Show I THE TEEN SET Kids Collect Scrawls By BETTY BETZ We Ve Ve autograph hunters arent aren't as bad as people think said year old red-headed red Bobby Levine who is never caught without his eared dog-eared autograph I book In his coat pocket It contains contains contains con con- the genuine scrawls of over a hundred famous stars I spent a hilarious hour with the group of kids who are known to chase taxis wait for hours outside outside outside out out- side hotels and use every sort of sob story In the books boott to wrangle the signature of a top bracket star Most of them are just high school students who get a kick out of lookin looking at celebrities and the genuine autograph autograph autograph auto auto- graph Is one way of impressing the rest of the gang at school The same faces always pop up at my hotel Twenty-one Twenty club the heater Beater and every place I Igo Igo Igo go tt Walter Valter Pidgeon once told me How do they know where Im I'm going I asked them the same question and got a lot lotof lotof lotof of mysterious looks The tiThe knows everything everything everything every every- thing said a girl named Ruth who not only knows where the stars are staying but she can rattle off their room numbers numbers numbers num num- bers too Evidently E they all meet on a certain street corner to swap Information and then spread out to their respective territories I also learned that these ace autograph sharks each carry two books one for the top stars and the other othe for ft the members of radio programs programs and orchestras The ones that arent aren't so fa famous famous famous fa- fa go in our Crumb book It explained Allen Chaleff Chalef who added that he doesn't like his good collection of stars mixed with lesser known celebrities Linda Darnell takes first price with these kids for being their dream girl as sh she not only hands S out autographed pictures but gives them cab fare too Ingrid Bergman Rita Hayworth and Bette Davis scored zero in popularity popularity larity and Im I'm sure the feeling is mutual as far as they're con con- I also learned that the kids keep up this fad for a few years and then turn to more constructive constructive constructive tive hobbies hobbies that is everyone except a year old woman named Grandma Mildred who wears a bandana kerchief and bobby sox and stands for hours in the snow and rain just for an autograph |