Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-17
THE CHAFFING DISH

The Ladies wanting positions are properly
cautious as to what may be required of them
''SITUATION wanted by Lady. middle
aged good cook: no washing or rough work.
Passing by the Refined Young Ladies
wanted in the fancy goods department. and
the timid advertiser who says Useful Help
wanted: live out tram paid hours. say.
a. m. to p. M (what an opportunity for
argument that SAY" offers y and the Use
full Help wanted for invalid lady in Cheshire:
good LITTER one comes to the business sec
tion. Here interesting sidelights are given
on the present status of the liquor trafnc IN
England. We note the following:
YOUNG MAN, age about 90, by Man
chester Wine Merchants good opportunity
to learn the business; liberal salary.
YOUNG LADY. smart respectable
Wanted, as Assistant in Temperance Bar
and Herbal Stores permanent situation;
wages to commence 2Ss per week; 5412
hours Saturday and Sunday duties.
ADVERTISER, 40, seeks Engagement in
Wine and Spirit Trade; life experience.
WANTED, at once, Two Wet Coopers
WANTED, Carrier for TO ton load of
piece goods, who is returning empty from
Leeds or Bradford to Manchester or be-
yond.
SITUATION WANTED by Hotel Por-
ter understands all hotel work and cellar
work
And here is one inserted by some luxurious
PARLOURMAID Wanted 6 in family;
maids kept
We are somewhat startled to observe how
early the motorcar exerts what Mr.. Wilson
would call a compulsion upon the juvenile
mind The Urchin is only thirty one
months old, but he remarked recently. II
want to have an aunbile and get in the front
seat and~G GO" He is also quite convinced
that his father. whom he regards as the
omnipotent distributor of al! desirable mat
ters and things, possesses an plane and is
simply hiding it behind the house somewhere
until the time comes for a family ride.
When we ride in train these days we
always try to exercise great discrimination
in picking out a seat behind some one who
looks as though he or she would keep the
window closed. The other day we thought
we had succeeded admirably. At North
Philadelphia the smoker was invaded by a
great number of ladies' (Of course it would
be too much to ask of Mr.. Hines that he
supply enough cars so that the ladies and
children wouldn't have to ride in the
smoker.) Just in front of us sat down a
dear. old lady with white hair and a black
bonnet We thought to ourself, certainly
| she won't want to have the window open and
| drink in SCOT all the way. No sooner was
| the train in full career than she wanted the
| window up, all the way up. During the two
hour ride she sat tapping in brutal rush
| of air, speckled with cinders and trying to
| imagine she enjoyed it, Several times we
| asked her, with as insinuating an accent as
we could muster, whether the draught was
| botheripg her No, she liked 1t. As for
4 ourself, we tried many times to get our pipe
| lit without success.
Looking round the car we observed that
| every mature male Of discreet years had his
window closed, which is the only way to be
| comfortable on a fast train. Whereas all
the women and children were futtering in q
typhoon Of dust and wind.
| What has become, we sometimes wonder
of that old fashioned figure, the man who
used to ask the person in the seat behind Il
he or she would mind the window beine
| onened? OF course he always opened 1t any
way, but 1t was nice to be asked.
| Careful reading of the Congressional Rec
ord introduces us to a great many lynchingi
of the English language, but there is on,
abominable expression that not even con
gress, ZEN have yet committed-"at that"
A reporter expresses surprise at finding
eopy Of Paradise Lost" in the reading room
Of the Bartenders' Union, on North Broa,
street.
IL seems to us that that is exactly tue hoo!
oas would expect % fpd there these DAYS,
I SOCRATES