The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-06-18
facts of Interest
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All communications addressed to this
department must be written in ink and
accompanied by name and address
Both will be held confidential.
Correspondents will please write the
nares of their places of residence in
full. Letters go astray daily because
he address is given merely as "City''
There are forty-five of these United
States and many cities in each State.
There are many companies now adver-
Using for people-to do copying at home. On
answering these advertisements you re-
ceive letter, making many. promises,
and saying If you will send a stated
sum, perhaps dollar, you will receive
the articles you are to copy and the out
fit. 1 have been told and I judge from
the letters that when the firm gets
the moaey you never hear from it again,
or, at least, that there is some hitch IN
the proceedings. I should think that IN
this age of typewriting there would not
be any demand for such work. Do you
know whether any Of these firms" are
legitimate? v. J. M.
It cannot be said that mono of the offers
referred to are from honest firms, and
made in good faitl4. The proportion OF
these is small, by comparison with the
multitude of rare chances"-'unparal-
leled opportunities for making So, IS, or
$40 a day by working in your own homes.
AS rule. distrust these specious lures
to investment of even 81. when you have
few dollars, and none to throw away
upon lessons in human nature. Firms
that have copying and addressing envel-
opes to give out find no difficulty in Sc
curing men and women to do such work.
A sign in the office window that such aid
is needed will in a day bring fifty appll-
cants for every situation.
Notwithstanding the prevalence of type
writer's, envelopes are addressed by the
ten thousand with a pen It is still worth
while to write clear, clerky hand.
l. When a lady is writing to a gentle
man, who is not special friend, should
she begin the letter. Dear Mr.. Blank, J"
or "My Dear Mr.. Blank?" Which is the
more formal?"
9 Upon receipt of an invitation to
wedding reception in q distant State,
where it is impossible to attend, and the
parties to which are not particular
friends, what form OF regret is it best
to send? LUCILLE.
1. my Dear Mr. Blank Is q tride more
formal than Dear Mr.. Blank
2. Send your visiting card in season for
it to be received upon the day set for the
reception. Write upon 1T.
Will you kindly inform me at your con-
venienct, WHAT win clean the white keys
Of a piano. which have become soiled
from perspiring Of the hands l have
tried milk with no avail.
GLENWOOD.
Stained ivory IS well nigh a hopeless
matter. You may wipe with damp
cloth. then try peroxide of hydrogen, but
I cannot assert positively that the pro-
cess will be ehectual in removing discol-
grafton.
Perhaps some reader will come to our
help.
Will you be kind enough to state in
your department who was the author
| OF 1.-THE Evening Hymn to the Virgin, -
or save Sanctissima," as it Is sometimes
called have seen it attributed to the
Hon. Mrs Norton and to Mrs. Hemans.
J. 3. L.
The hymn occurs in THE Forest
Sanctuary" by Felicia Hemans An in
valid exile sings it every evening during
| the voyage to the new word. "hich IS
| to furnish q sanctuary for husband and
wife.
Now sSce the game of policy is be-
coming SO prevalent as to cast Its bane-
| full influence even over school children
| I would propose the following problem
| to show what tremendous ooos are
| against winning in that form OF gamb-
| ling: provided you can spare space for
an example of this kind
1. If, from the numbers 1 to q, Sc
lect three and somebody else draws
! twelve, what are the chances that my
three numbers will be among the twelve
numbers drawn?
four numbers instead of three?
80 sIee10ee G. A S.
I knew very good man. long since
| passed to- hia-fest who maintained to2&