The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-07-31

Ward Howe. and many other New
England celebrities.
i Among his newspaper celebrities
Mr.. Box has placed the autographs of
j. G.. Eann-it. ST.. H. j. Raymond,
Horace Greeley. Charles A. Dana.
George Jones. Erastus Brooks, Archi-
bald Forbes, Edmund Yates, Murat
Halstead, and others.
Even capitalists could not elude
Mr.. Box. The names Of William II.
Vanderbilt and John Jacob Astor are
inscribed on one page. Those of Jay
Gould. George l. Seney and Peter
Cooper, the philanthropists; Moses
H. Grinneli. Cyrus W. Field and w.
H. Aspinwall are all in one book.
Among the letters is one from John
Jacob Astor. dated October 10, 1928
There is one from the late Commodore
Vanderl lit, which shows that the
practice of giving passes to judges to
ride on the New York Central rail-
road free of charges is not of recent orr
gin, 1t reads as follows:
Pass Judge Simmons to Albany
and back in a palace car on the New
York Central and Hudson River rail-
road. G. VAN DERBILT.
December Is, 1875.
Chow do you manage to get all
these things ?" the reporter asked.
Il ask for them, write for them,
and 90 for them" was the reply.
care you never disappointed 2"
"Certainly. very often at first: but
we expect that. often 60 three or
four times for an autograph. l take
it for granted that most people will
refuse the first time But We get
used to that. My brother William
and myself spend much of our spare
time hunting autographs. Sometimes
we get fused. l tried very hard for
Sarah Bernhardt's. but she would not
do it. Invent to the hOtelseveral times,
and went to the steamer when she
left the country. There were plenty
of autograph hunters there, but she
would not give any of them her sig
nature. tailed with II. b. Clahin.
too. He ordered me out of bis
house."
"What was the worst failure you
ever had p
Il think the worst was with Lester
WalIack. My collection embraces
many leading actors and actresses.
and 1 wanted to get Wallack's. !
was told he would not give it, but
that made no difference. I was deter
mined to try my best. l went and
asked him. He said NO as l expect
ed. went again, and he said No.
He went to Brooklyn to play, and l
stopped him at the stage door. Slill
he said NO / think he was q little
| vexed. waited until 2 p. m. one
morning to see him, without success.
Then l let him up a few days. One
day met him at the Pierrepont
house, Brooklyn, where he was stop
ping during bis engagement. l sent
up nv card, and to my great surprise
he sent me word to come up. l
thought he was going to relent. He
invited me in the room very kindly.
I was sure was going to get my Gov.
eted prize. He asked me to take of
nv coat and sit down. Then 1 was
positive had secured him. But he
looked at me fixedly until l began to
feel uncomfortable. Then be said:
"Why do you keep annoying me
in this way?
II am very sorry to annoy you. but
am anxious to get your autograph. "
l replied.
"Why should I give you my auto
graph ?" be said sharply.
because have taken a great deal
of trouble to get it, and should prize
it very highly as an addition to my
collection"
"But have refused you over and
over again"
".Yes, but I thought you would
relent after while and reward my
perseverance,.
THAT seemed to exasperate him.
He said: You come with me, young
man. Then l thought possible he
was going to let me have his autograph
to get rid of me. They sometimes do
that. He led the way to the desk of
the clerk of the hotel. / thought sure
he was about to write his autograph
for me.
"'Dont you see this young man?
he said to the clerk, pointing to me.
Isl do, said the clerk.
"'Well, don't you ever send him
up to my room again., said Mr.. Wal
lack, in a range, and turning to me
said. Now you get out, and if you