Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 May 1898 — “Yours Truly.” [ARTICLE]

“Yours Truly.”

The habits of people In signing letters are receiving some attention, and Interesting conclusions are drawn from a study of the different ways writers subscribe themselves. The curt “Yours” and “Yours truly” are found not only in business letters, but in personal notes as well, for there are plenty of correspondents who don’t believe in [gush, and who think that “Yours truly” .or “sincerely" means aboptiull they [wish to cobvey. * "Opposed to these sensible and essentially practical persons Is that class of writers made up usually of young and enthusiastic Individ, pals, as a rule of the gentle sex, who throw .words about as carelessly on paper as they do in conversation. The pse of the word love by such people ifc a distressing sign of emotional weakness or carelessness, or pr insincerity, ajnd possibly arises from the same Jmpiulse tfiat women to kiss each •o :her Indiscriminately. Ope Boston g rl, who is quoteti by the Journal, has |t ken her own stand in- the matter, and at the risk of being considered “cold” apd “thoroughly Boston” she sticks to iti In her childhood She was taught to ’ sign “affectionately yours” to her faraway and. second ,c©usf6ff, 'appitiOTwtici.m she,had, never seen, but all of Whom she tried to like, because of jthe claims of kindred, and the word /Jaffectionately” came to mean to her nothing at all except polite and necessaipr fiction. So she signs “affectionately” to people she is supposed to be conventionally fond of, and when she says anything more she means it She .thoroughly approves of “Cordially yoprs,” and this, by the way, is seen tiibre and more frequently now In notesj between acquaintances, who are op distmctijr’ friendly or cordial terms. Aftpr all, “Your friend,” when it can be used truthfully, is a simple and satisfactory way of ending friendly letters. Some people have the habit of not prefacing their names, with any set form of words at the end of letters. They stop when they get through, and write thOlr signatures without any frills.— ’Worcester (Mass.) Gazette.