The morning news., 1892-03-14

cover at night and hold it upside down over
the corn. Do that for half an hour this
evening, and you will be cured The Gus
toner went away satisfied.
ut Is only the hopelessly irreclaimable
element of the profession which will take
advantage Of the public in such ways as
that. Persons with talent. who might make
a good living by the reputable practice OF
the business, prefer to fake. being content
TO procure in this manner enough money to
buy alcohol. They spend their nights
carousing. and In the morning you will
very likely see one Of them come unsteadily
out OF an all-night saloon, followed by half
dozen bedraggled buns. He has few
articles TO sell in bis coat-tail pockets, and
with these he starts trade by the gutter side.
attracting a crowd with glib tongue, and
securing few cents In money. Thus pro-
vided with cash he enters another grogshop,
followed by the string OF melancholy buns
aforesaid, who depend upon bis generosity
for the necessary morning dram
THE IRREPREssIBLE SMALL BOY.
"The small boy is alwas the mortal
enemy OF the fakir. So long as he is being
entertained with tricks he exhibits a rapt
attention, but the moment that the vender
starts in TO praise his wares the youth be-
comes disorderly. Then the cnrbStone orator
threatens him with the police, although in
reality he himself is exceedingl afraid of the
minions of the law. Supposing that the po
lice arrive and order the fakir away, the
small boy sets up yell or delight, which
CRATES upon the sensitive feelings OF the gent
leman who has been harangulng the public
Even the street men who sell straight goods
have reasons to dread the costodians of
| the peace. In my business a clever man
can earn honestly from $40 day up to s25
on Saturday, supposing that he is not inter-
fered with. Unfortunately there are very
few towns where we are allowed to work
| unmolested. 1t is in winter that we have
bad times. One night in Chicago remem
Der we'll The thermometer was below zero,
but had to have a dollar TO buy food for
my wife aud myself, and so went out on
the street and sold shaving soap. 1t was so
cold that the lather froEe, but sold ten
boxes finally at 10 cents box and hurried
home happy.
"It is not surprising that the small boy
should be foe to the faklr. He has been
used by the latter as a victim always.
| Without ceremony the street vender fills his
hair with soap to show the quality Of the
lather produced by the article he sells. Or
he takes the unfortunate youth on his knee
and ruins his teeth for life by rubbing upon
them preparation containing an acid
which cleanses them and destroys the
enamel at the same time. Another per-
formance is to turn the boy from white to
| black or from black TO white, as the case
may be. A handkerchief is spread over the
face Of the victim and the audience is in
formed that the alteration in his complex
ion will require five minutes. At the end
of the time named the boy retains his origi-
nal color. but the crowd has changed, so
that it doesn't make any difference. May
be few people are left to object To the de-
ception, but the kickers are always the peo-
pie who do not buy, and the fakirs do not
mind them at all. Those who purchase 90
| away.
"A gentleman of my acquaintance has
made great deal Of money by taking the
kinks out OF the hair OF the oolored people.
His charge is $40 in each case. l don't
know myself what the secret Of bis process
is, but it Is undoubtedly effective for a time.
The only trouble is that after awhile all the
hair tumbles out, and then it grows in
again as kinky as ever. Il is a great
scheme. One great advantage Of my busi-
ness is that it is always possible to make a
living at it anywhere when one is stranded.
l could not possibly starve. so long as l
could get hold OF 25 cents to start with.
Why, for that sum I can buy half gross
OF gold collar buttons, which will stand
14-karat test. The test must be q very
quick one. 1t is true. by which mean that
the acid should not be permitted to nnger.
Such studs are really coated with gold, but
the metal is in an almost hopeless minority"