Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-19
MAGAZINE

| special nallucination was hearing voices
in the air which threatened him. See
ing nobody about him, he had tried
vainly to explain to himself the source
OF the vocal annoyance. As with 9TH
ers suffering with the same afiiction,
he naturally accounted for his trou-
bles as due to some agency beyond
his understanding in the time in which
he lived. Had he lived I'm the days
of Salem witchcraft he probably would
have concluded that the voice was Of
diabolical witchery. Had he been in
terested in spiritualism 1t probably had
been a spirit voice. Living in the twen-
tieth century he concluded that the
voice came from the telephone wires.
and, connecting wires with electricity
and the telegraph system, he decided
that Mr. Gould was the author of his
troubles. Hence he called daily at the
Western Union building until the au-
thorities were notified.
Comedy sometimes crosses the stage
and interrupts the busy money makers
In their crowded hours, as was in
staneed recently by one of the most
powerful and influential men in the
street, whose aversion to interviews is
well known and who has, as a sort Of
personal guard. Cerberus almost as
naughty and unapproachable as him
self. A certain publication, having
made several Intellectual attempts to
obtain sketches of the great man at
work. finally dispatched a woman and
man on the delicate and difficult
mission. The man began by executing
a flank movement, as though trying to
spirit himself into the sanctum sane
forum and, as forereckoned, was halted
| by the guard. Meanwhile the young
woman proceeded into the private Of
flee, presented letter of Introduction
in person to the financier, and so
astounded him that he involuntarily
furnished material for some very char
acteristic pictures.
Within the last few weeks the street
has offered an attraction to an elderly
bohemian, who assigned himself to in
terview several prominent bankers III
order to dissuade them from giving
him money and cast off wearing APP
wealthy people had been sending him
cash and articles he did not need, be-
ing already comfortably established in
a Bowery lodging house. Moreover, he
confessed, the postoffice authorities had
persistently refused to surrender 10
him packages which, his patron spirit
revealed, had been addressed to him.
The various donations, he declared
were testimonials sent him by religious
persons who were grateful for spe-
cial prayer he had composed. Being
refused admittance at several banking
houses, the author of the prayer would
gravely indite a note beseeching the
respective capitalists to cease sending
[ him money, and depart quietly.
/ Occasional variations are offered by
women in the curious procession that
wends Wall street way, as was recent
ly reported to the police by Giovanni P.
| Morosini, banker She of this in
stance was modishly gowned and read
| lily secured an audience with the busy
banker ON the subterfuge of being
anxious to invest in certain stocks of
which the financier was an extensive
holder. AS 1t developed, she had in
vented a war balloon with which she
was sure the fall of Port Arthur would
be accomplished and only needed capi-
tai to float the enterprise.
"I will go out to lunch with you," she
volunteered, "and we can talk it over"
Being informed that the banker al
ways lunched in his. office, she was
quite willing to stay and lunch there.
Only when assured that the banker ex-
pected his wife and daughter to lunch
con was she persuaded to leave. But
day after day she returned, to be
| finally told that the financier had gone
to Washington and had left word for
her to proceed there and confer with
| the secretary of war. She occasioned
him no further worriment.
| On another occasion James r. Keene,
| the great bear leader was visited by
a man with bottle of queer colored
liquid. Considerable excitement was
created in the Keene Offices for fear
it was vitrol. But to the amazement of
the financier the Individual quietly
asked if Mr.. Keene would care to drink
of the fountain of youth and be young
| again.
Young again?p gasped the million
aire. II am young-sixty years young.
What do you mean by your impu-
dence?"
"I have discovered a wonderful
elixir" was the imperturbable reply,
while the Office force was mastering
for a concerted descent, land it will
make an old man feel like boy. There
are thousands in it-millions-and |
want you to help me put it on the
market. You can sample this bottle
today and judge for yourself" He
later left the bottle and quietly de-
parted, never to return.
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