Perfect Behavior: A Guide for Ladies and Gentlemen in All Social Crises

Or, should the girl’s father be prominent in the advertising business, the following would probably create a favorable impression, especially if printed on a blotter or other useful article: A Correct Letter to a Prospective Father-in-Law Who Is in the Advertising Business JUST A MOMENT! Have you ever stopped to consider the problem of grandchildren? Do you know, for example, that ONLY 58% of the fathers in America are GRANDFATHERS? Did it ever occur to you that only 39% of the grandfathers in America EVER HAVE GRANDCHILDREN? Honestly, now, don’t there come moments, after the day’s work is done and you are sitting in your slippers before the fire, when you would give any thing in the world for a soft little voice to call you GRANDPA? Be fair to your daughter Give her a College educated husband! COMPLIMENTS OF EDWARD FISH Perhaps, if the old gentleman is employed in the Credit Department of Brooks Brothers, Frank Brothers, or any one of the better class stores, the following might prove effective: A Correct Letter to a Prospective Father-in-Law Who Is Employed in a Credit Department MY DEAR MR. ROBERTS: 10-6-22 I am writing you in regard to a little matter of matrimony which no doubt you have overlooked in the press of business elsewhere. This is not to be considered as a “dun” but merely as a gentle reminder of the fact that it would be extremely agreeable if you could see fit to let me marry your daughter before the first of next month. I feel sure that you will give this matter your immediate attention. Yours truly, ED. FISH. 11-2-22 DEAR MR. ROBERTS: As you have not as yet replied to my communication of 10-6-22 regarding marriage to your daughter, I presume that you were not at the time disposed to take care of the matter to which I referred. I feel sure that upon consideration you will agree that my terms are exceedingly liberal and I must therefore request that you let me have some word from you before the first of next month. Yours truly, EDWARD FISH. (Registered Mail) 12-2-22 DEAR SIR: You have not as yet replied to my communication of 10-6-22 and 11-2-22. I should regret exceedingly being forced to place this matter in the hands of my attorneys, Messrs. Goldstein and Nusselmann, 41 City Nat’l Bank Bldg. E. FISH.