, 1876-10-29
An Aboninabte Traffic in De-
formed Beggars.
How Village Was Depopulated
Of Young Men.
Why Critics Are Criticised--.Banquet
by an Actress.


| <eau aUouL tuE war between tue UeNSmen al
the Herald office about the wholesale price
the paper, but there is a little story Of the il
side history Of the reduced price which is not
familiar to the public.N The story runs that tt
young Napoleon proprietor Of the Herald SUI
denly and unexpectedly made his appearant
one evening In the Office, and from his a
tions and articulation soon gave evidence tn,
something unusual was on bis mind. There WI
fear and trembling in the breasts Of the Trini
College graduates who attend to the editorial CO
umus; and as young Bennett stalkcd from room t.
room, first sulkily. then angri1y, and, by fits Tn
stas1s, hilarious and taclturn, the anxiety for th
At length it came; he gave an order that the prie
Of the paper should be reduced from to cent
per copy, and without any further ado he de
Pbbstead PpbsKsd speedily As be His orders yer
the neWsmen With the announcement OF the re
duced price: About II o'clock the sole ''edito
and ptr1ps'etora ra appeared time in
summoned the chief Of stun With bowed heu
that officer came, and then with angry scowl th
young proprietor rebuked him for lowering th
orders OF the boss; their fidelity to his wfshcs wa
20 great that his slightest wish was law unto al
the members. The rebuke was meekly accepted
ana tile young proprietor Is now lamentlng his Owl
misfostnnes but is still hunting for u scapegoat.
TO make the evil as slight as possible, the newsmc1
| are charged the same as before, aud that's where
| the trouble comes in.
! THE CAEPET-BAG RIGADE.
| The influx Of strangers continues unabated,
1 They appear on Broadway in the inevitable
duster and carpet-bag in hand by the thousand,
and it is not surprising that the police find it
| difficult to preyent them from falling into the
| hands Of the sharpers. All sorts Of stories are
told of their verdancy, and the way That the aver
age greenhorn is taken in by ''bunko" games and
similar devices Of swinulng is simple enough. 1t
is the opinion Of close observers that OF the tens Of
thousands who have visited the city in the last ten
weeks IT. IT least ha have never been here be-
the, more conspieuous and Interesting: the
@ scenes sasa in phadephls Several a
amusing incidents ara gwen Of the freshness OF city
residents IN showing the sights to their country
less true, that there are thousands who have lived
here FOR many years who have thus fur never been
inside OF Central Park, consol,ng themselves, per
haps, like, one delinquent who excused himself
side, he was very familiar with grounds around the
Parkl Another yarn is told Of a countryman who
entered Fourth avenue car, On which the fare is
six cents. He had only five cents in his pocket,
and as it was refused he left the car and entered
one On another street, where he learned the fare
was five cents. As he handed up his last nickel
the conductor raised his silver plated llpunch
Whereppon the stranger exclaimed. ''Dont shoot,
Mister, and Ill give you postacasd for the other
cent"
TIE STORY or stAN11A.''
In some recently printed statements concern
ing the sale Of photographs Of artistes and au-
thors, one OF the most remarkable facts about
the salable photos Is omitted. Perhaps your
Chicago readers have noted in the collection OF
pictures on sale IN your stores Of little girl
marked ''Anita." Her picture is for sale in
various atttudcs and is OF the best-sellipg in
the list The subject Of this photograph is now
II
peculiar beauty Of her features and the history Of
The popularity of her photograph is singular. One
day when she was taking m airing in Union Square
traeted the notice Of Sarony the artist She was then
4 chubby little creature, not more than years |
Cd He asked the nurse to obtain permission Of |
the ehllds mother to have her picture taken Il |
was obtained, and the next day she sat for her |
photograph t From this time forward the pictures
ent kinds, and then Mora captured the child Tor
Photographic PURPOSES and has produced not less
than twenty different styles Of Anita ~ Her
tue distngue Of the city and it Is related that
be was selected by Col. James Fisk, Jr., as mem
Der 9f his Ninth Regiment sts because Of his
rate thearicals and other entertainments Us she Is
IN the Photographic art.
a LOOK IN 11rFANY's CELLAR.
OF the thousands Of visitors to TiIany's i'm
nense establishment who see the blaze OF dja-
nonds and brill1ancc and beauty Of the hun
lreds Of articles Of jewelry, plate, and ornament
which abound in the establishment, few arc
ed to inquire the value Of the rich stock thus DIS
'layed to the wondering eyes. This stock is val-
led by the firm at 50, 600, 0O0 and OF all those who
east their vision upon its varied forms Of beauty
lot one IN thousand has any idea that in the base
lent underneath the min store there IL stored a |
alue even greater than that above. Recently / |
7, ,as permitted to visit these basement treasures.
hey consist Of valuables held on storage in IRE
roof apartment in size about forty 6y seventy |
ve Ihere are boxes piled upon each other contain
nd trunks filed with Jewels, ric6 camel.haj,r
hawls, and bijouterie Of various kinds from |
broad-au the property Of our wealthiest citizens
ome. OF the old Knckcrbocker aristocracy. the
romincnt ,miionaires, and many not so widely 2
n9wn: @ These yalpables are in possession Of the
I, COO, 600 against loss By fire or burglary. Tie
nnual charge is per cent upon the estimated | /
v s roncS o1 rs n makes gea deal
less me- as cur party left the place one Of them ]
uly said, what sore temptation to the man in n
million dollars worth Of diamonds without fen1 o
"a being e, discovered in six months after the t
SPECULATION IN SUFFERING. 9
For long time there has been nodoubt in the ~
inds Of majority of our most benevolent cit A.
ems that large proportion Of the strcet-beg- t,
It's In this city are either unworthy objects Of N
AAAeJ ~ ~A3] AAN kAI FAEk1A41S VI QQpTESSe
$, who derive direct profit from their gains. Al
his view OF the matter has been confirmed bv b
e discoveries touching dc1ormed boy who has p
cited the pity and sympathy OF thousands BY ,
aWing upon his hands and thighs along our most Il
owdcd thoroughfares. He seemed to have hts | Il
er limbs crooked together by paralysis OF natu- b.
delormlty, and was compelled to move along tc
ueing his hands and resting his body upon hi5 | q
Eghs in the most painful manner Imaginable Il sc
s impossible to witness hls toiling efforts with
t feeling charitable toward him. Recently. Ct
weyer, q benevolent old lady who th
served him in the afternoon near ca
ace Church noticed that every second or thirI vi
'ment he turned around and with piteous Iool; be
:med to appeal to darlk-risaged man who re
Iced some distance behind him, and who in | he
2, made threatening gesture as II ordering ar
, boy to move on. She managed to get between | in
two, and in conversation learned that the an
was the victim Of cruelty, and that in fact he III
not dcformed, but has been forced to assume I wi
} painful distorted position in which he was
ledt Of the man who had him in charge. She
* the boy home, and threatened the other fell | Of
with the police, and found that this case was ho
OF many in which the wretch had employed ] M oe
70 who were partially disabled to beg for jy llk
!, and that he made sufficient money in This | ne
ltemptible business to own handsome sum On ! ~,
'osit in O. savings bank. ~
ROMANCE or A TWELVE O'CLOCK MAN, ~ ns
sesidents Of Brooklyn in the vicinity OF the a aas