The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-23
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! BY Glenn ii I Guernsey il 4 i

Il
sLochinvar. has taken New Il rk; by
storm. New York is fond OF slogans
and catch phrases, and this one fits
Eadmirably Down In Wall street 1T
was received with exceeding great
Joy and. emblazoned in golden letters.
shines from the walls OF 1 many a
igTeat financial institution. The pro-.
prietors of saloons. whose slde.doors
lead to the alienation OF suada.
thirst, have taken un i the cry. The,
gamblers, whose re cetpts suffer seri.
Gus lepletion from the rapaclty OF
police with itching palms. share In.
the continent. Bookmakers, with
their occupation threatened by tn.
reformers. reiterate the demand.
Even the socialists, driven from street.
corners and bewailing the denial sof
their "inalienable right OF free
Speech shout at the top OF their
voices, let Us Alone ~.
One newspaper" the 500, 900
editor Ct the Evening Journal inelc:
gant1y remarks. carries this slogan,
at the head OF its editorial page in
New York." and the aforesaid editor
assures us that ut will play a p1rt
in the coming national campaign Sun..
loubtedly." This is true, undoubt-
eddy, even IL itiloes fail to prove that
a knowledge OF the English Language;
in New York Is necessary to draw
ing large salary as the editor of the
Hearst newspaper. e
Editors as Easys Marks.
Is There is no reason why man
possessed OF typewriter and the
ability to operate 1t should be ont OF
work in this city. Old magazines may
he purchased in any secondhand book
shop, stories may be copied with no
mental cxertion. except to change
names and titles, and the ""easy
marks" who preside over the editorial
departments of some, OF the New Yoris
magazines will do the rest. Those
who read the current periodicals are
aware that this method OF earning a
livelihood is extensively practical.
else the edItors themselves are arrant
/ fakirs. .. 4,
Numerous examples OF literary
piracy are contained In the recent
numbers OF popular magazines. One
of the Shorty N1cCabe" stories, by
Sewall Ford. IS reprinted verbatim IN
q popular periodical, with the author
ship attributed to one Sweet. Another
magazine has an article purporting to
have been written by n noted war
! correspondent. which Is in large part
m uncreditel translation of a bool;
by Spanish-American writer A
magazine which makes speciality OF
humorous short stories. alleged to be
/ original. has in the last few months
: published many yarns that were prob
ably familiar to Adam. English
magazines with little or. no circula.
ton in the United States AFFORD n
fruitful field for the literary bucca-
neer. Scores of translations from
French. German and other European
magazines. slightly changed to suit
the American taste, are annually
served up in the American magazines.
To the mnn or woman possessed OF u
little ingenuity and minimum OF
honesty. the occupation Of literary
pirate should be both pleasant anil
profitable.
Cured, But ungratefuI.
/ Miss Frances Wynne, Of. this city.
lis a shop girl. healthy and withol
beautiful. One morning about a year
ago she went to the department store
where she was employed and was
greeted with sneers. grins and glggles
on the part OF her companions. The
reason for these manifestations
of levity was supplied by sym.
pathetic friend. in newspaper
advertisement. illustrated with pic.
ture of the beautious Miss Wynne.
Reading this advertisement, the fair
shop girl discovered, to her horror.
that she had chen suffering witt,
:. divers pnins. aches and mnladies AMI
that she had been jerked from the
Jaws Of jeopardy and an untimcly
grave by the medicine manufactured
by feminine philanthropist OF Lynn,
Mass. 10
So 1t came ahout that Miss Wynnc
= appeared in the United States cir.
cult court. asking for $4,000 as a
salvc for the mental anguish and NOR.
LITIGATION she had endured. She de.
clareh that she had never suffered
from the pains and aches described
In the testimonial. that she had never
taken the vegetable compound of the
feminine philanthropist and that her
picture had been obtained by false
pretenses. The Jury decided, after
hearing all the evidence, that $4,000
would cover the t1amorec ~