A yellowed autograph book recently sold for $17 Canadian at an estate sale. Apparently, no family member wanted it. It contained candid inscriptions of close family and friends. Each hand-written, dated and signed for the moment and posterity.
Remember the penned tokens of affection from the 40's and 50's? Poetic, romantic, philosophical, inspirational, often humourous or wry.
"Your future lies ahead of you/Like a path of driven snow/Be careful how you tread it/For every mark will show." ~~ "The pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity/The optimist, the opportunity in every difficulty." ~~
"May your life be like a piano, Grand, upright and square. ~~
I wish you luck/I wish you joy/I wish you first a baby boy/And when his hair begins to curl/I wish you then a baby girl. ~~ True friends are like diamonds precious but rare/False ones like autumn leaves/Found everywhere. ~~ When you are tired of the world/And all its pretty scenes/Just go down into my garden/And hide behind the beans."
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