Pueblo chieftain., 1921-07-02
THE CHANGING TASTE IN Souvenirs

and for some years the little figures
sold regularly. But to make the money
In the article more obvious an at
tempt was made to tear off bits of
good bills and paste them on to show
parts of figures. The pieces were
much too little to be redeemed but the
government decided the money souv-
enirs were getting to be a nuisance.
Treasury officials had acid put in the
water which macerated the bills in
order to destroy the printing on them.
After that. the macerated money looked
no different from any other kind of
paper pulp. and the souvenirs were
spoiled.
The Post Card Craze
But there Is always something new
to take the place of a defunct novelty.
The post card had long and excit-
ing career as a souvenir When peo-
pie collected them. only few years
ago, there were a dozen or moro max
ers of cards In Washington alone.
Even now, views of Washington sell
by the thousand every year. There
are as many as 200 different cards of
Washington, ranging from such old
stand-bys as the Monument and the
White House, to the newer cards of
President Harding. the Lincoln Me
morial and the Capitol on rainy
night.
AS long as tourists rush about try
Ing to see everything in limited time.
the post card will be a necessary ad-
junct of travel The simplest firm
of long distance communlca tion SO far
discovered is the postal Of say ths
Medical Museum. carrying the reas-
suring message. I'VE saw this today"
The travel post card is still used as
stereoptican slide in simple home
entertainments. but as a fashionable
souvenir for a. parlor album 1t is as
passe' as the paper-weight shell with
the Monument painted on it.
Some of the once-familiar trinkets
which have passed out of the tourists
life, had an untimely end thru tho
war. Germany furnished many OF the
cheaper souvenirs, and American man
ufacturers have not been able to make
some of them at salabe prices.
We are told by a man who is closely
In touch with the latest developments
of the souvenir business that the pre-
sent fad is the photograph. After
! getting this significant tip on the sit
uation. It would be obvious to any un-
trained eye. that the photograph Is
certainly being featured in Washing
ton. Every downtown window dis
plays tho Capitol on a rainy night
Monument at night-rain In this last
instance ia dispensed with as there
Is no way rejecting the monument in
the grass which surrounds II.
Then there is the much-copied pic
ture OF Washington's japanese cherry
triess. without which we imsgi no
home ls complete by this time In
this the reflection Is In tho water over
which the trees shed their pink petals.
Tho latest attempt at romance In
Washington scenery is a view OF tn,
cherry trees. pink as over. with the
Lincoln Memorial In tho of'lnr. look
ing like Greek temple.
This kind OF thing. we ar. told. In
supplantinE tho stamped leather card
case. and tho breakfast cup with
George Washington looking disnifiod
| on ono side and Martha looking dig
nihcd on tho other. n may b. SO. Blu,
any one who loves Washington must
| ahuddcr to think of time when tho
| Capitol Will no longer be n familiar
| and beloved ficurc on tho nations
Jewel cases. pillow tops. and shaving
mugs.