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Mo.] [Illustration: Tams Bixby, General Manager The Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minnesota. This is certainly a unique signature.] [Illustration: J.W. Dunegan, Cashier First National Bank, Marquette, Mich.] [Illustration: This is known as the "Turn Around" signature. This was furnished us by the president of one of the largest banks in New York City. It is one of the most curious of signatures. Turn it around. It reads the same both ways.] [Illustration: P.B. Elder, formerly a Pennsylvania bank president, known as the "upside down" writer. Turn it around.] [Illustration: John R. Dixon, a well-known Chicago business man.] [Illustration: Peter White, President First National Bank, Marquette, Mich.] HOW SOME CELEBRATED WOMEN WRITE [Illustration: In this signature of the "divine Sarah," the flourish peculiar to most actresses, which indicates love of admiration, is very remarkable. We have also, in the return of the curve of the letter "S" the sign typical of egotism; in the peculiar form of the letter "B," we have originality; in the heavy down strokes we have sensuousness; and in the angular forms of all the letters, strong will.] [Illustration: Who has not heard of that eccentric woman in man's garb, Dr. Mary E. Walker. She is egotistical, seeks after notoriety, and her signature is a correct portrayal of a petulant and whimsical nature.] [Illustration: This signature of Marie Antoinette was taken from a letter written while she was in prison under sentence of death. This is a despondent signature. Misfortune, separation from her husband and children, and humiliation had crushed her pride, and the whole of this signature is descendant, the four last letters remarkably so, which indicates a thoroughly despondent condition.] THREE OF AMERICA'S BEST-KNOWN MEN [Illustration: Melville W. Fuller, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, of the United States.] [Illustration: P.S. Grosscup, Chicago, Judge of the Circuit Court of the United States.] [Illustration: John Hay, formerly Secretary of State, is a versatile man. The most remarkable point in this autograph is its extreme clearness, indicative of lucidity of ideas. Cultivation is shown in the form of the capital letters in both Christian and surname. No obstinacy is shown in this nature, only sufficient firmness to hold his own when necessary, the signature showing also a strong literary leaning.] THREE FAMOUS MILITARY MEN [Illustrati
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