Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-13
"a letter for me' wonder who It's FROM"

remarks from ladies OF our acquaintance. and
how many OF US have watched the pretty fingers
fondle tho missive, turn 1t this way and that.
and watched the fair recipient examine the
postmark. stamp, chiroGraphy and hold 1t up
to ths light as II tn determine whether fresh or
not. as experts do with eggs, all the time spec
ulating upon who wrote it--mother, Frank,
Name, Marguerite or Mainland what news,
good, bad or indifferent, u contains; whether
the long promised visit Of the darling girl friend
Is soon TO be paid, or mother Is III, or Mans
baby has tho whooplng cough and she won't be
able to Join the party in the mountains, or
whether Frank is up to his ears In business
that will prevent his running up for that oriet
breathing spell he had been anticipating Then
with what o little hutter OF exitement
the seal is finally broken and the con-
tents read with many an exclamation
such as. "Oh, Just listen to this" while some
particular interesting passage is read aloud TO
those around; or "Did you ever hear the liker
Mother says so and So" all Of which makes tho
receiving OF letter by woman an event OF
considerable interest, not only to herself, put
to those who happen to be with her when the
postman arrives, unless she DEGREES 1t other
wise and runs of to her own apartments to
read both what's written and what isn't
written between the lines, but ever In that case
there Is such q charming little halo of romance
about 1t that it's pleasing incident.
How very different 1t is with menl How
provokingly mater-of-fact and prosaic they are
about their correspondence, and how very
selfish they are-won't even give person an
idea of what's In letter nor who it's from
won't enthuse themselves nor let anyone else
enthuse, as 1t were.
How the Politician Docs II.
Illustrative of that point was q scene wit
messed one day last week when an active poll
tican received and opened a bunch of letters,
without moving q muscle of his face, and the
bunch was large enough to have effected
mental and emotional cyclone with woman.
They were of all sizes and descriptions, large
and small, and medium, square and oblong,
white, cream and yellow, and four Of the en-
velopes were engraved in the upper left-hand
corner with the words 'Senate Chamber"
while in the lower left hand corner was writ
ten either private or personal" And all Of
them in different handwriting.
Think of it and weep. for that whole bunch
of misslves and mystery did not arouse
an iota Of enthusiasm In the face of
hat man. In the most methodical manner
possible did he take the steel letter opener,
and, without bit of speculation, insert 1t and
cut the envelope from corner to corner while
lie unfolded the letters and perused them all
to himself without even an ejaculation. How.
ever, there is one kind of letter that arouses
him to quite pitch Of animation. and that is
the quarterly bill from the fashionable store at
which his wife shops. Indeed, she coDfidsd to
me the other day the fact that she never goes
to the big front door to meet him on tho days
that Msssrs. blank d Co. issue their bills.
How I regretted the fact that woman
didn't reosivs that packet Of letters Though,
and In his presence too, for IL would have given
her 30 much pleasure and she would have
given him lesson In appreciation, but IL the
latest degree In fashionable stationery 10
adopted the delight woman has In speeuiatihg
upon the feeeipt Of q letter will be confined 10
what IL contains and not 10 who wfots 10 for on
the overlapping poftieh Of the envelope used
now by oil who aifset swelidom 10 shgfaven IN
neat, pretty tyre the name Of tho writer OF the
isttsF and the residenee. Just above where the
seal adherss. or refuses 10 adhere.
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Not wsiesms fHnsvatisH far Al.
The innovation will not bs welcomed uni.
vsfsHily If fuinof 10 tfua that there ara soma
very hlee young ladies who correspond with very
Moe Young insh contrary 10 the rules and fega.
latiehs laid down by the patsf faiaiias, for IN
such a ease the name might excite comment
should II PASS through tie natural pfeteeteF's
hands, that bushes would only emphasize, The
old-fashi0nsd envelope will probably be used
by such maidsns and their correspondents, II
they really DO exist, but there IL nothing 10
prevent their adopting the new wrinkle In the
inscription Of their envelopes, This new
wrinkle requires that the city for which the
letter II designed be written very plaiHiy In
the space formerly occupied by the name of the
person addressed, the county and State under