The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-17
AFTER THAT 100000.
Good Servant, Is Reset.
From the Baltimore Sun.

Good Servant, Is Reset.
From the Baltimore Sun.
Chicago, May 6.-It is barely posi-
not offered legacy of 100000, pay
able at his death, to the servant who,
living in his household through the
years to come, would fill in character
and service certain ideal requirements,
among those being neatness, ability to
cook. strength, modesty in all things,
refusal to tattle, knowledge of nurS-
ing.
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 is to- forward
freight car load of epistles from per-
sons who are certain they can fill the
position.
Some of the correspondents would
like to know, before entering upon serv-
ice: How old are you, anyway and
How long do you think you will live?''
and "Will l have to work for your
widow when you are dead?"
The communications have come in
from all sections of the country, from
whites, blacks and Indians, in many
languages. Mr.. Farson has given out
several letters for publication on con-
dition that the signatures shall not be
used.
Here is man who is willing to offer
a servant by proxy, with a view to the
ultimate million:
Rutherford, N. j., April 20.
John Faron:
Dear Sir-If the applicant be a mar
ried woman, aged 29, who has never
found it necessary to go out to service,
is she barred from qualifying? I know
she is eligible on all points stated, as
she is my wife, and 1 have had seven
years to find it out in. l will forward
you photograph if desired and will
give you full information concerning
my wife and our position.
Here is one from a unsteady inclin-
ed miss:
Providence, R. l., April 23.-Dear Sir:
Having seen your advertisement, I
thought l would apply for the situa-
ton, as 1 think am competent to fill
it. 1 am considered a very good cook,
a first-class dressmaker and have had
several doctors to ask me to be nurse
on account of my natural aptitude for
nursing. I dress in quiet colors from
choice, but with a million in view could
make even more quiet. Is there a piano
in the servants apartments, as l am
slightly musical? Also, am quite a
painter in oils.
In this letter writer's mind there is
no room for doubt that she is diplo-
mat and all the rest:
Washington, D. c., April 30.-NIr Far
son: l seen in the paper that you want
a servant, as it were, for life. l can
fill all the requirements you ask with
Il
by birth, but, pray how old are you?
A Kansas girl incloses a stunning
photograph of herself, and then says,
in part:
Vining, Kan, April 81 am a good
nurse, cook, dressmaker and I never
sulk or tattle. I have perfect fig
ure and am thought to be very hand
some, of the demi-brunette type.
am d poor girl and have outdone my
strength in the past. Let me have So
600 or $4,000. I'll pay it all back TO
you.
A New Hampshire girl writes to ask
for a chance to win the million, and
uses beautiful note paper, with her
family crest and motto at the top in
making her application for>the position
of servant She means business, for
she incloses a stamp for a reply.
A New Jersey woman is willing to
scale down the million-dollar wage Of
fered to quarter of a million. An
other young woman writes:
Il can cheerfully recommended my
self as a capable person, for l took
care of Laura, 1 mean Mrs. Mckay,
formerly Miss Havemeyer, daughter Of
the Sugar Trust magnate, of New
York"
Ane elderly woman asks for the place
in the Ark Park household, and sug-
gests that her long services 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 a widow
working in a factory for a pittance to
support herself and her children. The
letter is full of a proper pride, and the
is that of the widow of a
man once widely known in the BUSH
ness world.
A Michigan woman writes as fol-
follows:
Detroit, April SO.-Dear Sir: VIII
you please consider my application for
the situation of servant in your house.
hold? / think I possess the qualifica-
tons you desire and could fill the place
to you. / would make a
desperate effort to look pleasant al
ways for 81 ZOO, 0O0."
I'm fairly deluged," said Mr.. Farson
to-day. "but'I'n pun through some way
II good to the employed comes out of
It, this thing will not have been utter
~ In vain.y
Mrs Farson, too, has ideas on serv-
ant girls.
No woman should offer a room TO a
maid that she would refuse 70 occu-
by herself" said Mrs. Farson. Hun |
dreds Of women do this, and then they
wonder why IL u 80 difficult 70 keep /
help. ! believe that IN no /
other way the old advice OF do unto !