The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-28


tanned at Manufacturers free of charge.
The following figures give sone idea
of the magnitude Of the chain letter
scheme.
Mrs. Foster, on the receipt Of her let
ter; using that series as an illustration,
sent letters to Mesdames Hammond,
Iightner, TIghe and Schumacher.
Each Of these in turn. will send out
four letters, and each Of the recipients
IS expected to send four more on. Mrs.
Foster numbers her letters one, Mrs.
Lightner and the others, two, the next
four in each set three, and so on. Now
>the series starting from one letter
would be as follows:
Letter (sent to Mrs. Foster). ......
. Letters numbered one 80. 80. ..........
Letters numbered two .................. 16
Letters numbered three ~.,............... 64
Letters numbered four .................. 256
Letters numbered five .............. 1.C24
Letters numbered six .. ................ 1895
Letters numbered seven =. ..............16.3S 4
Letters numbered eight ................. .65.5S6
Total number of letters. eight series .S7,OS1
Which, at % cents per letter, would
represent $21, 770.25.
But cutting the series off at letter
seven, there would be a total of q, 545
letters, representing at rs cents, So
3S6.25.
There were twenty-three letters num-
ANo oSlLI OuI- 1S OiIilB SO,OOO.AO LUZ
each of these letters would make for
the tWentyrthree series a grand total
of S123 8S3.75.
Already one series is returning cash
from the fifth batch Of letters.
Even if the letter scheme was stop
Fed at the fifth, there would be 1855
letters, or $141.25 on each series, or
for the twenty-three sets, S7,S4s.75.
The other series thus far reported
are as follows:
Mrs. ]. c. Jackson's Series
Cents
Number 0, Mrs. ]. G: Jackson. .............2 5
Number l. Mrs. Heller ....................25
Number l, Mrs. Forbes ..... .....2 5
Number l, Mrs. Wilcox ................2 IS
Mrs. S. F. Forbers' No. 2 to Jackson's
Number . Miss F. E. Forbes ..............25
Number .. Mrs. J. T. Mcmillan %
Miss f. E. Forbes No. to Mrs. Jackson's
Number 3. Mrs. A G. Baker .e5
Mrs J. t. McMillan's No. 8 to Mrs. Jack
sons Series
Numbe- 3, No name. %
Mrs John Willis Series
Number O. Mrs. Willis. ..25
Number l, Mrs. Dore =. ...... ...........25
Number l, Mrs. Powers. ...............25
Mrs. James q. Pnre's No. 2 to Mrs. Willis
Series
Number p Margaret K.ug go. .25
Mrs tSUrice Auerbaeh's Series
Numhef-i Mrs. Auerbach 80. ..............25
Number l. xirs. Claiming Seabury .......25
Mrs. Chal4Ss Bigelow's Series
Number 0, Al-s. Bigelow ................25
Number l, No name. ........ .25
Mrs. Ella I. Greggs Series
Number 0, Mrs. Gregg ...........25
Number /, Mrs. Purdy 80. -. ..........25
Number l, Mrs Stringer .... 80. .....25
MrS. ". E. Howard, Circle H
Number 0, Mrs. Howard go. .........25
Number l. No name go. 80. ...25
Number l, Mrs. James Reals.. ............25
Mrs. Peter Kerst's Series
Number 0, Mrs. Peter Kerst go, . %
Number l, Miss Mary Klein ........ ......25
Number !, Mrs. J. P. Burchen ...........25
Miss Mary Klein's No. 2 to Mrs. Kerst's
NUMBER, Charles Trudeau ...25
Number 2. Mrs. Clara Albrecht 25
Miss Albrecht's No. to Mra Kerst's
Series
Number 3, Miss Minnie Pfaender ..25
Mrs. GUstave Willius' Series
Number 0, Mrs. Willius 80. ..............25
Number l, Mrs. Matthias Holl go. .25
Number !, No name 80. 800. .....-......25
Mrs. Matthias Hollis No. 2 to Mrs. Willius'
Series
Number 2, Mrs Sterile .... 25
Mrs. St:erles No. 8 to Willius' Series
Number 3, Mrs. James Seeger go. %
Number <. No name .-..................25
Mrs. Robert Seeger's No. to Mrs. Willius'
Series
Number 1, Mrs. H. D. Deaiel . ... .25
MrsSSigmund Greves Series