Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-14
|UPHEAVAL IN MANHATTAN
ON THE SUNDAY QUESTION

little picture chumps in New York, chro.
mos, nickel photogravures few dauby
paintings that Moro wouldn't use TO
decorate his grass-hut with. and trash OF
that general character stun worth, at q
generous appraisal about a dollar a bale;
and not one OF the so-called pictures had,
o. course. eve seen the worKroom OF q
newspaper or magazine artist.
Chipping in for Art.
The well-to-do easy ones of Washing.
ton got fine trimming on that occasion.
I'd hate TO attempt to estimate the num-
Der ofythousands of dollars that the graft.
ers took out OF the capital The curious
part OF II is tkat some of the most prom
inent and supposedly wise" men and
women. resident in Washington, fell for
PIE raw frame-up. Representatives in
Congress by t.ie score, Senators a-pienty,
at least two members OF the cabinet, So
cicty men and women who are supposed
to know the world and its pitfaIis by
heart. all chipped in to swell the kitty for
the oieaSinous band of grafters.
The fellow who organized and carried
through the rad on Washington was tho
same CHAP who. some years before. had
collected, in New York, an almost unbc-
ievable sum of money for the Blue Pen
Gil CiuD another one OF those Us Boys
gags. The money was solicited from the
leading men OF New York on the pre-.
tense that It was TO be devoted to the
erection and maintenance Of a permanent
clubhouse, exclusively for the working
newspaper men OF New York A head
quarters detective told me a while pack
that the fellow who worked this deal here.
the same VINO. as said. afterward worker
Inc pnoney Press Artists League
scheme in Washington. picked up no less
sum than SsO,UUO Tor the Blue Pencil
Club before the cops got on his trail.
When the Press Artists League" swim.
die was played out in Washington an
other member Of the gang fixed up for
. 80 C m -lr..1
BILE little polite backmail plan. which he
operated exclusively al the Capitol. He
estabtished-how. nobody could, OF can.
lfnas,ne-some sort of connection with
a weii-known labor leader, the head of an
organization which issues a monthly pub
ncatlon. Then the swinder went through
the House and Senate Systematically, net
ing inc representatives and senators to
! SUBSCRIBE Tor large numbers of copies OF
this publication 10 be distributed through
their districts. Some OF the Legislative
Vicllms chipped in large sums. They
were plainly the victims Of a hoId.up In
the name of organized labor.
me gang however, usually stuck and
sun SUCKS, to the operation Of schemes
tnat rharm the money out OF the pockets
OF victims on the plea that the pelf is to
oe useu, soSehoW or another. for the BEN
ent OF newspaper men. 1t seems difficult
10 convince thousands of well-to-do peo-
pie IN the United States that sure-enouRh
newspaper men are neither beggars nor
gaIters: that they don't want anything
That isn't coming to them: that thew
never. In any circumstances solicit con.
triputlons from anybody for any purpose
whatsoever, nor permit others to SO So
iicit In their name, and that every scheme
that processes to be for the monetary be-
half of newspaper men is bound TO be-.
and always is, swindle of the rankest
possible kind.
When the Gerries Get You.
Even the Gerry Society can, and does,
make an occasional bad break
Among the many activities Of the Gerry
Society is one which requires the So
ciety's agents to see to It that no children
under the age of sixteen shall appear on
the New York stage
Monday evening last the Headquarters
OF the society were called I'D by a male
individual, whose voice. In the phone.
sounded as If he might be considerably
excited
Say said the voice in the phone, its
a blooming shame. that's what 1t is and
don't know what you people can be
thinking Of to stand for it. What's the
matter? Why, at the Theater"
naming Broadway house where a first
production was being given that night,
there's poor little snib Of shivery,
weak, poorly nourished kid doing dane
ing I'M stunt that's enough to take the vital
ity out of plano mower. a poor little
boy not more'n three foot high. and IL
he's minute more than eight years old.
WY, ~ eat him ! should think You
folks I'd be ashamed to stand for
They rang him of at that point. They
mad enough to go on. A couple OF busy
hirelings of the Gerry Society were sent
hotfoot to the theater named to grab the
poor, little, weak. ill-nourished boy.
He was standing in the wings when
they reached the theater. and-ne kicked
and struggled and went on something
awful when they grabbed him and packed
MN on But there was no help for It, He
had TO go. When the Gerries get you.
You know. they get you right.
Baby Needed a Shave.
Well. the agents of the Gerry Society
took the tot to their detention rooms
feeling pretty good with themselves over
having snagged a victim right of the
stage almost In the presence of the audi
ence. Meanwhile the tot had grown uuies-
cent and wasn't saying a word. He tust
mooched around in his funny tramp's
makeup, his face smeared with grease
paint. and seemed to have settled down
to taking the game as 1t came.
Here, my poor little man." said one OF
the Gerries, Just wash that smeary stun
or your face over at that sink, and we'll
make you comfort able for the night We
know where there's some gingerbread and
lolnpops and things"
The tot went over to the sink, staked
his phiz to a good scrub. and when he
turned around and the pair of Gerries
had taken good look at him they came
pretty near falling down.
He needed a shave pretty badly
'Wuh- wuh-why. h-h-how old are you?'
the Gerries gasped.
We'll, say. I amt givin' me age away
e'r publication. un'stan'.' replied the
tot but / was forty-two me last buth
day, If it's goin' to do youse mugs amy
good { know"
Then the dwarf pulled a most malignant
clay pipe from the pocket Of his coat.
filled it and lit it, and settled back for a
comfortable smoke for himself They
chased him. however and. with a mali
cious grin on his weakened face he hoped
into a cab and was driven back to the
theater. CLARENCE l.. CULLEN.
Question Of Nationality.
Carl Peters, in Deutsche Monatschrift.