The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-09-13
THE MAKING OF A M0BBIST

Personally, I have never been mob.
Lately, however. there has sprung up such
a demand for men who can do this spe-
cialty that l believe it TO be the duty y
every free-born citizen TO frequently re-
hearse the part before mirror in the
privacy of his own rooms
Before | wrote my now famous books
on .Mobs. and How to Be Them and
'Mobology for the Masses. which have
lad such an enormous sale along the
upper Congo and lower Ohio, my knowl-
edge of the subject was comparatively
limited. But studious reading of my
own works has given me a fund of In
formation that is said to be truly remark
able in one so young. Hence, l can ap-
proach this touchy topic with the calm
confidence of one who thinks he knows it
like a book
Mobbery has fiourished in more or less
crude forms since that memorable day
when Cain surrounded one of his rela-
tives and dispatched him without even
the formality of preliminary hearing,
Still It has remained for the leading citi-
zens Of one of the best governed countries
between the two oceans to bring the prac-
tice to such a state of perfection as to
command the attention of a wonder
struck world
Modern mobs are composed exclu lively
of two classes of people-thOse who know
what they are doing and those who 10
not The latter are always in the major
ity. and seldom do they realize the full
Importance and consequence Of their
H. -,
their names are read in the Telegram hic
dispatches in the morning. and before the
grand jury in the afternoon
II must be conceded. therefore. that
what the average amateur mobbi.t most
lacks IS intelligent preparation for HIS
work. He should. at an early age. begin
a thorough course OF study and training.
As I have intimatef. the whole science
can be mastered al home. without a
teacher II ore will only apply himself 20
it for five or six hours A day in s-are
tire
The simple system OF home training
which Yields speediest and most startling
results is about as follows: Procure a
yvelI-printed copy OF the Constitution OF
the United States and calf-bound vol
urne Of the Revised Statutes Il your state
Next. take medium sized. copper bot
toned wash boiler and pour it two-f hir $
fun Of The best whisky you can buy FOR
Sis gallon. These. and an adult tn
diprer are all the books and supplies
needed by the beginner
Read the Constitution and the ststuf IS
s;udiously for three hours Then hastily
swallow enough OF the contents q the
washboiler n Induce entire forg eifulnsss
OF ali that you have read This is In
perative. for Z YOU do not forget the Jaws
YOU viii never attain euirs1cs as not
y but remain q wretched piSsr ARD a
peaceful citizen all the DAYS 81 your life.
At the end q the ffth OF sixth hours %
these educational exercises. you Wii be-
gin 20 feel he true mob spirit thrill and
bubble within YOU
when yol End yourself experiencing this
st-ume-iag % the spirit. and before <
comes 70 hofl. try 10 think OF some race
OF people 10 which you 60 not belong.
The eject viii be instantaneous. and yosi
vfi be srrprised and delighted 20 AID
that even after single. lesson. you VII
be ready and anxious for active service-
N that Is finally required = O. he 50
c5ety OF forty-nine other students Tho are
f.-slinr with similar Instruction. and -
TIE possession Of few long hsndle1
Tense rans. You vii then be in IRE form
20 break iafo the nearest AL
some ignorant persons ray tel yo1
that you can never be 9 zeal ard recoE-
ulzea rleeber Until you have o~oo-1s q
leading citizen IRIS Is scas1&io1<is u