The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-06-29

ture 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 legislation. Mrs. Blair's
signature Is very plain. The strokes are
well made and the letters are black. Mrs.
Senator Sherman writes hand not unlike
ner husband, and the penmanship of Mrs.
Boutelle is not much different from that of
Tie statesman of Maine, wi 0 acts as the
head of her household. One of the most
striking signatures among the Senator'S
wives Is that of Mrs. Davis. Her lines are
like her features, free, open and handsome,
and you see hale fellow well-met in every
stroke
TIE NOTED SOUTHERN LADIES
OF Washington society are, as rule, good
Writers. The most of them are finely edu
Gated. They come of good families, and
are women of culture. Mrs. Senator But
Ter writes a straight up and down hand and
is one of the congressional ladies who uses
her husbands initials. and puts the term
Mrs" before them. This is the same with
the wife of George T. Barnes, of Georgia;
Mrs. Senator Jones, of Arkansas, and Mrs.
Pettigrcw, 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-
as well how to prepare a bill as John II.
Reagan, and she can write business letter
which would read well in business col
iege. She gets SO day for helping her
husband in this way, and her hand is
straight up, and one of that nature that he
who runs may read. She signs herself
Mrs John H. Reagan. Mrs. Carlisle signs
herself with her husbands initials, and so
does Mrs. Representative Caruth and Mrs.
Senator Bate.
One of the most characteristic signatures
Of Washington is that of
MRS. ADMIRAL DAHLGREN
She signs herself Madeline Vinton Dahl
gren, and she writes in bold letters on
smooth, heavy paper. On state occasions
she uses the admiral's device at the head of
her letters. She writes very easily, and
she has done considerable in literature.
The WORD ''Vinton'' in her name comes
from her father, who was a noted congress
man from near GAINESVILLE, Ohio, nearly a
generation ago. Mrs. Senator ingalls,
writes good hand. She ends her letters
to her friends with VERY cordially yours"
and uses the initials of her maiden name,
"A. L. c." which 1 suppose stands for
Ann Loaisa Cneesebrough. Mrs. Senator
blackburn writes very fair hand, and she
signs herself Serene G. Blackburn. Mrs.
General Greeley ends her letters in the
same manner that Mrs. Ingalls, does, and
uses her maiden name of Henrietta in her
signature. Mrs Senator Frye ends her
letters with yours sincerely, Caroline F.
Frye" She writes one of the best hands
among the senatorial ladies and makes her
capitals with flourish. Mrs. General
Logan is making lots of money by her en-.
Her paper has reached circulation, | am
told, OF nearly 100000 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 baud, uses her own initials and
always puts period at the end of her sig
nature. Among other good writers in the
House are Mrs. Payson, the wife of the
member from Illinois, VINO has made him
self famous II land legislation: Mrs, La
Toilette, the wife of the little orator from
Wisconsin; and Mrs. Washington, whose
husband is Joseph Washington, of Tennes-
sec, and who has some of tho old Washing
ton family in his veins. Mrs. Washington,
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mother rather than Washiugton's wife
She signs herself Mary B. Washington, but
whether the middle s'f3'' stands for Ball. as
| it did in the case of George Washington's
mother, or not, do not know. Mrs Sena-
tor Spooner writes very fair hand She
comes of a literary family, and has more
than ordinary literary ability. She uses
plain paper, and signs herself 'tAnnie NJ
Spooner.n
One of the wealthiest ladies of Washing
| ton is
MRS. ROSWELL p. FLOWER.
Her husband is worth $4,000, 600, and Mrs.
Flowers check is good for 100000 any day
Of the week. She is very liberal in her
charities, 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 paper, and her invitations aud dinner
cards during session cost as much as a
clerks salary. Mrs. Joseph n. Mcdonald
writes very nice hand, and it is curious
thing that her first name is the feminine of
husbands He is Joseph and she is Jose
phiue, and she signs herself Joseph Z. Nc
Donald. She is beautiful woman, and
she is fond of Washington society An
other Indiana woman of prominence here is
Mrs. ". Byhum, and a third indianapolis
lady is Mrs. Senator Turple, who writes a
plain. roand hand, and whose signature is
Mary Z. Turple.
oSE OF TIE BEST AUTOGRAPH COLLECTIONS
of Washington was that of Ben Perley
Poore's. which sold for a song after his
death. He had about twenty thousand sig
natures OF prominent men in this country
and Europe and nc had the handwriting OF
the most noted ladies of the past century
The most interchangeable collector among the
Senators was Tabor, of Colorado, who had
a book as big as a family Bible and who
went around during the Senate sessions
asking his brother 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 ne went around. Some
Of the Senators DO not like 10 sign in these
autograph books, and some noted ladies will
not give their autographs. When Cleve-
land drst came to ths White House the de-
mand for autographs was so great that it,
was suggested that Cleveland let one CT the
clerks sign his name for HIN. He refused to
do this, ana said: 81 ant able to use my
right hand and arm ana 1t does not take
.ong to sign rny name. Ii such a little thing
pieases the people, i will do it," He then
had a lot of csrds made with the exc
cptire mansion printed in ore corner, and
! he signed these and gave them to his secre-
tary 10 send away in response to applica-
tons by mall. The diplomats are often
asked for autographs, and ono lady not long
ago got q picture ,f one of the members of
tho Chinese legation, and the young man
put his autograph on the back of it together
with lot of characters which he called
Chinese poetry. The girl who got the pic
ture went 10 Chinese scholar and got him
10 translate this. The Chinese gentleman
had written the following sin the Celestial
Empire. where people called Pagans toll, it
is not considered becoming to maiden to