Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-11-22

ago gone down into the mysterious
recesses of the past. There are sew
eral ways in which it might be ac.
counted for, though none seems great
enough to prove that this is an arr
that should be lost The newspaper
has made the average personal lette"
practically useless as a news medium
the next great aids are the telegraph
and telephone These have proved
quicker disseminators of news. so the
! letter has become merely a purveyor
of personal gossip and ideas.
| Not only are letters less newsy now
than long ago, but they lack the nea .
ness and care that We're always hall.
marks of the epistles of the best write
ers in other days.
A day or SO ago the Spinster came
III on the car on which postman soon
clambered with his mail pouch. This
tlusty employe of Uncle Sam proceed
ed to sort out the mail as he rode up
town, and as he spread the letters out
On the seat beside him the Spinsfe.
marveled to see how many were aa
dressed with pencil and wondered
# the inside did not bear the san
helter- SHELTER kind of penn?e2shi.
and untidy smears. And yet il Was
I from the post boxes in .ica rest
dence part Of the city hat he he,d col.
lected his letters.
Pen and ink are not very expensive
commodities, a modern civilization has
placed them within easy reach OF
lninety-nine out of a hundred persons
in this country and yet to Judge by
much of the mail that finds its way ia
to the average postman's bag one
would be led to believe that they We're
Injuries permitted only 20 men an
women of means.
Pleasures Of Letter Writing.
AS an art letter writing should b
cultivated. 1t is entirely possible that
will ever fall under other eyes tha9
those for whom they were originally
intended. despite the craze for publish.
ing old letters. But it is such an i'm.
mense satisfaction to tlle one VII
writes to know that she has used cor
rect paper and envelopes, that her per
was good aad her jak black aal thas
she wrote her best and sisned h Z
!namo leeib1y. When all these shin&=
are done her aspistle Will bear 10 her
friend the marks Of fhonchtfulness as
well as love.
\ heal. much ia soa5'a= =loag age i
1he spin~ters sala1 days was "Thz
Wide. Wide Worla, and girls wh
read il we're ta13zht ~ fheir elders
+ note llsu he heroine selected hcr
aI,s- zeaz md stationery w5th 50
3auch care that he Was he'd mp as 4
= a.'el ia indifferent aHd aasf5@i9 a.alsa
Nor yeaae Heoale have desks an
afionor> of .aeiH ava na."'l.an IN
these days. I'M arc no. - careful in
tlein ssez af 5hase. Toe faaeh famil
iar5fv with tbe=aaeoasarv writing roo}
and too little aocassi1E fer letters as
a news medium have caused The al
leseit splace among those that belong
to the cent1eweman.
The best literature Ct century or
so ago was found in the letters Of
half dozen people. Yet the saaate j.
MUS would shudder in his grave.
clothes today to see some Of the hasti-
! penned missiyes that do duty as
letters
Craze for Publishing Letters.
True, if ere hapnens 70 be ereat
there is danger of having ones let.
tors collected by merceaary and no-
feeling relatives or publishers, and the
very thoughts Of ones heart given tn
eapine public 10 read and analyze as
i. chooses. It was a son of the Brown
inas who first desecratod the caskets
Of The dead and gave 10 the world tn
beautiful love story of his parents
written when thoy had meant no one
lut themselves to scc#or know. Others
have followed in his footstens
until cvory trunk or garr4t or old desk
has hoan made to yi@ld up its hoard OF
treasures 10 supply he ayaracious
moods Of others.
This, howorer aeoa net deter the
we'tar FROM aoiaa her best when sh
" ave. her pcn in hand" for NOWADAYS
women hava crown discreet and do
not 1our OFT their heart hrohs in ink
al rho rate that thaso aid in the more
s.n'iaentel aee. aa7. then. too. these
cf -odaY invariably burn UP most O
their letters as fast as they get them
This * a crraot iI1ctica 10 tho sender