The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-05-22
IDEAL SERVAgTSGALORE
Broker Who offered $1,000. 900
For One Gets Many Letters.
SOME WANT TO KNOW HIS AGE.

SOME WANT TO KNOW HIS AGE.
Correspondents OF wealthy chica-
gonn Ask if they WIN Have to
Work For His widow-One Man
Recommends HIS wife For the
PositiOn-Jersey woman Cuts the
Frice.
It is barely possible that John Far
son, the wealthy Chicago broker,
wishes he had not offered legacy Of
S1.000,000, payable at his death. % the
servant who, living in his ho' sehold
through the years to come, ould ill
in character and service certain ideal
requirements. among these being neat
ness, ability to cook, sire igth, dlplo-
macy in all things, refusal to tattie,
knowledge of nursing. says the New
York Herald.
Mr. Farson Is paying the penalty.
The mails have already brought him a
letter for pretty nearly every one of
the million dollars he offered, and he
has received word that the proprietor
Of the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New
York is to forward a freight car load
Of epistles from persons who are GER
tain they can fiji the position.
Some Of the correspondents would
like to know before entering upon
service How old are you anyway"
and How long do you think you will
llYeg" and "Will l have TO work for
your widow when you are dead" Tho
communications have come from all
sections Of the country, from whites,
blacks and Indians, in many languages.
Mr.. Farson has given out several let
tiers for publication on condition that
the signatures shall not be used.
Here Is a man who is willing to offer
a servant by proxy, with view to the
ultimate million:
Rutherford. n. j.. April 90
John Farson.
Dear sir-If the applicant be a married
woman, aged twenty-nine, who has never
found it necessary to go out TO service, IS
she barred from qualifying2 I know she
is eligible on all points stated. as she is
find IT out I'll. I will forward you pho-
tograph II desired and VIII give you fun
information concerning my wife and our
position.
Here is one from unsteady inclined
miss:
Providence. r. Il, April g.
Dear Sir-Having seen your advertise
msut. I thought I would apply for the
situation, as 1 think / am competent to
fiji it. i am considered a very good cook.
first class dressnalser and have had
several doctors ask me to be nurse on
account Of my natural aptitude for nurse
ing I dress in quiet colors from choice,
bat with a million IN view could make
them even more quiet Is there a piano
Ia the servants apartments as I arm
slightly musical? Also am quite q painter
in oils.
A Kansas girl incloses a stunning
photograph Of herself and then says in
part:
vining. Kan. April q.
/ am a good nurse, cook, dressmaker
and never suIk or tattle ! have q per-
feet figure and am thought 70 be very
handsome Of the demibrunette type. I
am poor girl and have outdone my
strength in tile past Let me have 5000
or 5000 I'll pay il all back 70 YOU
A letter came from a New York wo-
man who wishes to assure Mr.. Farson
that though she lives in New York
city, she likes Chicago, especially the
part that Is near Lake Michigan" The
letter in part runs:
New York, April q.
| MY Dear Mr.. and Mrs. Farson-D Don t
/ you think that fSl000,e9al one million doll
/ lars fabulous sum to be offered for serv-
ice IN this prosaic wofld2 ] appreciate
myself perhaps to that amount person
/ ally am feet inches in height, light
complexion. auburn hair, blue eyes, weight
variable at the present time 10 pounds,
1 / am an experienced nurse and can cook
and can also dressnnahe neatly. This Is
the most ridiculous thing / ever done in
my life I await a reply. Kindly use a
special delivery stamp or a registered let
| ter IL you see fit TO write.
Al New Jersey woman is willing to
scale down the million dollar wage Of
fered to quarter Of a million,
one elderly woman asks for the place
in the Oak Park household and sug-
gests that her long service as house
keeper in a Massachusetts insane asy-
lum has fitted her admirably for the
position
There is genuine pathos in a letter
written from a Massachusetts manu-
featuring town. 1t is from widow
and mother, once wealthy printed in
closures prove it), who is now working
IN factory for a pittance to support
herself and her children. The letter Is
full OF a proper pride, and the sigma
ture is that Of the widow of a man
once widely known in the business
world