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...Steers. During his 24 hours in Springfield and environs, he caused little stir, was not asked for a single autograph. At the reconstructed Lincoln village at New Salem, the head guide asked politely: "And where are you a Senator from, Mr.-er-Barkley, wasn...
...would be like Jim Folsom," he explained. He laid a hand on the back of a 1,500-lb. grand champion Hereford bull, awarded a silver platter to the owner of a prize boar, and shook 1,650 hands in 55 minutes. At every stop, he was mobbed by autograph seekers. Illinois Republicans could not have been more pleased...
Bedside Manner. One day, when a stranger asked the Babe to autograph three baseballs, the Babe said: "Who for?" For a bedridden boy, explained the stranger. "Where is he?" asked the Babe. He insisted on riding the twelve miles to deliver them in person. The boy's mother led the big fellow into the sickroom, and broke into tears as her son sat up in bed. "He's been delirious," she said, "and he thinks he's dreaming...
...night Elsa threw a slumming party in Antibes (Darryl Zanuck and Rita were along), ordered dinner at the popular bistro Félix au Port. The table was on the sidewalk, and almost at once a crowd gathered. When it turned out that they were not autograph hunters but merely folk grumbling at the sight of a lavish dinner, the party moved inside...
...ranged from a "temporary slump" to "natural deterioration" after a dozen years. Said Feller himself: "I'm not going to answer questions like that. I'm not going to throw gasoline on a fire that's going like hell anyway." He canceled all outside activities, including autograph parties at stores selling his book, How to Pitch. This week against the Philadelphia A's, Feller finally broke his losing streak...