Telegram-herald., 1891-12-10
lLDS or 1HI PRESENT
Al Glasses and Agss Busy Over
Their Collections
loIs MARBLES And GIRLS DOLLS



There probably never vss time
when the mania for collecting useless
things aff1lcted more persons than il
does to-day All classes and ages are
m7king collections et some sort News
heys are collecting cigarette pictures
and other people are collecting spoons.
kn1ves and f0rkA postage stamps.
etones. shells. pipes coins. autographs
md buttons. The ez2r Of all the Rus
oins. says the Chicago Herald. divides
1is time between hanging nihilists
ond collecting postage STAMPS and the
oHYs Of birds Of prey. William of Ger
many. like the kings Of Roumania and
uss~a>n, has passion for collecting
- Queen Victoria has given her son.
ohe prince Of Wales. ample leisure In
which TO make . fne collection of pipes
md TO smoke then somewhat The
queen Of italy is gathering In all the
fnhoes and gloves axe can that have COW
\ tGEed the feet and hands of royal person.
oges past and present She is literally
waiting for dead mems shoes She has
~ her collection Of sur3rannuated foot
.Qear the shoes OF Marie Antoinette, Of
.wary Stuart. the Empress Josephine,
sQueen Anne and the Empress Catherine
q Russia- The latter were the present
of her son. the prince OF Naples. who
sbrought thsrn last year from ST.
Petersburg Her collection will not
bs complete without pair Of shoes
that have been worn by Chicago girl.
i{uat 20 show by their diminutive pro-
portions 70 what an extent the young
ladies' of tho worlds fair city have been
,olnndsred- A New England spinster
has made . collection of thimbles used
by famous women She has inherit
ed. purchased. begged or received as
gxts over thirty gold. silver, brass or
jSteel thimbles worn by actresses.
inrtistA. philxutlropists, abolitiouists.
posts. etc Anoeher eastern woman
has made . vast collection OF teapots.
having made journey to Japan and
China for the purpose Of securing rare
specimens of that article Some men
lnxe making collections OF a more pre-
tentious nature. Robert Bonner Is col
oectinx equines that can trot a mile in
less than c.le. while Jay Gould's ac-
.quisitiveress Is turned toward securing
al the trunk liaes Ct railroad, and the
'Dtandard Oil Company is gratifying its
vanaion for possessing all of the petro-
1eam springs In America
& Levers and swecthearts arc collect
2ng locks Of hair. photographs. neck
,$tss. gloves and other bric-a-brac that
oreathe Of love and moonlight and is
Tedolent with romance. Girls are coli
.9ectinx dolls and boys are collecting
marbles. while nisers are adding to
4heir Just as useless. 10 them, collec-
I3iors OF shiny gold pieces. Women are
&ouectinx pearls. diamonds and other
bxecious stones All the world is max
he collections that death or the
isuctioneers hammer will scatter TO tho
1our winds When the craze for MAX
hng collection of any particular kind
otrikes . person that person at once be-
comes slave to its influence Nothing
bat the article sought TO be collected
Doasssscs any charm. The rest Of the
earth becomes dull and commonplace
and the thoughts by day and dreams by
night all run In one direction This is
= pccuiiarity of human nature. bur IL is
Uot new one. The craze for making
.eollections In a. old as the history Of
nen. A Leiccsterxhire clergyman.
.whsn he died In i77s. left behind him
thirty gowns and cassocks. One hun
dred pair Of brecches. one hundred
Dair Of boots. four hundred pair Of
shoss. eighty wigs talthough he never
hid ais own hair with onel. eighty
wagons and carts. fifty saddles. thirty
Whceibarrows. fifty dogs. two hundred
Ind fsrty raxers, and so many walking
1ticks that . toy man paid his ex-
.ocusors eight pounds sterling for the
Dot Ar old man died Ia an attic in
Paris who left little behind him save q
Aeap Of corks. souvenirs of happy times
! 1e had spent In more prosperous days
4t had been q lifelong custom with him
10 preserve every cork drawn for the
delectation Of himself and friends and
Hnscribo upon it the date Of drawing
ma the particular occasion upon which
tAn bottle was opened. 50 that the cup
boArd Of corks was actually . record
OF his life. The fad OF making collee-
tions VIII 60 on as long ss there 10 life
nxaong men, Even death Is busy coli
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