The Penn's Grove record., 1886-04-24

LETTER.
washington April q, is


Although the President is quit and
.eads an orderly b I5.ntss-llke lie winch
would seem to furnish 10 food tor the
g0ssips, they again have linn about to
married. Ii would be very remarka-
lie if he c-uld fine any tine Tor love
making OF love thinking il tie luLusl
OF his present duties.
In the early morning his desk pre-
seuts an interesting SIGHT. Papers Of
every description ARE there, pertaining
to almost every subject, and the WIT
ing on tho envelopes IS Il study. IeD-
pie resort to every means t" catch LIS
ear and eve aud present their Gains
4 ter their own style. "PeIsolGi IS
written on most ct the letters address
ell To him, but his mail is gone Through
by Col. lamont ami The sub-secretar-
les, and only the really personal and
important letters are iald On the Exc
cuuNe desk.
one of the Presidents duties is that
Of ~appeasing the autograph craze.
Whether he takes pleasure III this OF
not, We is resigned aud gees through
with 1t good nJturedly. He usuuily
writes his signature N this way. Gro
yer Cleveland, April 18th. 1856. When
he goes to hls Office III the morning,
DoOrkeepcr L2eIler, three tiMe5a week
takes in 4 little load Of autograph al.
buns and laws them before Inn. The
President has never refused TO write
his name III these books, but Loeiiler
is careful not to burden him with too
many at a time.
A few weeks ago some ladies inter
terested in one of the charitable inst!-
buttons of this city, called on Mr.. Gle
yGlaAd and requested That le donate
his signature to be voted for al Il fair
to be given for the benefit OF the chari-
u. lie seized a piece Of paper, then
stopped, and, opening a drawer, pdl.ed
out his check book, filled it in IOr u
substantial amount, and signed it Civ
ing it to them with the remark, Il
guess that autograph viii do more
good"
Not only do residents Of the city and
visitors leave their albums with the
Presidents doorkeeper forthe PrtSidcn-
tiaI autograph, bus by every mail, AZ
so, come letters requesting the Prcsi-
dent to send his autograph to tue writ
ers. Sometimes he varies tine way of
writing his name By following the date
with Executive Mansion or "White
House, but Eeyer writes Pr Sideut. -
Autograph hunters are always picn-
tiful about the Capitol us well as the
White House. Leading Senators ami
Representatives aIe daily solicited for
their signatures by visitors and resi-
I.,4. Mot ~ flEr., 81 "a .t.ane.trnAlnf
ing and comply with the request Of the
page Who seeks them, book III hand,
but | have noticed that the new mtn-
berS show the greatest a'acrity in graf
flying this demand.
There are real ''autograph fiends
who make a business OF collecting.
They go about it Systematically, SET
ting APART one portion %! thelr book for
Senators, another fer Representatives,
supreme Court Justices, Cabinet OIL
GERS, poets, historians, authors and
preachers. During the sessions Of Con-
greSs the pages make Quitea good thing
Of the procuring the autographs OF the
members for such collectio IS.
Some of the albums left al the White
House contain autographs Of great iu-
interest. In one WAS the chirography
of Josiah Henson, the original OF llar-
rict ilpechpr Stoves Uncle Tom
Wri.tcl in ls5S. wien Henson was
ci.aty Lime years O. age. One oI Won
ali, la..tll-' pp|CulariUCs was To VT u
with I,s lrsnlr the words "le e. li
uo.sjhlr. Justice nj any cost \ CHAR
.clrfi,tic uf the evangelist Ma2Ht is
u. vli.c before hi ll3luc Joan a.. Dr.,