The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-11-17
Letters Of IntrOdnctfon.

r disapprove 81 letters 81 III reduction s
said an elderly New Orleans business
man, to the Times Democrat anecdotist ,
I'fsand 3Is won give one sunde rS any cir
| cumstances. M They are bad form and
border close on downright irnpertinence,
/ What right have I, for example to thrust
| a. perfect stranger on M friend john
Smith Of Memphis or Cha tanooga, wi tn
out having at least asked Mr. Smith &
permission or ascertained whether the In
Itroduction would be mutually agreeable? q
Then, again, such letters always mean 3,
either too little or too much Most of us a
give them almost as freely as we give
good advice, without the least idea Of IN
curing any Utility; yet a letter of
Introduction is, or ought to be-, an abso-
lutte Endorsement of the bearer, and the
recipient would be justified in holding the &
writer strictly accountable for any abuse,
of his hospitality. + believe this view is. +
unassailable, butt must confess I stopped
writing letters of introduction myself on.
account Of a little contret emps that has
nothing to dojWith the proprieties Of the
question. 2: VII y %.Gs. -,
It happened in this way: A certain
friend asked me to give a letter to a
young Englishman, introducing him to a
ing in Louisville. didn't want to do it,
but lacked moral courage to refuse; so l &
wrote, two &letters-one the Introduction
requested and the other a brief note to-
the Louisville man, explaining the cir
cumstances and saying that I didn't
| really know whether the English1nan was
a gentleman or a. horsethief. Two days
later I got a telegram from my old part
| ner, saying that he had received letter
OF introduction by mail and was at
loss to know what to make Of it. I had
put the two Enclosures in the wrong en-
Velopes, and had given the Englishman
the private note of reputation" st sup
pose he read 1t, of course" remarked
some one In the group of listeners.
That's just what has beeen troubling
me ever since,' replied the old merchant;
Il don't know whether he did or not. He
presented it without turning hair, and
If he knew the contents he certainly made
no sign At least that is the report of my
friend, who was so surprised when he
ran his eye over the epistle that he nearly
fell out of his chair All this happened
four years ago, and I haven't written a
letter Of introduction since. I wouldn't
meet that Englishman again for a thou
sand-dollar bill, because, if did,
wouldn't know whether to shake hands
or get ready to fight
Notes from the Paris Exposition.
''The Singer Manufacturing Com
pany, Of 149 Broadway, New. York,
show their usual American enterprise
by having very creditable exhibit,
located in Group XIII, Glass 70, at the
Paris international Exposition, where
they show to great advantage the cele-
erated Singer Sewing Machine which
is. used in every country on the globe,
both for family use and for manufac-
turing purposes. The writer was high
~ pleased with this display and OBJ
served with much satisfaction that it
was favorably commented upon by
visitors generally.
The Grand Prize was awarded by.
the International Jury to Singer Sew
Ing Machines for superior excellence
In design, construction, efficiency and
for remarkable development and adap-
ton to every stitching process used +,
in either the family or the factory.
Only One Grand. Prize for sewing
machines was awarded at Paris, and
this distinction of absolutely superior
merit confirms the previous action Of
the International Jury at the Worlds
Columbian Exposition, in Chicago,
where Singer machines received 81
distinct awards, being more than were
received by all other kinds of sewing
machines combined >.
Should it be possible that any of
our readers are unfamiliar with the
celebrated Singer Machine, we would
respectfully advise that they call at
any of the Singer salesrooms which =
can be found in all cities and most
towns in the United States.'' =. ~
Is saxe's Mistake Explained.
f. Here, IS l. StoI'y vi .c~->e, the
poet wit: During the war Sake at
tended a fag-raising at Greenbush,
little place across the river from AL
bany, and made a speech, in which he
commended the patriotism of the
young men of. Greenbush through
whose exertions the flag had been pro-
cured. The chairman of the meeting
whispered to him that the young Ia
dies Of Greenbush had also been in
strumental in raising funds for the
purchase of esfag. Thereupon, Mr..
Sake, addressing the young ladies OF
Greenbush. made them a graceful and
gallant apology for not including them
in his praise: Il don't know how / ;
came to make such a mistake he ex-.
claimed, save as L may have been Ia
boring under the impression that the
young men Of Greenbush embraced the
young ladies Of Greenbush. New
York Mail. y. 5%4 + r. tss=sf.s.4& ' :
" Y }s In q Paris Restaurant. u f.szsxs.
/. A visitor in Paris was seated at a 81
table in one Of the high-priced5 RESI-
taurants in the exhibition grounds, s.
J thinking Of various things, as he read {
over the bill Of fare and observed the
prices. s ,ss + N : S5. la EsEg
u by thunder!" he, exclaimed to the
waiter, haven't you any conscience Sd
at all in this place p .5s55; 81.
BIZ Beg pardo " replied the naughty &