St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-09-20
LIVING BY BRA1N-woRK.
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genious New York Wen.

Living on your wits in New YORK u
daily becoming more and more pio-
fessional study. There are many III
diUiduals floating about TINS town,
of gentle birth, fine ed4catlon ana
excellent manners, who are unaoie 70
earn an ordinary living either oe
cause thew were not taught how or pc
cause their ancestral supply OF inherit
ed wealth has run dry. Work they
cannot do, and even if they were will
ing. it is not likely they couio renoer
any employer services Satisfactory
enough to pay them salary on when
they might continue LIVING as een,,e
men, says. the Sun OF that city. 1e
ginning at the bottom OF the lauuef
on ten-dollar-per-Week clefAsnip
nronosition is. of course, absurd, AFTER
man has passed the twenty-n1.h
milestone on the highway OF NE
Hence, .here is no other cholce ZOE
them than putting their lnventl'eness
tn work. and somehow or another
manage to continue to move IN the SCI
where they belong, or at least give ou'
the impression that they are I'LL Will
in the sacred portals. Two new ways
of grating on society have just come
to light. The first CRATER is known
as the "tallyho terror. HIS metnoo
of procedure consists of lngratlat1ng
himself into the confidence OF some
of the wealthy members and talk the
pleasures of tallyhoing to them with
sufficient repetition to make them IN
terested, says the New YORK CORE
spondent of the Pittsburg DlsPatch.
When a coaching trip finally has been
decided upon, with Mr.. Smooth as the
host presumptive, he makes all the
preparations. The SWEETEST turnout,
the finest horses and the best-hver1ed
groom are in front of the club at the
hour of the start. En- tour they stop
at every road house, and the identity
of the well-known members OF the
party is such that the landlord offers
no objection when he is told by the
high muck-a-muck to "send him the
bill" On their return home the party
is profuse in thanks for splendid
time to the supposed host. About
week later the "tallyho terror" calls
on every member of the party, present
ing him with bill ranging from $50
to $500 as his share of the expense of
the trip. Called upon for an explana-
ton, he says, smilingly, with an air OF
tired superiority, that he naturally
supposed they all understood that it
was a "commonwealth-p plan" affair,
everybody to share alike, etc. Very
sorry, but-well, he gets the money,
and there you are. The other game
is one worked by inference, and with a
camera. 1t thrives best in Newport.
You are alone, and you stroll about in
the casnio of that resort, and you want
to get into the inner circles, but don't
know anybody. What to do? Watch
for grouping of celebrated ladies and
gentlemen who are being photo
graphed, and as the man is about to
press the button quietly saunter up
and get in the picture, even if it is
on the edge. By repeating this process
a dozen times or more, and showing
pictures of yourself in ten or twelve
different groups of real people, it will
not be hard to make ordinary people
believe that you are one of the select,
will it? And, if you are, will not your
credit increase in proportion? One
man last summer is said to have made
such success of this plan that he
is now on the top rung of brilliant
social career, with no prospect Of fall
ing off.