Daily evening bulletin., 1885-09-19
AUTOGRAPH FIENDS
BusILY suYINo UP HOTEL REGISTERS
IN THE SOUTH.
Undoubtedly Money In the scheme sig
natures Written Before the Owner
Came into Prominencs- -Mounting
the Autograph and Residence.
tSavanah Newal

ISavanah Newal
"What do you suppose that man wantsdr
asked Pulaski house clerh the other day Of
News reporter.
A neatly dressed and shrewd-looking
young man had just turned away and ives
lighting cigar. Hs had been talking earn
estly In an undertone foF sonne minutes and
the reporter thought perhAps the strangss
wanted 10 borrow q few dollarA
@No, he docs not want TO borrow, but bad
rather buy" replied hs OF the sparkling
Koh-i-noor sand you might guess your
teeth loose before guessing what he wants
10 buy" continued the hotsl o,erk %Hs has
Just mads me an oder for the old Registers
Of this house."
"What would hs DO with thsmi Keep a
directoryr inquired the reporter.
"Not much. He claims 10 be travelling
for northern firm that b collecting hotel
registerA Ths older thsy arc the more they
are worth Hotsl registers are the greatest
autograph albums In the world. There 10
not q man who travels whose autograph b
not scattered all over tho country. All
prominent men travel Tho siRnaturss Of
hundreds Of these have a commercial value,
even whom not attached 10 q note or a
check. Tho autographs Of statesmen gen
orally sell the highest, those OF sx-presidents
bring the most A few days ago a rare ool-
lection OF curious mAnuscripts letters and
autographs were under the hammer In New
York. A dozen autographs werv knocked
down at from IS TO SO apiece.
~That would-be purchaser was telling me
that In few months 10 will b. the proper
thing 20 mount the autographs oS sx-prssi.
dsntA literary msn, generals and all men o,
noos In some unique style and give them q
place beside the piaQuA This Arm Is now
buying up all the registers 10 can get hold
Of. Some bright mon 60 over each page
carefully, and out out the signatures OF all
the most prominent men They have Quits
q long list, and whensver one Of the names
Is found 10 Is clipped out and attached 30 9
little alp on which are noted the date and
Gty. The register. OF course, indicates each.
He says that right now Grants signature.
are In demand He never stopped at hotel,
much, however There were generally poo
pie In all OF the cities through which b,
passed who wanted TO entertain him. and
never knew him TO declina
@This enterprising firm you see, are frs,
getting a supply on hand. and viii then In.
troduce the rage and fill the demand.S
Thrift is q blessing'- '-Shakespsare,n
gasped the reporter, daSed by the wonder
full display OF enterprise.
"The registers are really no use TO us and
most hotel men, l believe, arc willing % dis
pose Of them at . low fgure.S resumed the
clerk One Of this slse, which b the
standard, will hold 5000 namsA Il b
seldom that register In the large hobsis
OF big cities does not contain half q doasn
good nAmea l know that from psrsonAl
obssrvation In some SEASONS thsre are LOG
good namea A great many OF the
signatures 10 bs sure, were written be-
foro the owner came into prominence. When
the autographs como bo be sold, however,
half suspect they are dated up though thsy
may not ba The residence, which Is writ
ten opposite tho mama. u also cut OUT h
mounting, which is generally on card board.
Bristol or some suoh kind, the restdence 4
placed below the mama 10 Is done 90 neatly
too. that more than e casual inspection 4
necessary 10 discover WHARF the two pieces
are Joined. In this way the purchaser get
the autograph In the ahaps Of . visiting
card, and the uninitiatsd WI be anxious b
learn when the dignitary called and II he b
one Of the family's intimate acquainhanoes
"The agent then showed me some On.
specimens and there Is undoubtedly money
In the scheme. He told me, too, that they
not only take the names VI persons who an
now and have been we'll known, but ais,
the signatures Of number who they beiiev,
are rising and will be prominent In few
years, such as leading member Of congress
United States senator's. leading judges and
members OF the bar Besides these theJ
have such names a. Beecher. Tslmags ant
Ingersoil, popular poet and nOvelists AM
actors and actresses by. the score. The au
tographs OF Booth. Ksene, Lawrence BaS
rstt Irving, Patti Mary Anderson, Lang
try, Lotta and dozens Of lesser lights are al
ways In demand and admirers will pay 10
them"
swell, are you going 70 strike q bargainv
NHs win have TO see the proprietor abou
that reckon thsre Is ton OF thsm stores
away, some Of them pretty musty, doubt
less, on the outside, but sound and well pre-