The sun., 1905-12-31
LOVE NOTES WHILE YOU WAIT.
THIS WOMAN WRITES THEM AT
FROM 81 EACH JP.
Novel Profession Adopted by Middle Aged
Widow Many and Varied Calls OH Her
Powers OF Composition Men and
Women, TOO, Among Her Customers.


1t would be impossible to find duler
more prosaic street in New York than
East llsth Yet there is one part of ii
where romance rules 1t is the part where
Anna Frey. widow, resides, ON the ground
floor Of a new apartment house.
To the uninitiated an introduction to Mrs,
Frey may he necessary and possibly her
own printed form may do as well as another.
1t reads as follows;
Love lerters' Business letters? Letters OF
! diplomacy requiring extreme astuteness and
| an un"rrlng dscrimina ion in the choice of
| words in order to allay anger or 10 divert
/ suspicion: Letters Of friendship? Letters
! requesting tavor-' Answers 10 advertise
pentS? Ar" Won in doubt a. 10 how same
| should be worded? Do YOU find difficulty
in expressing YOUR thoughts Oh paper;
Mrs. Frey is a quiet hammered woman.
on the sunny side Of middle age, trim in
dress, golden locket the only bit of color
about her, if one excepts the tiaxen hair.
| First, as to her choice of profession.
Left a widow with two young children
about year ago, Mrs. Frey determined on
an occupation which would let her stay
home, Some early training on news
paper. and trick of composition which
/ leo many ltlllllllt IIltIluN W u-h IGl anu
prompted her to attempt to do for the
public what she thought she could do.
She scorn7 the mputaton that her trade
! is wit h "foreiEnerS. "Candidlv, " she SAYS
Mrs Frey ia nothing if not candid when
| first advertised | expected that class, but
so far | have only had one Swede. No,
my patronage has been an eyeopener to me.
| People who, SO far as eXternals are con-
! cerned are absolutely irreproaChable, are
| my patrons. just look among your own
( acQuaintanCes and think how many people
you know who can write good letter, one
that pleases you, one that when you are
| out Of town or separated by circumstances,
brings that person near to you in spirit. |
will be willing to wager that you don't
know more than half dozen at the most.
my methods? They are simple enough
seemingly. but you would be perfectly
amazed at the trouble | have in getting
what ] want from the persons who come
here. No. not money they are good
enough pay-but information.
Naturally, when a man comes in and
says he is in love with Young lady or has
regard for one or whatever the form of
expression il, ! say at once that he must
tell me all about her. to what extent their
love affair has progressed. how long it
has lasted, what he Intends marriage or
merely an affair to pass the time Then
must know about her personal character
stics, habits, whether she is quick tenn
pered, amiable, sensitive, easy going, what
her principal attractions are-no detail is
too small for me. OF course if il is a case
of only one letter ! don't bother to fill my
mind with all this; only when it is cor
respondence of some duration. | have
carried some along two or three years and
frequently they last six months.
There is one great difference in the
sexes when 1t comes to an experience like
this, The man is usually willing to tell all
about himself, just how he feels toward
the woman, how he became attracted TO
her, what he has said and what she has
eaid,
"The woman, on the contrary, is very
reserved at first She wants to make you
think that she is the pursued
my charge for writing any kind Of a love
letter is one dollar and from that on, accord
ing to the length and the importance I
have one woman, a regular cllstome who
Is keeping ny correspondence with five
men and Of course | make special rates
for her. Size il very bright and attractive
and has absolutely no heart II all means
matter of amusement with her and don't
think she likes one more than the other.
Vanity! That's the way to reach them
all, all the men and all the women too for
that matter, but while you can't miss fire
if you fatter man enough, a woman can
dispense with that if she il only told time
and time again, that she is loved.
Really, 1t is only my sense Of humor
that keeps me going do believe. When
woman says to me, oh, fatter him
little more after have put It ON with the