The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-01-31

No matter If it's writ to Tom,
OR Dick, or Billy, who
Receives it must break the seal
That's monogrammed with you.
NEW YORK, Jan 29--AlI the
girls are waxing most enthusiastic
over sealing wax. Even the butch
er, the baker and the candle stick
maker, aside from their first natu-
raj surprise at having their bills paid
at all. are doubly stunned at receiy-
I ing their checks In envelopes dash
ingIy sealed with monogrammed
splotehes of vivid wax.
You see, the dear girls are prae-
ticing on everybody Just to perfect
their air of making good impress
sion Naturally by the time they
write 20 Percy or Harold they want
TO make. perfectly stunning impress
sions and only practice makes per-
feet as the copy book tells US.
Since, paradoxieally in fashion, il
is always the oldest that is the new
est at the present moment it is no
wonder that the gentle art of sealing
correspondence has returned to stick.
Cleopatra used to finish eff her long
papyras rolls of love talk to Marc
Antony with COB OF hot seaiingway
duly stamped with her royal scaras
seal. | have no doubt but that Eve
herself scratched little stone billet
doux to Adam when he was away for
a week end and finished them UP
with flourish or red clay on gaaicil
was. stamped her 1msrk. carved on
the tooth OF a dinosaurs.
Great seals OF state, government
seals. royal seals and pontiffeaI seals
have always been the last word at
'twere, so what more fitting than
the last word of fashion be a seal
also.
With the lovely new paper emboss-
ed with monogram or crest in a con-
trasting or darker tone in the upper
left hand corner 1t is last artistic
touch to seal the envelopes, lined
with the same color as the emboss-
ing. with the same shade Of sealing
wax in which the imprint OF the
crest or monogram is set.
Buff colored paper. monogrammed,
envelope lined, and sealed in golden
brown is q favorite color scheme, as
is pearl gray combined either with
a darker grey, silver or purple.
An attractive Wedgewood effect is
obtained with blue paper hordered
in a tiny line OF white with white
monogram and sealed with white
wax. Lettuce green paper combined
with the white in the same manner
is also charming and refreshing al
though ant to have cooling effect
even on AN ardent swain.
OF course tile perfection Of the col
or scheme is further carried out by
having the tapers where one melts
the Wax partake Of the same chosen
hue and the quill pen wherewlth
one writes must also perforee be
oolored likewise Really the only
blow to the color scheme is handed
out heartlessiy by the United States
OF America
1t is indeed very ineonsiderate OF
the government not to have different
toned stamps 10 fit in with the color
scheme Of ones stationery. Fancy
having to suffer the clash of red
two cent stamp, a EARRING note TO
mar the perfect symphony of your
grey and purple notes.
The soul of the artistic letter
writer must writhe indeed TO set a
red stamp on the margin OF Wedge
wood envelope. Really the only way
cut is TO be extravagant and use
five cent stamps on the blue notes
and collection of one cent ones en
the lettuce effects.
Lovers ought to welcome the re-
turn of sealing wax ana the seal
with particular avidity. The state
of the seal will so quickly indicate
to their palpitating hearts just what
., a>,,p.,s from fh.s inside of fhe an
velope. If the note be fun OF ar
dent and flaming words and pas
sionate burning phrases the wax seal
viii be in a melted gooey state. If
on the other hand the tone OF the
letter be cold and cruel and spurn-
full tho wax seal will proclaim its
crest or monogram in frigid per
lection.