AMUSING RESULTS OF ADVERTISING.

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 1093, 31 December 1877, Page 3

AMUSING RESULTS OF ADVERTISING.

An amusing instance of the result of advertising was brought to light this morning (says the “ Sydney Echo ” of December 13th) which proves that, if people adopt anonymous titles to their advertisements, they should take as much care as possible that they do not clash with those adopted by others. In the case in question, a gentleman living in the suburbs published an advertisement for a respectable servant-girl, and placed at the foot of it the initials A.B.C. In the prevailing scarcity of good servants, it was a long time before he got any response to his advertisement, but one morning, while at breakfast with his wife, the postman gave a rat-tat-tat at his door and handed in a letter addressed to A.B.C. in a very neat feminine hand. Mutual joy at the prospect of securing a good girl was changed to a heightened amusement as the better-half took the liberty of breaking the seal and read the following effusion : —“ Darling Percy, I am almost brokenhearted at not receiving a letter from you for ' two days, and, notwithstanding your frequent and fervent declarations, I shall begin to imagine you are forgetting me, and beginning to cast your affections on that odious girl with the dyed hair, of whom you have so frequently spoken lately, if you do not write to me at once. I trust, dear Percy, that such is not the case, for, niter such a long and unbroken friendship between us, I feel now that I should die if your affections wore alienated from me, I intend this evening to break the news of your proposal to papa and mamma, so that- when you repeat it to them they may bo prepared for it. I enclose my carte, showing the jewels you gave me, and beg to inform you, sir, that lam going to the Post Office at 8 o’clock to-night. If you love me still you will meet me there. Tout a von*." It is almost needless to say that the gentleman who received the letter did not go to the Post Office at the time mentioned, but posted it again, with the remote chance of its reaching its intended owner. Under theso circumstances the public may hear of it again. Another instance of a similar nature, and where the same initials were used, was in connexion with a married man, who also advertised for a servant, and got ihe following reply■“ Doer sur, seeing as you have advertised for a good useful wife, having had experience as such for nigh 20 years, and being at present a widow, will bo glad to meet you near the Town Hall, with a red scarf on.--A.8.0.