Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-10-08
TEE JUZHUZ
A USEFUL INSTITUTION THAT IS PECULIAR
IN NEW YORK SOCIETY.
she Conus Down Broadway Rssplsndsnt in Pa
risisn Attire and Turns All Hs,ds-A Com
nsrcial Necessity to the Fellows Who
Gamble With Life
IcopYR1eHr, 1891

One OF the handsomest women ever
saw was JuZhuZ. She came down
Broadway resplendent In Partisan at
tire, scintill8nt with gems, imperial In
air. She moved with a voluptuous
witchery and as II she were an animate
magnet. She turned all heads round q
little.
But she was JuZhuz.
And what in the name OF the dead
tongues is Juzhuz?
remember asking that question with
q half conscious feeling that l was being
guyed.
But my companion, q dyed-in-the-
wool sport, newspaper man and
wag, who said he had but two New
York ambitions, to be in Printing
House square while he lived, and lie In
Greenwood when he was dead, was sur
prised at my ignorance.
Don't you know what Juzhuz is?"
he asked, incredulously.
II DO not" ! replied. never
heard the word before. 1t sounds like
slang"
well, / dare say 1t is. At tall events,
I can't give you the derivation OF 1t.
But it obtains in certain fast circles.
1t is applied TO q woman who lets her.
self out 10 help mans credit, or 10
guarantee hisS'1ushness.'
"FlushnesS?" / repeated.
20, you understand; his financial
standing. Assets. She Endorses his
demeanor, so to speak. Don't you IN
derstand?"
mot exactly, go on."
There are lot Of fellows who gam
BILE with life, don't you know. Up to-
day and down tomorrow. They seem
to get zest only out OF the extremes OF
life. To be capitalists for fortnight
would have no JOY il they hadn't been
tIamps for six months. They make
what they call strike and then blow
it all in. Business with them is a lot
terry. When they draw prize they &c
on a foot, till they have to borrow.
You must know plenty OF them
Whether they are in Wall street, al the
race track, working a syndicate. the!
are exactly like the sailor who comes
home frcm a years cruise, gets all hi
pay, stays drunk until 1t is expended
and then ships again. I've known ZEN
to make fifty thousand dollars by snap
and then start In to get rid Of 1t. It's
very simple problem In morals, al
though II isn't so simple in business
They use their brains TO crafty thet
appetites.
"As they can't get rid OF THAR appe
tites when their money is gone,-the
they have to go into debt. They hav
everything up, and lay low for IL!
chances.
Their credit Is based entirely on tn
prevailing superstition that they wi
turn up right and tight some mornin
flush again, and even If they don'tsquar
up with everybody, they will slim
enough fresh cash to more than MAX
I'D the deficiency. The fluctuations G
their credit depend upon the Interval
between strikes. II fellow goes
year without striking something, b
credit begins to be hard work. Conf
dence wanes. The bar-keepers loo
cool; the walters linger; the hackme
look the other way. The bouquet ma
has bills TO pay and intimstes that b
does cash business. The agents
the wine companies do not send him an
wine to sample. He suffers.
$50 you can see that when he takes
turn somewhere, 1t is necessary TO max
q coup to announce himself. He select
the Juzhuz. He takes her to the CASH
or to Roster and Blal's; they take col
ner table at Del's, and the next mornin
confidence is restored. You can Sc
why. He has got the very best indorS'
ment. The Juz., II you will permit II
to abbreviate the title, has fixed Walt
alton. 1t is clearly understood among tn
knowing ones that she never lndorse
without security. When the crowd see
her with him, they say: Hello, / wonde
how much of q strike Jollipert ha