The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-11

A cheap or inexperienced man might
prove very expensive There Is another
man in New Xxx who does nothing all
year long but test watermeons and canta-
loupes for the Waldorf Astoria Hotel
The loss in cutting unripe fruit would be
considerable and this man, IL is estimated
saves his years salary In three months of
work t.Of course. If he didn't said the
chef, eve wouldn't keep him. IL pro
pretor cannot make profit on the labor
of the man he hires he has no incentive
to hire anybody.
woman who might Join the profess
sional escort In partnership arrange
ment is the clothes doctor she calls
herself. She is u middle aged. motherly
woman. who goes about to bachelors
lodgings to do all the necessary darning
of socks, mending of underwear, etc, and
looks after the linen of those who are not
fortunate enough to have some one to do
1t for them. Then there is the man who
cuts and sells cat meat He has had a
stand at one certain spot of one certain
market for % years. and In all that time
has never sold anything but and 10 cent
packages of meat prepared as cat food.
In New York city alone, 9s7.674 men
laborers, mechanics, stone masons. brick
layers, carpenters, machinists, engineers
at the present writing find employment
building skyscrapers, while In all large
cities there are at least dozen men and
women who make a living looking for
lost articles. They may be seen on the
streets as It is daylight, search
Ing the parks and lounging places. the
streets of the down town sections. the
sidewalks and cutters before theaters aud
popular restaurants. Sometimes they find
money and keep il. Sometimes they find
jeweiry and sell 1t. Many. many times
they find an article of value only to the
loser, and return 1t. getting the reward.
They scan the advertisements in the lost
and found columns of the daily papers,
han hn FEfE
of jewelry too conspicuous too vaiu-
able to offer for sale. they advertise for
its owner. 1t is said to be quite lucra-
tive calling. Equally unique, perhaps, Is
the trade Of tickling peoples vanity. This
latter Is most profitable occupation.
even when used for itself alone and not
In connection with some other business.
Many obscure newspapers and nominal
magazines of the Town Topics variety live
by it. The method OF the men behind the
scheme is simply to write up a most
fulsome article praising the subject in a
manner that would be nauseaffng IL II
were not comicaL The article Is then
shown to the intended victim by q glib
talker who tiekies his vanity by read
ing the story and experimenting it with
a few additional meads OF tany. fool
and his money are soon parted says an
old adage. a vain man and bis money
are parted still more quickly says the
modern fakir, and the number who thrive
by getting out books devoted to pra1sing
peopIe that don't deserve il Is legion.
The laudatory articles. Of course, cost 50
much per laudation, aud the editors and
writer's wax rich
Jobs Both Unique and Dangerous
Properly classed as both dangerous and
peculiar are those occupations Of men who
loop the-loop on bicycles and in autono-
biies who do acrobatlc feats. who jump
over elephants backs in circuses, who run
automobiles for a living and race with
death ii hours every day, the men who
navigate airships, the divers who 90 down
into the depths of the sea. the municipal
frefghters and policemen, the salt and
fresh water sailors, the coal miners work
ing under the earth, the trainers of wild
beasts the tightrope walkers, the physf-
clans who fight death and disease and
countless others But for real sensational
ism. real danger and real oddly the job
of George Therma, one Of the principals
10 the horse-thief act at Paynee BITS
Show makes any other strenuous job
seem Ike pleasant nap on warm day
For $50 a month and his board TherfDa Is
hanged I6 tiInes week He Is laFiated
while riding at full speed. is dragged from
his horse and hauled over the ground for
a distance. Then he is strung TO tree in
full view of the audience piece OF stiff
coat-lining is fixed about his neck and the
rope daes him little harm. By the action
after he has been hanging but a short
time and cuts down the supposed corpse
II Is reported that once something went