Alice's blighted profession

A young woman establishes a small law practice but finds no clients and must interview a parade of unsuitable applicants—an indulgent society friend, a charity solicitor, a timid stenographer, and a theatrical aspirant—within a compact, comic office setting. The sketch plays for laughs through misunderstandings, caricatured personalities, and rapid, physical exchanges while highlighting professional ambition under social expectations. Scenes alternate between domestic social pressure and workplace absurdity, and the protagonist ultimately resolves to continue despite repeated setbacks. Stage directions and brief performance notes frame a contemporary urban locale and a short running time.