Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-07-04
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VALUE OF NEWSPAPER COLLECTION.
The other story is one where memory played
a part also. gentleman tells how, during a
recent dinner party. the conversation turned
on the progress Of pictorial art in newspapers.
Inc hostess happened to mention what pleasure
II mad given her during the war to keep to-
getnef the files Of the weekly papers, and that
sne sui had complete set of Harper's Week
nes covering the entire period Of the civil
strife. guest at her table who 10 in the en-
pioy OF one Of the large publishing houses re-
memoered this conversation short time after
ward when noted collector of old books and
magazines expressed his despair at ever being
series. When told there was complete
set In existence, he offered at once 81 900 for it,
Mrs. Blank was consulted and, Of course she
gave up her collection like a flash. and found
herself that many dollars richer by the encour-
agement OF this thoughtful and saving trait In
her disposition.
There is a good moral attached TO this story.
and yarn-spinners need not be told in how
many ways this plain statement OF facts can be
arranged to suit any phase Of the collecting
mania now 80 fashionable.
MILLIONAIRE LOST IN GERMAN TOWN.
Here is funny tale to wind up with. One
OF the biggest men in this country, financially.
physically. morally and various other ways.
was in Europe not long ago In the course of
party in German town. 1t did not look much
different from half dozen other small towns
In the fatherland when he landed there, but
1t grew very interesting inside of II three days
stay The first afternoon he started out from
his hotel to walk, and getting tired. called a
cab. He had nice drive for an hour, and
then began to think it was time to get back to
dinner All Of a sudden it dawned on him that
he had not the faintest idea OF the
name OF the hotel His choicest Dutch.
too. only succeeded in making the cabman drive
around couple Of hours longer from one hotel
to another. only to be disappointed in finding
that he had cot yet reached the one where his fam
lily was. At last night fell, and so did the horse
almost, from exhaustion. Our millionaire trav-
eler concluded that il he stopped in one place
the chances were that he might be found His
family and servants were chasing the entire
city over for hours. When he did not arrive
Tor dinner theirs went untasted and when dark
ness came and he still missing. real alarm
was felt. At 9 clock each returned from their
fruitless hunt, when the gentlemans valet
went out to spend the night, if need be. in
roaming over the streets. Going down one
broad thoroughfare his attention was directed
TO a cab with horse tied at the back and
poor tired out driver sitting on the box. He
crossed the street to look at this unusual sight,
peered into the cab and found his lost master
sitting there calmly and contentedly. When
they drove back to the hotel the traveller dis
covered that he had passed it again and again
all that memorable afternoon. At every other
German city he visited this gentleman took the
Precaution as soon as he registered at the
hotel to have the clerk write out the name of
the house. which, carefully slowing away in his
pocket, he was then able to show his cabmen
and to get back to his family without repeating
this exciting experience.