Alice's Blighted Profession

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Excerpt from Alice's Blighted Profession: A Sketch for Girls Scene. - A modern business office. Center door, desk in center covered with paper and letters, four office chairs, telephone, rug, etc., as may be available. Discovered: Alice seated at desk. Enter, C. D., Diana. Diana. Well, Alice Berning, what do you mean by being indoors on such a beautiful day? Come, put on your wraps, my machine is - Alice. Diana, you are a regular steam engine. No, I cannot accept your kind invitation to go for a spin. Diana. Do you know what brought me here to-day? It was to ask you to accompany us on our tour through the north next week. (Sits on arm of Alice's chair) There's a dear. Say you will come. Why, you cannot imagine how disappointed Jack and I will be, not mentioning all our other guests, if you refuse. Alice. Really, Diana, I am very sorry to have to refuse. But I simply cannot go. Why, look at all this correspondence and no one but myself to answer it. Diana. Why don't you get a stenographer? Why not advertise? Alice. Oh, I've done that - I advertised for a stenographer, and, would you believe it, when I came down this morning there were at least twenty-five applicants outside my door clamoring to get in. Diana. And how did you get rid of them? Alice. I interviewed each one separately, but found not one qualified to do my work. I verily believe if I encounter another applicant like any of my last ones I'shall close up shop and bury myself in the woods. (Woe-begone look) Diana (fingering cards and papers on desk). About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.