| Title | The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |
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| Page | 1644 |
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and the Brother returned it after filling it in himself. At a secret meeting of the Committee Rushton proposed - amid laughter and applause, it was such a good joke - a new and better way, calculated to keep down the number of applicants. The result of this innovation was that no more forms were issued, but the applicants for work were admitted into the office one at a time, and were there examined by a junior clerk, somewhat after the manner of a French Juge d'Instruction interrogating a criminal, the clerk filling in the form according to the replies of the culprit. `What's your name?' `Where do you live?' `How long have you been living there?' `Where did you live before you went there?' `How long were you living at that place?' `Why did you move?' `Did you owe any rent when you left?' `What was your previous address?' `How old are you? When was your last birthday?' |
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