Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1899 — First Envelope Ever Mode. [ARTICLE]

First Envelope Ever Mode.

One of the odd exhibit* In the British Museum, London, Is the first envelope ever mad?. It is a crude, handmade affair, bnt constructed on lines similar to those in use to-day.' TJp to the middle of the present century modern envelopes were unknown. Correspondents folded their sheets into little squares, sealing the flap with wax and writing the superscription on the blank back. : While a woman may not be able to* sharpen a pencil or propel a stone with accuracy, she can pack more things into a trank than a man can pile on a wagon. - . ... One sign will oft