“ Hello Girl,” M A.

Hokitika Guardian, 29 June 1922, Page 4

“ Hello Girl,” M A.

NEW JOU-. FOR (JKADTATKS

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(lentleu mneii holding university degrees mid eapable of dispensing tact, courtesy, go d temper, end patience at the (aid of a telephone. arc assured of remunerative employment il ’die example of the Savoy Hotel laundry is followed by laundries throughout the country. Recently the -manager advertised in the “Times'’ for a gentlewoman possessed of the above virtues to answer telephone iiif|iiiries by customers. He stipulated that she must- hav c had a university and public school education, and offered the salary of £2lO a year. Tlie result was a. deluge of 300 application from public school and university graduates, including 15. A. ’s a ltd M.A.Y some with honours, in all puts of the country. The job of answering inquiries at the laundry has usually been placed in the hands of a youth or “dapper'’, with exasperating and unsatisfactory.results. The manager of the Savoy laundry wants a trained brain, and considers that the job requires judgment and tai t of 11 high order.