The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-04-27

Ger 10 eQueie tMu86 WIN neT, we pf1uU
ed the picture. OF course I made Il
flatter her, you understand. She WASH,
. pretty girl at all, but fixed up he,
hair, In the picture, and put her in
swell evening dress with an all-solitaire
diamond necklace on, and she looked
first-rate. Then Andrews wrote few
pleasant words to go with the pic
ture, saying that her father had left
her q lot of money, and that she was
considered one Of the bellies Of the up.
per West side. We never heard any
thing more from her, and guess she
was pleased"
EYES," said I. "she must have been
delighted.
"Bigelow has fine head" said
George, reverting to our original theme.
II made a study of it once when the
Globe was running a series Of articles
on phrenology. The point was this:
Andrews was trying to expose an old
faker who called himself Albertoni. or
something like that-a high-sounding
italian name, anyhow. The fellow
drifted into town from nobody knows
where, and began to make quite a
splurge as a phrenologist.
The regular practitioners of that
useful science didn't like It; and. as
some OF them advertised quite literally
in the Globe, they got Andrews to make
a campaign against Albertoni. So An
drews asked me TO make study Of
somebody's head-some pious, char
liable. kindly man-and picked Bige-
low. When had drawn the head. one
Of Andrews men took 1t to Albertoni
and got him to make chronological
chart Of it.
The reporter was o bright fellow,
and he led Albertoni to think that the
drawing represented a notorious bur-
glar that had just been caught in a
Fifth avenue house. / knew about
the scheme, and so l made Bigelow's
face look little like the hasty pic
lures OF the burglar that had appeared
in the newspapers. II was a clever
piece Of work, and Albertoni was caught
without any trouble at all.
"He drew up the chart, and proved
conclusively that Bigelow hadn't a vir-
tue about him, but on the contrary was
loaded with all the desperate and dan
gerous characteristics possible TO
crowd into human nature. Andrews
printed this analysis, with the por-
trait, telling who it really represented.
OF course 1t was complete expose Of
Albertoni. and it ought to have driven
him out Of town."
"But it didn't" said I. "his advertise
ments are in the papers almost every
day"
Yes" responded George; that's the
queer part Of it. Albertoni said the
story helped him, and he has always
been grateful to Andrews-offered to
make a chart Of his head for nothing,
and put in virtues and capa bilities that
Andrews had never heard Of. In fact,
he did something of the kind, and put
It into book. Andrews has O copy OF
it in his desk, and he will show It to
you any day. He says that Albertoni
is really q great man, and knows what
he Is talking about.
"As for Bigelow, you'd be surprised
to know that the Globe got hundreds
OF letters praising its enterprise in get
ting a commanding genius like AL
bertoni to show Bigelow up In his true
colors. You never can tell how one
of those exposures is going TO work.
All you've got to know in advance is
that it will attract attention. Then
GO ahead"
Ibid you ever meet Mr.. Bigeiow2"
inquired.
"Yes," responded George; "he came
over to see me after the Albertoni af-
fair, and tried to persuade me that
had done him an injustice. He said
l ought TO turn my undoub,ed talentto
q better use. showed him that was
really making more money than lot
of these fellows who get their work
into the magazines, and all that sort Of
thing.
"But it was no use talking business
to Bigelow; he couldn't understand it.
You'll always find a cranky spot in a
fellow like Bigelow, who is all the time
trying TO find out what somebody else
wants, instead of what he wants him
self"