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...FRESHMAN recently gave his address to the money-order clerk, and pompously asked how much it would cost to have his mail delivered...
...little of a likeness. In early Greek art it was customary to have the name of the subject printed under the picture. In this infancy of photographic art we recommend to have each man's name stamped in heavy capitals under his picture. Again, in attending to orders by mail, Memorial waiters, chemistry tutors, or college scouts have been stupidly returned for such men as Mr. Lowell, Norton, Bowen, or Goodwin. We have no personal feeling against the "Celebrity Photographer," but we feel it our duty to warn any succeeding class against such negligence, lack of taste, and incapacity...
...proposition of a letter delivery does not meet with much favor; "to go to the post-office after supper, and wait around until the mail is distributed is such a pleasant duty...
...since it is presumably the result of thoughtlessness, and not of a determination to be ungentlemanly. Still, those who have before acted in this way should remember that many ladies on their way home from church are kept waiting outside, while the gentlemen who accompany them are getting the mail; that the climate of New England at this time of year is a severe one; and that the longer a lady has to stand exposed to the east-wind after coming out of a heated church, the more likely she is to catch cold. Let us hope that courtesy will...
...postman recommends all who desire to have their mail delivered at their rooms, to have their doors so arranged that it is possible to slip a letter beneath them...