Show the tent ot many girls are employed at the western union telegraph companas comp anys main office in filing dispatches and other work requiring no great edill now although they get only the current wages of workers in such employments there arc always many applicants for every vacancy in view of this fact the company has adopted an interesting method of dealing with applications every girl applying is questioned as to her age education and residence furthermore ther more her height is taken the facts as to the applicant are then filed for future reference and she is advised in case she is really anxious for a place to return at the end of four months should she not biear from the company before that time the reason for this advice is that the list of applications is de strayed every four months many applicants never come a second time some vcr come a second a third or even a fourth time and although the officers of the company hold out no special hope to any applicant they do say that here as elsewhere perseverance often succeeds the requirement qui rement that the applicant shall appear in person each time is an ingenious means of weeding out those applicants that lack the perseverance which other things being equal is likely to make a girl more useful to the corn pany than a girl with less of that quality new york sun |