Bisbee daily review., 1906-01-09
WANTS PICTURE
 BACK AGAIN
School Ma'am Thinks Bisbee Principal Makes
 "GOO-GOO" Eyes

That there are some great freaks among school teachers is evidenced by letters of application for positions, received by Superintendent Philbrook. Some of the letters are in the nature of love letters, others absolutely ridic- ulous. Pictures of the ladies who write these letters sometimes accom- pany them. Although every picture is returned to the sender, sometimes the lady gets nervous and can hardly wait for iJ to be returned when she finds that her application has proven fruit less.
 Sometime ago Superintendent Phi. brook received letter from an east ern Miss asking for a position. she sending her picture. As she did not fill the requirements she was notified hut her picture was not return ed as 1t had been temporarily mislaid. Be cause he failed to return the picture the ire of the Miss was stirred. and she wrote Superintendent Philh.ook the following icy and brief missive.
 Dear Sir: Will you kindly return my picture or give me good reasons for retaining it Very Respectably.
 When the letter reached here Super intendent Philbrook was busy moving his office paraphernalia into the new school building and did not comply with the request. Consequently the Miss wrote him the following gushy. mushy, half-loye letter:
 My dear susceptible sir: It is with no small amount of vanity that l pic- ture you seated in the shade of a spreading cactus. unmindful of the strenuous duties connected with your dignified calling, gazing with admira- tion at the photograph of white em- broidered shirt waist and smiling countenance that rises above it. Be ing unable to ascribe that unnatural fondness for my picture and reluctance in parting with 1t, to anything but your extreme youth, ask you once again to return it for there may be other superintendents who will want to experience that spell-bound feeling Hoping your cepious tears will not ir rigate for any great length of time the arid wastes of Arizona, and that far ther time will mitigate the sorrows in your heart caused by the loss of the photograph, remain. most sincerely yours"
 On the strength of this letter the picture was promptly returned. An other letter of a less gushy, mushy tone. but equally as ridiculous. written by another Miss. vas received shortly after. It follows:
 Dear MT Philbsook: Are you still able to eat cornbread. pork and beans2 Well. am, but am getting mighty tired of the combination. I am anx- icus for change and can only afford it by securing a good position as teach CT. What are the indications in your locality? Do they appear favorable? have been sending up daily petitions for some time that man of wisdom shall be improving his present oppor- tunities to convince one of your lady teachers that she is his other half, and that she must not delay the enact ment of the formula that the world prescribes. Are the signs of the times encouraging? I am anxious for 9 change rot only in diet. buI in scenery and climate as we'll"
 Tbese are some of the choicest sam ples of the many letters received by Superintendent Philbrook from ladies who are wanting positions as teachers