Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-10-03
A TYPEWRl1ER'S LIFE.
A Matter-of-Fact Calling Varied BY al
Occasional Romance.

A Matter-of-Fact Calling Varied BY an
Occasional Romance.
Many people suppose that we type
writer's write letters only from die.
~tation," said a fair manipulation of the
type keys at one of the downtown no.
tells, but that is a mistake. A large
proportion of my patrons are business
men who are accustomed to debating
letters, and who rattle off their work
in a very matter-of-fact way; but not O
small percentage of them cannot die
tate an intelligent, readable letter
at all, and | am forced to com.
pose as well as write. Very often peo.
pie drop in here and say: Just dash
off a note to James Brown, Russell
house, Detroit, making some sort OF an
excuse for not meeting him in Cleve.
land last week-anything will do, so it
will Ego" with him Or: Drop a line
to my house-Blake e So, Pittsburgh
giving them my regular monthly re.
port. Tell 'em business is good and
outlook is tiptop; make it strong, you
know; work in a little boom for yours
truly that will leave me solid Now
this leaves me a very wide latitude, as
you see. But | often go further than
this, and answer letters without any
guide whatever. A man simply hands
me a letter from his wife and says:
Answer that for me. Put in lots of
sugar and say whatever you like;' or he
gives me ar address and says: Give
me up a bright, readable letter; l don't
care what you say
Now, this may be satisfactory to
those who send such letters and those
yho receive them, but do not like to
do such work and never do it when
can avoid it. But it is all a matter OF
business to me, / assure you, without a
trace of sentiment mixed up in it.
1.-The newspapers have a great deal
to say about the conquests of the type
writer girl, but they do not know what
they are talking about, that's all.
have been here nearly three years now,
and ] have had just one solitary bit oi
sentiment to break the monotony o.
business.
About a year ago a good-naturet
Irishman who is employed at the hote.
here came to me and said that he coul(
not read or write, but wanted me Il
write a letter for him, inviting n o
the chambermaids to attend a dance OF
the west side. It was done in shor
order, and tho fellow was so please,
, with it that I refused to accept any pa,
, for the work, and offered to read tn,
, answer Just as soon as he should brinl
! it to me. The next day one of tn
/, chambermaids came to me and aske,
me to write a letter accepting an inv
tation 10 n dance. She had been abb
to spell out the precious message tina
, the postman had unexpectedly brough
\ her, and wanted to send an equal
4 neat and polite reply. So ! answere
! my own letter by proxy. After that a
I energetic epistolary b~ombardment wa
4 commenced, and l furnished the an
:, munition for both sides. Twill confe.
: that / grew greatly interested In tn
contest. Both Of my patrons were de
perately in love with each other, an
h as the management OF their mour d
volved upon me. handled the matt
4 as delicately and as automatically as
: could. Can you blame me II l occasion
!, ally gave them q chance to learn fro
experience that 'the course Of true lo'
never runs smoothly" Well. right
wrong, / did; and after mixing into Il
q u.~ .r.~~~l.