| Show ti EXJJi I THE ALBUM 1 it SOt thci3fs sold the solicitous clerk in J one stallo nary store but we havent In I the house v a z Iz i rnad lit Watched the old fellow who r had hon an Inquh cobble out ° c thc long 1 1 Msi then he turned to the man who I Vxvk running Ocr the leaves o f a new than What t do you suppose that old Chap I af p wanted ho 7 Sed 5 ° asked Havent an lamer an idea replied the cus r He asked for an album nn 1 auto 0115 kraph r3ph ito i Caused album auld thc clerk and the n hi to watch the 1 c effect oC his con I enCQ Luy Well t Bald the customer was there the rfS thenames K1 1 auto graph 18 albums It against thc law to sell it e I Yea oe I Is agalnsl said the clerk promptly It wa andTt thc law of fad and fashion l qdu or Nobod ia aa strong a law as r know tae 1 more on 5 buys autograph albums any cd oe nivift They hate sono completely out tbt FfODp ii i A few years ago It I was the 111 WuVh thing to carry around a book od < fer hw ready madft or arranged to or y a bookseller the names and sentiments of ones friends were sot down V suppose we did as big a trade in autograph albums as any firm In the city We sold little ores and big ones albums for the amateur and the pro fessional cheap ones and expensive ones but we dont sell them any more There was for a time quite an Indus try in the collection of prominent names A good many of our books were taken flown to Washington to hold the names of the official set Complete lists of the various administrations were Igor th so much in the market But the fad died out We seldom have a call for the books now and so have slopped handling them The au tograph album belonged to the period of thc banged hair and both arc now I past r 14 i ul v Q r r r1 J I f i rr 1 l f r y r I Nile Green Liberty Silk Waist With l Venetian Guipure |
