Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-12-04
A Professional Writer Of Love Letters.

A Professional Writer Of Love Letters.
Who would suppose that business
q financial undertaking-was ever made
| of indicting ematory epistles for .'other
fellows" who felt themselves incom-
petent to do the thing up in proper
style? And yet this is one OF the indus
tries Of which Chicago can boast.
A reporters attention was called to a
modest looking. advertisement announc-
ing that gentleman could accommodate
parties who desired to establish cor
respondence through second person,
who would keep everything private and
confidential. The reporter called on the
man.
"What kind of letters do you writer
asked the visitor.
s.Any kind, sir, any kind" answered
the man. Letters of love, courtship
! or marriage. And I also teach penman-
ship and the art of writing letters.
"Of course you keep everything Sc
| cret?"
"Why, certainly, my boy, certainly.
What man tells me is kept as much a
secret as though told to the dead. I'm
just like a physician on that, you
know"
"Well," pursued the reporter, II am
not used to handling a pen, and do not
know exactly how to say things that
will sound tine-you understand and
there is young lady with whom have
been keeping up correspondence
through a friend, who has done the
writing for me, and who is away now
and-what do you think you can do fol
me?'
'sThat's all right, my dear sir.
know just what you want; and if there is
anything I pride myself on it is the way
in which I can write to the ladies. ]
know just what tickles 'em-just how to
win their love, or to make cold love
warm again.
"Wel," said the visitor, 81 don't
| want anything warmed over, but would
like to hear you read me sample Of
what you can do, and to know you,
charges"
sPn tell you what I'll do. Eli write
you two letters week to the young
lady, and charge you fifty cents apiece
for them. All you need to furnish me
will be the bare facts of what you want
written, and the rest you can leave to
me. Or I can do the whole business il
it's only pretty letter that you want
written. havea most vivid imagina-
ton, and q command of language for
love and the invective that is certainly
wonderful. l am Spiritualist, and
those who know me best say that write
with mind from the spirit world ]
don't claim anything OF the kind. My
charges are very reasonable and would
be more Il did not make little money
writing in railroad Office"
"Bht how about your samples-canf
you read me one?"
s:Well, now, here is one that I am
writing for young man whose be-
trothed has been false to him. It is to
be mailed tomorrow morning"
Here the letter-writer braced himself
and read as much of the letter as had
been written. It started out with
dearest Carrie" and the reporter felt
convinced that when Carrie received ii
she returned to her old love. The rival
was referred to as stfiend," wiper,
'svillain," sbrute," "vile wretch" tdes-
picable interloper" and destroyer of
happiness.
The visitor listened to the reading as
If transported with admiration, and
slapped his knee with the observation
that the letter was daisy. This flat
tered the man, and he went to drawer
and fshed out copy of a love-letter
covering eighteen pages. It was fear
fully saccharine production. Any line
would have done to sweeten cup Of
coffee.