CAPE MAY IIBRALU THUHgPAV, NOVEMBER 18, l»oj

AUTOGRAPjj^ MM

6ICKA7URE OF W. T. VERNON IN GREAT DEMAND. A* Much •• IIO.OCO Hat Been Paid for Ona of Them—Craving la Unt varsal—Becrat of Thulr Great Value. Waahlnaion--Tan thoueand dullara MH-ma a lutuikun price to pay for aa aiKocrai'h, yat men who can «et for noihlns the autograph of the eren' .•»t imtcniaira on earth will wllllnglr .n hansc that amount In sold for the .-snature of William T Vernon of the Called Statea Collectora of the algnaturea of famoua men. wh^will pay til*h price* fur tingle apecTnma of thoae of I.on:* WaahlngtOB. Napoleon Ilonai veto or Oliver Cromwell, teal their s n hi lion realised U thay oan Connect «Ith one of each, but for the aatoi -nph of Vernon they have a hunger : -int ends only with death. And the hunger la universal Men ad women who ordinarily cam nothi g lor 1119 autographs craved by ..-tur-i wfll oxahhoge their all for - n s— of Vernon. Urea are spent In .1 misery, men will die. cheat, steal. ! ght. kill and brave all death In a ■ loueand ways with no hoi* and no l urjioae save that of acquiring aa

This distinction belong* to tha Baon family, which for two generation* baa baen prominent aoclpUy and tv n(hietics at Harvard. Hobart llaoun the father, who la assistant secretary of gtpta. wa* graduated from Harvard In the fault'us class id 1S80, In which President Roosevelt was a member While In college Mr. Dacon wna n member of the varsity crew, and of the football and track teams. He la best known, however, aa a splendid

WILLIAM T. VERNON. (Negro Whose Signature Is -in Great Demand.)

of these signs Vernon lg in (he sotocraph business. He nvke^ hit Urlpg by T oUlng his name OB -g»pcr. 1ft enters to a r lien tale (hat U Insatiable. His slg natures are all alike, but vary In price from tl 'to HO,000, according to tha paper on which they are written. BUO, no one ever triia to boat him down, for the $10,000 kind la t<thousand ; fold more desirable than the $1 klad. Who la this' man Vernon and what la the secret the great ▼alas of his autograph? Those who have a gold or a silver certificate or a national bank aoto laaued by Uncle Sam tubsequeat to Jane, 1006, may answer this question by looking at the neat, buslneetlike signature on the lower left-hand corner, just over the words ■ Register of the Treasury ” This Is Vemoa. William T. Vernon, the man without whose name Unde 8am - * paper currency and bonds would not pass muster in the world's financial

hopper.

It mudtn’t he supposed that Vernon puts his "flaf to every bank or treasury «*# that Is Issued, if be were a million times multiplied he would har» a hard time doing that. HI* name Is engraved upon a plate from one of several samples which be furnlshed. and this signature is stamped

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ROBERT BACON. (Three Sons of This Diplomat Are Star Athletes.) oarsman, and his sons all follow In his footsteps. Robert Lord Bacon, the oldest son. ho Is a senior and the captain of the varally crew, prepared, like all his brother* at Groton. In hla freshman r be was a member of his freshQ football squad, and captain of hi* is crew. For the last two years has rowed at six on the varsity. Like his father, he Is a man of magnificent physique, and a very powerful He is also making a very good He Is very popular, and class election he was

Gasper C. Bacon, the second brother, r, also went In for football and boatig In hla freshman year. He played qd on the 190$ freshman class football team, and was a member of the class four-oared crew. He la not aa strong as his elder brother, but, like Is a good oar. and last year and during the present season he baa iwed steadily In the second varsity eight In his sophomore year he was elected president of his class, and he la one of the three undergraduate members of the Harvard athletic com mlttae. Eliot C. Bacon, the youngest of the three brothers, did not play football, : has stuck steadily to rowing. He stroking his freshman crew, and was recently elected captain. In the races this spring, and at the American Healey at Philadelphia. Baproved himself to be one of the best two-mile strokes Harvard has produced. He has splendid ihythm and snap, and at the same time the judgment which 1* absolutely essonto the good sl-oke oar. He Is looked upon by many prominent boatnen as the most promising oarsof the Bacon family.

prii^jag.

money day and night in a vain attempt to keep pace with the abound-

lag prosperity of the country. Bat there la work for the register

to do. nevertheless. He must sign by hand every registered bonjl of the United Statea. and minions and million* of dollars' worth of these have been Issued since he took the oath of oOce In Jane. 1906. These range In value between $100 and $10,000. the usual denomination being $1,000. Vernon baa signed hundreds of the $10,000 bonds with the same easy nonchalance that he would write bis

name to be engarved for a $1 bill. He waa born 1$ years ago In a log

rabla on a plantation near Lebanon. Mo. of parents who had been slave*' He went to work In the Quids dragging bay at the age of eight. When 15 years of age he began his education at a school for negroes In Missouri. finishing hla course of study at six years, and then took charge of

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groe* al

Mr_v er. sad bis pnplls numbered six. Wb< he left the Institution 1*4 June be had 14 teachers and J60 pupil*. The college property constats of 130 acres of land, with buddings valued at

$176JM0-

i affiliated with leading negro etlons. has bad the degree of »»t*r of art* and doctor of law* con fcried upon him. and as aa aduca-

of the people up to the fight »f a Usher plane of 10*. he is okusea with foe famous teacher of Tuakegee. DIPLOMAT* SONS LIKE DIRK. Robert. Beeper and EHot Bacon All •tars In AtMetlo*.

•till rarer to find la them the, a man who while at the amae

was aa athlete of each marked ability

that hla reputation la stM fi .*•

DOUBLE-DECKERS IN LONDON.

Brooklyn.-—Is this country, where elevated roads limit the height of our have had no opportunity given to us by the traffic managers to teat the double-deck trolley, so much favored by the English. Our English of the outdoor life.

A London Doubla-Decker. anyway, and when on aa old London Tmt they wan led to he on the roof where the air and the view xrers The upper-dedc bus, hoar succeeded by the motor omnibus In Loni. If the forerunner of tjte double:k trolley car In England! But. for that matter, the old London horse cars had two decks, also, and may have contributed to this upper-deck habIL Among the finest cars of this type the new cars of the London United Electric tramways, having the upper deck Inclosed sad roofed fir’. Api each end of the upper deck Is Afirg* platform for the accommodation of

What Success Means

be man /who accumulate* riches at expense of other* baa not mads a success la hla life. He ha* failed. He ha* starved hla heart, warped his Intellect, mutilated his better Impulses until tha better self that might have been a power for good ilea at hla feet, mlshmpen and II roles*. Tha woman who overrides friends, .family and conscience to better her social er financial position, is not a (q ol ; to anyone eUa.

There comes a period In every worn •n’s Ufa when the tact la forcibly brought to her nollce that s', e Is no longer young. The knowledge comet as a shock a ad la Us train comes s •bousand bluer thoughts until she learns to grit her teeth and pcccpt the truth as gracefully as aba may. Of course every woman la comedou« that the years are pat sing The ear-

gradual acquiring of the habit of lectlag quieter colors nod giving uj. . renal* youthful paatimua-a* the* , thlnga are don* gtdeUy and almost no consciously, so that she rarely appro data* the course whither she is tend lag until a rude blow brings It sodden ly to her mind aad she reaUsae, Utsf sot only does sht herself know her ad ranting age. but that It la becoming

hell to ear that 4* la tha halcyon age of woman—that ah* la reaching tbf , height of her beauty aad Intellect. She la, -no doubt Bat' the years after 46 oaui she reaches tha *•* when »r'~ girls gsf op to give her a sea

lb* car are fboa* la which the realUas tha 1* aging. Vous* reader, ha* It arr-F (*-e-irr*. to yoi (hat la your polite effort show respect to your elders you son*•laics oversup the mar*? TIi* other day a rlarmlas; wnmai entered a crowded street ear arcospanled by two girls, evldertly friend; and about 16 or IS years old. Thol companion waa a woman at the tielg)u of life. Bhe had Hot even reach*-' the point where her friends (?) woulbegin to call her “wei; pr.-n-rved Light of carriage, vary good Irokln* with a youthful figure, she ml-M herpassed for 35, although she was pro) ably five or six years older. But In the eyea of her dhaequlon* youet friends her years apparently approached second childhood.'judging by their respectful attentions to her. Tb*\ hot only helped her fjirefully Into lbfear and Into the only var*pt «»nt. bn they anxiously la mil rod H she wa; tired. laMatdd aponC carrying -bn ridiculously small pan*! and whethe time came to get off w.ltt-d in tbe street and helped her off the car by the arm. Now II may sound merely polltr aad the attention due to any woman older (ban tbemselvci.. but to the observer it was rude, absolutely rude' Certainly uncalled for. There la a gentleman of 86 who be■mea much Insulted when a too polltr oman offers him her seat He object* being thought decrepit when be certainly la not feeble or lame. Juat some aurh feeling, .but a ronger one. dominates the woman whose dressmaker Oral dares to sag ;est that a certain fasMin la too routbf il for her patron, li i« an nneasonable feeling, of coj:**. but a natural oce too. Now. one doea not wish to discourif* politeness and cons.'de.-stlon (ron, -oung people to their el-l -rs—bolt lualitles are only too rgre nowadays Bat don't let them nib Irln too hard on theaensltiv* s- I of the older wo nan that she Is bAyotid the point ol ippreclaticg or_,i-nI -ring I'fe. President’s Favcr-te Cartoon. The president's favorite cartoon ra* drawn by Carteo: ;.-t Lowry, who until recently waa cont-ectcd w|th the staff of the Chl.qqo "hronlclo. The ■on ia called "Hla Favorite Author.” and It rep: e-cota a farmer half lying and half sluiag at ease In front of a roaring fire and. there reading The President's Message.'' The reason that the preyldeal likes this noon above oiImtx t* to be found the artist's conception of the farmlie I* net in any sense the caricatured farmer, '.he hayseed of the c journal. Mr. Roosevelt thinks that the farmer more nearly represent* the idea of the pt«?n people than any other picture whloh he haa seen Poet la Training. ••Did you beat the carpel, dear?" •1 dtd.''.Te|flle<} the pocL "And the stovepipe—have you taken It down?" "I have." That's a dear! Now go and dig In the garden for exercise, and '.hen you may go lo your garret and write love tongs for groceries'"—Atlanta Constitution.

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•aid;

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mind for our paper."

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will have It ready ”

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