FROM THE MAIL-BAG
A subject for a book which has yet to be written suggests itself in the unconsciously humorous letters that must daily find their way into the post-bags of public men or the heads of public departments. Few of the quaint examples that reach (lie G.P.O. are unrecorded in its unofficial organ, St. Martin's-le-Grand. In the May number the following struggles to express oneself are given:—"My husband has besn away at (he Crystal Palace und got a for days furlong- and has now goneto tho mind sweepers." "I am bis grandfather and grandmother. Ho wa.s born and brought up in this house in answer to your letter." "In accordance with instructions on printed paper, I have given birth to a daughter on the SStti December."
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Evening Post, Volume XCI, Issue 143, 17 June 1916, Page 16
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127FROM THE MAIL-BAG Evening Post, Volume XCI, Issue 143, 17 June 1916, Page 16
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