The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-05-24
Editors as Easy Marks.

lncre is no reason why man pos
scssed OF a typewriter and the abil-
ity to operate it should be out of
work in this city. Old magazines
may be purchased in any second hand
book shop, stories may be copied with
no mental eXertion, except 10 change
names and titles, and the easy
marks who preside over the editu-
rial departments OF some OF the New
York magazines will do the rest.
Those who read the current periodi-
Gals a.e aware that this method Of
earning livelihood is extensively
praciscd, else the editors themselves
are arrant fakirs.
Numerous examples of literary pi-
racy are contained I'm the recent num-
bcrs of popular magazines. one of
the Shorty McCabc' stories, by Sc
wall Ford, is reprinted verbatim in
a popular periodical, with the author
ship attributed 10 one SWEET Anoth-
cr magazine has an arti.de purpor,ing
to have been written by a noted war
correspondent, which Is In large part
an uncredited translation of a book
by a SpanishAmerican writer. a
magazine which makes "A specially 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 mag
a2!ncs with little or no circulation in
the United States afford fruitful
field for the literary buccaneer. Scor, 5
OF transatiOns from French, German
and other European magazines, slight
ly changed to suit the American taste.
are annually served up In the Amer
lean magazines. To the man or wom-
an possessed of little ingenuity and
a minimum of honesty, the oycupa-
tion of literary pirate should be DJtn
pleasant and profitable.
Cured, but Ungrateful.
Miss Frances Wynne of this city is
a shop girl, healthy and withal beau
tilul. One morning about a year ago
she went to the department store
where she was employed and was
greeted with sneers, grins and giggles
on the part of her companions. The
reason for these manifestations of
leyity was supplied by sympathetic
friend, in a newspaper advertisement,
illustrated with a picture OF the beau
teuus Miss Wynne. Reading this ad-
vertisement, the fair shop girl discoy-
cred, to her horror, that she had been
suffering with divers pains, aches and
maladies and that she had been jerk
ed from the jaws of jeopardy and an
untimely grave by the medicine man
uiactured by a feminine philantnro-
pist of Lynn, Mass.
So II came about that Miss Wynne
appeared in the Uuited States circuit
court, asking for $4,000 as salye
for the mental anguish and NORTH
cation she had endured. She declar-
ed that she had never suffered from
the pains and aches described in the
testimonial, that she had never taken
the vegetable compound of the fem
mime philanthropist and that her pic
ture had been obtained by false pre-
lenses. The jury decided, after hear.
ing III the evidence, that $4,000 would
cover the damages.
Work Horse Parade.
Equine thoroughbreds with aristo-
cratic pedigrees may now take back
stall. Bill, the truck horse, who pulls
heavy loads along the side streets
and Is constantly greeted by signs
warning him 10 keep next 10 the curb
and in other ways to make himself
as uuobtrusiye as possible. will have
his day next Saturday. Wearing his
best bib and tucker, the aforetlme
plodding Bill will prance lumberingly
along Firth avenue, as proud a steed
as ever was seen on that exclusive
thoroughfare, and will prick up his
ears in sheer delight as the thou.
sands Of humans applaud his spick
and span condition. The occasion for
this apothesis of the work horse will
be the annual memorial day parade
given under the auspices of the Wom-
ans Auxiliary OF the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
A similar parade was held last year,
with upward of 1900 work horses In
| line, and was witnessed by fully 100.
| 900 spectators. Next Saturdays
event promises TO be even greater
than its predecessor and to furnish a
truly magnificent exhibition OF the
| proletariat OF horsedom.