Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-05-22
JOY IN FALSE WHISPERS.
The Prattle Of Chicago FaISir in Recon-
nnndinr Ills Wares.

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/ curle5 and a "goatee" terminating II a
/ fine point. a closer view showed the
moustache and chin dauber' were
false and from the fakirs neck was
SUSPENDED a handbag half hiIed
win false wh.skers corresponding 10
/ those on his face.
Come up and pick EN- out; the
/ 1i+-la black ones and the little brown
opas. they only cost you a nickel; plain
mon made handsome for 3 cents take
a Dair of them home and surprise your
/ wife"
There are all sorts and conditions Of
| takers on Clark and Madison streets,
/ hut tbev either have articles of some
utilitv or. at least, something TO at
ford amusement to the purchaser Dut
| where is either utility or amusement
| i'm a set Of false WEiskers!
"Take your pick for a nickel, said
the faker as a reporter stopped 10 eX-
anime his stock. The Whiskers were
made of wool. and were dyed IN va
rious colors. They were made al'acA-
able to the face by paste such as Is
used by actors in making up
The faker explained that selling
false boards on the street WASH
against the law. as me had a license.
"Wlo buys them? Everybody, from
old men 10 boys. My best customers
are gents who are going out to see tAd
/ siebIs-doing the town, you know.
! They are likely to visit places where
they would not care to recognized, so
fhay rrt on one of these fierce nous
tacbes and a goatee called the sparks
or a pair of 'Chauncey DepeWs' IKE
these holding up set OF lron-gray
side whiskers). and their best friends
wouldn't recognize them under the
broad. bright glare Of an electric light'
Sell many? Well ordinarily l make
two or three dollars a day, but Salur-
dav I maks as much as SO. The best
graft I've had in Chicago was the
night OF the bal trayesu On the Norlh
Side. 1t was like finding money. me
Young bloods and sWells bought me
out before ten O'Clock that night. Ihese
mOustaches make q fellow LOOK mana
some. and they are better than mask
for c0ncealing mans identity.
Last winter 1 followed the races IN
Texas and made good money. You
know there's always a lot Of fellows
who go to the races and don't want
to- give themselves away; fellows VINO
are dead game SPORTS but come from
good people There's always the dan
GER of a young fellow who plays The
races running up against his old man,
or some friend Of his papa, who would
squcal on him. SO he, buys d SCI OF these
mOustaches and the chin dauber, ana
hes perfectly safe Why, one young
sport down there with these Whlskers
on, actually tipped off good things to
his cid man and made him cut up the
money with him when he won. And
the old man didn't know him from
Adams off OK. When they got home
that night the old gent asked the KID
where he had been that afternoon, and
the young teller said he had been to Il
lecture at the Y. N. C. IL, and then Jh3
old gent explained that he had been
detained himself at a directors meet
ing after the bank closed.
Some of my customers have had
funny experiences" continued the
iakr. There was q Young fellow who
had just got married and he thought
he would play q good joke on his VIE,
so he bought o nOustGche and Go2tee,
and when ne got to his front door he
SG :. - "a w., CAV" t-i, lie ,r5s in her
40 - -, No. bo. roi. and tla ble-
tarJ ,-er+ r., 9bore enc was and With
,,..'' s,, 1-, ~ v.or6 triad IN Kiss ba~
Co. ~. ia D.. a +bi~o, n him. She
ne. I'm ~, tbo r,sod ,.,itb The bairbrusb
nd 49, s.r5,.bo5 bis face. tnen She
s-reomed ana the servant girl came
IN ber oesisfance When the servant
saw strange man with her mistress
sbo went hack to the kitchen after the
r.1li1o-r,,, Inf 5afo~a she cot cbanca
~ $50 ,go + -be Lnshe1d had mrde HIM
49, -. ,'' ia +aiI Mo sb,l,+ s. afferI
IL t,,- lost n o-,,I customer
..r,l.o,e,s ono+l,or feflov, VINO won't
,,,,,. - ,,.bie-.srs From, mo auv more -
Ia 'oo,,+inra5 no y-a. ont for GOOD
-, - md ba horeb+ sol
49, Ia Won't home bo WIS loaded
~ - f,I bis rot.5 low ca te
- ~ t,,I I,,,+ Nm rho .arvapt
- 49,, -, sbl ,,.,,Id,,,+ lot biro in
-, -. I,,,+ el,o fr,,.oofo7,,l
~ u lJ' ~ ~ -, ~ bo di5r,t %
10 C,'i' a. (" p oa,,}5 - cor in essv
ono,,5b INV. nnilipg off his wbisllers
Ir+ Ia bod eC-aor7on all about fbem.
JiJr' ~ 80 NOV he had thom ON. 50 he
had to sit cut on me IronJ steps al
night.
come up and PICK EN- Out caiIeu
| the takir. as the sidewalk became
crowded again; ven don nave 10 walt
for EN- to grow, and 1t costs you notA-
ing for a barber; I've got everything