Young Lonigan - James T. Farrell [409]
With determination he looked to the classified advertisements.
HAT SALESMAN-STEADY & SAT. XTRA. Expd. only. gd. refs. Abraham and Solomon.
Experienced. That let him out. Might, though, try bulling them. Experienced store workers. Nothing there. Commission salesman. On that he and Catherine could eat air.
Executives And Managers
Could he find something here?
SHOE BUYER and manager for women’s, men’s and children’s shoes of quality. This position has great possibilities and we want the best man available. State age, nationality and full business history. For large west side department store. Address Box Xk 49.
Nothing doing again.
Professions And Trades
Engineer. No soap. Engineer Mechanic. No soap again. Fur designer.
MAINTENANCE MAN-MUST BE EXPERIENCED on starch mogul machine. American. Protestant. South Side candy factory.
That guy must be an A. P. A. Protestant only. He’d like to run a business and fix ’em. Put in ads Catholic only. Dirty A. P. A.’s. Masseur. Nope. Physician. No.
POLICE DUTY TEN MEN FOR NEARBY TOWN. ONLY THOSE WITH CITY POLICE EXPERIENCE OR LEGIONAIRES NEED APPLY. MUST FURNISH REFERENCE. MEMBERS OF UNIONS NOT WANTED. APPLY RM. 216. . . .
He couldn’t do police duty. Had to be tough for that. And he belonged to the painters’ union, but that was just to avoid any trouble, and all he did was pay his dues. Sign Painter. Could do that if his heart was good. Window trimmer.
Clubs Hotels And Restaurants
WAITER—ROADHSE., THURS. SAT. NTS. husky, sober.
Nothing there for him.
Salesmen And Solicitors
Might be something here. He knew, though, from the way he’d heard guys talk about looking for jobs, that most of the selling jobs advertised in the papers were sucker propositions. But maybe there might be a real steer in one of these. And he could sell without endangering his heart. Still, to sell, you had to have a line and he didn’t have one. But what the hell, if other guys could develop a line, why couldn’t he? Red Kelly had sold refrigerators for a while. And he had to do something. Anything he could. He would have to support a wife in two weeks, and a baby in seven or eight months.
LIFE INSURANCE MEN-FULL OR PART TIME. Comm.
He marked the ad with a pencil, figuring that even if he got another job, he might try selling a little insurance on the side. Phil Rolfe might take some, and Carroll, Red, lots of his friends. He’d see about it.
UNUSUAL SALES OPPORTUNITY FOR A I men calling on Funeral Directors, Metal vault with patented features, backed by live-wire merchandising plans. Good territory. Open and generous commissions that mean real money for man who can qualify. Write experience.
He would write a letter on this one when he got home. Might as well try everything. He imagined himself going around to undertaking parlors. Not the most pleasant sort of business.
CONFIDENCE INCORPORATED has openings for neat appearing, courteous young men to sell ice cream confections; commission basis. Apply . . . .
He couldn’t see himself standing outside the South Shore Country Club with a little wagon, selling ice cream cones.
TO SALESMEN-SELL SOBER-UP CAPSULES taverns and roadhouses.
He smiled, thinking of how there were so many goddamn funny jobs in the world.
MAN-YOUNG (GENTILE) WHO COULD SING AND PLAY UKE-LELE EVENINGS. . . .
Employment agencies. He wondered if anything might be gotten that way, or would he just be handing his dough out. Jobs advertised by them for fifteen or twenty dollars a week, and only college graduates need apply. Things must be tough if that’s all college graduates could get after four years of education. And trade