The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-11-30
THEY LIKE WALL STREET.
FxISirs cnI PcddTerA of NoveItie
Find It Il Bonanza.

FaLirs snG PcdLIer@ OF Novelties
Find It IL Bonanza.
'sThat is the best stan! for you?" was
asked of the man who was selling new
kind of pencil. His answer was a sur
prise.
Wall street." he said promptly. eve
all like to get there. Those brokers will
bay anything. The fakir it is the fun
nicr to them. You can be selling tin cuff
buttons and studs, a whole set for a
nickel. warranted silver. and they'll come
along ard buy. 1t may be 4 variety Of
china bIiyEoat, or Il new Gravity beetle,
or Il hair dye. Ur q Chinese puzzle, Or
joss sticks, or any old thing, it don't
matter what it is. they'll bite.
''Thcy are tie easiest marks in town.
Every enterprisinG fellow knows that.
PUshcart men have also found it out.
One of them the other day had q lot Of
red cotton handlicrchiefs like the negroes
down south call bandannas. His stand
was down on Essex street, but business
was dull. and he trundled down to Wall
street. Pretty soon along came dude
broker and spied these red handker-
chiefs. He got handful. Another one
saw him and invested. They kept that
up for an hour. and then the fellow rolled
off an empty cart. What did they want
with them? I don't know. Neither did
they. I suppose they were up to joke.
They're always joking.
"They'rc always on the lookout for
novelties. They are especially fond Of q
new toy. These elastic pigs went like
hot cakes down there. So did summer
snakes. the green, natural, wicked look
ing kind that fool chorus girls and politi-
clans. Another thing that had a great
sale was a handsome looking penstaff
and pen. Pure aluminium the seller
said.
lit was fxed on nice little card, on
which was printed in red letters, War
rantcd by the manufacturer That look.
ed and sounded imposing. The manu-
facturer was very careful to keep lis
name off the card. Possibly that was be-
cause he knew the thing would turn
brassy the next day. The peddler found
that cut and had to get rid of his stock
in one day. 1t wouldn't keep. So he
tried it on Wall street, and they cleaned
him out III one morning. They like puz-
zles down there too. You'd think the
stock market would keep them guessing
enough, but it doesn't seem to.
The hardest place TO fool people is on
the east side down town. You can afford
to go over there if you've really got a
good thing, cheap-a real bargain. If you
haven't, keep away. They don't have
much money, and they're not wasting
what they 90 get. Besides, you can't fool
them. They don't want toys, and they
don't want puzzles. They take life seri-
ously. They have a weakness for pocket
books, visiting cards written with big
tiourishes, collar buttons, handkerchiefs,
knives and suspenders.
when you have trinkets and bare,
bold fakes. take them to Wall street.
There's where you'll find the suckers.
The queer part is, they know they're get
ting stuck and ike it. It's no place for
an honest man with useful articles. He
can spiel there all day and never find a
buyer. But the blooming fraud that jol-
lies them-he'Il get their money every
time. Why, they bought wagon load
of that endless chain business down there
one day. Every one that came along
was pulling one in his fingers and trying
to fool his eighbor. hey're n queer
lot. and they want to be n in."-New
York World.