Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-02
THEY NEED THE MONEY
Willingness Of People to Part
With Anatomy for Cash.
MEN AS WELLAS WOMEN
PHOTOGRAPHERS INGENIOUS
METHOD OF ADVERTISING.
How the Art is Employed in Furnish
ing Illustrations Of Before and
After Schemes.
special Correspondence of The Evening Star.


NEW YORK. April 1. 1904.
Right frequent are the recent manifesto
items of how badly they need the money"
over this way, the women as well as the
men. A little while ago a New York sur
geon advertised that he wanted an cara
well-shaped male ear. Price, 5000. He
didn't need the ear for himself, he stated In
his advertisement but for a patient.
western mining man. who was shy an ear
There was a story at the time that the
western mining man had become separated
from his ear because he had WEIGHED on
poker debt. the gentleman upon whom he
WEIGHED having removed the hearing APP
pliance with bowie knife, but this hor-
rife tale was never verified. But 1t was
pc fectly true that the man from the west
needed another ear, and that he had dele.
gated the New York surgeon to obtain 1t
for him. That ear was obtained with the
most grotesuue ease. Male persons not only
willing, but eager. to sell an ear for"SS.OO
stcrmed and besieged that surgeons ONCE.
and roted through his hall. ana fougnt Ior
first chance to see the holder OF the ear
money. The surgeon had finally TO teie-
phone to the police to come and drive from
his neighborhood the slews and slathers OF
kered to part with 5000 worth of anatomy.
A needy athlete who had been good at
foot ball while at school, and who was
consequently clever at shouidering ana
eIbowing work succeeded in eating them
to it," and his was the ear selected for at
tachment to the westerner's head
The operation is said to have been sig.
naIly successful, and satisfactory an
and as the athlete had. since his foot ball
DAYS. invariably worn his hair SO that ms
ears didn't show, anyhow, he was content
s. 600 worth.
Willing to Part With Skin.
A few days ago a Brooklyn doctor adj
yertised that he wanted three inches OF
..perfect, healthy skin. brunette female.
He wanted it Immediately. too and he guar
anteed absolute secrecy Price to be paid,
$500.
That advertisement appeared in the MORN
ing papers. Before o'clock there was
strange clutter of women. young and old.
handsome and homely. well-dressed and
seedy, in the hall. on the steps and IN the
front yard Of that medical mans house.
Nobody in the neighborhood understood 1t
except the doctor, and he begged and i'm
plored the women to go away. lie selected
an appropriate young woman, wiling TO
sacrifice three inches of cuticle at 500 an
inch, without the least difficulty; but the
difficult part OF the job came when he de-
sired the scores Of other applicants to re-
move themselves from his premises
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seeched the doctor. appearing in his hall.
with wild eye and tousled hair, while the
crowd of pretty and homely women willing
to stand for the loss Of three inches of cpl
dermis continued to grow.
The young woman has been chosen.
There is no chance. therefore. for any of
YOU Now, won't you pul-lease go ay-way?
However, they wouldn't: A0t, at least. UNI
til they got good and ready. They each
and ali felt that Partially had been shown.
and they pressed forward In sway1ng
bunch into the doctors private ONCE to
have q peek at the young woman who had
already been selected as the skin loser.
That victorious young person was already
installed in an easy chair, reading maya
zine-or pretending to read it.
She paid no attention to the glartng WON.
en- whom she had beat out In the compe-
tition, and looked as triumphant as any At
Atlanta after winning foot race. After
several hours the doctor succeeded in clear
ing his Office of the ciamoring women who
needed money more than they needed skin.
although new applicants continued to ar
rive at the Brooklyn medical Office through
out the day. One of them was stout.
funny-faced young woman as black as
stovepipe.
"Weli." said the doctor. receiving her.
and not dreaming of the nature Of her mis-
sion: what can do for your
..Ah read yo' alis piece In de papuh, an
abs dun radey tub sell free hundud dol
luhs wuf o. skin. suh." replied the ebony
damsel.
The doctor had been too much worried
that morning to laugh.
"Oh. I'm sorry, but you won't do at ALL
he said to the Senegambian young woman.
81 advertised for a-er-why, a brunette.
you know
The ,phenomenally black young woman
rolled the whites of her eyes at him re-
sentfully.
.sWhat does yo' all call me?.' she de-
manded. and then Haunted out OF the Of
flee, looking sore.
Needed Particular Skin.
The doctor later explained to inquirfng
reporters that the three inches of perfect,
healthy skin. brunette female" was wanted
to be grated on the throat Of lovely and
wealthy Brooklyn woman of high social
position. whose beauty had been marred
by an ulcer OF the neck The doctor ex-
piained. too. that the three inches of skin
would not necessarily be taken from the
same section g. the successful applicants
person.
If the other applicants had known that
it was going to be SO easy and SO gener
ousiy arranged a. all that, they'd prob