Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-01-18
A REMARKABLE PAGE
IN A HOTEL REGISTER
An Accidental Collection of Autographs
of ST. Paul Hotel, ST. Paul.

Not one man in five who has gained
national reputation as statesman
could make an average grade of 90 in
penmanship, if placed i'm a schOolrOom
and told to write his everyday style
Theodore Roosevelt probably would
have to stay in after hours and put
in extra time at practice. President
Taft, too. probably would receive Sc
we're reprimand. James j. Hill might
curtly be told that the letter "l' is
made with a loop, and Senator Bev-
eridge be informed that he is in a
writing school and not printing es-
Enlistment Governor Stubs of
Kansas, Governor Deneen of Illinois
and Governor Brooks of Montana might
possibly pull through with an average
of so, but others in the class might
rightfully set up a plea of discrimina-
ton.
These deductions in penmanship may
be made from a page in the St Paul
hotel, st. Paul, register special page
filled with signatures of delegates to
the National Conservation congress
held i'm that city in September last +.
s. Bowman, chief clerk OF the hotel. Sc
cured the signatures and has had them
reproduced in a souvenir. The page
from the register is probably the most
remarkable ever recorded in the regis
ter of an American hotel. 1t not only
shows the fac simile signature of the
president of the United States and the
signature of the only living Cx-presi
dent but contains twenty other names
which are known in every part of
Uncle Sans domain.
Theodore Roosevelt writes with
half-s;ub pen, presses hard, moves
rapidly. makes the letter IT. resemble
anything from the hammer of q muz-
zle-loading shotgun to a capital IS" or
u, and finished up with printing
~. Y" for New York. The letters
are jagged, uneven and irregular. but,
when he has finished the name is plain
ly decipherable.
President Taft writes his name in a
rapid yet dignified hand. emitting the
periods after his initials, as wen as the
dot over the Il" i'm Washington. Gift
ford Pinchot, former chief forester Of
the United States, carries with him a
fountain pen which spreads ink with all
the energy of a street flusher Francis
j. Heney. the San Francisco prosecutor,
directly to the contrary. signs his name
with the carefulness of . woman with
lots of time, dots the is. and is care
full that the periods appear in proper
places Former Governor Pardee Of
too, is careful with his Chi
Biography. but not so generous with
periods. James Wilson, secretary of
agriculture. does not differentiate
greatly between the letter 20" and the
letter m. doesn't care at all about the
letter ~. and refuses to throw dot
anywhere near it in signing his name
He places a lone period after the CO. in
District of Columbia. That
is supposed to suffice for all.
Possibly the saddest of all Fuberna-
torial signatures is that OF Adolph o.
1berhart of Minnesota. AS man at
he capitol said: He grabs the alpha
pct, rolls ii around in his hands. throws
L in the air and steps on it when IL !
lights. What's left is his name" No |
1ne ever tries to counterfeit it,
w. r. Stubs, governor of Kansas. |
has written his name so often on or |
lers for supplies when building rail- |
'oads. and to other documents since |
ne quit, that he can write il better than |
,nything else. The Lawrence. Kan |
always spells out Kansas
sn't produced nearly so clearly as the |
w. r. s.
Senator Borah of Idaho, John w. No |
Die of St. Louis, secretary of the Interi- |
,r under President Harrison; +. F. |
Noel. and Newton c. Blanchard. the |
southern governors. write similarly |
Henry Wallace. a member of Colonel |
country life commission. |
ioes not get along well in making the |
,apital wv" in his name. and writes |
Iowa" like bunch of ciphers
One shining example of good chirog- |
Apply is produced by the big and busy |
governor of Washington, NJ. L. Hay. |
lie writes as though he had taken les |
IONS in a writing school and had not
orgotten how.