Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-10-12
CRANK PHOTOGRAPHS.
Pictures and Drawings ssnt 10 the Prsst-
dent by Queer Individuals.


dent by Queer In,iixidaAI..
The White House is furnished with
private gallery all the pictures in
which are originals Such collection
Is not to be found elsewhere in the
country. Il Il being added to all the
while. and would soon become too large
for the cramped quarters but for the
fact that now and then il i cleared out
and the old pictures disposed OF. Ii Is
a gallery Of crank photographs and
other productions OF crank art. A
picture came In to-day. II Was u pho
tograph of "a foreigner-an Italian. His
head Is thrown back so as 10 bring the
locus OF the camera upon his mus
tache aud imperial, which are proiig-
iuusly long aud black and curIcd after
the manner of corkscrew. The eyes
show insanity. aud 1t is this hair about
his face that furnishes the special OBJ
iect OF his raving. The picture is sent
with compliments to the President. that
he may have .'the divine pleasure of
looking al the handsomest man la the
world
Another photograph OF the collection
represents mild-eysd man with long
hair h tnging to his shoulders and un-
trimmed whiskers that cover his face.
.xcept' the eyes and nose. The mild
,ycs have far-off look. It's II contem-
olating something in another world
two or three centuries ahead. II might
De the .'snn-shadow" OF some adept in
theosophy or true Mahatma. Under
the face are printed Ia white letters.
The Coming Man OF the Age" 1t Is
he face OF man whose soul has
'ecome iiinsy from stretching itself
at In foreign travel while the body
remained ut home. IL is bunch ol
3nshy hair and pair OF vacant. far.
IN. and amiable eyes. The original
shought the President might want to
tnuw what the man OF the millennium
going TO be like. 30 this is added q
he cranks' gallery.
There is the man who IL the ''mosi
souderful scientist in the world" Hs
ms discovered that heat Is life; thai
the sun gives life to the world; thai
warmth In the body g sign OF life
| aud that death is s.iH and cold. III,
has heard also that there are many ice
| bergs in the far northern and southern
seas. From this be has come TO tbs
! conclusion that the end Of the world !,
/ not 10 be BY fire. The destruction i
I to lie by Ice. The cold Ii to freeze on
I all life and the great ice mountains
are 10 float up against the world
md smash 1t into smithereens. as ship,
| are sometimes smashed. He finds verl
/ cn,d comfort in the contemplation @
the future. unless something Is done Il
lestroy the icebergs. He thinks tina
possibly they might nil be blown up b
the free use of dynamite. He 50 ad
rises the President. That the Chic
Executive may not be skeptical. an
may know what this scientist lo-k
like. and Mt the same time how h
works. lie has sent his picture ii
action" With becoming idea of tn
iiaess OF things that scientists
aud students surroundings should b
simple n. has had himself reproduce
IN cardboard seated on an cmpt
candle box in m attic, with "A barre
mead for table piece Of straw maj
ing for tableeloih. and taliol
.ande stuck ina bottle for light. Iii
mid aud Intellectual brow runs out Q
sighi over the top OF his head. O
he barrel before him Is unr.,lled
mysterious scroll. sh 5ets Of paper AT
,eattered about the floor aud piled /
lis hat. which lies at his feet. In on
1and he holds quill pen and in th
,ther some sheets Of legal cap or parcf
nent.
These are sample pictures from th
| White House Crank Gallery. Hnr
Ireds OF them are sent 10 the Preslden
every mail brings them In. Some .
ham are photographs Of candidate
who want Office and think it cheaps
% send their pictures than 10 come
person. They want To impress n
Chief Executive. One Of these repr
osents a man of about forty. with
grand air about him. On the car
: inscribed. with evident seriousness
Yours with becoming dignity" ct
IL wants 10 enter the diplomatic ser
s,e and Impress foreigners into "A props
appreciation Of lie dignity Of III
country.
Besides these pictures. numero,
padges. certificates of this and that SO
pf society. engros-ed resolutions
frames. and cards without number al
sent to the White House.
Not TO give false impression mu
state that the President does not tr'ea
IRE these ..tokens" that are bestowe
upon him so protusely. He has I
cabinet for the photographs nor roo
set aside for the collection. They N
an accumulation rather than a collie
tion-the crank photographs. The
. are scattered all over the house. liza
dozen or more OF the most choi'
crank photos are in Dinsmore's des
: Each Of the executive clerks who hi
} any taste for such things holds sever
specimen pictures among his trap
> The ..eoming man rests thoughtful
: ON Major pruden mantelpiece. PHI
adeIphia Telegraph
An Akron painter WAS 1T work |
a business block when he discovered
last wears birds nest Ia a niche IN q