Positions for Men and Women. Commercial, Technical, Educational,
Professional. Those Hardest to Find and Hardest to Fill.
G. H. CANNON, Manager,
Ohio Block.
Chicago, Ill., Sept. 21, 1905.
MRS. A. A. BURROWS,
San Fran. Cal.
Dear Madam:
I am directed by a client for whom we transact much
business, to submit you a proposition, which both he and
I sincerely hope you will accept. He is a bachelor of
middle age, of fine appearance, and is the owner of a large
manufacturing plant, as well as of a magnificent residence,
in which he lived until recently with his aged mother, who,
greatly to his regret, departed this life some six months
ago. Since her death he has felt the need of a woman's
guiding hand in the management of his household affairs,
and it is to offer you a position as his housekeeper that I
am addressing you personally.
I beg to state that attached to the position is a salary
of $75 per month, your board, and an allowance of $25 per
month for your clothing, and you will have full charge
of his household expenses, including the employment
and discharge of servants, consisting of a butler, two
housemaids, driver, cook, etc.
If you accept the position his carriage will be at your
disposal at all times, and you will be the actual head of
his household, with no restrains of any kind upon you. As I
have stated, this client is a bachelor, and on account of
his mother's determined opposition to his marriage during
her lifetime, he has gone little in society, but since her
death he has never ceased to feel the need of a woman's
hand and presence in his home.
His first thought was marriage, but after a lengthy talk
with me he very cheerfully acquiesced in the suggestion
that has led to the writing of this letter, and now to the
point.
I suggested that he allow me to secure for him a
housekeeper who might possess the qualities he most desires
in a wife, and then I consulted a matrimonial agency with
that end in view. Your description seemed to fit so exactly
his idea of true womanhood and appealed to him so strongly
that his first impulse was to address you directly, but
being of a sensitive and retiring disposition, he came to
the conclusion that he should become thoroughly acquainted
with you, and could not do better than allow me to carry
out my original plan to make your acquaintance.
To be candid with you, this position is a very lucrative
one, and will undoubtedly lead to your marriage with this
gentleman, if you see fit to accept the proposition, and
for that reason I trust you will give it the consideration
it deserves.
As he secures the help necessary to the running of his
large factory through this firm, of which I happen to be
the manager, you cannot but understand that I am thoroughly
acquainted with him, and am in a position to arrange this
matter to your mutual satisfaction.
It is a custom to charge a fee of $5, but in this instance
we would make no charge at all, only our client, insists
that we require our usual fee simply as an evidence of good
faith, and that there may be no misunderstanding. If you
accept the proposition I have submitted kindly fill out the
enclosed form and return to us with EXPRESS MONEY ORDER or
BANK DRAFT for $5, which amount will be returned to you
as soon as you have taken charge of his household affairs,
as your good faith will have then been proved.
As soon as you can start for Chicago I will send you
expense, free railroad transportation, and if, after your
arrival here, you do not care to accept the position, a
return ticket, etc., will be furnished you so that you will
not be out one dollar of expense.
This offer is made to you in the strictest confidence, and
I sincerely trust you will so regard it, and not discuss it
with any one, at least not until all the details have been
arranged.
No matrimonial agency in the world can do this for you,
nor do I think such an opportunity will ever occur to you
again, so kindly sign the enclosed form and return it to me
immediately with the small fee necessary, or do not write
me at all. No harm will have been done by having submitted
the proposition to you, but if you cannot take immediate
advantage of it, I simply will not correspond further in
the matter. Trusting that you will see your way clear, and
wishing you well, I am,
Very sincerely,