The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1892-01-15
FADs OF THE PRESENT
All Glasses and Ages Eusy Over
Their Collections.

All Glasses and Ages Gu3y over
Their Collections.
From tho King on His Throne to tho
Urc;lin on the street All Are Eagerly
Intent Upon Sosno Parsicu-
lar Craze.
There probably never was q time
when the mal,ia for collecting useless
things afflicted more persons than it
does to-day. All classes and ages arc
making collections of some sort. News
boys arc collecting cigarette pictures,
and other people are collecting spoons,
knives ard forks, postage stamps,
.;,onos, shells, pipes, coins, autographs
sias, says the Chicago Herald, divides
lis time between hanging ni;silists
and collecting postage stamps and The
eggs of birds Of prey. William of Ger
many, like the kings of Eoumania and
Sweden, has = passion for collecting
autographs. The remarkable vitality
@: Queen Victoria has given her son,
the prince Of Wales, ample leisure in
which to make IL fine collection of pipes
and to sEolle them somewhat. The
queen of Italy is gathering in all the
shoes and gloves she can that have COW
nrcd the feet and hands of royal person.
u,c:, past and present. She is literally
waiting for dead mems shoes. She has
,, i'll her collection of sapcrannuatcd foot
gear t,.c shoes of Marie Antoinc..c, of
Mary stuart, the Empress Josephine,
Queen Anne and the Empress Catherine
- 1,,4% 4j.o
Of her son, the prince Of Naples, who
brought them last year from ST.
Petersburg. Her collection will not
be complete without n pair of shoes
that have been Worn by Chicago girl,
| just to show by their diminrtivc pro-
portions 10 what an extent the young
ladies OF the worlds fair city have been
slandered. A New England spinster
| has lnado n collection of thiinbles used
by famous women. She has Inherit
cd, purchased, begged or received us
gifts over thirty gold, silver, brass or
steel thiinblcs Worn by actresses,
artists, philanthropists, abolitionists,
poets, etc. Another eastern woman
has made vast collection of tcapots.
having made "a journey to Japan arss
China for the purpose of securing rarr
specimens of that article. Some men
arc making collections of more pre-
tcnt;ous nature. Robert Bonner is col
lecting cquinas that can trot q mile in
less than c:ic, while Jay Goulsl's ac-
ut.i.sitivcEcss is t;:rilcd toward securing
all the trrnls lines O. railroad. and the
Standard Oil Company is gratifying its
I;:i:;sion for Possessing all OF Tic pvtro-
lSun springs, in America.
Lovers f:.m; sw.c,ac.:Its are collect
ing loc;,s ci hair, photographs, aco.s-
ties, glove. a,ssi ot;,cr bl';. Hrac tha :
!...a;tl.a O: love end inocf.li.-'lt and j.,
rcdo!".i N':..l romance. tiis,s are col
lcc.ing doi!:, and boys are collecting;
marbles. while taiscrs arc at.t'iHG 10
their iust as usr!ess, to them, collcc-
tios, ~t .isin. Fcla pieces. Wo;nc: arc
ccllncting pcSr!s, diamonds and other
precious tones. All the wcilil is max
ing collections that death or tie
tcnr winds. When tho craze fer rani1-
inm {. collection Of any particular kind
strikes Il person that person at once be-
ccucs :; Sieve - its ;;:tiucncc. Nothing
but t;.e article sought to be collected
possesses any charm. The rest OF the
earth becomes dull and commonplace
and the thoughts by day and dreams y
night all ruin in one direction. This is
popularity of human nature, but it is
net {. now one. The craze for making
. collections is rs old as the history ol
men. A Lcicestershire clergyman
when lie died in lT76, left bcl.iad hi:.
thirty gowns and cassoclls, one hun
; t,rea p:.ir of bree.,lcs, one hundrc.
i,air Of boots, four hundred puir o
shoes, eighty wigs (alti,ouGh he ncvci
MD his own hair With onc), eighty
, wagons AID curtis. fifty saddles, t!,irt;
wli.csh..rro,.s, fifty dogs, two hundred
and iors.y rss::ors. and SO many in.
sticks thYt n toy man raid lis e..
rcntors o::rht pounds sterling for Tho
lot. An Old man died in an attic i,
Paris who lett little behind him save
heap of cor.s';. souvenirs of happy ti,.ic
: he had spent in more prosperous DAYS
1t had ',cn, & lifelong custom with Lii,
to preserve every cork drawn for tn
delccsaticn of himself anl friends a:l,
] irscribe upon it the date Of tirawia.
! and Tie particular occasion upon wilic!
ti,c ,,ottl., w.-s.s crc,c.l, SO that the cup
boasd OF corlls was actually q rccor
Y OF his life. The fad OF making col;cc
tions viii so on as hong as there is lif
+, AMONG, me.l. Even death is busy col
: lccting men into the gravcyards Of til
Z. land.