The Southern herald., 1886-05-01

Wv AOol ~ 10 an lnJusIlce 70 the
gentleman who follows me. He has ia
talk Of the ladies, and they embrace
the bachelors, you know. So that old
gag saved him and he came off with
colors flying as fluent speaker and q
wit besides"
Private correspondence Is your
specially, believer" said the reporter,
and he regarded = lot of envelopes
pigeonholed.
ut is" said the other, pushing the
emblem Of wisdom into more marked
prominence in his scarf. 'It is.
There are great many letters written
IN this city, and great many people
have occasion to have them neatly
worded. If they have not the faculty
to prepare them themselves, and have
not the means to keep secretary, they
lind a bureau Of this kind very service
able"
as not this branch of the business
very delicateP"
VERY delcate,h was the Factions
reply. at needs the best of care. At
the start | doubted if it would survive.
But it did, and l am happy to say, sir,
| believe it will enjoy robust health
hereafter. There is a big field open in
this direction, and once the public be-
come used to it there will be a goodly
harvest in It, And why should it not
be SOP A public letter writer is nothing
very odd or wonderful. You have
them in the east and in the south of
Europe. That is because few people
know how to write them. Very well.
There are good many who do not
know how to express themselves prop
erly here We propose to do their talk
ing on paper"
"But are not people backward in let
ting you into the secrets of their cor
respondence?"
"Why should they be? We arc only
professional people, like lawyers or
doctors or ministers. Their secrets pass
through our hands in a business way
and we do not detain them"
"Haye you much sentimental CORE
spondence to attend top''
There is much of that kind to be
had. There are SO many foreigners in
New York who can talk pretty well
but are at sea when they take up pen,
and 50 many people Of both sexes with !
little education who feel themselves at |
loss when they have to write. All of
them have need Of letter writer, most
OF all when they attempt to dictate any
tender epistle. You know all Young
men and all young women pretend to
a culture they often have not got.
Well, when they want something hieh-1
flown they will hunt up some inter
mediary TO write it for them"
"You must play part in some odd
tomahces IN that way?"
ave do" and the speaker laughed
softly. "Onc has Just been brought to
a happy ending. can tell you about
1t without asing the names, as every
talng Is now understood between the
parties. We will call him Smith. her
Jones. Well, Miss Jones called here.
She was employed in big millinery
bazar, and had met Smith accidental
" .Sha posed as refined young lady
Of family and education reduced by cir
cumstanccs, and all that. Smith was
impressed. Family and education
caught him. He wrote to her briefly.
soliciting correspondence. She wanted
70 reply in way that would impress {
him with her educational advantages
She showed his letter. 1t was brief
but | saw that he needed letter ,
writer too, and booked his address.
Inc letter we prepared for her was in !
very way satisfactory, and by the time t
reached Smith one of our circulars G
II course accidentally was in his
lands. 1t came out as supposed. He
cit altogether unequal to sustaining a
correspondence himself with so accom- 7
'llshed lady and we took the contract !,
III his hands. From that time we in 4
ugurated courtship through the a
United States mails which, for correct :,
ess OF rhetoric, wealth Of vocabulary 4
nd accuracy of punctuation, has rare y
been surpassed. "
I'VE made Smiths letters abound in 7
eat 1attIries of all kind, which tickled @,
llss Jones immensely and. made her r,
IL the more eager to show her refine a
lent. And we showed it for her to F
lie full capacity of Webster's una l,
rldged until Smith was lost in wonder hi
I'D admiration. | shall always remem- v,
'r that correspondence. 1t was the Fl
easantest job l ever undertook and n,
e occasions when Mr.. Smith dropped CT
to rave over the beauties of Miss II,
'nes style or Miss Jones assured me a,
confidence that she had never be- 81
eVed Smith man of such rare culti- sr
'tlon were moments of unalloyed m
pture. In fact, became so absorbed "a
the epistles l dictated to myself I,
r like bread thrown upon the waters tb
ey always came homeland deter te
med to bring these two fond hearts tb
gether and join them in indissoluble hi
edlock ere the epistolary enchant- ba
ent which held them began to Ian de
Ilsh' made Smiths letters more th
dent, Miss Jones' less coy, and bv
sy stages worked up the interest
a climax They met OCCASION 49,