01889cam a22003013u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000290011324500310014226400510017330000470022433600260027133700260029733800360032350000310035950800370039052009950042753400700142265300180149265300340151085600430154476675UtSlPG20260610134756.0mcr n260607r20251907utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d aUtSlPG 7afi2iso639-1 4aPH1 aTiuppa, Otto,d1872-191410aPaikanvälitystoimistossa 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2025 a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats atextbtxt2rdacontent acomputerbc2rdamedia aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier aRelease date is 2025-08-11 aTuula Temonen and Tapio Riikonen a"Paikanvälitystoimistossa : 1:ssä näytöksessä by Otto Tiuppa" is a Finnish one-act social drama written in the early 20th century. The play satirizes urban job-placement offices, exposing how greedy middlemen and predatory gentlemen exploit impoverished servant girls and unemployed workers. In a city placement agency, the cynical manager Hirviö boasts about profit while squeezing fees from desperate applicants. He pressures the rural maid Elsa into serving him and tries to supply the rich rake Vintiö with a young country girl, sending others into dubious posts. Elsa unexpectedly reunites with her childhood sweetheart, the workman Mikko, who demands his papers and refund. When Vintiö discovers Hirviö’s lies, he threatens scandal; Elsa denounces both men and quits. Defrauded women surge back to reclaim their money, and amid Mikko’s pressure and public outrage, the cornered agent crumbles as the curtain falls. (This is an automatically generated summary.) pOriginally published:cHelsinki: Työväen Sanomalehti Oy, 1907 aOne-act plays aFinnish drama -- 20th century40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76675