Lore Letters Sent to Actors.

Otago Witness, Issue 2179, 28 November 1895, Page 55

Lore Letters Sent to Actors.

Th&t a man should fall in love with sonui beautiful woman whom he may behold from th« frost of a theatre may not seem very strange, butthat women should so far lose thought of their womanliness as to express through tha pott their love for an actor is certainly remarkable. ScheolgirJs, as a rule, are the most frequent writers of those epittles of adoration. Having attended a casual matinee, they fall in lova with some actor immediately, and nothing will satisfy them but sending off a gushing letter to the object of their adoration by the next poafc. Domestic servants, too, frequently give vent to their feelings in thin way, and often bluntlj offer* their hands at.d hearts straight away, acoom« panning their offer 3 with details of their quali.' fications as wives. One, for instance, a coolr, explain! that she is on adept in making steak pudding*, of which she has "heard Mr is very fond." Another has " been parlourmaid in a nobleman's family for three years, has learnt to behave as a lady should, and has £15 in the. savings bank." But such aie not the only offenders. Very often young ladies in good social positions so ■far forget' themselves as»to write to some acto* who has won their hearts by hi* heroic and" noble conduct in a play. A well-known" actor* manager showed tho writer a letter from tha. daughter of a prominent noblemnn, asking him to meet her on a certain aftarnoou. Needless to s»y, the actor took care not to keep the appointment.