The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-10-07
THE BEeeAR's NOVEL SCHEME.
How He Saves SIS a Week By No
Shaving.


Charles Coghlan, the well known Eng
fish actor, walked down Broadway late
one evening and was accosted by bright
looking young man, neatly but very plain
ly dressed, who had about a two days
growth OF beard on bis face. He ap-
preached the actor in a most deferential
manner and caused him to stop by the
novelty of the way in which he asked for
aims. The young man explained that he
felt considerable diffidence in asking
gentleman to aid him in his financial dis
tress, but Mr. Coghlan looked kind heart.
ed, and therefore he would takethe liberty
in the city three days and by hard hustling
had managed to secure place to go to
work the next morning. He hadn't any
money to pay for his nights lodging or his
breakfast. He did not care for that par
tiCularly, but he did want to 20 to his new
place the next morning looking clean and
neat. He would therefore be much obliged
to Mr.. Coghlan if he would kindly give
him 10 cents with which to get shaved in
the morning.
The story was so plausible that the &C.
tor, who is VIGOROUSLY Indifferent to the
value of money, dipped into his trousers
pocket and presented the young man with
a silver dollar and went on his way.
About aweek afterward, while going from
the LotOs club to his hotel, MIR. Coghlan
was accosted by the same young man on
Fifth avenue without being recognized.
He was told the same story. Desiring to
learn the real inside of this new scheme,
Mr.. Coghlan said nothing, but invited the
young man to come with him to the cafe
of the Hoffman House, where after sitting
down at one of the tables he TenIrked:
"See here, young man, you told me this
same story on Broadway the ether night,
and gave you 81. Now want you to
have drink
The young mans face lighted up, and
he gave vent to an uneasy laugh as he re-
plied
well, mister. the drinks are on me, as
l see you are on to me. ! have been
working this scheme for nearly two years.
came to this city broke, and in two or
three days secured a position, and, desir-
ing to look clean and neat when | went to
my new employer the next day, the idea
came to me to ask passerby TO give me
money enough to get shaved in the morn
ing. The gentleman gave me 80 cents,
and the idea struck me that if could
make money as easily as that would be a
fool to go TO work all day in a store for s.
or $40 week. So kept it up and man
age to pick up anywhere from $25 to $50 a
week. live in boarding house where l
| pay So a week for my board and have a
few dollars for clothes and spending
money.
IL have saved on the average for the last
| IS months SID a week. If can keep this
up few months longer, am going of
into some small city and start myself in
some little business in which l can make a
/ living"
But do you never get shavedY" asked
the actor. How do you always keep two
days growth of heard on your face?"
"Oh, that's easy enough" replied the
young man, with grin. Il shave with a
barbers hair clipper"
Mr.. Coghlan acknowledged the corn and
paid for the drinks.
1t would be too bad to allow this young
man to part with any of his ingeniously
acquired money.-New York Telegram.