Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-09-23
HOW SOME PEOPLE LIVE.
Queer Ways of Fixing Out Insufficient
Regular Incomes.

Oueer Ways of Fixing Out Insufficient
Regular Incomes.
In the struggle for life. which is so
keen at this end of the century, some
people resort TO strange eXpedients TO
get bread and cheese or to increase
pittance to a comfortable income. In
spector Livingstone. who was formerly
in charge of the police at the Law
Courts, tells a tragic sto'y of poor
and brietless barrister who fought 4
long and grim battle with fate. and
was beaten in the end. In the early
hours of the morning he worked as
market porter at Covent Garden. and
then at 10 o'clock adjourned to his
chambers in the Temple, donned wig
and gown. and attended the courts
waiting day after day to grasp the
skirts Of happy chance. Others as I'M
known to the world and friendless rs
he had their opportunity, but none pre-
scented itself TO him, and In hope ever
deferred his race was run.
A Somerset House clerk. who rushed
into matrimony before he had proper
ly counted the cost. and found it diff
cult to run even modest household on
ESQ a year, especially after the ar.
rival Of little stranger. got over the
embarrassment by starting a coffee
stall near Smithfield Market in the
early morning. He kept his truck in
the neighborhood but brought down
his stock of comestibles from his home
In Camden Town. Fortunately. his
wife, who did her best to help on the
enterprise, was capital plain cook.
and his mutton pies and buns had Il
great reputation In the market. He
was generally cleaned out by s o'clock,
and no one would have thought of iden-
tlfying him with the smart young man.
silk hated and top-coated. who two
hours later crossed rhe Strand to Som
erset House.
A rising author who Is now sought by
the publishers, but had particularly
hard struggle TO find acceptance, tided
over the worst period by acting as a
brokers' man. Taken as a whole. he
found 1t most unpleasant experience.
but he declares that he wouldn't have
piled him with material for numbers of
sketches and short stories. A Christ.
mas story which brought lot of
praise, for instance. was chapter
from that experience, and well de-
served the encomium of very realistic"
from the critics.
A friend Of the writer, who rejocps
tn hot . a
arlstocratic appearance" and has In adj
dition excellent manners. adds enough
to slender income to pay for the sum.
mer holiday for himself and family
his tailor's and hootmaker's bills. and
even his rent. by, acting as n private
detective at balls and receptions in Bel
gravia and Mayfair. Chance threw
him in contact with the manager Of
detective agency which does n great
deal of business of this kind. and his
first job was. in fact, simply as a
nights diversion at the invitation ~
the manager aforesaid. But SO pleased
was the lady of the house with his
appearance and o5liging courtesy that
she made special mention of II to the
manager, who accordingly proposed 10
my friend that he should accept regu.
lar paid employment. He was nothing
loath. and now has engagements al.
most every night during the season.
Another curious case Is that OF a
Nonconformist minister in the south OF
London who doubles his slender salary
by the profits of fourishing photog.
raphy business on the other side OF the
Thames. Originally he took up photog.
raphy as pastime. but acquiring con.
siderable skill In the work, was pes
tered by people who wanted to get
their portraits taken on the cheap. So
he determined to gain instead OF lose
by his work, and taking convenient
rooms at some distance from the scene
of his ministerial labors. set up as a
Photographic artist" under another
name, his daughter acting as his assist.
ant. Fortune favored him. and before
the secret of his constant absence from
home was fathomed by the curious of
his flock. he had made so promising n
business that he stood in no awe Of
deacons or church, though. indeed, the
former have taken very sensible view
of the matter, and admire rather than
condemn his enterprise. -Casselrs Sat.
urday Journal.
A Great Climate.