The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-06-19

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clipped At cents clip. But there is
"a mildly romantic side To this. as IL
most other businesses.
There ia that worthy recluse Vel
On toward middle life who has man
ia for sentimental poetry such as still
finds admirers in the columns ui
country newspapers and certain
other publications, SaoChar,ne sent-
mentality she Graves Her clipping
uureau searches every where for poet
~, and "a special reader ,ulls selec-
ti"ns from the harvest.
10 him falls the duty OF separating
wheat from char Wheat are those
Sentimental outpourngs that have "a
sweet sadness, chan those with nip
pant twist she demands this rulling
and pays special price FOR the selec-
lions.
The bureau nearly lost her very
profits bic patronage in the early days
of its service because il sent her
poems that treated her grand passion
IN a humorous and glib sort of way.
! These she has no use FOR For such
poems as she wants however. she is
a Neritable Oliver Twist in her call
mug for more"
| Years ago this lady. who belongs 10
one Of New YorlIs oldest and wealth
Jest families. was engaged To be mar
! ried. Three days before the date set
! tor the wedding her fiance was strick-
| On with pneumonia and died after but
a two days illness. The bride to- be
never fully recovered from the shock
Now, partial wreck mentally. and a
complete one physically. she divides
! her life as shut-m between reading
! love poems and worshipping before "A
shrine of portraits OF her dead lover.
Perhaps this is AS good an evidence of
her devotion as scattering flowers up
on his grave.
\ quietly effective charity is re-
vealed by the demand of wealthy
widow for "all clippings referring 10
babies i'm need of aid in New York and
| Weschester counties. This Woman,
working in absolute anonymity, has in
her EMPLOY investigators who search
out and render immediate assistance
she sees the stories in print.
She works on much the same plan
as did the late James r. Keene. who.
in that not very remote winter when
soup kitchens had to be opened by the
city To feed the starving poor, ordered
mis- charity messengers, who were Ia
distribute $4,000 he gave To render
y,,,f h.f har h.l
parties were worthy or worthless.
Don't Investigate too much, feed EN-
II they're hungry clothe EN- If they're
naked, heat EN- If they're cold The
cases the woman referred 10 hndS|
through the services of the clipping
bureau are not handed over To any
charity society but are attended to
by her own physician, two trained
nurses and investigators 50 long aa
she thinks they need immediate aid.
She does this charitable work as a
tribute To the memory OF her only
child VITO died when less than year
old, and It's father, whose death fol-
lowed shortly after.
Just why one man should want de
puzzle 80 the managers OF one bu-
reau. II is hardly probable that he
wishes To find novel way of self
destruot ton, for he has been taking
such clippings for five years ana
shows no signs of insanity. ON the
contrary, he is a prosperous merchant.
lie is a iovial, thoroughly likable man,
IL - ..4sBl
with a good laugh in them ana a
regular attendant AZ the best of the
vaudeville theaters where his mani
fest ENJOYMENT over boisterous fun Is
satisfy Ing To actors and auditors alike.
Just why he buys clippings of such
morbid character, keeping them care
fully ndexed. as he does is therefore
much of mystery.
A western Pennsylvania spinster
pets from q Philadelphia agency all
the anecdotes and poems about cats
she can secure. She has been doing
this for the last ten years, insisting
that the clippings shall come To her
in such shape that they may he neat
~ pasted I'M my sCrapbOoks, with the
names of the papers in which they APP
pear and the date of their publica-
ton" Her country place is always
the home Of "A score or more of cats. !,
waits and straNs she picks up on the
highways in her tours about the
country.
one woman, very ambitious socially, |
has preserved for her all clippings re
ferring 10 the social doings and life
of the royal families of Great Britain.
Germany. Italy and Spain They go
TO her i'm weekly batch. together
with publications referring Ia certain
families of the old regime in France.
Her order is n profitable one, as 1t
includes "all publications in either
the English or French Language \ /
frequent visitor To European capitals, /
sLe is assumed To believe that these
excerpts from the papers keep her In
touch with the gossip or the courts.
and particularly their fine points I'm
etiouette and dress. which she is
known to follow as closely az possible
in her social life
Fads of patrons who are collect
ors" are shown In orders for all clip |
rt,ya about such unusual subjects as |