Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-29

through autographs, and they claim that
they can tell as much about person from
his handwriting as from his or her photo.
graph. This Is true to a certain extent. The
positive nature oil Senator CoekrelPs wife
may be seen in the bold up and down
strokes with which she pens her name, aud
by looking at the signature of the wife Of
Senator Blair you may see the influence OF
the Green Mountains of New Hampshire
and of the association with man who has
made himself famous in educational legisla-
ton.
The noted Southern ladies of Washing
ton society are as rule good writers. The
most of them are finely educated. They
come of good families and are women Of
culture. Mrs. Senator Butler writes a
straight up and down hand and is one Of
the Congressional ladies who uses her hus-
bands initials and puts the term Of "Mrs."
before them. This is the same with the
wife of George T. Barnes, of Georgia, Mrs.
Senator Jones, of Arkansas, and Mrs. Pet
tigrew, of South Dakota. Mrs. Silver
Dollar Bland uses her husbands initials
and so does Mrs. General Lee. The wife Of
the Senator from Texas acts as her hus-
bands private secretary. She knows quite
as well how to prepare bill as John II.
Reagan and she can write a business letter
which would read well in business col
lege. She gets Sc a day for helping her
husband in this way. She signs herself
Mrs. John 81. Reagan. Mrs. Carlisle signs
herself with her husbands initials and so
does Mrs. Representative Caruth and Mrs.
Senator Bate.
MRS. LoGAN's WORK.
Mrs. General Logan is making lots Of
money by her pen. Her paper has reached
a circulation, am told. of nearly 100, 900
copies, and she spends part of every day
in editorial work. She is very particular
as to the paper she uses in her writing, and
is fond of the tinted variety. Her private
letters have silver die at the head Of the
first sheet, and on the last page you will see
in bold letters the signature "Mary S.
Logan"
Mrs. Speaker Reed is good writer, and
if her signature is any index, she has quite
as much character as her husband. She
writes straight up and down hand, uses
her own initials, and always puts period
at the end Of her signature. Mrs. Senator
Spooner writes a very fair hand. She comes
of literary family, and has more than or
dinary literary ability. She uses plain pa
per, and signs herself "Annie NJ. Spooner."
One of the wealthiest ladies of Washing
ton is Mrs. Roswell P. Flower. Her hus-
band is worth 100000, and Mrs. Flow
er's check is good for 500, 900 any day Of
the week. She is very liberal in her char
tiles, and great many checks signed by
her find their way to poor people. She
signs herself Sarah NJ. Flower, and she
spends good deal on paper. She uses the
best of paper, ana her invitations and dinner
cards during session cost as much as q
clerks salary.
BEN: PERLEY PooRE'S COLLECTION.
One of the best autograph collections OF
Washington was that of Ben: Perley Poore's,
which sold for a song after his death. He
had about 10000 signatures of prominent
men in this country and Europe, and he
had the handwriting of the most noted la
dies of the past century. The most inde-
fatigable collector among the Senators was
Tabor, of Colorado, who had a book as big
as family Bible, and who went around
during the Senate sessions with this big
book in one hand and blotting pad in the
other, asking his fellow Senators to sign for
him. His beautiful wife sat and looked on
from the gallery, and Tabor would point
her out to the Senators as he went around.
Some of the Senators do not like to sign in
these autograph books and some noted la
dies will not give their autographs.
When Cleveland first came into the
w hlte House the demand Tor autographs
was so great that it was suggested that
Cleveland let one of the clerks sign his
name for him. He refused to do this and
said: 81 am able to use my right hand and
arm and it does not take long to sign my
name. 1t such little thing pleases these
people I will do it. !"
He then had lot of cards made with the
Executive Mansion printed in one corner
and he signed these and gave them to his
Secretary to send away in response to ap-
pIications by mail.
REPROVED BY CHINAMAN.
The diplomats are often asked for auto
graphs, and one lady not long ago got q
picture of one OF the members of the Chinese
Legation and the young man put his auto
graph on the back of it, together with a lot Of
characters which he called Chinese poetry.
The girl who got the picture went to a
Chinese scholar and got him to translate
this. The Chinese gentlemen had written
the following:
"In the Celestial Empire, where people
called pagans toll, it is not considered
in young maiden to ask for the
picture OF young man, and such as would
do so would be punished tor immodesty; but
in this land where civilization is at its
height young ladies permit themselves to do
blush even to mention"
Whether the girl kept the picture or NOT
after this do not know, but 1 don't believe
she valued the autograph. Do you?
Miss GRUNDY, JR.