Word: autographing
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...Clara Jo had a sheaf of Easter Seals and a lapel pin; for Clara Jo's cause Ike had $5, and for her stuffed dachshund he had an autograph. Pulling open a drawer of his desk, the President looked at the contents and remarked, "I'm afraid most of these things are for boys." (Actually, many of them are for the President, e.g., half a dozen bottles of assorted potions and pills.) But he found an 1890 (the year of his birth) silver dollar and a white ballpoint pen for the girl, and a penknife for her eleven...
...Symphony in the first ten U.S. orchestras, with a fine musical reputation, a healthy budget of $375,000, and about 4.000 subscribers. Last week Golschmann was proudly showing visitors his most recent acquisition-not a canvas, but a 6-in.-by-8-in. silver plaque on which was the autograph of each of the 24 musicians who have been with him during his 25 St. Louis years. Says he proudly: "The number of us who have been together so long shows a great stability in our orchestra...
...athlete feels about religion," says Ike. "They think you sometimes are asking God to help you win, and they misunderstand. It's not like that really. I feel that everything I do is for Him, and that includes wrestling." When a Bethlehem fan asks Ike for his autograph, he follows his signature with the words, Galatians 6:14 ("But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ...
...kids were crowded around, hoping he would autograph the program that said "United States Olympic Team," or asking him for his stick, or perhaps just wanting to look at him and watch him talk...
...Stevenson was politicking in Florida and shaking hands with all the pumplike precision, but not the gusto, of an Estes Kefauver. In Gainesville he wandered about the University of Florida campus, answered questions from students, replied manfully when a fixed-up coed asked: "Mr. Eisenhower, may I have your autograph?" Grinned Stevenson: "How do you spell...