Show ra veN Pr S 1 Stall lg Off f r SC of ofa a CONE rca SooN SooNa OON a TN iV l IY F M 11 E Es E's 1 orb 4 lONG Irish lISl slip 3 I HB wor t E 2 v 3 ss a K 6 Pa Par Pasit r sit sith use h b sr T 5 2 Far Far- Fr I c cI i I By DO DON HEROLD Copyright 1926 New York Tribune Inc Every three weeks I get a printed slip from Charlie which says MYS We Ve want to have you ou and the tho missus minus up to dinner real soon Charlie used to pull this re- re remark remark re remark mark on me about once every three weeks when we worked In Inthe inthe Inthe the same office He never did ask us up to dinner actually but ho he was always alas talking about It it When It came clIme right down to It their maid had bad Just left or their baby was sick or Mrs Wlm- Wlm Wim blex's mother was there or some some- something something something thing But It was wall nice of o Charle to think of ot asking us us I learned to expect It of Charlie So when he took another job uptown I sent him 50 GO of these printed and asked him to mall me on one every three weeks Oho ODe has to keep up these human relation relation- relationships relationships ships A EVER EVER ER GET LURCH LUNCH LU CJ On every Friday I get a printed slip from Art whim reads By George we e must have ha lunch together one day next week I I provided Art with 50 BO of these I slips I I 1 send him one every Fr- Fr Fri Friday day also We Ve never do have lunch together and it Is rather understood that we e never shall but we like lee each other and we want to express e a wave of ot friend friend- friendly friendly friendly ly intention about once a a week Our printed slips clips take care caro of the matter When I go away on II a business trip I 1 always leave with Mrs Her lier- old Herold old a I supply of o printed slips which read Everything E 0 O R It Wish Ish I were home Lovo Love and kisses I J Instruct her to fake e eone one down off the shelf dally daily and read It as a passionate message from me and amI I tell her to read It with lots of feeling and to re remark re- re remark remark mark to the children how thoughtful their father tather Is la when he Is away from home and how homesick he gets and how regu regu- regular regu- regu regular regular lar be he Is about keeping In touch with them This me writing home ev ev- every ev every ery cry da day I take with me In my bill book I a little bunch of printed slips which read rend Everything 0 O 1 K Children well No Important mall mail Hurry home Love and kisses I take one of o these out and read It tt with a a lum lump of emotion In my throat every day Dear little wife STALLS ST OFF orr LOA wits LOAN To Harry Hungen I send on eY- eY eYer every ev every er ery second Thursday II a a printed slip which says Sorry old man but butI butI I dont don't happen to have II a a cent on me just at this time It I hada had II a dollar you'd certainly be wel- wel welcome welcome wel welcome come to It It This saves eaves Harry his bis regular weekly weekly bl-weekly trip to my office ana ano sans eaves me my dollar How Itow I would miss my system of slips I am kind thoughtful consid consid- considerate considerate considerate erate and courte us with my slips I won my present wife with a II se- se series series se series ries of letters fetters She was my seventh sweetheart and I had found along about the third sweetheart that I was writing the same Mme line 01 or love iove letters letters to her that I had written to my two pre sweeties 8 so 80 I looking for tor- forward for forward ward to Innumerable affairs had my love letters and numbered from 1 to 1000 and and had my secretary mall one every everyday everyday everyday day special delli ry on Sunday Saved worlds of time No use to repeat ones one's self In the small email affairs af affairs fairs of or life life or rather there re Is no use not nol no to repeat one ones one's self TYPED LOVE LETTEll I won Mrs Herold on letter No and wo we have a copy of It tt framed in our living room and often refer to it as our clincher letter I have havo printed slips tor for tele- tele telegrams telegrams tele telegrams grams on Christmas New Years Year's Easter the Fourth of ot July and andall andall andall all the other big days such as Second Cousins Cousin's da day etc CI I do donot donot not use the forms torms supplied by bythe bythe bythe the telegraph they companies companies seem too cold and well ready ready- readymade readymade ready made made for tor me I use slips for tor weddings sick sick- sickness sickness sickness ness arrival of babies birthdays measles diphtheria bad colds bi- bi bicycle bicycle bi bicycle cycle accidents and other events which call for tor a word of remembrance remembrance brance branco or sympathy or a word of encouragement You see long ago I arrived at atthe atthe the conclusion that life Is large largely the same thing over and over again You may regard this as A sour and pessimistic attitude altitude but It Isn't Even en the nice things occur over and nd over again Have I not mentioned love lo affairs And since there Is 18 so much repe repe- repetition repetition why get Into a stew ot of creative exertion when a II senti senti- senti sentiment sentiment ment Is to bo ho r repeated Just ha have ve a printed slip to express the thing REJECTION SLIPS I got the whole from those rejection slips that the tho magazine send out or used to send out when I 1 was as young I used to think what a 0 saving It was on the emotional resources of oC the editors not to have actu actu- actually actually all ally to feel teel bad about every manuscript they returned and not notto notto notto to have actually to give heart heart- heartfelt heartfelt felt encouragement to the send send- senders senders senders ers of the manuscripts This sort of emotional expenditure would tear the tho works out of editors In Inno inno no time Ume Now that I never have a manu manu- manuscript manuscript manuscript script returned from any maga maga- magazine magazine zine zinc I have a slip to take talco care ot of that also I must not allow myself to grow conceited One week after aHer I send a manuscript to a magazine I mall myself II a little blue slip which reads rhe acceptance of a manuscript by a magazine does not Imply merit These are fully a as depressing as the tho rejection slips I formerly got and help to keep my spirits down where they belong belong- |