Your most obedient and humble servant,
LAURA B. NICHOLS.
2.—Applying for a Position as a Teacher of Music.
Scotland, Conn., January 21st, 1915
Madam,
Seeing your advertisement in The Clarion of to-day, I write to offer my services as a teacher of music in your family.
I am a graduate of the Peabody Institute, of Baltimore, where I was thoroughly instructed in instrumental and vocal music.
I refer by permission to Mrs. A.J. Davis, 1922 Walnut Street; Mrs. Franklin Hill, 2021 Spring Garden Street, and Mrs. William Murray, 1819 Spruce Street, in whose families I have given lessons.
Hoping that you may see fit to employ me, I am,
Very respectfully yours,
NELLIE REYNOLDS.
3.—Applying for a Situation as a Cook.
Charlton Place, September 8th, 1894.
Madam:
Having seen your advertisement for a cook in to-day's Times, I beg to offer myself for your place. I am a thorough cook. I can make clear soups, entrees, jellies, and all kinds of made dishes. I can bake, and am also used to a dairy. My wages are $4 per week, and I can give good reference from my last place, in which I lived for two years. I am thirty-three years of age.