Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-25

comedy, or comic tragedy comes as one looks.
The commonplace manila envelopes fly out
and about, freighted with many things.
Ninety-nine may signify nothing, yet the
hundredth be potential to Joy or grief, OF
failure or success, particularly among the
personal clippings, which make still so large
a part of the general business. Oddly
enough It is not the class one would look
for-actors, artists and authors-which Is
most avid of this sort Of thing Society
people are even more anxious to see what
the world outside thinks OF them. This not
only of the great lights, but those who
affect to deplore publicity. The book of
--latest orders" in big New York
establishment around horse show and dog
show times, and in the era OF important
social functions would reveal much as to the
inwardness and inspiration Of certain pub
lished things.
The professionals, however, by no means
slight the bureaus good offices. They could
not afford to-neither could the bureaus
| afford to ret them. Witness these two facts;
Duse in the course of eleven weeks received
! 1855 personal clippings; Richard Mansfed's
order excludes the work of his press agent
and critiques of his plays as plays, yet In the
season his weekly clippings bill often runs
I to $50.
Queen Victoria subscribes to more than
one bureau, but never sees the clippings
until they have been put in books under
the editing OF some of her family, which
means, of course, the leaving out OF any
thing unpleasant. The prince of Wales also
takes clippings from two sources. In addi-
tion he cuts out with his own royal hands
all the pictures of himself which appear In
the public prints. The greater the carica-
ture the broader his chuckle over it. Slurs
sol tn m
nearly yet to things said against himself
he is artlessly Indifferent. One can readily
credit that upon hearing that by his own
order a scrap book was made for him con-
tanning American opinions in re the baccarat
scandal
However, the royal patron dearest to
clippings bureau regard is his majesty, the
czar OF all the Russias. He has shown him
self exceedingly well disposed toward them.
Some OF their notable orders have come at
his instance. A New York bureau man has
made for him sumptuously bound scrap
books, all Russia leather, and gold clasps
and gilt edges, first about the death and
obsequies of his father, Alexander ILL.,, then
about his own marriage and coronation cere-
monies, and later In regard to the Ameri-
can journey of Prince Hillkoff, his minister
of railways. The same house has now In
hand clippings about the peace conference
which are to form another in the series o.
imperial scrap books, They are the finest
ever made in New York, exceeding even the
magnificent volumes in which Mrs. Bradley
Martin is preserving the 5000 odd clipping!
in praise of her famous ball.
Governmental Clippings.
Uncle Sam himself has stolen the clip,
pings idea, and keeps at the White House
corps OF trained clippers and a governmeQ
scrap book. President Cleveland is said I,
have looked at the scrap book just once il
his last term-that was in the course o
the Venezuelan crisis. Mrs. Harrison sub
scribed to a bureau on her own account, AM
her daughter has many books fun of tn
! things printed about Baby" Mckee. Mrs
Cleveland had scrap book of persona
notices-uot, however, Of herself, but of he
, husband. The wives of many other prom
, inent men have similar books, which il
both reasonable and charitable to hope d
not include the caricatures OF their lieg
= lords Almost every man in public life Is
:, bureau subscriber. Himself" is the orde
9 oftenest written opposite a big name, thoug
a in many cases II is Himself and Pacifi
a railroads." or Himself and the Nicaragu
N canal" or even Himself and the Agr
}, cultural department"
Uncle Sam is, however, not wholly with
out conscience in the matter OF clippings. G