The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-12
by GLENN GUERNSEY

leisure for amusements on any day
except Sunday If they are to be al
lowed to spend their money to see a
theatrical performance, they should
be allowed to see a good one. Thai
appears to be logical proposition
But, of course. it would be too much
to expect from the solons who make
the laws for this great city.
One good result, however. has been
achieved from the re-opening OF the
theatres. The Sunday patronage OF
the saloons has fallen on and there
have been FAR fewer arrests for drunk
enneSs: The theatres despite the In
nocuous character of their perform
anees, appear to be the real eonser-
vators of morality, and the clergy
would do well 10 recognize that fact.
Getting Rich Quick.
One of the most interesting discov-
cries of scientific investigation is en-
braced in the truism that sucker is
born every minute. 1t was this bio
logical fact that led C. r. Fagley, a
Sixth avenue green grocer, to add
side line to his business, out of which
he made a small fortune Now the
postal inspectors have got next TO
the game" however, and have issued a
Grated under the name of the Nation
al Turf information bureau.
Fagley's scheme was not original.
No plan for separating credulous ones
from their cash ever is. The green
grocer represented that he was in a
position to obtain inside information
on certain horse races, and that he
would send the information absolute
~ free to anyone who would agree to
divide with him the profits of a wager.
This, on the face of it, looked fair
enough, and hundreds of suckers all
over the country bit at the bait pre-
sented so alluringly by Fagley in his
advertisements.
But Fagley had a string to his phil
anthropic offer. He was bound to win,
although many of his clients must
lose. He furnished the names of diff
ferent horses to different persons, so
that, no matter which horse won, a
certain portion of his clients were
bound to divide their winnings with
him. If ten horses were entered in
a race, and he had sent information"
to 500 clients. fifty of them would
win bets and give half Of their profits
to their "benefactor." 1t was a ride
ulously easy way of playing the marks,
not interfered with the game, Fagley
would doubtless have become a mil
lionaire in short time.
HencefoTth, all who write to the
philanthropic institution known as the
National Turf information bureau will
have their communications returned
marked fraudulent BY this sign
they may know that a green grocer
named Fagley will hereafter be
forced to depend upon the profits from
the sale of green groceries for a Hv-
ing. And all because he used proper
clients, played all the horses entered
in a race to win, instead of backing
only one or two.
Comstock After EIinor Giyn.
Anthony Comstock, head of the So
ciety for the Suppression of Vice, is
now hard on the trail of Elinor GIyn,
the English authoress now visiting
this country. Comstock has discov-
everd that Elinor Gyms novel, Three
Weeks" is immoral, and is seeking TO
prevent its sale. By doing this, he has
been of great assistance to the writer
and the publishers the latter finding
1t difficult to supply the demand for
the book in question.
i should hesitate to say that Three
Weeks" is immoral, not being an au-
thority on morality, like Comstock.
The time spent in reading it, how
ever, might be more profitably used
IN a perusal of Madame Bevamy" or
-The Decameron.