The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-09

Reach Thena--The Gear of Rus
sia u Shy Bird.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Edward Wilson Curtis, a. noted Eng
llsh collector of autographs, gained
some note recently by making a trip
to Paris and obtaining the autographs
OF the members of the American and
spanish peace comm ssioners by. a clev-
| er Dit OF strategy He called upon the
commissioners while the two bodies
were separately in session, having first
ascertalned the names of the banks at
"hlch the commissioners intended to
Cdsh femlttances and carry deposits
ne represented himself to the commits
s!oHerS as representative of the citv
clearing house, ind obtained their Sig
natures for use in verifying checks
anu drarts This strategem apparent
~ pleaSeu MN very much in it's entire
SUCCESS, ana he made no secret of the
transaction upon his recent arrival in
view YORK. In 1hct, he submitted to
an interview of considerable length.
mere does not exist a form Of ex-
cltement, legitimate or illegitimate,''
saLu ne which can vie with that which
autograph collecting brings in its train
f0r IN the quest of these tiny scrans of
tthhk-scraWIed paper the genuine en-
Ihuslast strikes every day. and often
honor. -'NP p4iie's' ms
Many and varied are the qualifca-
oIi-, liIdt go TO make the ideal auto
Sl"pll hunter. But there are two which
are absolutely essential if he is to
ecHleVe even a modified success He
ilIu9I De a clever and artistic liar and
ne must be possessed of unrbounded inn
Puoence. Moreover, he must be IRE
P E 10 play-on paper-many parts.
noiio' se Iouhd, Tor example, that an ex-
cement way to draw royal persona eas
- 10 personate a little child When tbe
CoL!uaH emperor created so much III
tee1ng IN England by the disnetch of
MS famous telegram to President Krn-
ser wrote him a letter in which. after
piJi1iIeitS mat L was only "a school
SITl OF g. and expressing a home tbo+
ne would not be offended 7 t0ld Ill.,
NOW sorry L should be if he wera -
quaIreI With his dear grandmother, A
week later letter, written on naner
i Iini.S as thlck as cardboard and EN-
2 ,1irIUlIsu Wlun the arms Of the Hohen-
seT1b 60 VIC, was ueIlVered at my address.
IHe emperor thanked me for nv
~ tesy and consideration. and NAV,
Iully assured me that there existed d.
present Likelihood of his quarre1iner VIII
Ils august relative or with the w.
hearted! :Iedrted but sometimes fnconvenient1y
Idlipi essi &c Die people over whom She
ePlstle was In the handwritinp of o'1o
eL MS secretaries, but at the foot. cIaar
urn and bold, there stood out the co.,
eteo signature. [ have been offaTa5 On
SuIneas for that letter Similarly bw
PosIns as the ntne-year-old grandson
1gb . T T hnoWn conservative politician
VINO happened at the time to he On
the Il ieiioshlp with
IT
L secured Abdul Hamid's autogranb
AS one little girl to another. I drew
charming letter, full of childish conf
uences' from Queen WiIhelmina of HoI-
Ianu' AND an almost precisely identical
lIlck secured for my collection the clio
-. uiG oL the then baby king Of Spain.
cult to draw but 1 secured him Of LOT
over the Milan riots, writing as Sic
Ter OF Mercy, and Offering NV ser1,ico.
10 the wounded. The offer was de-
chned, as [, of course, knew wall -
would be; but the refusal was accom-
PaIlIgu py brief autograph letter of
franks from the king himself sinca
valued at $40. The car of Russio &c
an 81 sorry to say, the most inaccessibla
u ali european potentates 7 have Lot
IelS lhnumerable from his SECRETARIES
! ana chamberlains-grea peopIe IN
o 49, o"n country, no doubt, but non
fna 10 the world at large. An au-
tosFdph hunter, however. never de-
spalrs [ am writing him abont tbo
proposed memorial to his murdered
Srdhuiather, and hope to be ~s11ccacsf1I1
this time 0es9Iu III
one OF my smartest coups was +ba
securing OF the signature of Mulev All
T u szlz' the young ruler of. Morocco
nao previously addressed him in H.
roles respectively of an emissarv of t ti,e
! H I' a Belgian juggler, a Spanisb
Io!I9auor' and Partisan dancing girl
without receiving any reply. When 7
luckily bethought me of Kaid Maclean
ene cohlnander-in-ch of the sultan's
army Him I addressed as hrotha, :.
mot an e. a oockhey of the Cockneys
Nol Few autographs that either
| are at present, or will ore day hacoroa
valuable can be had for the aslIi,oo,'
ana strangely bad aus it may sounS
! me Workhouses are by no means ha5
nuH1lhg grounds for this class If
3oouo. "A rev years back, for instance
discovered in London union tha
nephew and last lineal descendant Of
| ROD Roy, the redoubtable Scottisb
CHIeIt a'in: For the price of half
pound OF tobacco the old fellow was
SoSey lnduced to sign his name on fftv
a isllrsoee5s of notepaper. These I
a1lerWard disposed of to enthIlSioStic
collectors north of the Tweed at en-
ceeolngly remunerative prices Nor is
thls case an isolated one.
Many forgotten great man is end
ing his days in these last refugees for
the destitute, and all such ara natnra1-
~ considered fair game by the a11to-
graph collector. ""'o-
Regarding actresses their vanity
ana love of notoriety are excaIIant
cards to trust to. BY posing as tbe
CORES pondent of a fashionable ladies'
PAPER and requesting information ra-
gardlng their dresses, their for+hrono-
ing engagements, etc, I have noanat5 a5
20 add most Of the London and c0nfi-
mental f5 stars to my collection.
Ellen Terry proved one of tho few,
exceptions. But as it is aIways no
slble to secure her signature nv eenJ
ing her shilling's worth of starans
for her hospital cot this did not mai
ter much. Sarah Bernhardt also fail
ed to bite. Whereupon I wrote in
the name of certain eminent n9tTra1-
ISL requesting information re gardfng
SOME PET TIGER CUBS
she was just then keeping. Result 2
long letter in the great tragediennes
own handwriting.
Actors are more difficult to get Of
Inc best way, have found. Is to tackle
them about their hobbies. Kvrle Rel
lew, for instance, is a member Of Al,