Show LETTERS 4 Geo William Curtis in Harpers 3 Weekly discussing the quastion lately asked Can a husband open his wifes letters has this to say While hus band and wife are one to each other they t are two in tho eyes of other people and it may well happen that a friend will de vllU sire to impart something to a discreet m U oman which she would not intrust to a t4 ery1illf11 husband of that woman its ownp1a o1ir ve ita own privacy and Tho letter 1 J J w rk i is of all things the most personal and intimate in-timate thing Its bloom is gone when another eye sees it before the one for which it was Intended Its aroma all escapes when it is first opened by another an-other person One might as well wear secondhand clothing as get a second letter let-ter Here then is a sacred right that ought to be respected and can be respected respec-ted without any injury to domestic life George William is right and he has struck the key note of domestic harmony har-mony He might have reversed the case with equal truth and the same conclusions con-clusions could be drawn in respect to t a wifes opening her husbands letters You may be sure George that the bloom is all gone and the aroma all escaped from the little missives that a man sometimes receive from his Sunday girl when once the eye of the wife sees it before be-fore it comes to you You might indeed as well wear secondhand clothing as to get a secondhand letter of this kind You would then realize for the first time the beauty of your sentiment every life must have its privacy and its own place of retirement and the sooner you could get there the better The right to read jour own letters from your own girl whether you are married or not is indeed in-deed sacred and can be respected without with-out any injury to domestic life at least not on your side of tho house 4 |