Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-05-19

Pecaltartsics os Lite IN Our Busiest
and Dtguest City.

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WOMEN WHO LIvE nv THEIR wrTs-oSt wo~aSs
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INV Nosg. May IL
The Investigation into the death OF Broker " W.
I. Hatch has made such revelations 0f tue past
history OF MIS- sconeld as 20 tend Go show thar IA
teresting woman 20 have "lived by her wits" for
the best period OF her nfe. Ann o'DellA ms pehar
Is another New YORK woman who lived nv her
Wits The fact Is. New York IL fun of lust such
females, but the general public doesn't nnd them
out until some such Occurrences rs the Marsh
Deoar episode or the Hatch tragedy get their
methods and themselves into public no,oriety.
They are necessarily women az education ana
some degree OF culture, for they hunt for hieh
game, and they have 10 the beSt atumpnttl,,n
20 bag II And they don't bleed their Victims nv
blackmail either, but IN refined renterl sor, on
means Some OF them move in cNcellent sosistxs
too, not among Mr. McAlllsters four hundred elect.
pe,haps but In a society which believes tselt
pretty good reason for the belief
assisted one OF these females IN a rrct,y bo,a
swindling operation once. I was an accompace.
unconsciously, it Is true. but was an ac,essorv'
nevertheless. IL was In the most rashionab,e
booksellers shop In New York that I frsa met the
lady, and was introduced 10 her by the proprie-
tor. who recommended me ~ = young man who
printing and compiling periodical which she hal
recently started. Its name WAS not The Plsbi.t
Journal, but that tile VIII sufficiently ndicateus
Character. The lady was about thirt y-four years
Old, and a widow. don't think had al that time
ever encountered a member OF her POSSESSED oI
such apparent womanllneSs. cORbincd with intel
lectual strength, broad culture, and capacity for
business MIS- Jenkins-that wasn't her name
soon became In my eyes an ideaL she was COMEDY
Ia appearance, with a manner NivaCiOus and ~
Reserved In dress her taste perfect. size
never wore an article OF Jewclry. not a nng,r-
rihs, ana whether In her ONCE. at her hotel.
The street. or al an evening reception, her ATTIRE
while almost unadorned. Was sIriklngly perfect IN
It's adaptaory 20 her person
didn't know then that this matter az sllnpIe
orsss was part OF her stock In trade. hut it was
After had been two weeks acting a. a sorJ ur
managing edltorW The fdSiion Journal Mrs Icn-
kins asked me casually one morning iT had auy
money for Investment. I told her truthfuIly that
ih naan ana ! really regretted that hadn't a
70 convince the most skeptlcal capitalist the Won
derlll promises OF wealth embodied In the future
that woman wasi few days after that She told
me she was about to make "A stock concern uf her
Journal, and IN order 20 secure legal incarceration
an the state it was necessary that an orSani1a.
| ZION OF nye stockholders should petition
LOT the Incorporation. She wished ne
Ter OF stock 10 me would be regular She would loan
me 500 20 purchase Il with, and could repay her
"Ihe Fashion Journal co.. 1 handed over To- her
the 300 cash she had PLACED In my hands an hour
before. and was credited with stock 20 that
amount The same Identical bills were then
handed 10 the bookkeeper. who paid her with thsia
| for Ike number OF shares The advertising
solicitor became a stockhOlder IN the same man.
her. and so did the man who printed the u.ner
and In due time we received our certificates IN.
grayed by the American Bank Note co. ana AZ
pretty as Government bonds. After we had
! elected ourselves directors Tor one year Mrs o.
turned her attention 10 men who could a n ord 10
buy stock with their own money Instead OF hem,
| She fitted up for herself a magnificent Apartment
half Office and half DOud0ir, 40 which she received
her victims IN regal state. The men size worked
her plans on were those In the trade OF which her
periodical was the organ She made a rich six
| importer believe that her journal could booIn
II he bought 5000 worth OF its siocs
| at par, and the astute merchant bought
H. She showed "health corset" msn-
mending no corset but his, could make him A ron
man In Two years, and the corset man bOughg
| STOCK 70 the amount Of $1,000 for cash ~ A
| shrewd method OF exchanging checks she uads
the credit side OF her handbook show daily depoS-
| us TO an enormous amount which she exhibited
10 her victims as evidences OF the Journals pros
perity. She even hired half dozen mess NIGER
boys 10 bring her letters every few minutes while
| She was ensnaring victim In her ONCE and ask
| ing permission 10 open them IA the sweetest man
ner Imaginable, She would allow the victim 10 "a
her take big check roll ~ bills from each one.
and would ring Tor her bookkeeper Go write a ne.
cept for hundreds OF dollars that the bogus cheeks
and the bills represented verify believe that
roll OF bills was The Identical roll with which va
| four directors" bought our pretty stock cerIin-
Gates.
Mtdntlfne sne was an interesting PAPER
OF The FdSi,iOn Journal. She paid literally for
articles cuts, and printing. and conducted Il with
an energy ana Intelligence which might have
anything but valuable IL sold larry wen through
the news companies, but Il had a subscription lisI
OF less than 300, and the advertisements which
| The advertisers
The capital stock OF $40, 900 was soon disposed OF
| TO merchants manufacturers OF dress goods. and
capitalists and then came change. The higtl-
priced contributors were dropped, and she and
| got up all the matter for the paper each week
The salary list was allowed 10 run behind and the
| bookkeeper and advertising man resigned. The
printer, the paper dealer and the binder were IN
| able 70 collect their bills. Madame jenkins paid
| less and less attention 20 the Journal and more
| and more 20 having good time generally with
| tincates
one morning she strolled In and said: ..Nr souls.
| the Fashion Journal Co. r. about 20 make an
assignment for the benefit OF It's creditors and as
the paper Will not be published any longer OF
course your services Will he dispensed with Your
salary Will be paid Go the end OF the MONTH az
which time our ONCE lease expires. and YOU NAV
remain here TO show any inquiring stockholders
where the books are kept, - that they may. n
they choose, satisfy themselves 20 the manner
In which their money has been expended. arm
going TO New Orleans for few weeks. GOOd-bye.7
And the stockholders came They looked at the
concerns books some Of them swore. A few
OF the stock certificate book the stubs bearing
their names OTHERS brought lawyers IN and asked
the lawyers said, unless the stockholders wanted
70 take the paper and run t. But the stockholders
didn't seem 20 yearn after any more journalistic
experience, 80 they let the matter drOp.
II Is noteworthy fact that this same woman
has played the very same game Ia the city OF
New York within the past four years Will Journal
treating OF another class Of merchantable articles
than dress goods. and has . am Informed sue
ceeded well before. The last heard OF her
that she was IN san Francisco, just starting a
paper devoted TO food products. Nv Informant
say she has grown stout and gross, has cultivated
a red nose, and has taken coplOusly 70 drinking.
But she still "lives by her wits"
New York saloons vie With each other ia proruc.
ing novel attractions that will invite guests 20 a
visit OF inspection The latest novelty Is Ina sa-
loon on Ann street, where the proprietor has made
his entire bar over which drinks are served into
an immense aquarium The top Is OF thick plate
glass through which may be seen goldfish dart
ing through the water, eels wriggling their snaky
forms back and forth. frogs lying Ia walt for
culent hes and bugs. and tortOlses basking
rural delegates 20 the state democratic
convention, held this week In New YORK,
have been having fun nights seeing tbs
town and sampling It's fluids, and late one evening
they struck "tle Aquarium" Their guide and
mentor managed In some way 20 keep them away
from the bar while he ordered their respective
beverages, and only called them up when the bot
ties and glasses were laid out In readiness The
nrst unsteady delegate who approached the bar
halted suddenly just as he was reaching for the
rye decanter. his face grew white and his eyes
bulged. With his gaze liked upon eel feet
long he staggered backward into the arms OF q
compaliiOn. .JOles." he whispered huskily, ..les-