Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-20

the enthusiasts and collectors rush tor lt.
The singer at tho music hall has her post
cards. portraying her in all her charm.
which are sold at the hall where she ap-
pears.
New Years day and April have their
funny cards. wit pictures and verses, ana
cards are also issued that contain only
floral designs and resemble afChristnas
card. with the difference that the address
may be written on the back. Photographic
cards are also made mostly by amateurs,
and thousands with sensitized surfaces
are sold. The other day an Englishman.
after a big German dinner. took forty
wirks. during which his friends snap
shotted him and printed the result on one
OF those postcards. On his return to Eng
land he was astonished to receive pic
.ure-postcard representing him in the ex
IRENE inelegance OF somnolence.
Postcard advertisements bring all the
latest novelties to public notice in tempt
ing terms. Several firms have published
series Of 'piquant" postcards. some Of
which attain such a degree OF piquancy
that they are confscated in the post
Firms vie with one another IN Lewiston
novelties. and people ,cudget their brains
to devise novel schemes that should add
additional value in the collectors eyes, to
the picture-postcard.
At a '.volksfest' peoples fair) in Ba-
varia, an individual attached to child
balloon a picture-p postcard containing a
request that the person finding the card
on the descent Of the balloon should
forward 1t to the sender. A fortnight
later the card was forwarded by the find
er. a high Austrian Official. to the inven
tive dispatcher of tho postcard, stating
that the balloon had descended in Be-
hemia.
The postcard collector inserts his treas
ures in an album entitled, perhaps:
Greetings from Far and Wide" He will
go 10 any length to obtain fresh beauties
for his collection. and reads the advertise
ment relating to his hobby. Perhaps he
reads: ~ Y. Il. Will forward picture
postcards of Strofadia, in the 1onian
Archipelago on receipt Of ESQ much) in
stamps or will exchange'-and hastens
to possess himself of the precious card.
In Austria and Germany there are in
ternational associations Of picture-post-
card collections, and journals are issued
representing their interests. The inter-
change of cards, the appearance of novel
ties and all matters relating to the well
fare of the collector are discussed The
United States. British India and other
British colonies were at one time sched-
uled as countries where picture postcards,
on entry. were charged as insufiiciently-
now altered.
The 'Fliegende Batter" (the punch"
Of Germany has. Of course, joked much
about the mania. Here is sample: "A
young lady holding a letter in her hand
and looking the picture Of misery, is in
terrogated by her bosom friend as to the
reason Of her sadness She replies that
she has just received from her fiance, who
has gone abroad. a long letter. and upon
her friend expressing her surprise that
such fact could be esteemed source
of sorrow. is met with the outburst:
Fancy the stupid fellow going to the
trouble Of writing a twelve-page letter.
and never once thinking Of sending me
a picture postcard for my album"'
Again. the interior of a prison cell is
presented with the warder bringing in
breakfast 10 a prisoner who had arrived
only the evening before.
Err says the prisoner, 1anguidly, "by
the way. warden. will you be kind enough
to-er-bring me picture postcard of this
place.
s b H in New York Commercial.