To J.: in order to maintain dignity (1954)

Personal1954

J.—In order to maintain dignity and respect for all concerned, suggest you write me, No. 7868, Herald. Most anxious to understand.

The Sydney Morning Herald, September 27, 1954, p. 16. View the original page on Trove, National Library of Australia

In plain English

To someone known as J.: so that everyone involved keeps their dignity and self-respect, the writer suggests J. write to box 7868 at the Herald, and says they are very anxious to understand.

Who wrote it, and to whom

Newspaper	The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, New South Wales
Date	September 27, 1954, page 16
Written by	Unsigned
Addressed to	One person, signing as J.
Where	Replies to a Herald box

Context

Notices like this one were written to be understood by one reader. What happened between the writer and J. stays private; the notice asks for the conversation to move to letters, through a numbered box at the Herald. It ran in the same column as a 39-year-old’s matrimonial ad.

In the Personals Dictionary

Personal column Box, care of the office

Tagged

coded messages

How to cite this ad

“To J.: in order to maintain dignity.” Personal advertisement, The Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney, New South Wales), September 27, 1954, p. 16. Transcribed in The Personals Archive, AseeksB, https://www.aseeksb.com/archive/1954-sydney-morning-herald-to-j-maintain-dignity.html.

Public domain in Australia, where it was published in 1954 without the writer’s name.

Transcribed from the page image on Trove and checked against the original; spelling and punctuation are as printed, and words broken across lines are rejoined.

← 1954: Gent, 39, wishes to meet young lady, view matrimony 1954: Sorry, darling: seats not available →

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