'll, I'll tell you said the cornetist
YEARLY. Il got a half dozen answers
ID but most of them were written by fell
lows who thought they were kidders
One of them said if 1 was a good cor
j. netist / ought to be able to blow my
pI sell WITHOUT having d JoD NOW, VIA
1T do you think of that? Another fellow
II, said he kept a boarding house and
LEI. thought he could find a place for me
M and L went to see him. 1t was a grea
ne big joint feeding about fifty people. HI
sized me up and said SO you want
job, eh?'
& II admitted it. Well, he says afte
sizing me up whole lot more, I've no
ticed these restaurants down town hal
been putting in orchestras lately t
ith spiel while the people eats, and l thinl
it's good thing. Only, you see, l can
afford to hire an orchestra because W
to have low rates at my place, although
everythings first class. Now, I'd lik
me to have you come on here and wait o
/ the tables until everything is going i
be good shape, and then take your hor
old and play while they're eating.
tty Il asked him if he'd want that at ev
IN cry meal. oh, no. he says, only at dir
get ner. I'd want you to wait on the tab
TALL at breakfast, and at noon without mt
the sic, but in the evening think your hor
to would make it nice
SEES Every time he said horn I wante
Ugh to strange him. but 1 needed none
to and so / asked: And what would
son get for being waiter and orchestral
sht We'll, he says there wouldn't
ay- much work to either of them, but / ca
a afford to be liberal with a musiciane
ody Say 81 a week
ant Well, on the square, said Bronso
cal when Howell got through laughing,
don't know what kept me from smasl
ing ing that fellow
or Did you try any of the other al
ust swers?''
1 No. am going to work on the far
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