Once upon a time, before there was Craigslist, a “financially independent” male looking for a slender mistress had to resort to placing a personal ad in alternative newspapers like the Village Voice or the East Village Eye.
Any woman interested in the offer would actually write a letter to a PO Box and wait for a phone call. Very archaic.
This ad ran in the August 1984 edition of the Eye. Hmm, how many responses do you think he got, and did he find the mistress he was searching for?
Ephemeral New York 