Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-17

today, who knows all men and observes
all things closely. "They are just rest
ing here though. The only one l have
heard of trying to grab any coin was
the Wallingford who was selling %
street car tickets for % cents.
He was a boob, for he lacked nerve,
say the tourists.
I've heard that the real reason he
blew was because a fellow who works
the same endless chain scheme Of SELL
ing shoes was kicking on his bungling
work"
A man had just passed down White
hall street with a pig following close at
his heels, like dog
There are many legitimate members
Of circus and carnival companies who
have come South, like the man with the
pig, to winter But what is most in
teresting is that we have with us a
band of the most ingenious crooks and
takers that roam the continent. They
are the type that taught the more mod
ern Wallingfords the fundamentals of
the game
Many Follow Circuses.
Many of them also follow circuses
and carnivals, but they are known as
the illegitmates."
He refused to give any names. But
he told the systems of a number who
make business of quilting the credu-
lous public.
One man here, he said, is a national
celebrity-with the profession. ...
Some years ago this man was trav-
cling around selling pictures of Mrs.
Grover Cleveland. Business was bad.
People didn't seem to care for pictures
of the presidents wife
Just then Jefferson Davis, once presi-
dent of the Confederacy, was making a
tour of the South, accompanied by his
daughter, Winnie Davis.
This quick witted fellow offered the
pictures of Mrs. Cleveland as the pic
lures of Winnie Davis. And he made a
big stake.
Cold nerve is the greatest asset to
the gentry which refuses to abide by
the laws of economics
There is one man in town who plies a
good trade in glass fountain pens, close
ly following a rule of not returning to a
town where he has once done business.
His game is known as the high pitch"
Selling 1o-Cent Pens for So.
When in action he mounts soap
box and offers shining glass fountain
pens for ten cents each, carefully ex-
planning that he is only advertising the
pens
How many will pay ten cents each
for one of these pens?" he asks Il
promise a present to every man who
buys"
A number always buy. Then he asks
them to hold up their pens.
i will return the ten cents to every
man who has bought a pen" he an
nounces, with gracious dignity.
He does, and his crowd grows larger
Nov, who will give me 20 cents for
a pen?' he asks, in tone expressing
broad liberality.
There is a rush for his box and he
sells many more pens.
After the sale he returns the quar-
tiers
He advances his price to 80 cents and
his customers almost swamp him. He
gives back the 80 cents and a quarter
extra to each purchaser.
With a calm, smiling face he asks:
Nov, how many will give me 81 for
one of these fine pens?"
Then the Grand Exit!
His crowd has grown tremendously,
and his business makes any lace bar
gain sale look tame.
When all who desire to have bought,
he straightens to his full height, bows
gracefully says thank you. and steps
down from his box
When the game is successful the
crowd is so bewildered that it remains
motionless for moment, and the faker
starts backing away.
He has a beautiful wife with flashing
black eyes. AS he backs away she
steps between him and those belliger-
ents who have been "stung."
Don't you touch him. Don't one
of you touch him!" she cries.
The stand is always arranged in
front Of some little shop The man
BACKS INTO the door ana slams II smut.
The crowd thinks 1t has him Jailed.
But the faker makes a backway exit
with the money.
The woman is always allowed to es-
cape without harm.
The pick out" scheme is like a
crooked game of poker The cards are
marked and the sucker" thinks he
knows them-but he doesn't.
The Old Watch Game.
The originator of this swindle is in
Atlanta today, walking the streets as
innocent looking as Y. NJ. c. A. Sec
rotary.
At work, he has a show case filled
with glitterirg jewels, in the center Of
which is a beautiful gold watch. On
top of the show case is a box filled with
envelopes containing numbers. The
numbers in the envelopes correspond
to numbers on the jewelry in the show
cast SO much is charged for a draw
at the numbers. and the number in the
envelope tells the prize that has been