TOTAL ABSTAINERS IN DEMAND
The other day I picked up a newspaper and, glancing over the advertisements for help, read as follows:
“Wanted—A bartender. Must be a total abstainer. Apply,” etc.
Is not that a curious advertisement? What should we think of such an advertisement in another line of business? How would an advertisement like this look?
“Wanted—A barber who has never had his hair cut. Apply at the barbershop on the corner.”
Or this?
“Wanted—A salesman in a shoe-store. He must go barefooted while on duty. Apply at Bank’s shoe-store.”
What other business finds it necessary or desirable to advertise for help pledged to make no use of the goods sold? Can it be that the liquor traffic finds it has wrought so great demoralization among its followers that it is forced to draw upon temperance or total abstinence “fanatics” in order to continue its business?—California Voice.
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