, 1881-06-20
ruE "FAKER" +" TRIBE.
Motley Gang Versed In the Art
Of Swindling the Un.
wary.
thtcsgo the Headquarters Of Over
1000 Of Them-The Sup.
ply.5hops.
s,,ua Profits and Occasional Fnt Bank.
Accounts, with the Majority
Chronlcnlly "Brokc."
so,aa Jswelry, Soup, suspendors, Etc.
The "Fawney" KiE-The
uKing Of the Fakors.'"

anidA JaW6lTyt GuIPt 0uSpeA0oEss csa'
rha HTawuev', Hfr-The
r,ru -,
"h1us VI soo' S"Ao1ss
,.,,,b,v very fow pcraons arp awaro that
r. fs'u ,t," of commercial Industry has been es-
s',,.n.I xs IN Cutcapp Within tic inst few years.
IT. n supp)yin4 Itinctnnt ycndcEa with tholr
ti,ore nre ,,o less thu,, ,tozon houses
sM.s s..s vain this thptr spco,nlty. The amount
ss.sa s".,,,of emuloyed III tueso fako ".sbors, ns
m iertucd, nmounts to nenriy, II not over,
I'm III and tho ompioyf8 number at least nifty
s.rst ~TheIF locations aro eenorally unknown.
,..-s hr the sign In aud over their dourways. All
:, the,r ADVERTISING Is done by cntn,oRs, which
~, .ent to tho "fakcr," n8 the venler Ia called,
!, mal, Ono firm sont out over 10000 catalogs
ni year. -,.,.-,,--
- ~. s.rrut.ycniers, ret or "fnkors,' III Chicago,
,,oortcr for THE TRIBUNE called at somo OF the
souses referred 10 yesterday and spcnt MI hour
=, n III loukiug UP some OF the detalls conn0ot.
N Nth this novel Interest. The atorcs arc
thrue, and arc generally located in tho second
norics OF good buildings on first-ciaas strcets.
sne ,ong cnunters and heavlly.loaded shelves
aunta!n nearly everything Imaginable, from Il
ccopy tack-hammcr to a watch Of "geuutno
tmtrlcaft malsu, and fun gold case" price Is, or
hom 1owsErarp to q ailvcr.mounted shotgun.
d. tho sides OF tho stores are generally hung
he yenders' toroh-lamps, which, on q pleasant
nIsbt, may 10 seen on tho down.town strcet-
eotuers aud In every inland village, In couneo-
I'm with d lk-yoIced fcilow-the vorttable
sssto,"- ~ nrocla.,ns In ertravauant nhrnsc
.Akelt w" :. as"... p,.Mse pa,,s
Ar6o eents.
INV many "fakers" are there In ChicaRo9
Nell. no uncknuws, but there arc probably 100
actually on the streets. including tho eurb'stono
HEADQUARTERS FOR OVER l,lW
lho como In aud 20 out, as tho Necessity OF
esds ops!s them: Some M Of them live here, but
ssn st stated New xesk VIVA
% a. westeft, md Southern trade has ncen sun.
res Y ias III" s. In common .,uur to work. to
ssnsss nss0 Ss1epea @ aasA OF
2ssslaa a faker" come % Into to- ono Of tbe,e .,,p.
a ses 80 o S sp 1s et%se aa tho
'|seet:ee,ner artist and tho reporter a. to tho
taen md boys who spend their time md earn
a'ne by sh's sort Of wo, Tho "fakors. Is
sIaom over .ne !aetos. Iaes enter too business
thsn boyst many graduating from positions In
d. world aa nowsboys, bootblacks, runuways,
toida rnnccrna anwn East which nron,lso
semaa,nsns"fa shan ;lhar.1iv to t, '41,os
~ tsan ssI ~ tIs loon t"l n H.
;Ss rnrta rte Hnvs tcaT ~ X oAeo ~
asre. One nntl j1 ChIeaxo who. 4 foW yoars
efo, started out q lot OF AKents-mainly boys
tssf ssa IN r. l. one year on 9 quilts ever tsoo.
;s nyse,s y s Of sec. The "taker" oaco started.
taead md tlFffta frutu enc "r1tcaot 10 another,
Az who work mike nunDy.-that Is, frnu1 SlU to
80 week, and gou1e oven moro. Thclr lilo
T. hnr.l ono when travelling, and. lIko
~ rovcss, they nro trono to drink.
Hhent tho gnnH aro Out together, as ia frequently
to case, most 0f tioir mNney is wnstetf fit dfasi
pAdnn. Generally homeless, thoy suon becomo
noneyIess, and then lay themselves out Il,
*catch up.''
Tho taking" class ia composed largely Of
!rsa, Americans, GcrmAns, anu lows The
lfsa arc IN tho uajurtty, with but fGw English
ID tho trade. Tho t,rse ot these natjuualitle8
rake the most money, bocarsa OF buttor "xift
N gab"; while in tho long run tho lntter hilyD
asRreatcst SUCCESS, bccauso thoy savo cTory
nickel, and finally start q notion, ciothlnR, or
ftHelry store. Al q ruio, tho s faker !" is nut 10
4etnissed,
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Ats NATURAL EXCLAMATION
y 10 t1kG WtGt la htA. and nVnn tho frNFn