The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-18

sheets, and we read them. Not so many
questions, please.
did you ever see typewriter love let
ter? They are the funniest things. Just
think OF sane man debating, as a start
err for letter to the girl he dolizes. such
an expression as MY Dream!' or Princess
Mine' or Precious.' or My Only Be
loved! with an exclamation point in cold
hard type after It! Now, I'll admit, being
q woman. and having gotten few Of
such letters myself a long time ago, that
such expressions are perfectly lovely,
when a man is the right man and means
EN-, and puts 'em down In black and white
with a pen. But. gotten up in regular cir
cular fashion, In cold blooded Roman plea
type, and worked off through the medium
OF some one else at so much per line
weld, excuse me!
And then, whole hordss OF travelling
men have us typewrite their letters TO
the wives at home. and some OF their
letters--especially those written by the
younger OF em--are pretty saccharine. too
But, oh! the awful perversions OF the
Last week a young commercial man from
Pittsburg came to me and had me write
a letter to his wife. ! had seen him around
the hotel for several days. and he certain
ly was dining awfully heavily all the time
80 much SO, that II was the talk of the
hotel that he wes finding 1t a little difficult
at times decentralization that what
men call it?--and l am certain he had
ought to have been home where he be-
longed. Well. do you know he dictated in
his letter-and the brute sat chewing a
cigar and with grin on his face ali the
time-I've been desperately good, little
one, about drinking; haven't touched a
drop, and don't intend 10. for know how
much 1t g..ieves you, and | have what you
80. a. al, tt.1 And h..r ~
all day thousand times when the fellows
meet insiss ON my taking something,
etc, until felt just like turning around
on him and saying things. Did you ever
hear the like?
SOME INPATIENT PATRONS.
"And the unreasonablenees OF men! The
poor things don't know any more what the
word patience means than they know
what ,cui on the bias means. have done
great deal of work for lawyers. Now, II
is The general impression. | fancy. that
lawyers are calm, even tempered. well
poised lot. But they're not. They're Just
the most impatient, unreasonable, head
long body OF men on the map OF the world.
How? Well. maybe one OF 'em, after die
tating in his own office until all Q! his ste
nographer's notebooks are 50 jammed that
there is not room for another poihook. will
dictation. Perhaps he finds me busy on
some work that As imperatiyely necessary 10
be done a: certain hour and minute. Thie
makes him madden than hornet. What the
dickens right have / got TO be cngabed
any how? And who is this other chap for
whom I'm doing piece OF work? And what
does he mean by giving me work. anyhow
And why can't let II slide for while,
ard so on and so en-. to the end OF the
world. Do? Oh, ! learned long ago ia
let EN- go right on talking. while ! 20
right ON working
COR else. maybe. one OF these lawyers
tbus all men seem TO be about as bad IN
this respecD will come hustling over 70
me and dictate BRIEF at me at rate
that 1t would take Isaac Pitman himself
10 cope witft-say. something like two or
three thousand words OF solid legal dicta-
tios1--and then sit down and chew his mus
tache waiting for me TO traDscribe my
notes on the machine! ] have got such I'm
reasonables as these marked. and always
ask them. Why don't you dictate 10 the
machine?' Too slow they reply, amt
got time!' and yet when they get through
tteir mile minute stenographic dictataon
they dehbAgNtsly ~ right q my eide and