r letters,
and leave the verdict to you.

Will you let me try?

Very truly yours,
Edith Hoyt.
Telephone Riverside 8100

_Application for position as secretary_

149 East 56th Street,
Chicago, Ill.,
December 1, 1923.

Mr. Ralph Hodge,
Boone & Co.,
2000 So. Michigan Ave.,
Chicago, Ill.

Dear Sir:

This is in answer to your advertisement for a secretary. I
have had the experience and training which would, I think
enable me satisfactorily to fill such a position. I recognize,
of course, that whatever my experience and training have been
they would be worse than useless unless they could be modified
to suit your exact requirements. (Here set out the
experience.)

The lowest salary I have ever received was twelve dollars a
week, when I began work. The highest salary I have received
was thirty dollars a week, but I think that it would be
better to leave the salary matter open until it might be
discovered whether I am worth anything or nothing.

Very truly yours,
(Miss) Mary Rogers.

_Answer to an advertisement from an applicant who has had no experience_

245 East 83rd Street,
Chicago, Ill.

Mr. Ralph Hodge,
Boone & Co.,
2000 So. Michigan Ave.,
Chicago, Ill.

Dear Sir:

This is in answer to your advertisement for a secretary, in
which you ask that the experience of the applicant be set
forth. I have had no experience whatsoever as a secretary.
Therefore, although I might have a great deal to learn, I
should have nothing to unlearn.

I understand what is expected of a secretary, and I hope that
I have at least the initial qualifications. I have had a fair
education, having graduated from Central High School and the
Crawford Business Academy, and I have done a great deal of
reading. I am told that I can write a good letter. I know that
I can take any kind of dictation and that I can transcribe it
accurately, and I have no difficulty in writing letters from
skeleton suggestions.

Your advertisement does not give the