The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-23
A LESSON IN C0LORS.
MARTINS SCHOOL FOR TOUCHING
UP PHOTOGRAPHS

A Broughton Street Establishment
and the Wond erful Inducements 1t
Offers Ladies to Make from SO to $12
a Week-The Way it is Done Here
and Elsewhere.
UTANrED ladies' to do light work at home;
w SO to S12 per week can be made. W. A.
MARTIN. 20S Broughton.
This advertisement appeared in Tuesdays
MORNING News. The oppo tunity offered
for ladies to make from sc to Sl9 per week"
was a tempting bait and as a result the
alleged Mr. Martin has had quite number
Of callers The advertisement was very in
explicit as to the nature of the very remit
rerative employment. No doubt many of
the misguided applicant, imagined that an
escaped millionaire and humanitarian had
located in Savannah and that a new depart
ure was to be marked among wage women.
There is, as will be perceived, no limit to
the number who can be employed and make
from S. to sig per week"
That m an prepared to give unlimited
opportunities to ladies desiring the acquisi-
ton of wealth would be expect ed to occupy
Sumptuous apartments goes without saying
and those who started out to call upon him
expected to approach with fear and trem-
bling through portals guarded by servants
IN livery. They were never more mistaken
i'll their lives
MR.. MARTINS "oFFICE"
No. POS Broughton street is an unpreten-
tious three-story brick building on the north
side of the street. a few doors east of West
Broad street. Over the hail door is a sign
informing the passing pedestrians that
M Tra ,rrN
be had within. One of the attractions of
this sign which probably recommended
itself the most highly to Mr.. Martin was
the transient allusion. Another sign, aud
not All uncommon one, reads Rooms for
Rent. This also impressed Mr.. Martin
favorably, although he took but one room.
This room is reached by flight of s airs
and contains bed, some furniture in
modest way and miscellaneous collection
of photographs Tackled to the outer wall
of the building, near the hall door, is a blue
placard on which is the word Martin" in
big wood type. A ring of the door bell
brings a sleek-tongued young man, with n
very elongated nasal appendage, who in
vites the lady caller to his 'oflice." Here
no time is lost in presenting the unique way
in which he proposes to become a great
henefactor.
THE WAY TO MAKE SO A WEEK.
He first gives lesson in water color
painting of a photograph, for which lie ac-
cepts soc. If he finds he cannot get 81. The
next step il, to sell a motley collect on Of in
different points for s.. and after they are
paid for he promises to furnish photographs
for coloring, for which work he will pay
well. There's where the $50 to SIP per
week" comes in
Mr.. Martin is moving cautiously aud has
collected from several members of his class
the first payment for the valuable lesson he
gives in one hour. He is such a wonderful
educator that only one lesson is required
then the apt teacher wants his pupil to
plank down the 81 and begin making from
So to Sl2 per week. He has made several
engagements for this afternoon and his
class is growing. Quite number joined it
yesterday The enterprise" is very similar
TO one that was recently worked in Atlanta
and which the Constitution wrote up last
week as follows
THE SCHOOL" IN ATLANTA.
The police department is now chagrined
because two smooth, easy working sharpers
have worked tricky game upon some forty
or fifty Atlanta ladies' who were anxious to
earn an honest dollar
The chief of the department, however. is
trying to find the men.
About two weeks ago two men came to
Atlanta and secured quarters at a private
Boarding house on Lloyd street Immedi-
ately after being settled in their apart
ments they brought to the Constitution an
advertisement, which read:
I AIDES wishing light work, which can be
- done at dome, at which they can make from
So to SIG per week. call at 80 Lloyd street Office
hours from a, IN. to p. IN.
The advertisement was read by a great
many people, and as many as forty or fifty
ladies called upon the two men. One of
them, who introduced himself as Hartwcll,
rid all the talking and with an oily tongue
unfolded his scIane The scheme was to
trgauize a ella t. which he taught a new
process OF col1ring photographs The pro
ceSs was cay to learn and the work was at
tractive and always in demand when seen
For his services Hartwell was to receive 81
from each pupil for the first lesson,
hut each pupil was compelled
to purchase paints valued at 81
with which to work. In this way the
two men received from each pupil So spot
cash, and agreed t)pay them soc per dozen
for all photographs colored. The class was
organic d and the lesson given Then the
paints aud a receipt for s. was given each
pupil, with instructions to color the photo
crap S consigned with the paints, and
briug them bac}; Thursday morning
On TUesday last the two men paid their
bill and left. We terday morning several
members Of the class called and were in
formed that the two men had gone. The
information was sad, but 1t was tru', and
the ladies are now pondoring over the
many wicked things done in this world by
men who want to live without W orkingn