This Department is conducted in the interest of Girls and Young Women, and the Editor will be pleased to answer any question on the subject so far as possible. Correspondents should address Editor.
One of my girls inquires how to ask for an autograph of a person whom she admires, and which she thinks would add to the interest of her collection. Such a letter might be written in this way:
Daisy Mead, Brookville, New York.
Mrs. Sarah Maria Chester:
Dear Madam,—I am making a collection of autographs, and would feel much honored if you would kindly allow me to add yours to the number I have already received. I enclose a slip of paper and a stamped and addressed envelope, and thanking you in advance for granting the favor I ask, I am,
Very sincerely yours,
Eleanor Alice Ames.
Or perhaps you may like better this simpler form:
No. 189 Ashtabula Street, Rome, Illinois.
Dear Mrs. Ladylove,—I am a little girl twelve years old, living a great many miles from you, but I have read your poems and stories, and like them very much. It will make me very happy to receive your autograph. Please use the slip of paper which I enclose in the stamped and addressed envelope, which I add to save you trouble.
Admiringly yours,
Emily Anne Jinks.