New-York tribune., 1908-12-13
WHAT'S THE USE
OF HARD WORK?
HOW WITS Levy TRIBUTE
ON WITLESS.
The Public Is Easily Separated from
IT'S Cash By Petty S5ctndlers
uith Nezr Tricks.

rnonds lately entered a New York barber shop
which makes a speciality OF eradicating black eyes
such as ars commonly acquired n the amusement
district. The woman sought private audisnce
with ths manager, and lifting her heavy vel
showed a badly discoIored optic She had gained
II. she said. IN argument with woman 70
whom her husband unduIy attentive The ex-
pert gave artistic eo-t 70 the eye for three hours
and restored Il TO Its natural hue The customer
was enchanted and offered profuss thanks shs
considered the fee OF 80 all to small for such
piece OF genre.
But suddenly she discovered that she had lsf.
her purse at her hotel Would the kind barber call
a taxicab and ride with her 20 the Knicksrbocksr
Hotel when she would pay him a5 for his WORK
and his troubie7
The nattered black eye artist accepted The pro
posaL At the Kn!ckerbocker Hotel the ToH-an
asked the man to IN the lobby while she y ant
10 her apartments. He waited After an hour IL
occurred to him that the fair customer might not
resent a telephone inquiry "a TO when she vas
coming down with the S15- He gave TIE woman >
name to the desk clerk. who said no such person
was registered The elevator man explained to
the barber that the woman had descended % ths
subway just an hour before
Other cases Of graft and ingenious rascahty are
described BY Don Mark Lemon in The Bohemian
magazine. There was a who rented a sTnaA
room In New York Office building and had no
door inscribed with gold letters. Henry Hartman
Watch and Diamond Merchant He invested n
large letter box AMI proceeded 70 knock on s1r-
e~7I ad
paDers throughout the country. inciosing 10 cents
in stamps in each letter and asking for a copy OF
each paper. When the newspapers came Henry
Hartman scanned the death columns and picSinS
out one or two likely names from every paper si-
tho deceased typewriter letter asking him kindly
to remit the final payment OF $40 on 500 ia
r,o7d ring and the Jewel which he ha6 purchased
on instalu1ents. would be forwarded y express
A hill and 2 circular fncIosed added 10 the genuine
apDearance Of the transaction a majority OF the
eel
departed were as much pleased as surprised ana
thev fastened TO send SO to the diamond nnsr-
chant They soon received acknowledgment oE
the remittance with thanks and statement lnaI
the diamond would arrive within twenty oAs7 oii
from the importing house Henry Hartman ne01s
over go 5f0 from this profitable business IN tWo
months when the postoffice inspectors -ooA1- iI-0
the matter He got away safely
4 -foIs7t explosion among the contents OF al
s,press safe on train running between PhilA-
tI,,is I'D washington raystiied the detectives for
some time All kinds CT valuable packages "eIs
blown 10 pieces. making the company Aao1s l'l
their Value. Il was thought at HrSt tnar Ihs eA-
urasi,n was caused b. an internal naehins N =
package that had been addressed 70 4 PuoI-o 11l-
Finally IL was discovered that An ingenious s"-i--
dIer had forwarded by express q pacAAse % .
ulosives timed by the clock 70 80 on aOOU1 -
hours after shipment The package was Hseeu =
contain pearls and th= sA-n1t-r AoPed % go
s,oo insurance for thu SAKE Os which ne vas W.
ir To destroy thousands or dollar~ worth Ok PFOp-
erty.
while azo a customer in Boston Department.
store had Lue misfortune % Jr-SA against 9--
l,.,,l- over vase marked down TO SI3 90 \ n-r-
,-ous t!ttI, FreacclI le and lie was norr-l'ei
vhan the 4oor5vaIIer tcII him he must pay IOr 10
damage tf5 searched his pockets Hndins o--s
small change A. length lie dlscoFer7o q
express draft in his b.LUooE and FeitelaAls a
lowed the hoorwa-Aer 10 ceal-1 --le - - 80.
v4se from tie amount o. the draIT I7ce-'--9 =
t.,ls-r- f, cash IaJer -he express draIL vas r.
turned from the Lank worthless
,,, r-r,-t.,,r- 9s . New York 1ruit store vas IN
formed by i woman OF stlisii H---A7--D -
had lost diamond ring among Ms crates Il =
VAS slsnd s15 would 10 glad to pay SIC" L0f TO
rstu.n or the ring a Ler hotel soon @-i-F '1lsh-
boxing passerby 1urtl.-iy picked ap something D
tween TWO crates on tlr silewalz i- vas the Mss
f,o, r.- which lie surrendered consideration q
s7o hin The proprietor sent To the hotei.
but the woman could Not be found and the rlHs
xas az Judged yaluel-ss
,-,,.r,z nm % Illinois. Just married, ccncei1s1
q brfrIr IIau or acquiring linen 20 start up house
keeping He hired q wagon adorned With d laah-
dry sign and drove about the streets Offering elr
rates on washing. with the result Jhat ne soon co-
Iected everything nsedfuL But the police got al1er
him and sheets. ta5Ieeiotis ard curtains were r.
stored 70 clasri7ed housewives Another enter
urISirg person transformed himself into coal con-
many for ten hours during cold spell. using s1a4
Once a fe-- 1IacarLs and some rtnts Of assorted
coal as stock ia trade He collected tAe money
fo-7 fa-E
vance before retiring from business al nisntlaii-
The sfrnpIe-rlInded pawnbrOksr is occasionaltT -
svrindIed by a woman confederate of man Wno nas
borrowed a hundred dollars on n diamond pm Ihs
vrorosn apuaars accompanied BY a policeman aiisl
claims the pin stolen FrcpertE- II the pawn
broker refuses 70 surrender the pin may cost nm
more to fight the case in court
A German doctor -espousible fOr an slaboT7ts
sviudIe at the expense Of wealthy Western nan
who lived in a secluded village with a few ser
wants and his little daughter The child had an IN
durable cerebro-spiGaI disease which was marked
bv a frequent barkIke hiccCugF- There came %
live IN the village. a widow whose little girl bat
inst the same disease The father felt peculiar
syulpat tfv for case Of misfortune that paralele4
that in his own household and he employ rnens
10 ths widow about his home a few months lafe-
IN. German doctor arrived In town and began -
nraet{se The widow went % him He treated he-
child and soon she was perfectly cured The man
FASTENED 10 place his own daughter under the Ger
mans care y cost him about S5Jao"- The dotl'r
cashed the check and decarnpcd- The aAls'tel
OF n. widow had been trained to simulate lhe us
ease which afflicted the other
NITVGANCE