New-York tribune., 1908-12-27
QUEER VISITING CARDS.
Remarkable Collection of Oddities Gathered
hv a Resident Of Paris.

ssi5er+ Of Paris has devoted good share or
his leisure for years 10 making colectloh OF &c
.o,+r,o visiting cards and some queer phases OF
az - ,Ioractar are illustrated by the specimens
In the collection there cards OF all sizes from
nearly a foot square to the size OF postaE7 s'a
They are round, square, triangular anu anu"
shaped. Some are made OF aluminium ~ o..e.2 y. -
nipk. blue OF crimson celIuiod' others OF "ooa
,,a's6 hin cork. or ivory. Some are black. with
white lettering. .,-
..r1,a owner himself" says "Tlt-Bits, considers
none more remarkable than those "IllcH cDnl''ii On
single common everyday name such as Snnith OF
7o,es or their French equivalents He thhks tue
last possible degree of vanity is exhibited IN the
~ 40 cutie numerous. there being specimens
from Germany. France and England me peope
who used them we're ali opsCuie anu ~
and unfortunate
IN close rivalry with this class is the card OF one
EIi,ro1vta Cbevallier who had engraved just bel""
1is name tAe words with two rs There are Io'
few who use only Christian names on their oarus'
after The manner Of kings and princes.
..s,,,,a-ines A title is added, one caro- TOT IL
stance. reading Francois Auguste Pope oes
-rbeopompees' In other cases egousm lanes ''7
for, of advertising some personal exploit that the
nerforr,er regards as singing him out from tHs
,r,,,o,, rim Of men. Thus Individual mas III
scrihed bsIoyy his name Historical Trumpeter or
the s1orrning of the Maako1. portrayed IN tne Nlu
scum at Versailles in the painting py won
Another man pr0clains himself thus; CashieI l.
rorrded November 80 1870; left arm amputated al
the middle joint December sol / stump cut OH ci09
the body septembeT 3 lSs4 ar. revealed by the
cards. one reads: Mons. ct Nine Bernard re eI
ME- Ienr lille ia eteurs de postes rurales ruI a.
delivery mail carriers man describes 9I,set @ ~
@s .erv muscular model another as presldehl ol
~. Trenrh Society for Poorhouses in Russia.
fOthers are: Explorer OF the unknoWR IT'D, l[lol
taries of thu River Amazon. woman o!
orderly to Napoleon at the 1nvahdes-perhaps
n gile rdian of The EmpeI or's tomb. 49,
tHrious designati5n is that OF Victim Of the
highest courts, which IS appended 70 CferInall 5
naT1e But most remarkable Of all this class Is a
card with the following description following ne me
name: Industrial; laundryman to his lmPeTIlstt PI a.
Hghness charter member Of the society OF First
Help of Boulogne-Vanccurt, admlnstrator mini 1 OF 50
tates Of the minor volunteers Of lI0-161; member
Of the Frencn Society of the Green Cross: mem
her of the Association of noncomni issioned otcerS
of Paris Firemen: president OF the Hunt Horts
Plavers' Club Echo de Bouogne; promoter or
henevolent entertainments, member OF the School
FIIrd and Philotechnic Societies founder OF tle
syndicate Of Laundrymen OF Boulogne-N -Nniancou-t
etc . -,, -,
Among mystical titles Is that OF Seventh Angel
Of the Apocalypse and ArChangel Of the Second
Coming The Orient transplanted to Paris also
Furnishes some odd results. The card OF Sisowath,
King Of Cambodia, IS yellow with jet-black letter
ing on white shield. The legend is: Press Bat
sondach Preas Ssowath chem ChakreponGo "