How Sealing Wax Talks.

Otago Witness, Issue 2389, 14 December 1899, Page 52

How Sealing Wax Talks.

We have had the language of the eyes, flcAvers, handkerchiefs, postage stamps, and even the way a, girl tied her ribbons and the long or short ends of her sashes meant something to the man who understood this mute language.

Now a new Way of communication has been established through the medium of the wax which seals your letters, and. the j dainty boxes containing various coloured i sticks of Avax arc not alone for shoAv and ; just to look pretty, but each colour has a meaning of its oavii, and properly applied conveys a message, which may be businesslike, social, or tender, as the sender tiesires. !

For instance, a business letter should be sealed Avith red — very appropriately, too, it AAould seem, as red wax is always more or less connected with legal documents. "When writing to a friend use grey. That is quiet and neutral and vory similar to lhr> emotions called forth by friendship. If you are writing to your lover and everything is smooth-sailing, then use blue, but if you Avish to hint to him that you have or think you have any cause for jealousy, then use the pretty vclloav stick Avhich comes in your box. In replying to a Avedding invitation white is de rigueur. For a letter of condolence, it is optional Avith you whether you use black ov violet. As many object seriously to the use of anything suggesting mourning, violet is very much more of a favourite. A dinner invitation calls for a seal of coffee-coloured Avax, and Avhen a man gets a letter sealed Avith green from the girl Avhom he admires, then he. may take it as a f.iint suggestion that she shyly bids him hope. — New York Herald.