The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-01-20
LOVE NOTES WHILE You WAIT.

It reads as follows:
Love letters? Business letters
Letters of diplomacy requiring ex-
treme astuteness and an unerring dis
elimination in the choice of words in
order to allay anger or to divert sus-
picion? Letters of friendship? Let
ters requesting favors? Answers to
advertisements Are you in doubt
as to how the same should be worded
Do you find difficulty in expressing
your thoughts on paper?
Mrs. Frey is quiet hammered wo-
man, on the sunny side of middle age,
trim in dress, a golden locket the only
bit of color about her, if one excepts
the haxen hair.
First, as to her choice of profess
sion. Left widow with two young
children about year ago, Mrs. Frey
determined on an occupation which
would let her stay home. Some early
training on newspaper, and trick
of composition which led many femi-
nine friends to ask her aid, prompted
her to attempt to do for the public
what she thought she could do.
She scorns the imputation that her
trade is with Foreigners" "Can-
didly," she says-Mrs. Frey is moth
ing ifnot candid when first adver-
tised l expected that class, but SO far
l have only had one-a Swede. No,
my patronage has been an eyeopener
TO me. People who, SO far as exter-
nails are concerned, are absolutely IRE
proachable, are my patrons. Just
look among your own acquaintance
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 circum-
stances, brings that person near to
you in spirit. / will be willing tc
wager that you don't know more than
a 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 man comes in
and says he is in love with young
lady or has regard for one or what
ever the form of expression is, I 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 charac
teristics, habits, whether she is quick
tempered, amiable, sensitive, easy.
going, what her principal attraction:
are-no detail is too small for me
OF course if it is a case of only one
letter don't bother to fill my minc
with all this only when it is a cor
respondence of some duration. have
carried some along two or three years
and frequently they last six months
"There is one great difference il
the sexes when it comes to an expert
ence like this. The man is usually
willing to tell all about himself, JUS
how he feels toward the woman, how
he became attracted to her, what h,
has said and what she has said.
1.-The woman, on the contrary, il
very reserved at first. She wants t.
make you think that she is the pur
sued.
"My charge for writing any kline
of love letter is one dollar and from
that on, according to the length anc
the importance. l have one woman
a regular customer who is keeping III
a correspondence with five men ane
of course make special rates for her
She is very bright and attractive, ant
has absolutely no heart it all mean
a matter of amusement with her ant
l don't think she likes one more thai
the other.
Vanity That's the way to reacl
them all, all the men and all the wo
men too for that matter, but whil
you can't miss fire if you f1atter mai
enough, woman can dispense will
that if she is only told time and tim
again, that she is loved.
Really, it is only my sense of hu
NOR that keeps me going, I do believe
When a woman says to me, oh
flatter him little more, after l hav'
put it on with the blunt end of m,
pen, would smile if I wasn't afrai'
She would be offended, and when
man walked madly up and down an,
shrieks out his jealous woe, I jus
have to cough in order not to lose m
! dollar.
"Oftentimes l am just as much i
the dark as you are concerning tn
identity of people Very often / ar
not told the name or address. Th
person calls tor the letter, or it is sen
for. and when the correspondence ha
gone on for few weeks or months
stops right of quick.
"I don't know whether they marry
quarrel, are found out or what ha
happened-they drift out Of my lii
and my thought. Sometimes thir
person comes, tells the circumstance
and returns for the letter. neve
know who the originals are. Natural
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