The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-24
UNDERGROUND WEALTH, $0.75
BUY 4 COPY, NAMESAkE, AND
TICKLE MIR. BARNES.
The Secretary of Mr. barnes Il Every.
body's Namesake and Advises All Ills
NAn,esakes to Risk = Seycnty.five.
Cent Sprat to Catch O. 200 Whale.

| There are number Of young men in
| this town who would like to know some
| thing about the hook Underground Wealth
| III there Is such book, and II its author
Theodore Barnes, mineralogist, OF De-
troit, has succeeded in getting a secretary
who pleasee him by quoting extracts from
his last work. These young men are 80
anxious TO get Information about Mr.. Barnes
and his book that they have asked the
Post Off1ce authorities to assist them. The
public libraries have been put to consider
able trouble In looking up Mr.. Barness
book, but 30 far they have been unable to
find It,
II 1t hadn't been for an alluring adver-
tlsement in q Sunday paper no one would
have been disturbed about Mr.. Barnes and
his book. Several young men saw the
advertise ment and decided at once that tht y
WE'RE Just he persons TO I'll the requirements.
This was the advertisement:
wANTED-Private secretary to travel two years
abroad with mincIalogisE educston and fair hand
writing essential salary. 1900. NIX. THEODORE
BARNES. boz ia. Detroit. Mich.
A number OF persons thought they would
like the job and took the pains to write
to Mr.. Barnes. describing their qualifca-
tons. Each got q reply. A comparison
OF three letters which have been submitted
to the Post Office authorities shows that
In effect they are very much the same,
except that Mr.. Barnes's secretary con-
veneutly becomes q namesake OF each
applicant for the job Perhaps Mr.. BARNES
has q great number OF secretaries and it
IL q mere coincidence that at least three
Of them should have names the same as
three New Workers who hoped to become
MIR Barnes's travelling companion. At any
rate each Of the three New Workers got
back letter signed with his own uaIne.
purporting TO come from secretary VINO
hoped he would get the job as name
sake, This is a sample letter
l am directed by Mr.. Barnes TO reply to
your letter; fhe numerous Applications
views your letter favorably and would Ike
you TO state whether you are willing 10 travel
witt Lin tHroug. tue roug er puTl. OF Ger.
The salary Is 500 . month. Mr.. Barnes
PersonaiiS s INK YOU " Would find the po-
fTH years and onIy leave il to, set married
10 see tie world and learn a profession.
S9l YOU %sn tSS SG SaG maie ss
lin. II is is pet lobby and i would advise
YOU to read II before writing Im. ] give Wv
ike to see name sake secure my old position:
direct from Wallace Mars All. Publis ,er.
dersround Wesith. You have two weeks
in which to answer: by t en- MIR. Barnes will
be home from Western trip.
ton, Theodore BIZ rrrs. Miners II g st. The
letter Is dated Detroit but thereis no street
number ,he three ietteis whit h wee TUNED
over 10 the Post Office authorities were in
the 81 me handwriting, although to ca oh let
ter Lf.rent name s, was sisrMsd' he ra ne
secretary and being identical with that OF
the applica mt for the, job.
One young man who got reply much
like the above IL graduate Of Columb
College. He went to his college lbrsry
1t wasn't there. Then no went to lie Aston
and Mercan tile libro RES. No one in either
library had hea rd of the book or it's thor:
At eech library other persons had inquired
for the book and the library ofical Is were
he's sent to Toledo for Underground
Wealth." but hasn't got any reply yet.
The library officials hunted through book
cat logues for the name Of the publisher
The first inquiry that the Post ONCE
officials got about Mr.. Barnes and .Cnder-
ground Wealth" came from a philanthropio
society which helps young men who are
out Of work. Within the last two days
two other Inquiries have been made. The
Post Office inspectors think that it ia queer
that Mr.. Barnes should have secretaries
who write so very much alike and that
each secretary should have namesake
in New York. The local Post Office
officials have asked the Washington
department to request tn, Inspector at
Detroit to find out something about Mr..
Theodore Barnes and his book,
TOLEDO. Ohio May a. Wallace Marshall
Ia not known here. Telo grams and leit.rs
to him arriving this week aro all unde-
lvered
DETROIT, May 2s,-Theodore Barnes does
not appear to be a Detroit man.