Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 151, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 June 1915 — That Stamped Return Envelope. [ARTICLE]

That Stamped Return Envelope.

“Among the many letters I receive from charitable enterprises asking me to contribute,” said a man' who gives occasionally, “I get now and then one that contains a return addressed envelope with a stamp on It. “This must be an expensive way of sending out circulars, but I am inclined to think it pays. At any rate I know how it impresses one. “I should not feel warranted in using that stamp for my own personal purposes, and of course it would be wasteful to throw it away; and then it seems to me a businesslike method of proceeding, thus to make it very easy for the person addressed to reply. Further, I rather admire the sporting spirit of an institution that is willing to risk a two-cent stamp on the chance of getting something more in return. “So when I get one of those appeals containing an addressed and stamped return envelope I usually put into it and forward a small contribution.”