Show INSULTING LETTERS TO LADIES Subscribersto What Is Called the American Art League ReceiveS Very Offensive Communications r S I The ladles of Salt Lake who sub GCrlbqdto the American Avt League and received the book American Art and Artists are urgently requested to meet at the Ladlqs Literary club on1 Saturday afternoon March 9th atC at-C oclock S Behind this notice there Is a story The story of a smooth man with a clever tongue who visited this city ate a-te weeks ago and a large number of the most prominent women In the city The fellow was tall and dark and good looking and well dressed After entering the house he would explain that he represented the American Art League with ofllces in New york Boston and San Francisco Fran-cisco and that the aim of the organization or-ganization was to establish an American Ameri-can salon Each ladv was invlfori tn sign a contract agreeing pay 12 In monthly intallmdnls for a membership member-ship certificate and a large portfolio of American Arts and Artists was to be delivered at onoe He went only to prominent ladies and though he gave no references succeeded In hav ing a large number subscribe The book came a few days later delivered by a girl wbo wanted 3 at once Some gave her the amount others just the L After she left the houses the books wcic examined and found to be not as represented Jn one case leaven were Inserted or torn out and pages clipped No publishers name was in the book and there was nothing to tell where It came from In a few days bills began to arrive with a note ask ing that tho full amount be paid and get it off your mind Several began to smell the proverbial rat andpaid S no attention to the bill others wrote very tropical letters and others sent the full amount Jn answer to re fuHnls and In cases of delay tIme most insulting letters written in San Francisco Fran-cisco came back They were poorly written in a womans hand and showed on tile face of them what kind of a U and I syndicate the American Art league Is There is no oflicc address on the letterhead there Is no signature signa-ture except an Indistinguishable in one letter and the threatening words and choice appellations aie doubly underscored un-derscored Below is an extract frpm ono letter received by a very prominent promi-nent club woman Yon utter a most deliberate falsehood false-hood when you say I told you the art collection was a portfolio and ready for framing You cant lie out of your qontrnct that way and you must pay the balance We care nothing about what anyone else says and we do not understand the slang phrase taken In You owe 11 and must pay it I will spend 100 to collect it and the company com-pany will spend ten times that amount You must bo avery cheap kind of pen son when you are unwilling to pay an honest debt We have never yet lost a case ive had to sue on This account has been placed in our at torneys hands to collect We told them to sue you at once unless you settle You will find a lawsuit both expensive and disagreeable Vj S The ladles who paid nre Just as earn est to have the methods of this scheme exposed as those who havent and there will probably be something doing aridS at the clubhouse Saturday |