New-York tribune., 1906-04-15
The Autograph Album
By Nixon Waterman

BY Nixon Waterman
CADS and fashions. customs and crazes
repeat themselves. and now, they say,
the autograph persecution Is likely 20
bc revived m all ot ~, old-timc vir,ilcuCc
Those 90 u7 who were compelled % pass through
those dark ages ut Wuoh scu-clc-s sentimental
Itv remember thtt ~ Wt- not many years ago
when the social condition 10 our people was
such that "a citizen could not enter "a human
habitation, other than his own, without being
punished by having O. write e foolish little
verse the effect Oi which. IN many Instances.
be- could not live down until that autograph
album was. by fair or foul means. put beyond
public pcrusal
II must bee confessed with considerable
degree ~ reluctance that in the inciricncv of
the craze u tiC klcd our vanity lust little when
some one begged Us % write IN his or her book.
II was nearly always a her. for the feminine
half ot the public seemed o. fall easy victims
To- the autograph-bppk mania.
To a close observer IL really looks AS if the
school-book tly-leaf was responsible for II all
With our maiden aunt permission. We open
the books She used 80 school when She was
amid Youths delightful surroundings. with IN
Vulnerable rainbowS gladdenlue her skies, and
read the sincere sentiments therein expressed.
snug up IN "a corner ot "A page. written IN
girls neat hand. is'
This space IS mine
I'm which % write.
Remember me
When out Of sight
Then follows a couplct that. 'uiging from the
frequency with which It appclr- IN the school
books 't that day, must have been "a prime
iavoritc:
Remember me when this YOU see.
And think of one who thinks ~ thee"
The question that presents itself % the
sweet girl graduate 20 today Is: " After grad
uitilu. what Ba-,uI an opinion on the
hv-ieii poetry oi the past It " 'uli seem as II
tlc girls 10 that pcri.I. when ticy 4uit school.
must have been kept hu-.iv engaged m ful-
filling pr misses u ttlri about former school
mates. The Nv-ictt poets seemed O. have
been haunted with am awful fear that they
might e1wctiwc Dee f.rI gotten. and they did
all they could % t1rcsttl such a llmcutlhie
calamity. They Were continually rcitcr4tiug
su,h declarations a-'
"Truc cannot change this heart &c mine,
Though clouds shut nut the sun and shine
III think 80 vou whrrc'cr vlu Ice.
So yru remember o. think 90 me.
This wa- torrctul and O. the point, II not
smoothly pocti-d. How could one negatively
..r-. seer f'r .illw,u--
Perhaps m tAiu these wYrl- VIII he.
IT, ask YOU o. remember wc.
Uut must % ever le our 20
T1 ucct AMI then - lc t'rg1t'"
AMI am.ug the popular form, ~ expressing
tile everett upmu-t sentiment We're these
lis sweet o. ir remembered.
It's -.d o. ic forgot:
And vuu. mv dearest schpoluatc.
T. rgct. forget mo r't.'
tt ASH u ''...' rttl..lI
I'm which o. wr'tr. Forget me not"
The following iicui- t.u,l ut uti'itlrilr-
ism and a dash 90 sentiment IN "a most subtle
manner
when al alone and washing dishes.
Remember wc .,ul uv good wishes
Here is ouc ta-t .- frequently seen among
the iiy-.e.t offerings
Though H.rar- r'u between us.
Aud distant lc v.ur CIT.
This one request ! wash u make:
Forget, forget wc mot.
one frequently uul- 600 bows hn.k, .t that
nll-timc period tlc following SERIAL gem. ot |
W.i.1 the opening r'uilrt o. -l.rc o. .v found |
ut. the front tiy-lr.t.
IN my name yau wish O. -er.
l..k on page t;.
There i- -,urthuL about the ~Iu.v. ,-ti.iclv- |
.er.W'ri ,r.lir;i-, that mt.c- v.l Take up !
tic -e4r.u tor tAc Ia...u u-mr- iut uu page |
tWcuty-tarrc the -clr. .er t- told.
ID my name y.u still pursue,
l.uk Du page 1922.
on tl..,. Ouc hundred and tv., these ff-r.