“HELLO GIRL” M.A.

Taranaki Daily News, 1 July 1922, Page 10

“HELLO GIRL” M.A.

NEW JOB FOR GRADUATE. , AT LAUNDRY PHONE. London, June d. ■ Gentlewomen holding university de.grees and capable of dispensing tact, courtesy, good temper, and patience at the end of a telephone, are assured of remunerative employment if the example of the Savoy Hotel laundry is 'followed by laundries through the country, Recently the manager advertised in the Times for a gentlewoman possessed of the above virtues to answer telephane inquiries by customers. He stipulated that she must have had a university and public school education, and offered the salary of £250 a year . The result was a deluge of 800 appliL cations from public school and ‘university graduates, including BA.’s and 'M.A.’s, some with honors, in all parts of the country. The job of answering inquiries at the laundry has usually been placed in the . hands of a youth or “flapper,” with exasperating and unsatisfactory results. The manager of the .Savoy laundry wants a trained brain, and considers that the job requires judgment and tact of a high order. •