Milford chronicle., 1962-01-05
A Busy Moving Life
Enjoyed BY J. Lowell
Rx LEAN SPRAIN WILSON

NEW YORK (AB) - Born IN q
huffman. Juliet Lowell has been
on the move ever since.
MY stay at Vassar was the long
est | was ever in one place" says
Mrs. Lowell who swears she never
went to school at all before that.
Nevertheless, the postman man
ages 10 keep up with her changes
of address, each day dumping at
her doorstep many bagsfull of the
zaniest mail in the world.
Mrs. Lowell has been in the
unique and profitable business Of
faux pas letters so long that every
body everywhere now automatical-
ly re-addresses his looney cor
respondence to her
However, this author of nine
popular Dear Sir" books, (com
pisations OF letters and cartoons)
hasn't always found the research
ing TO be this easy In the past
professional men were reluctant to
permit their names to be used un-
til Mrs. Lowell had first obtained
letters from some celebrated per-
sons in their fields.
ship to Shore
when | was writing my Dear
Doctor book, | had to hop aboard
cruise ship carrying a bunch
of doctors to a convention in the
Caribbean BY the time We dOcked,
| had them all begging to be in my
book, though" laughs the tiny
vivacious grandmother. "Oh, l
adore my racket.
The idea for the racket" came
to her when, as a member of a
charity organization, Mrs Lowell
received a check for $50 With it
was a letter that read, Pardon me
for not signing this, but | want
this gift to be anonymous
After that | wrote to some
coffee companies. Only one COM
pany forwarded letter from a
lady who protested against such a
thing as dated coffee b e aus e
dates and coffee do not mix. But
all manufacturers sent me samples
of their coffee. So | wrote to auto
mobile agencies, but they only
sent me funny letters.
Mrs. Lowell's first collection
was 'Dumbelles Lettres' a side
splitting success in 1888. Since
then she has raked the files of
Congressman, draft boards, judges,
movie stars and businessmen un-
til they now automatically send
her the material
Tu-n Mr. IoyyaIIs
Of course, the autobiography
she is contemplating writing may
be called Dear Me
Twice widowed, Mrs Lowell
boasts of husbands who We're eX-
tremely cooperative about h r
fame Both changed their names to
hers after their marriages because
a Hollywood studio she was under
contract to thought things would
be less confusing that way.
Juliet LowelPs first h u n
was a brassiere manufacturer, the
second rabbi
"My first used to joke about be-
ing in a very uplifting business.
and my second used to say it quite
seriously" she says this time with
tinge of sadness to her ceaseless
humOr
Very Funny Business
Are some of the letters in her
book purely the inventions of gag
writing publicity seekers? NJ S S
Lowell is ready for that question,
pulling sheaf of letters from her
constant companion, a manila fold
er. People who write letters beat
anything gag writer's could think
up. Listen to some of these: Dear
Sir; Can a girl grow up to be a
governor, or does she have to be
a governess%
Sir; Your Louis TX bed is too
short | wonder if the king-sized
one. your Louis XIV, would do in
stead
Dear Teacher; Please excuse
ArnOld's mistakes. l always help
him to get the answers wrong
ooh. l just adore this racket, !"
Mrs. Lowell exclaims again, fold
ing up her days postal prizes to
store for future publication.