Rare Autographs Worth Big Money Draws Global Fans
Britain has about half a million autograph seekers and the United States over two million with ten thousand full time touts. Shakespeare autographs fetch up to 500000 each, while film stars’ autographs sell for a quarter or less. Studios pay stars to sign, and collectors employ sentries to chase celebrities outside hotels. One collector tried to obtain Lawrence of Arabia’s autograph by sending a cutout portrait, prompting a humorous reply.
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Britain
United States
William Shakespeare
London
Don Bradman
Shaw
Lawrence of Arabia
T. E. Shaw
Lawrence
H. M. Bateman
Hints On Proper Care Of Hands
Advice on hand and nail care from grooming routines to manicure tools. Emphasizes cuticle maintenance, filing, shaping to suit hand size, and napkin steps for cleaning, soaking, and polishing to achieve well groomed hands. Recommends a personal kit and careful, gradual nail growth strategies.
Variety Meats Cookery and Tongue Dishes Featured
The article offers preparation tips for variety meats including liver kidneys hearts and sweetbreads with methods such as broiling braising pan frying and baking. It includes recipes for beef heart rice stuffing tongue steaks with tomato sauce and lamb liver casserole and sweetbreads with potato chips.
Shaw Letters and Caricatures Spark Collector Interest
A letter from T E Shaw notes a sergeant-major kept a cartoon, while collectors prize Shaw's signature as worth portraits. Another writer posed as a shipowner to name a vessel after famous names. A charity fundraiser sought Shaw's support and received his card reply, later sold for fifty dollars.
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Bateman
T. E. Shaw
Shaw
Bernard Shaw
Tragic Piece of History Behind Beloved Nursery Rhymes
A readable survey traces real people behind familiar rhymes such as Mary had a little lamb and Mother Goose. It notes Mary Sawyer who warmed a dying lamb in 1815 and John Roulstone who wrote the rhyme, plus Mother Goose in Boston and Miss Martin’s Old Mother Hubbard inspired by a 1804 event.
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Mary
Mary Sawyer
John Roulstone
Mary Taylor
Mother Goose
Boston
U.S.A
Edward Goose
Mother Hubbard
Sarah Martin
Miss Martin
Jack Horner
Glastonbury
Rhyme Origins Link to Monastic Dissolutions and Wool Tax
The passage connects nursery rhymes to historical events such as Henry VIII’s dissolution of monasteries and the 1275 wool tax. It notes Jack Horner and the Abbey of Glastonbury, the Manor of Mells, and suggests wartime trade rhymes reflect England’s medieval sheep farming and wool exports. It also touches on other rhymes tied to historical plagues and myths including Ring a Ring o Roses and Jack and Jill.
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Glastonbury
Jack Horner
Henry
Horner
Mells
Edwards
England
Flanders
Taffy
Jill
Jack and the
Jack and the Beanstalk
Polynesia
Jack
Vatican Issues Stamp Set for Beatification of Pope Pius X
The Vatican releases four postage stamps to honor the beatification of the late Pope Pius X. Two stamps feature his portrait and two show his profile. Distribution will be very limited.
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Vatican
Pius X
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