The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-06-06
How ACTORS WRITE rnElR NAMES,

Stw York Nail and EtYes.
JefIreys Lewis writes big, bold hand,
and evidently means It. 49,
Maggie Mitchell's signature is plain and
unHesuming. aa she Is herself, p%l 10
Modjeska writes n pretty hand, but quite
foreign. Helene Modjpsks," Ia the way
abe puts 1t. f.
W. II. Crane writes plain, round back.
hand, and finishes with flourish under
the signature. ...,@i .....5', - i.
Stuart Robson makes a separate start al
each letter In his name, and is quite
dudesq1e in his signature.
Billy Florence writes his name vithou,
SLOWING tbs pen to leave the paper until
all Is over. 1t lie, therefore, hard to read.
Rose Eytinge's signature ia in wood.
type $40 Of letter, with dash OF dinlo.
macy and ehries Of emotion in every
character. 1Et,' = :
Charles Wyndham has a breezy sigma.
turs that wanders up the page in an cratic
sort o! way, but can DO quits easily inter.
preted. .gs' lr-a''., -.
Margaret Aiather's signature ia yery aick
looking. The handwriting ~ that Of q
novice, and the pooreat iu the whole collec.
ton. :. - :. ~ :
J. K. Emmett writes his name In large,
angular hand, the initial letter. beinp
tangled up as clovsrly as any bank sigma.
ture that was ever seen. -
Zoo JeHerson's penmarship wsnld he
ALMOST undecipheyahle II the were moi
recognised by the ia and i'e. These letters
seem strung along on an inky wave. Il -
There Is a great deal Of dialect in Fanny
Janauscheks signature. It Is about three.
iourthB German and the Yeat a rnIr,ura al
Fulton street and the United States,
John Mccullough Is not good penman.
the letters are not more than hall iormed
and look rude enough to have been written
with shovel s:ill they are quite plain. !
Alice Harrison eigns herself in a manly
way for the whole family, which includes
haraali and her two brothen. "Three of a
kind" is what abe calls the group. ="
Tn ,mas W. keene's signature Ia in
strange contrast with the style Of bis act.
ing. Not a 4 ,urlsh mars II, and nobody
would take it to be tho handwriting Of
voracious scene-eater. - :"
J. II. stoddast, the comedian NJ The
Union Square Company, Ia little nervous
In handling his pen, but signs his mama in
neat, round hand, not unlike Onar
Wilde's style Of penmanship. ~ -
Elwin Booths cranky signature starts in
wildly by lambling the 6tst three Ietters
hopelessly together, but comes ont clesrlv
AMI distinctly In ths last name. and winds
up with great a'urish acroas tbs paper.
James C'Neill, one OF Americas repre.
sentative sQ.ors, would not represent hi,
country, very well In a writing Contest. His
atyle 10 large and unshapely. and the aiu
nature is made without lifting The pen. o' -
Mary Anderson signs herself like q
woman who was ambitious fur distinction
she begins by making wild dash al III.
~, hurfies over 10 the big A, tangles thsl
up 10 mszy sort Of way with The tirs'
syllable Of her last nams, and then fioIshes
the signature with an impulsiye n ,nrish
that paraly5.s the reader. /. il moi easil,
interpreted. One would take Il ior ri
signature o! man who wanted to be- oriui
nal, and was making a terrible atten nj :.
accomplish something In that direction, 81