Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-03-30
Love Letters.

The writing of love letters began at
a very early period of the worlds h $
tory. We annot bring documentary
ev dence to prove just where or how Il
begun. or who started it, for history j.
hasy when we undertake to get at the
facts. away back near the time of the
primal par; but inasmuch as love was
included in the original outfit of the
human family. it must have been talk
ed in Eden. and inasmuch as wiring ;
merely talking at long range, t 10 lows
the conclusion, we submit, is inevi-
table-that love letters passed between
the first pair OF lovers vino happened to
be separated after the invention of writ
ing.
If Adam and Eve had known how TO
write and could have guessed how much
pleasure they could tiud in the new
sensation. We have No doubt they would
have parted from each other Il few da ;
just to indulge in epistolary commune
caton True. there was no general
post-oiice, no fast mails. no carrier
system, no green stamps IN their me.
but they have lrfl Their letters. n m l.
lions OF their descendants have done, N
Il hollow trce-dn apple Tree, for m
stance-Or under some loose stone on
top of the garden wall. WHAT IL rel cf
from eHHW The. would have found "a
such an exchange of Nv and comp4I-
ments and tender uothingS.
Why is it that the publication of love
letters in courts of law or n the news
ipers sends a snikcr across the c%ontin-
ent? WHY do people, old aud young.
and OF all sorts aud condIt on, rush in
crowds to the courts and almost travel
over each other heads to near love
letters read and then 90 home and
laugh at them as ii they had found
something unique in the way of fun?
Why do grave men and sober women
skip all the sensible read NJ IN the
newspaper # it happens to contain "a
love letter, and, having read that.
laugh at ii a If 4 were the latest and
best of Gilbert's operate jokes? Ten
to one il all the old trunks i'm the old
garrets were called to q We up then
treasures they would convict these grave
men and sober women OF Just sucn
stiffness" if the, please to call il So,
rs that VIII ch eNcites their r.>iblrs.
No man or woman was eyer
thoroughly in loye-and not TO have
been there. we are Informed. : To have
IN ssed some happiness, at lcast-who
didn't say silly tn ngs. Why. then.
does everybody feel such an irrc sistIbie
inclinat On to joke fun at the manu-
script love-making OF an unfortunate
whose letters get into the courts and
papers. 1t is a mystery we shall not at
tempt to explan
There IS one phase of this general
subject that seems to call for special
mention, to-wit: the %intensit that AN
aged swain puts into long range court
snip and the peculiar zest with VIII ch
other aged parties get their full of fun
out OF his written caresses. There is
nothing new in the torridty of an old
mans lcve, provided It's object be a
damsel OF tender years. If we had the
social stat sites of the patriarchs-and
we regret our inability to cite them on
this Occas On-we would prove that
December has always been falling in
love with Nav. And if mathematical
formula were applicable to IA matter of
this kind. we could demonstrate that
the heat OF an Old mans love for II
young woman is II the ratio OF the
square of his distance from her i'm years.
Why make fun Of a universal trait?-
Washington Post.