The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-19
1T STRUCK POPULAR FANCY.
HIS and KS and K. M. Q's Have
Taken Hold in Memphis.

Taken Hold in Memphis.
The rapidly and ease with which peo-
Pile "catch on" to striking expressions has
again been demonstrated. 1t has only
been few days since the now famous
Campbell-Arbuckle breach of promise suit
closed in New York, with verdict of
$45, 200 in favor of the plaintiff, A lot OF
correspondence was introduced as evil
dence during the trial, in which the mys-
tic letters III, sand X and "k. NJ. Q. Is"
figured conspicuously. No person with
spark OF intelligence can fail to catch the
meaning OF these Authorizations, made
plain by their peculiar connection. 1t
was expected that the infection would
reach Memphis at some period in tho
course OF human events, but not before it
had obtained a full swing in the city of
its origin. But such is the fact. A note,
penciled in delicate and attractive feml-
nine hand, reached TIE APPEAL Office last
night, requesting Dear Mr.. Editor" to
announce q certain society event. After
giving the points Of the event, the charm
ing writer set the single members of the
staff dancing about the room like a set Of
untaned heathens by closing her epistle
thusly "With many Ii. s and KS"
A recent issue of the New York Tribune
illustrates the spread OF the mania in that
city by the following examples: Two young
men got of Staten Island boat at the
South ferry yesterday morning. They
were typical young men Of business, even
down TO their canes They parted after
landing, and as they started to 20 their
different ways, one said to the other: GO
ing down at the usual hour tonight"
mo; have an engagement"
"Ahl with plenty Of HIS and X. So I"
"Oh, bless you, mol Pm not million
aire. Can't afford TO be engaged"
One CT the lawyers in the case said yes
terday that he had just received commu-
nication regarding piece OF litigation in
his hands from an old client Of his. Gle
Is an old merchant" said the lawyer, "as
staid us the day is long. lie seldom smiles,
Is Of a stern nature, and least OF all would
indulge in a joke. Yet how do you sup
pose he concludes his letter? Bless my
sonl-see here!" And the lawyer pro-
duced letter with the signature of a well
known dignified merchant of this city at
tached, and just preceding the name were
a. n,
yours truly"
Boarding-school misses have taken to
the initials at tremendous rate, and al. IS
and X. IS" and TX. NJ. Q.'s" are rs thick
around them-all by themselves dust
in the air in summer time. OF course, the
reckless use Of the initials il confined 10
each sex all by itself, and only those es-
pecially privileged presume to make use OF
the cabalistic expressions between sex and
sex.
There were rumors about the Coffee ex-
change yesterday that these terms Of en-.
dearment were going 10 be listed. An in
quisitve statistic.an has been figuring on
the I'll. 3 and n. sp and "k. VI. q. IS" in
tho mpbell-Arbuckle correspondence,
and has arrived al q mathematical dcduc.
ton OF interest 20 bachelors in particular.
When Miss Campbell prepared her book
of copies OF Mr.. Arbuckle's letters in her
possession she numbered them from one
upward, aud found that she had eighty
nine. all told, ON her hands Many more
had been written, but these had gone with
the trunk which she said she had left in
Mr.. Arbuckle's care, but which she had not
seen afterward. The jury, therefore, made
up its estimate Of damages with the con.
tents Of the eighty-ninc letters before
them. The statistician referred TO esti.
mates that there were five al. Is and X. s.
and tx. VI. Q.'s' on an average in each
letter, or, separating each I'll. 4" from each
az. an average Of ten each letter for
each "H., each TX. and each "K. NJ.
O." This would give q total Of 500 ioT
the eighty-ninc letters. The verdict Of
5000, therefore, made the cost Of each
of these To Mr. Arbuckle precisely so 81.
A well known lawyer in this city said
yesterday that the verdict in this suit
would cause thousands Of breach Of prom.
isc suits 10 spring up in this country now.
"IIcretoiore," said he, 'jurors have been
extremely conservative in giving damages
at least Of any great size. But a Sij, OOC
award will now make life miserable for q
great many bachelors, especially to those
who have been guilty Of writing lcttcn
with terms of affection in them"