The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-23
HOW FAR CAN FOLLY GOT

The student OF human nature will de-
rive instruction and amusement from the
ease Of Charles Adler, which is now before
the courts. It may still be questioned-as
it has been-whetler it is safe to set
limit to human folly; but it will not be pru-
dent to attempt to draw a line which female
folly may not cross.
Adleris an adyenturer, with a gross body,
a pasty face and a red nose. In order to
raise the wind he advertised for a lady COM
panion to join him in a trip to Europe. in
sinuating that if the companion was agree
able the journey would probably lead to the
altar Of Hymen. 1t seems extraordinary
that any woman Of ordinary sense could
have been taken in by so shallow a device.
On the face Of it, the advertisement be-
longed to the class of ads which are ex-
cluded from the columns of well-conducted
newspapers Notwithstanding its fishiness,
it seems that in this small city of 100000
people, no less than siXty-One ladies offered
to accompany Mr.. Adler on this trip, which
was or was not to be hYmeneal, according
to circumstances. Adler was not dismayed
by numbers: He called on all the sixty-One,
and informed each one 10 turn that he had
selected her to share with him the pleasures
Of travel, casually inquiring at the time
about the state of her bank account.
It would appear that among the facile
beauties who agreed to visit Europe in the
society Of the red-1Osed Don Juan, cash was
scarce, for the one whom he finally chose
had but $500 all told. But that she had in
the Bank of California, and it carried the
day. Her name is Emily Schorkopf; she
is young, innocent and guileless; she is a
recent arrival, and knows nothing of the
wicked world. So that when Adler sug-
gested that her money would be much safer
in his pocket than in the Bank of CalifOr-
mia, for, as he assured her, banks were al
ways falling in this country, she assented to
accompany him to the bank, draw out her
money and entrust it to his keeping. The
old story then followed. On the way home
Adler met a man -; he babe his trusting
German sweetheart hasten to the hotel,
where lie would Join her in a few minutes,
and that was the last Of him.
The rest IS like play. Emily poured her
sorrows into the bosom Of a smart detective.
He found out that Adler was at Victoria,
b. c. Without a moments hesitation he
sent him a telegram, in Emily's name, stat
ing that she had just received $500 from her
mother in Germany. and begging him 10 re-
turn at once, as they would now have ample
means to undertake their projected journey.
The Ted-nosed one took the bait and the
boat simultaneously.
The detective was on the watch for him,
but Adler eluded the lookout and when the
detective, nonplused by his nOn-appear-
ance, repaired to the fair Emily's room he
found the lady with the gentleman weeping
over the return Of the pr0digaL Not this
only. She was clear that her lover had done
just right aud that the interference of the
detective was impairment and intolerable.
She clasped the red-nosed man around and
declared that she would never leave him.
Happily. the detective was a man of
sense and familiar with the idiOsyncrasy
which prompts women to elm to men who
maltTeat them. He took the fat man by
the neck and shook him until he began to
think there had been an earthquake. Then
the officer demanded EmiIy's $500. He OF
the red nose, fearful of the recurrence of
earthquake phenomena, disgorged $40; the
rest be said he had spent in accommodating
the road to Europe via Vancouver Island.
Emily pleaded hard for her man; she as
sured the detective that he was going 10
marry her, and that what was hers was
his, but the hard-hearted officer felt that
the people of the State OF California were in
terested in cases Of this kind and hauled the
man to Jail while poor Emily lay deploring
If Mr.. Belasco or Mr.. HOyt should put a
girl like Emily on the stage the audience
would cry, How ridiculOusl As if there
could be such type OF girl at the present
day