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A Gold Coast Nut.
(_Copy of Letter addressed to a London Tailor_.)
"Dear Sir--I beg to say these words to you. I deem you will not
have any vexation about my requirement. You may be pleased for
my saying, your name having recommened to me by a certain friend
of mine. He knows very well, else he could not give your name to
me. Because no one knows you in this Gold Coast, with exception
of him. That you are the best tailor at city called London. I
desiderate to deal with in England. On the receipt of this note,
genial forward me your samples by returning mail together with
price list. I will be pleased to open a great business with
you.... I will gladly submit your good reply by my great
opportunities, hoping you will not fail. Yours faithfully ----"
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"To name a girl after a battle or other public event," says _The Daily
News_, "is positively wicked, as it gives away her age. The numerous
'Almas' christened during the Crimean War had good reason to know this;
so have the 'Jubilees' and the 'Trafalgars.'" Quite so. We know a dear
lady who might easily pass for twenty if her parents had not named her
"Ramillies."
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