The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-10
$I.0|)Q,o()O FOR
SERVANT GIRL
John FsrSon of of New York
Makes the Offer
SHE MUST BE AN ANGLE
Several Applicants Have Al
ready Written Him
SHE MUST BE AN ANGLE
FOR THIS SERVANT. 100000.


fairs with outsiders.
She must always be dignified
She must never make an error in table
service.
She must know at glance the likes and
dislikes of my guests.
She must never sulk.
She must be good nurse. a good cook
and know something about dressmaking
million dollars for a servant!
This is the offer made by John Farson,
of Oak Park. a Chicago suburb, writes
a correspondent to the New York World
Mr.. Farson has so many millions that
he can afford 10 give away one without
missing it,
He maintains that it is easier to make
million than it is to find a perfect serv-
ing maid.
He has been seeking her for twenty
years without success He is not discour-
aged He believes that she exists, but he
is convinced that he can find her only
by offering the greatest reward ever held
before a servant
His standard is so high. his require
ments so many and so eXacting, that few
young women among the millions anxious
to gain the reward can hope even to ap-
preach his ideal.
1t must be supposed that Mr. Farson
purposes placing himself at the mercy of
the treasure whom he hopes to find. She
VIII not get the million until his death.
and she must live in his family until
that time. He will make provision in his
will whereby she will receive her great
reward Mr.. Farson is only forty-eight
years old
There are persons who say that Mr..
Farson is indulging in a joke-that he
has very vivid sense of humor, and that
his experience has taught him that he is
perfectly safe in making the extraordin-
AIRY offer.
1t mustn't be supposed that Mr. Farson
that Mr.. Farson can find a servant-maid
who is a diplomat, who never sulks, who
Is dignified, neat. prudent, knows her
place, never discusses household affairs
with outsiders. is physically strong. clean
and good-natured, is a good nurse
good cook and something of a dressmaker
and who has d real love for her vocation,
in addition TO the other virtues that Mr..
Farson demands; but where is there to
be found a maid who will never make
a mistake in table service?
Some of Mr. Parsons friends who have
been the victims OF his lively sense Of
humor from time to time declare that if
Mr. Farson does succeed in finding a
servant who meets his ideals he can never
have the benefit of her services for fear
of destroying some of her accomplish
ments.
They are of the opinion that Mr.. Farson
will have to keep his paragon in glass
case and employ less wonderful crea-
lures to wait upon her
But he insists that he is perfectly sin
cere in making his offer and, what is
more. he is confident that he will find
the servant who is worthy of the million
dollars he will be very glad to leave
TO her.
Mr.. Farson is very remarkable man
and somewhat eccentric in a kindly way.
He started in life as an errand boy AN
now he is the head of the great bond and
banking house Of Farson. Leach & Co
He never forgets the days of his pow
e,rty and the bitterness OF the struggle
which ended in such remarkable success.
His sympathies have always been with
those who toll. even in the humblest of
/ capacities and he has ever been ready
to help them along
His brother. Duke NJ. Farson. furnishes
John Farson with much amusement and
relaxation. Duke Farson is also some
what eccentric. but this has not inter
fered with his business success. which
has been almost as great as that of his
brother
Duke Farson finds his chieI JOY in life
in saving mems souls according 10 the
Methodist plan He is as successful as an
evangelist as an financier. Duke Farson
breaches in the highways and byways
in the thoroughfares and aleyways. and
81 is one of the pleasures of his brother
TO attend open-sfr meetings.
Not long ago Duke Farson started
revival in the Oak Park Methodist
church. John Farson said that there
were ten members of the church who
were. in his opinion. greatly in need of
salvation. He thought il would be good
thing for the ten men and a better thing
for the community If they were brought
into the fold. He offered to give the
church s.. oco for each Of these ten souls.
that his brother saved. But this came
TO nothing because no one could be found
10 judge the question OF exactly what
constitute salvation.
John Farsou wants a servant who will
be worthy of Oak Park and his Pleasant
Horne" as he calls it Mr.. Farson has
been the most persistent boomer OF Oak
Park that any Chicago suburb has ever
known. He is responsible for its brass
band and is ball team. which have long
been famous He IS foremost in every
movement to make Oak Park a better
end more attractive living place
His house is a splendid stone and wood
structure surrounded by wide. generous
porches. IL is most beautifully appointed.
with nztatorium. gymnasium and
other accessories.
One might expect that a man who
would offer sl.eo00c0 for perfect servant
was along in years and anxious 20 escape
the worries that appertain to housekeep-
ing But as has been said. Mr.. Farson
is only forty-eight and he is known az
one of the best dressed men in Chicago,
and in New York. too. for that matter
He comes to this city frequently. Ills