The wife of a distinguished landscape painter could get these lines:—
"Why should one desire to travel,
And in distant climes to roam,
When she has the fairest landscapes
Always hanging in her home."
When the oyster plates are removed, a letter might be found under each one, addressed to the person sitting at the place.
A man who is a well known promoter might receive this:—
"Dear Mr. J.—
"Is it true that you are interested in a project for connecting New York with the infernal regions by telephone? If so, as soon as the wires are in operation, I should like to call up Henry the Eighth, and find out what excuse he really made for getting rid of his wives. The demands upon me have been so great during this past year, that my stock of defenses has given out.
"Yours truly,"
Here place the name of some prominent criminal lawyer.
A lady whose first baby is only a few months old, might have the following in the envelope bearing her name:—
"Dear Madame:—