The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-08-10
ACTORS AS Washers.
How The Painted Hero OF the Siege
See rches the Hearts OF Sus-
cepuble Females.
Presents Which Make Msshln 8
Proflrabls-Love Letters Re-
ce,ved by the Wholesale

| New York stage were particularly Ia
nous for the impression they made
uoon the ever susceptible feminine
Their pictures were averred TO be the
chief treasures of every spinsier album.
aud a good many COLLECTIONS Whose
owners bore another name than thai
of their maidenhood. Some devotees
were said to carry their enshrined
nearest their hearts. and even erect al
tiers at which they worshiped them
with An impious perversion of the r-v-
erence extended to the h"liest objects.
However this NAV have been. the evi-
deace Of the photographer proves thai
their counterfeit presentmeEts enloved
sale unprecedented in the history ri
anv male footlight favorite. and their
matinee performances were crushes sa-
cred to the sex all men adore. The
endemic, for such it actusllv was.
died out with1h departure of its Oh
i.cts from the metropolis; but spas
modic cases constantly recur and there
! il not an actor in any eminence. or
even prominence. upon our stage. wh"
has not been the recipient Of atten-
,inns az aattering to him as those the
fsvorite actress evokes from the i'm
| questionable non theatrical male.
soME LOVE LETTERS.
The writer one afternoon found the
juvenile man Of leading theatre
burning letters in his bedroom CRATE
One of the drawers Of his dressing Ia
bles wac fairly packed with similar
| episol-s, which exhsled an unmistsk-
able aroma of the boudoir.
NV love letters" he explained
laughingly. "Ju'ia is coming back
next week. and though shes the most
sensible little woman in the world, |
don't want to give her even the temp
tation for kick.
DO you mean to say these arr all
products of the present season aione..'
"Whv, this is scarcely half Of them.
Willie nv wife wss in town | never
brought them home at all, but tore
them up after the reading. Since she
has been on the road have relapsed
into a dangerous bachelor habit Of
throwing my correspondence into the
drawer. as you see. just cast your
eyes over them. It's no violation of
emf ience, for | have never answered
one, or seen any of the writers"
1t was curious collection.
All classes of society. from that rep
re-ented by the monogram crested.
rose tinted note. richly fragrant with
the lingering perfume Of an aristocrat-
ic boudoir. down to scrawled lines.
with capitals where they Oaght not to
be, and bIots aud ers-ions that would
cost a school boy a bitter penance.
we're there. From passionate elo-
queuce of the educated woman, TO the
lOvelorn ilIiferateness of the sculIion,
the whole gamet of smorous stiffness
was run. The stately dictinn cf the
woman Of society, the hot admiration
of the harlOt and the timid declaration
Of the smitten schoolgirl. mingles with
the
WEEKLY sLUsH- Bucket
sentiment of belle of avenue A. and
the greesy adulation of the kitchen.
A great many of the letters of these
latter sorts were evident copies from
come letter writer, and in several
cases were, with the exception of sig
natures and photographed errors. pre-
ciselv the same.
INV amateur correspondence. OBJ
served the recipient a. he fed these rel
ics of di-dained deviation to the flames
with liberal hand. sis all one sided.
I make'it point never to answer let.
teu of this sort. Experience has
proved to me that there is no other
way to treat them Love that breaks
out after this emotional fashion is too
essily gained to he worth having. and
nv encouraging it man is only heap
ing up pick Of tr"uhle for him.elf."
And d. they drop the correspond /
ence with one triai?'
PROFITS OF MAsHIN0.
''Some do. As rule. il takes two
or three unanswered letters to bring
the majority Of nv victims to reason,
A favorite idea ia expressed
BY them in phrase which all of them
seem to have nv heart: Il want tn win
vou!" And the WAYS they 90 about
It are curious ones. The copy or CON-
pose poetry on love and loving cen
timents. ring in everything from the ,
Bible down to motto cards. Then thew
,Onfide all sorts of real or fictitious
histories tn me. their unhap-
~ lives. their unfaithful lovers and
,ncongenial husbands. their strict par /.
.nts and guardians. Soma 90 - far ;
IL to send me presents. might al.
most have opened j-welry store with ,
he brides in the wav IF studs. but
ons. rings. chains and the like I have :
'een the recipient OF in the last four !;
easons
"What do you do with them:" I.
Il u-ed to he fool enough to send )
hem back. and 80 prolone the agony. "
Vow | keep them. and find that the =.
nost effective way Of putting a stop to
he nonsense. The women drop then !,
D the fact that don't reciprocate, /.
nj are too much ashamed Of them. !.
Elves to keep the correspondence up. \
ell anyone of nv having taken q ::
resent from them! MT much. :,
here isn't women alive who would :.
i've heraelf awav like that" :;
"Don't they ever try to get hold of :.
% personally?"
oh. yes. But that is easily avoid. .,
!. have got the thing down 81 fine :.
ow that l can spot mash on sight. :.
nav do flirting now and then with 80
really attractive one. but as . rule 6
{ them severely alone. A very good r.
AN I have fnnnd ia IN leave tho