The Detroit times., 1910-07-28
|IE nIN WlGEs
MIR on RICH men
IA, the Carpenter, Amt Got No
Respect for Millionaires-Many
Humorous Incidents.

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4 Allsor, the only poor man living ON
exclnaixe Rumson-rd. is having war
1 WITH the millionaires OF the summer
colony. They're having me with
"a. HIM, TOO.
Jim Is ahead since he built the spite
4 fence around his bungalow. Jtms
x Revolutionary and socialistic senti
& ments, painted In big Letters ON the
\ fence are Haunted right before the
3 front windows OF Caorge j. Gould 8
cottage across the way.
X The automobile complexion OF the
millionaires passing by Jim's house
Is fine deep apoplectic purple.
These words--in Jim's biggest let
.ters-greet the eyes OF those In the
Gould cottage when they arise each
\ tmorning.
''The poor who steal go 10 prison;
while the rich 20 TO Europe"
This isn't pleasant sign, for the
GouIds go to Europe. so do the fam
HES OF Jacob Schiff. Louis Wolff (of
Kuhn. oLeb & Coz, Isaac Seligman,
Kingdom Gould, H. III. Rogers, Ru-
dolph Erbsloeh. Edw. McVicker, Sam
Riker. Col John j. McCook, e. ID.
adams. Chas. ID. Halsey and others
who dwell In Rumson and read jim 8
sign and yacht up the coast to Wall
st. every weekday morning.
Jim Can Weld the Brush.
The 10-foot fence that mars the en-
trance Of Rumson-rd carries another
motto, done In Jim's best sign paint
ing style:
THE time has come wnen all poor
u men should be socialists
This quip, reading like 4 typewriter
y exercise. has proven deadly insulting
C. the Rumson-rd milllonaires.
Jim's Jus. plain carpenter. and
y he goes about his war so earnestly
that he worries the rich folks. bill"
one Of Rumson's manicured. patent
leathered cops, said OF Jim, as he idly
dlcked at the trimmed box hedge
with the slender walking stick he Is
required to carry while on duty, Jim
Allgor ain't got no more respect Ter
q millionaire than he has fer a dawg.
H Whereat Bill turned to shoe on
y from Rumson's sacred precincts an
paddler-Who was crossing
the Shrewsbury river draw bridge
the only entrance to exclusive Rum
son.
Jim Is Seabright's Oldest settler.
and years ago he purchased a piece
OF property just across Shrewbury
q bridge. That was long before Gould
or II. M. Alexander (of the Equitable
Life), or c. G. Huyler, Stanley Fargo,
y Ogden Mills Reid. or any OF them had
thought OF building on Rumson-rd and
making 1t millionaire drive.
Then the cottages" were built and
Jim. always on the lookout for a way
z to turn an honest penny, built bum
3 galow on his property and opened It
3 rs q public ice cream parlor. Think
OF IT. Vulgar trade invading exciu-
HIRE RHmseni But the bungalow
made fine goal for the footman to
take the upstairs girl for an evening
Il walk, and jim began to do q thrtv-
Ing business with the Rumson SER
4 wants.
II was Sreadfully annoying. Each
evening the Rumson millionaire would
Y land from his yacht at his waiting
q auto, at the bridge. He'd see the
flashing green water OF the 6hrews-
bury below, the great Gould mansion
4 TO Their light, the trim hedges and long
arches OF trees In the distance, and
inns big ice cream sign messing up
K the entire foreground
So way was devised to prune Jim
from the scenery. When the carpen-
ter began building bowling alley In
the rear Of his premises Mayor Frank
Mcmahon Of Rumson appeared In
great wrath and told Jim he might as
y well stop work, for Rumson would
never grant q bowling alley permit.
= At the same time word was sent into
\ the several servants halls of the road
q that q dish OF Ice cream at Jim's would
a thereafter be equivalent to discharge.
After that q great silence fell upon
y the Bungalow Ice Cream parlor.
But, from that moment, Jim Allgor
lived for red revenge. He hired q
band OF gypsies to camp In his back
yard, and Rumson burned with indig-
nation. He drove big post into his
; front yard and tackled ON huge sign,
advertising the place for rent to
large family of Negroes. none others
need apply; and a delicate shudder
ran up Rumson's spine for fear Jim
would find tenant
Came the day when st. Georges-by-
the-Sea was to be dedicated. The
night before Jim went up and down
the ocean beach. collecting soiled I'M
dcrclothing from the fishermen. He
piacarded each article with the name
OF Rumson millionaire and then put
up sign offering souvenirs OF
y Rumson-rd. for sale But the million
aires cut down the clothing.
Jim had them all arrested, and they
had Jim arrested. The cases are
hanging FIRE yet Then Jim got out
lot OF posters offering SIS reward
for information leading to the arrest
OF any Rumson-rd. millionaire for any
thing He would stop autos on the
road and hand in the posters to be
read by the occupants. They had Jim
arrested for this, and also for libel,
and then Jim waited no longer. He
moved away from the bungalow and
put up his fence.
He surrounded his lot on three
sides with the fence slanting IL in like
fort. Being carpenter, he did "A
good Job. Then he painted the story