Gratefully,
FLORENCE CHASE.
593 Fifth Avenue,
New York City.
The above is, you observe, quite lacking in that reserve with
which young ladies should always treat strange gentlemen and
especially those who are not in their own social "set." Slang may
be excusable in shop girls or baseball players, but never in the
mouth of a young lady with any pretensions to breeding. And the
use of "darned" and "dog-goned" is simply unpardonable. Notice,
now, the way in which Miss Florence writes the letter after, her
mama has given her the proper instruction.
A Correct Letter from a Debutante to a Taxidermist Thanking Him
for Having Stuffed Her Pet Alice
Mr. Lloyd Epps, Taxidermist,
New York City.
DEAR SIR:
It is with sincere pleasure that I take my pen in hand to
compliment you upon the successful manner in which you have
rendered your services as taxidermist upon my late owl Alice.
Death in the animal kingdom is all too often regarded with an
unbecoming levity or, at least, a careless lack of sympathetic
appreciation, and it is with genuine feelings of gratitude that I
pen these lines upon the occasion of the receipt of the sample of
the excellent manner in which you have performed your task. Of
the same opinion is my father, a vice-president of the Guaranty
Trust Co., and himself a taxidermist of no inconsiderable merit,
who joins me in expressing to you our most grateful appreciation.
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