The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-21
IMPERSONi7INa 4 uEITER.
The Successes OF n Iumbu= who VS. No
IiumbuG at All In Charming the " ONE.

The Successes OF a uumbu= who VS. No
IiumbuE at All In Charming the W ume
Julian Ralrh tho journalist o'this city has
been annoyed Tor more than year by rascal
who has been using his name in the South and
the West. and who apparently has been having
a better time by means OF that name than its
hard work ng owner has enjoyed About a
year ago MIR. EalIh heard that several ladies'
had enIoyed his society in Savannah and Jack
sonvIlc at the same time that he was in olo-
RADIO aud Utah. While out there the genuine
man Of that name met an officer Of one OF tho
great transcUntinental railroads who asked
him IL he hal enIoj ell the trip to san Fran
cisco and California for which Iasses had
been sent to him at his request 'evrral months
earlier. lie replied that hO had not requested
or received the russes on the other hand. no
was at that tlmc enjoying visit to New Or
leans and the Acadan country near iy.
Not many months ago banker in a little
town IN Iowa wrote to the firm OF Harper &
Brothers to know IL Mr.. Ralph had Locn out
there representing that firm within few
weeks Of the date Of the letter. The inquiry
waa referred to the journalist. who REPLIED hat
he han often IuuJucyed across Iowa but had
never set foot ia the state in his life Another
letter from another person IN Iowa limited that
n Young Lady ia that state WAS being imposed
upon by a scaiawag who was pretending that
he was the we.!.kuown New Yorker There
seemed to lie nothing more to d" than & cy-
plain again that MI Halr h had never been n
Iowa VOW the matter h. turned w
again IN putl .4hed news ut-ratchrs from
tn" West II Hrir.t- that TIA" adj
yeuturcr who assumed the name. II
julia Nairh met q yO.nG widow ut West
Union, la. Will" 10th were stoI rim: AZ "A fash
iprab,o resort Ia Flu'tla last winter. l.e told
her he was pr"patIng "A magazine article ulun
Florida They. parted and began a core
spoudencc. and last autumn tie tIiVrnturrr
visited her At vest MON. He was mR,e mu IA
OF AT teas and parties. dances ana d,un"rs. udl
as this sort " huUu-e suited him great deal
letter than It wouid hay. pleased tho man
whose name he assumed he made 1t "a custom
To- spend a part OF each week in West MON.
disappearing durln- four days OF each wr"k.
when he said hs was busy at tire '..i.
clever ecounIrel was piaylu: the same .
at Cedar i;aplds during the days when no
was also dancing attendance upon young
widow. and was dinsd and wined ana danced
and driven TO his hearts content But he
could not play his rule forever The real
EalUh writes so eterualy and on such variety
Of SUBJECTS that tho Wake-leliry" haiph cual
not stock his head with all II II or keen tn. K
Of even the SUBJECTS ha was supposed TO bs
writing about lie stHmmrfvd and faltoTei
and contradicted himself when questioned
lntters were sent Enst and no was exposed aul
driven out II his two snug retreat, AMI the
equally snug hearts 81 ~. Nv" y9uns willows.
the eApOSur" came.
The real Ralph is suspected o; h"InG cnvious
OF tho hum bugs success. lie tries ~ conceal
rally. This case" he says. proves that
there is a serious disagreement between tho
Western people and Mr.. llRmlin Garland, who
Is always posing ms their spok gsmhn and say
ing bitter. sneerinG things 1T the literature Of
lovsmAkinG and dining and social prestige
that even bunglinG imltatoT from the Last il
able to reVel IN out West Is such as 20 call for
an explanation. II not an apology. from Mr. Gar
land"