Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-03-06
GEOGRAPHICAL
Tne Penmanshio OF me President
end HIS Cabinet
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aeiial. an1 each day y0a Day see tae
Fa-e tsYs ef Coesr-ss Fanuluz lreln Rep
rsssalaslee - B-5 rvseatatiEs. aud from
rs1lalal = senator. ~its long. morocco
90 ere4 l.loss ia tL.ig aaDds asking each
alau 1oT S s4logrspa- Ncst ol ahe great
ave a scratch ot me peu Vlll.agiy, and
saale write little pieces % poetry or = 4 ours
truly in adal5iaa - their names. Some
Ia. the date aLd town. eouaty, and State
where they reside. wAlie others merely
write lhslr names la the shortest possible
Wae Ihese albaus do nof bslong 10 the
raees- The boys are paid by strangers
AMI o,Aers > apiess Tor carry lns them
arovnd Sometimes they telo0g 70 Con-
.ressalea. aad wh senator Tabor, Of
colorado vas here he created sensation
,v talking about his own album 10 his
brother Senators. This looked IA, hef fool
Isl u ths other statesmen, but stu there
Is S erea. deal ia autosraphps, and some
men can tell more OF the character OF
person from his handv ritlng that from his
photograph. / am noW looking over one OF
these books. wh. .ch Was left IN the press
gallery for the signatures Of the corre-
siondents. It hslou 20 McCartF, OF The
Bafiaao3e .>aR. and j. to 20 - a lady friend
= his ln California. lie tells me II has al
ready cost him so 10 get signatures and
that be has teen two ye-rs IA doing II.
Toe hook begils ~lsh the President and his
cabinet.
iresiAsnt Arthur writ s a big up and
Down hand. which sprawls and jumps
rom one word 10 the next without leaving
F he paper He : evidently glad when the
md ol his name is reached, Tor he closes
twith a flourish. and the final ''r' takes
shoot ri.ht through the Arthur and
+ .cross the -" Tie Presidents figures are
I veil made, IA trick "a hlch he had To learn
f when he taught school. and his penman-
ihip Is quite lesib.e.
Noone would imagine Secretary Freling-
/ luvs ms AUTOGRAPH Was written 10y a man.
+ l. looks ike She Il znatare o. palsied old
woman. The ietters are small and grabbed,
nd d foreirn poicy modelled on that au-
...rauh would bs " .sk indeed. Hugh Me-
+ -u.loca. Old as n Is. writes far steadier
.han Frelin nshlyssn, ami Secretary -Chan-
uer has n good round Land. Robert I.
L.acola's signature has an * bigger
han all of The rest Of his name, and the
80 the middle initial, is mono srimed
xuh tAt. -" Attorney General Brewster
srlt s ia ths sam load way that he dresses.
Tho INK flows in rivers and every curve
savs: This is the great Brewster, with
lis coat t-of-arnls. his frilied SHIRT, his white
)lus hat. and his aristocratic noddle."
Iudce Gresham pens his name IN hig black
.urves. and his signature, like himself, is
,Iaiu. common sense and OutsPoken.
In rths same way the characters Of some
,gths Senators may re Len IN their auto
sraphs I.ucius Qnintlus Lamar writes as
h u.h he were monk IL some old monas-
..-, Of the Fl een,h century. The letters
are small ard n at and made in the up
ard-down strokes ia vogue lie ore Spencer
n-euted his curves AMI loops. Ii Is
80, larlv hand. AMI IS warmer, think,
-....,, that OF tieoree lrisbie Hoar, which
stands upon the paper Is cold as Massa-
.husetts and as reserved as Boston, with
DIT a period or a redundant flourish, and
abbreviated at every ONT.
The late Senator Anthony wrote a hand
modelled on the tracks III the mud of his
si. turkey farm IN little Rhode Island.
The .-yi 1T ,he desc OF his autograph has
flourish Ike a big turkeys claw, and /.
snds in a knob like the bone end OF the
sam. The hand OF David Davis is az
,eavv as himself. lie uses blue ink and
pun, tuates profusely. Howell Jackson, of
Tennessee. writes an old time hand. Sen
tier Puch. oi Alabama, scritbles in acute
,ne.cs. aud Isham g. Harris throws his
zen about lodly as ii be knew the Govern
nent was paying Tor the INK
John a Logan's signature takes up half
lpage. and il is like nothing outside Of the
aicro.lypLl,s ia the snbterrahean tomb Of
Ii. Il - as bold and aggressive as Lo-
gan', own character, aai he closes it with
dashiag curve hall big as the sword
al ch he carried during the war.
Senator Edmunds has also illegible
.i.uature. tut 10 LOOKS more like the gn
D. Csinese tea box that the Egyptian
scrawl of Logan. Senator Frye writes
MS na.ne, State, and date without TAX
ng bis pea from the paper-an emblem Of
1aickross on the part Of the Senator.
Camden, OF west Virginia, ani Jones, OF
FLORIDA. have the same style Of hand
writlne. and ingalls,. of Kansas; Ran
soIs4e. of North Carolina; Bayard, of Della
ware. and itsc General Hale, Of Maine,
oil use up-aud-l1wn strokes. aud write
a. if tley we're not ashamed Of their
names. Senators Sh erma1, Vest and An
r.
t., SIGNATURES. Int Voosh hees writes with
boil goose-quin aoarish a buster in z
hand. and Ben Harrison evidently uses a
s.eei zen.
phiIeius sawyer. the millionaire Of
s. scons n, Prints tis signature; Warner
KILLER uses 1oosequiii. Plumb, OF Kan
cas-. writes hand vvhich would delight
the OH printers who ST type for him
og1en vaf editing e casitrg newspaper.
aa4 Senator -ssvsil. Il Sew Jersey, uses
more ns than any other man ia the
ue q.
Mcmillan. oi Minnesota. puts long Hour
ish ae.lsr s's 81 nature ani pens his let-
tor. in iel1. straight strokes. Van WICK
81 s srassa. has 81 na Gre like a green
scls -hsF's ard BIS letters are half ike
ea-.tsfs au.i hsif it'fe sma.l lets rs. he puts
he in all bic antoSfaphs. snd
rva- sae dav and date 81 as writing. ~
e.sItharv writes ea strai ht line across
t.e ra.a sna he ev IDENTITY has = mathe.
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