The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-22
KELLOGG HAS A GOLD MINE.
1T DOESN'T REQUIRE AUDIENCES TO
MAKE CONCERTS PAY.


Standard Publishing Company. a name which
is not in the directories.
Tho principal business appears to be getting
up souvenir programmes Of charitable concerts
and entertainments These programmes are
In pamphlet form. and Mr.. Kellogg does big
business in filling up the pages with adver-
tisements. For this work no employs women
canvassers ON commission He starts them
out with dummy" programmes. and coaches
them on the great good which the charity to
DO aided is doing
THE Sun has in its possession dummies"
for several concerts which have alrendy taken
place. This is the way the outside leaf Of one
reads:
sopvrsia axp rRoGsxnr
connection with Tie WORT q the sA''' ''''''' -
Attic yss osn SS. SF IlsG s,' %s1 1891
Given under Inc auspices OF Young Ladies' American
Glee Club
The book has several pages devoted to tell
tho Young Ladies' American dlee Club" nor
as as msRssr appear The
matron OF the mission in Bleecker street, and
Ths G hsaE Ths s%
that that's. she had: Last spring man had called
to p hst
the mission. She referred him to A. s. Hatch
, Eho. Is at the head Of the COMMITTEES. map Tg
Xouns Hi man NJ said sal h Mr Hatch. called a.
AMERICAN G s CUB CUB was t COMPOSED an u NUM-
her Of charitably disposed Indies, of society.
They wanted to give concert for the mission.
the net profits Of tho Soneert would be turned
from me- but this. refused to give. He gave
was member of the club. and who would
By the club for charitable purposes. My WIS.,
itor said that he himself was travelling sales
was brother law Of one Of the members.
Well. called on the young woman and she
what shs said s tS be
printed in gold; and all through the blank
FHHl History Of the club. 'ilustrations. &c. She
to take upa certain number Of pages. l did
who professed to be q member Of the club. l
1as Inssa
days before the day set for the concert. which
was May Il; ! heard nothing more from that
finished programme or tickets were sent to
me. and thought 4, odd at tho time. ! never
so tho aS ae5 the
actually was printed. fell into my hands. 1t
to tho dummy shown to me. The names OF
members and lady ratronesses. which on
names in tho city. had ali disappeared out Of
an oiilcer Of st; John 5 Guild that this man j.
b. Kellogg had been to him endeavoring to OBJ
lSss toid thjS gentleman TIT ths mission had
received SlS4 profit from the CONCERT. Whom
DrOmptlY WrOta
used another name than Kellogg, but in writ rhe
AsSff ssnasa has es
we had received s1s4. and l wanted to know
saying that the accounts hadn't been straight
ened out yet. as some OF the members of the
club were out 9, town but That the condi
We would realize any such sum as $lS4. That
was the last heard from him.
in tSe mn 1n's a aso n%y wm2 nad been
h had ID got warTant for bk.9sEs arrest
had two or three different clubs that he
shuffled around and used as dummies FOR the
This boy attended our concert. He said there
Ssf f fSry Sw people effort tho hall and
In fact It is evident that the concert was ei H9
simply to keep within the law. The boy also
than one advertisement Of any pc one Ind ' Of
business in the same programme In one
two hatsrf Ct the same time
to the other" ~ S o '-1
tisements appear in the souvenir and pro-
grumme, of the Florence Mission Concert:
Frederick A. stSseS g. seew
L Sons. Second National Bank. Peer
4 Son; and Goldtng Brothers.
souvenir programme a concert nj a
Lyceum Opera House. This is the notice on
the cover OF the programme:
cs ssys he R9or n chi Ghss.,.
The open \! Fund:
l'''1 4a. cgsi ISL House
Tho Home Literary Club.
The Home Literary Club appears to be Just |
to advertise and Is signed "Committse q A.
pears In vague statement Of receipts. and |
sa for year by %nr Secretary
tlsem"nts of many business houses. |
For the last concert managed by Mr.. Kellogg |
the young women canyassers were sent ont |
with elegant souvenirs and programmes with |
outside covers like this
soa'f sist r BABY s' Fsaa
sept, 10. 1871.
Given Under the Auspices OF the
Daughters OF America
Under Kellog's instructions the canyassers |
told the business men they visited that the |
was really the yearly journal Of |
no " Daughters Of America" and that o great |
many pages would be devoted to. the history |
# that association. 1t was to contain illustra-
ions and annual reports, tH ct le9st 10000
A%sss M assfE ca mot dis hss
,losed their identity. One young woman |
H e Shst sse
lot recognize In the progranms handed 70 her
% which she had been canvassing. Instead
y Zig pamphlet Of heavy ornate paper. she
Sex Baby Fund and the Daughters q AMERICA
'ation. Not one in ten q the artists whose
appeared at the concert, which was attended |
y only some 200 people, ..WShet,hsr the sick
hem. only Mr.: Kellogg knows. The only
tnown. organization with, name like
Daughters Of the American Revolution"