Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03
STONE s. FAIRFAX,
ODD ACTS OF REVENGE.
Ingenious Means to Get Even Employ
ed by Men and Women.
SO4- 800 1903 F St. and 1872 N Y. Ave.
sept

From Pearson's Weekly.
There was much ado in provincial town
year or two ago when Mrs. Fielding, the
wife of the leading draper, came across
packet of her husbands billet-dOux acct
dentally dropped by one of the young lady
assistants.
AS Mrs. Fielding was emphatically not a
woman to be triied with, naturally the
young lady had at once to go" Nor was
poor Fielding long in following The next
step taken by the energetic Mrs. Fielding
was to exhibit all the letters in the shop
window. This caused such a crowd to as
semble that the police had to threaten the
lady with a summons for obstruction"
Eventually, however a sadder and
wiser Mr.. Fielding was readmitted into his
own house and his wtfe's good graceS.
Another curious act of revenge-this time
or the part of a barber-was brought to
light recently in the course of a county
court action by hairdressers assistant
named Pye, who was suing for wages IN
lieu of notice. 1t was proved by the as
sistant that the reason Of his dismissal was
his refusal to rough shave" a certain Gus
toner whom his employer regarded with
disfavor as being guilty of exchanging
smiles with his (the employers wife.
Not exactly caring to create a scandal by
forbidding the customer his shop, the bar
Der had instructed his assistants to shave
the gentleman IN a manner that would In
sure his keeping away after a few expert
ences The employer had to pay Pye his
wages.
A French method of taking IT OUT of
an opponent has been invented by the Mar
Qus de Dion, the well-known manufacturer
of automobiles and a prominent member of
the French chamber of deputies. The mar
quis got annoyed with the French govern
ment, and in order to embarraSS It as much
as possible recently advised his constituents
in Brittany to withdraw their deposits from
the National Savings Bank. Large with
drawals from the savings bank took place
IN consequence. and the fact has a direct
bearing on the French national finances to-
day.
But this was nothing to the elaboration
with which German boy of fourteen
named Alfred Schimpf set about a scheme
of revenge on an old Berlin gentleman
named Bitten. who had complained of the
boy annoying him.
with the signature "Dr. Lang upon It, and
appended this name to a large number or
open postcards full of gross insults to Herr
Bitten.
moned by the district court to answer to an
action instituted by 'Dr. Lang to recover
a debt of IA shilings, but when he appear
ed on the appointed day the plaintiff was
not there. Three days later an ambulance
drew up and four stalwart men entered
Herr Blitzen's apartments and placed him
by main force in the ambulance for con-
veyance to the nearest lunatic asylum,
whence, of course. he was liberated when
the doctors discovered him to be perfectly
sane.
Elegant carriages afterward drove up to
take Herr and Frau Bitten for drives The
boy afterward sent a band of music to play
before the house at o'clock in the morn
ing. The climax was reached when a
hearse drawn by six horses and followed by
eight mourning coaches appeared before
Herr Blitzen's house. They had been order
ed by DIR. Lang for Herr Blitzen's fu-
neral. Nor would the young villain have
been discovered and sent to jail had he not
betrayed himself by boasting of his deeds
e another lad