Hinting
A Kansas editor hit on the following gentle device for dunning
delinquent subscribers to the paper:
"There i$ a little matter that $ome of our $ub$criber$ have $eemingly
forgotten entirely. $ome of them have made u$ many promi$e$, but have
not kept them. To u$ it i$ a very important matter--it'$ nece$$ary in
our bu$me$$. We are very mode$t and don't like to $peak about $uch
remi$$ne$$."