Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-09-08
HOW SOME PEOPLE LIVE,
Queer Ways of Fixing Ont Insufficient
Regular Incomes.

In the struggle for life. which IS 81
Keen at this end of III" century, sollr
people resort t. strange eXpedicnt> to
get bread and cheese or to increase n
pittance To a comfortable income IL
spector Livingstone. who was formerly
IN charge of the police AT the Law
Courts, tells a agic story of poor
and brietieSs harrister who fought u
long and grim battle with fac. ana
was beaten In the end. In the early
hours of the morning he worked is Il
market porter at Covent Garden. ami
then at 10 o'clock adjourned to his
chambers in the Temple, donnrd wiz
and gown. and attended the courts
waiting day after day to grasp tn
skirts of happy chance. Others as un-
known to the world and frieudless as
he had their opportunity. but hone l're-
sented itself to him, ard il hope eve.
deferred his race was run.
\ Somerset House clerk. who r;.Shel
into matrimony before he had proper
~ counted the cost. and found it diff
cult to run even Il modest household o.
/ tl1o year, especially after The ar
rival of little stranger got over the
embarrassment hy starting q coffee
stall near Smithfcll Market in tie
early morning. He kept his truck IN
the neighhorhood. but brought down
his stock of comestiblas from his home
/ in Camden Town. Fortunately his
wife who did her best to help on the
enterprise. was a capital plain cook.
and his mutton pies and buns had Il
| great reputation il the market. He
| was generally cleaned out b. : O'Clock,
and no one would have though, of idcn-
/ tifying him With the smart Young man
/ silk-hatted AID top-coated Who two
/ hours late" crossed the Strand to Som
/ erset House.
y rising author who is now sought By
the publishers. but had particularly
! hard struggle TO find acceptance. tilei
/ over the worst period by acting as a
brokers' man. Taken as a whole. he
found it most unpleasant experience"
but he declares that he wouldn't have
missed It for the world. for it has sup
! piled him with material for numbers OF
sketches and short stories. \ Christ
mas story which brought lot OF
| praise, for instance. was chaptc!
/ from that experience. and we'll do
served the encolniu.a of 'vo:y realistic
/ from the critics.
\ friend of the writer. who rejoices
! IN what the police reports call "a veg
aristocratic appearance, and has in ad
diton excellent manners. adds enough
to a slender income to pay for the sum
mer holiday for himself and family
/ his tailor's and bootmaker's bills. and
even his rent. by acting as a private
| detective at balls and receptions in Bel
gravia and Mayfair. Chance threw
/ him In contact with the manager OF
detective agency which does a great
/ deal Of business of this kind. and his
/ first Job was. IN fact, simply as a
nights diversion at the invitation Of
the manager aforesaid. But so pleased
was the lady of the house with his
appearance and obliging courtesy that
she made special mention of 1t to the
manager. who accordingly proposed to
| my 1rlenQ lnal he SnOulu accept reEu-
! lar paid employment. He was nothing
loath. and now has engagements al
most every night during the season.
Another curious case Is that of n
/ Nonconformist minister in the south of
London who doubles his slender salary
/ by the profits of tlour!shing photog-
raphy business on the other side of the
| Thames Originally he took UP photog
raphy as a 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 tn gain instead of lose
! by his work. and taking convenient
rooms at some distance from the scene
of his ministerial labors. set up as 4
photographic artist" under another
name. his daughter acting a 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. -Casscll Sat
urday Journal.