Evening star., 1909-09-04

fall guys" They get all the way from
500 to $1,000 for these write-ups. The
Junk actually is printed. with the cut.
but there is only one edition of the publ
cation" composed almost wholly of these
write-ups. Then the publication goes out
of existence, and the crooks start another
one with another name and go through
the same money-annexing performance
again. AS a matter of fact, this scheme
is NOT within the law. for the crooks, IN
getting the gobs of money for these write
ups. unhestatingly inform the victims
that their publication" Is a sure-enough.
bona fide. going affair. that will come out
regularly and be placed on sale on the
newsstands: whereas only one edition-if
all of the write-ups can be INCLUDED IN
that one edition-of the grating piece OF
printed stuff is brought out.
These crooks could be handled for false
pretenses for representing that their
measly grab-the-kale publication" is an
on-the-level affair, designed to be printed
regularly. with subscrlbed-for circula-
ton and with arrangements made for It's
sale on the 'newsstands.
Let 1t not be supposed, however. that
these fellows are worried by such little
humor to "go out after the big dust"
One of them, q few years ago, started off
on his own hook to get money for a
newspaper mems club which he called
the Blue Pencil Club for his grating pur-
pose.
1--WE boys" was his patter In ladling out
the talk to the rich and even prominently
rich men Of New York, want to start a
little club of our own, exclusively for
newspaper men. and you know how it Is
with newspaper men as to funds"-and
that line Of swindling south breeze in ex-
tense. This crook had never been inside
Of a newspaper Office in his life. But
dye know how much money he gouged
from the rich men of this town, all Of 'em
keen to be philanthropic in connection with
an enterprise that promised to pay them
more than dollar for dollar in publicity for
their philanthropy, before the real news
scheme and had the crook arrested? Why,
he got hold of pretty nigh $4,000 in cold.
hard. metallic coin of the realm. He had
to disgorge most Of the sum. but that
didn't have any bearing upon the per-
fectly ridiculous ease with which he'd
accumulated the bunch by representing
himself as a newspaper man. Men
whose names are known all over America
Clipped In without question, and II 1t
hadn't been for bit of irrepressible and
quite natural boastfulness on the part
of the crook as to how soft the money
was he'd very likely have got away with
the whole sum. and a great deal more,
with perfect immunity from the law.
The I'VE Boys crooks have a laugh
a-coming, all the time, over the gullibiI-
ity Of the people upon whom they impose
You remember. perhaps. that absurd ex-
hibition of the press Artists League ir
Washington few years ago? That was
wouldn't be able to drive double rings
around Kaystreet for safety and speed
and science and everything else on the
calendar of misunderstanding accom-
plishments. then Ia eat all of the hats
that I've ever worn since 1 was six years
old. and swear that l liked the taste of
'em"
Whereupon Mrs. Jobson, feeling pretty
good about things, rested upon her oars.
Mr.. Jobson, himself at the Wheel pulled
UP in front of the Jobson abode in a
handsome new car one afternoon last
week. He footed the horn to summon