The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-12-13
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
tFrom ,h- san Francisco M~irror.I
Advertisements Ingenious
lmpOstures.
NTNHEE L.

NUMBEK T..
There II no humbug 50 shallow and evident q
not 70 succeed in taking in the public, if extern
siyely and judiciOusly advertised. Hundreds o
quacks and charlatans have realized large for
tunes, entirely by means Of advertisements Of ar
ticles utterly spurious and valueless. These men
however, do give something for the money expend
ed, snd the purchaser does not ALWAYS ee that b.
has been sold
There is, however. q class Of men who get theil
living 0y advertising that information will b
sent, on receipt Of q certain number Of postage
stamps. Of 3 valuable nature. IL Ia our intention
20 consider n few Of these advertisements. III this
paper. An advertisement Is now appearing, and
has for some years appeared daily. in q London
paper having an extensive circulation among the
lower classes, which runs somewhat Us follows
ITO THosE n SEARCH OF E4PLOYMENT-La-
dies and Gentlemen desirOus Of obtaining employ
ment, either az a means OF living. or To Cccupy
their leisure hours. can hear Of i light and pro-
ftabIe employment, by which from "A to ElO q
week can be realized, by sending their address,
enclosing a penny postage stamp, % Alfred Roy
Orchard House, Chapman, London
On sending the required postage stamp. the
90 lady or gentleman receives n Prospectus. set
ting forth the disinterested philanthropy Of Mr..
Roy, who states that his sole object in advertising
this Information, l. his persuasion that IL will
prove an = incaleullbls boon To tine human race. -
He states that this employment l. a. well suited
TO the - unsdueated man Is TO the most highly
polished Lady or Gentleman" To defray the
cost Of advertising, he is compelled, 10 secure him
self from loss, which Is all ne desires, To charge
tie sum Of two ~shiIIings and sixpence. for which
sum, sent 70 him in postage stamps, he Will for
ward the promised information. He states that
no capital Is required, or, at most, only a few
shiIlings, and his conviction that those who viii
apply to him will never cease 70 bless the day
when they applied 10 the philanthropic Alfred
Roy
The speculative Individual who forwards the
-v1 ,-I as~ra,na a.. .as.. -,
return, a paper consisting Of recipes extracted
from eoOkery-bOOks and Housewives Guilds
containing Instructions for making liquid black
ing by which, we suppose, the highly polished
lady or gentleman can remain 80, with regard, at
least, to their corporal understanding. He shows
that a very handsome living can be made by the
manufacture and sale Of this article. He also in
forms his victim that he can make u large pile by
making : papier mache" card-cases and paper
cases, If he knows how, and he gives instructions
of the anne kind as If he should inform him that,
TO play the violin, he must draw a bow. composed
of hOrse-hair and wood, over the strings, and
place the fingers on certain portions of them.
also a competency may be realized by making
sweetmeats, or taking in washing the polished
lady can wash and the polished gentleman, her
husband, turn the mangle. Mr.. Roy, of course,
has his two and-sixpence, and does not take much
interest in the future welfare Of his patrons.
NUMBER H..
Another gentleman by the name of Everett
May, TOttenham Grove, London, has come over
all the way from America for the purpose of as
sistine the unfortunate unemployed He charges
less and promises more, az he Will, for the small
sum of one-and-sixpence, send people who may
patronize him all the newest and most extraOrdi-
nary methods of making money, both American
and English ne also is influenced solely by an
overflow Of the milk of human kindness. For
this OUTLAY of acknowledgement, Mr.. Everett May
sends a paper much of the same sort rs Mr.. Roy's
V.--.I l.. -. -.
in the form. We will give a few ex-
tracts, which are amusing from their exact in
atructiOns as to their behavior in offering goods
Tor sale
Business OF \ PAPER BAG MAKER.-Paper
are used largely by grocers- cOnfectioners,
nearly all classes of shOpkeepers. Persons with
means make them, neatly tie them up
into bundles Of one hundred each, and dispose Of
at once. in the different towns they visit
Here follows the rich part; how delicate ire the
following Instructions as regards department., and
what n profound knowledge of human nature do
they eyinee "It is no disgrace to ask a shop
keeper civilly-and If politely, so much the bet
ter--If he wants any paper bags, OF IT he is a
buyer of paper bags; or, If you wish to address
politely. you may say, Can | have the
pleasure Of doing anything with you in excellent
paper bass?'" He also gives a number Of re-
for making Ice cream, etc, etc, SOM of
are really rather useful. so that we must
eome To the conclusion that Mr.. May is not quite
such = swindler rs Mr.. Roy, who only gives one
sheet for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, whereas Mr.. Nav
gives four or five sheets for one-and sixpence.
\ much worse impOstOr Is a Mr.. Rowney, who
sends Il flaming prospectus, whereby he wheedles
ZONE unfortunate out of his last twO-and-sixpence,
and sends him in return the information that he
Il himself making n living by keeping an intelli-
zcnce office. and invites others To % and do like
wise
NUMBER III.
Another of this respectable fraternity adver-
that so weekly can be obtained by the out
ay Of five shillinSs in the purchase Of a share in
IN article. of which he i the = : fIbricatcr." He
seEds 4 prospectus, showing that even If every
nan and woman in Great Britain buys his fabric
Inee 4 year (for he says that, To- keep his calcutta
lions within bounds, he excludes children,) that
c Will bring in the sum OF two millions of pounds
sterling He then, TO be still more modest, sup
poses that only one half of the population patron
ze his fabricatiOn"-o he will even reduce the
purchasers to one quarter-and then show what
IN immense sum can be realized. Five shillings
l share Is ali Inc asks, but for Il right To work the
patent ne asks go, which will bring in untold
to the purchaser.
NUMBER ".
Enough of advertisements addressed to the wor-
Of Aiammou. Let us now direct our at
ention, and that of our readers, 70 those especi-
lily addressed TO the votaries of the blind God.
One nj these runs as follows, as nearly as we can
~,e>ollect Those dcsirous of obtaining the hand
and heart of any lady, will receive most valuable
on the subject of making love, which
las never before been impaired to the world, on
thirty penny postage stamps q " Stella,
Bridge Road, London
The soft young gentleman, who is anxious to
pain the . hand and heart of a lady" receives. in
-eturn for his postage stamps, the following in
which We, in the beneyOlcnce of our
lsart, give gratis Bnpri1Us he is not 10 be too
lashful nor too forward, bat address the young