Clippings
From time to time, most people cut out newspaper and magazine articles that have some special interest for them. Having cut out his article, the casual person puts it away and completely forgets about it until it turns up unexpectedly months, or even years, later. The serious collector of clippings does things with a great deal more method. He keeps his clippings in a large scrapbook, one usually big enough to accommodate a full newspaper page without folding. He mounts them by using a small amount of rubber cement instead of paste, so that later he can peel off a clipping without damaging it. In an orderly way, he types the name and date of the publication and mounts it in his book above the clipping.Some collectors do not limit themselves to any one subject, but clip stories that are interesting to them for any reason. These collectors have different sections of their scrapbooks for various subjects: humor, fashions, theater, motion pictures, sports, crime, tropical fish, wild animals, or any other subjects they wish.
Other clippers confine themselves to one subject. Often it is connected with another hobby. An arm-chair traveler, for instance, might supplement his collection of travel books with articles and pictures from newspapers and magazines. He may use several albums, each labeled for a different country: AFRICA, CANADA, ITALY, MEXICO, SPAIN, and so on. A simple index system makes it easy to find any desired reference.
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May 13, 2008