Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-01
IN A PINK ENVELOPE

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cloud rests ever an erstwhile happy
Mount Pleasant home. owing to the peculiar
advertising methods of certain Chicago
institution.
The head of the house. while compare
lively young. is in business for himself in a
stable way down town He was married
only about year ago.
One morning last week he wasn't feeling
well. and he telephoned to his head man to
send al, tho morning mail by the office boy.
The boy arrived with the mail about three
quarters of an hour later and his employer
took it from the lad while sitting In the
dining room In his smoking jacket and
slippers. His wife was in the room as he
sorted over the mail.
At the bottom of the stack of letters was
one in a square. pink envelope with the
Chicago postmark. There was a faint diff
fusion of the scent of violets from the en-
velope, which was addressed in fine fem
mime hand,
The mans wife spotted this letter at
once as a matter of course, and her hus-
band endeavored to furtiyey stuff it into
the breast pocket Of his smoking jacket.
Now. the young mans conscience was
clear, all right and he hadn't ghost of an
idea as to the identity of the sender of the
square, pink envelope.
Yet he didn't feel just like taking any
chances, and so he declined to show his
wife the letter, naturally enough under the
circumstances.
THE letter." he mused may be from
some girl that / knew about 115 years ago
and who hasn't heard of my marriage, and
in that case there's particular reason
why l should fork it over to my wife for
her inspection. Not guilty says ]. whether
she thinks there's anything wrong about the
letter or not. and so III just have a little
peek at it before let her see it,
the letter Of course; likewise there were
tears His wife had noticed she sobbed, for
some time past that his conduct had been
very peculiar, and now she was perfectly
positive that he not only did not care for
her any more, but that he was hopeleSSly
and blindly infatuated with some one else
some designing misunderstanding creature!
And now he had the callous boldness to re-
ceive pink letters from her at his own
home, right before the very eyes of his
wife. etc, etc.
Any married man of experience will be
able to fill in the verbiage to which she
gave vent with moderate accuracy.
Still, her husband wouldn't show her the
letter. He repeated to himself that it wasn't
up to him to show it to her. and finally he
flung out of the room and went upstairs,
sore over what he called her unreasonable
ness.
the scented pink envelope and opened it,
The envelope contained a neatly printed,
deckle-edge circular. calling attention to the
merits of a new safety razor. that is being
manufactured in Chicago.
The husband raced down stairs with a
great laugh and showed his weepful wife
what the envelope had contained.
''Oh, you are too clumsy for any use IN
your deception" she replied. to his gasping
establishment DO you think i shall be-
lieve any such absurd nonsense as that
that that nasty smelling pink envelope con-
tanned only a business circular? Do you
think l am six years Of age, or under? etc.
She concluded by expressing her firm con-
viction that he had made away with the let
ter which she knew the pink envelope con-
tanned when he went up stairs and then
substituted the business circular.
The man sat down and wrote violent let
ter to the Chicago firm of safety razor man
ufacturers accusing them or wfeckfne
peaceful homes by wholesale.
But his wife still believes that there was
something very peculiar to say the least
about that pink envelope. nor is there any
chance for him to ever convince her to the
contrary.