The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-05-24
Street Faker Calls Others Crooked
Bu. Admits He's Man Diogenes
Looked For.
HhRANGUES CROWD AND
TAKES HARD.EARNED CASH
Peddler Nuisance Here Again-Isn't
It About Time to
Stop IT.

Diogenes can blow out his lamp.
The honest man has been found at
last. No lantern is necessary to give
the wOuld-be onlooker ar oppOrtun
ity to behcld him. Two fiaring jets
light up his benign countenance so
all may see HIN. He is not one tc
hide his light under bushel, is this
honest mon.
How do we know he is honest2
He admits 1t himself. And he is
frank enough to admit also that he
is about the only one Of his kind
left. Tho storekeepers ere all dis
honest Tie men who mold public
Office are all grafterS. The prOfes-
G'onal men are all crooked The
NEWSPAPERS are all so subservlcnt to
the power of money that their col
Umns are for hire for any purpose
Whatsoever 1t is refreshing to
know, that i'll such world as this.
there is ono honest man, a man who
is not only not afraid to tell of
Others Crcokedncss but whose mod
csty docs not prevent him from tell,
ing cf dis own honesty.
What does this man do? He
soils linimcnt and soap. He stands
ca n platform in the street and har-
aueues the crowd With him Is an
ether male person who sings and
aeon panies himself on the banjo.
a girl In western costume aul with
her hair in long biaids, couple OF
beavers and Il bulldog that adds dig
nifty to the ensemble. The bulldog
holds a pipe in his mouth and does
tricks at command Of his master
The bulldog was never permitted to
choose his company, So he can't
help it,
Tho street faker has been here
two weeks. Last night was his last
appearance here, he said, for an
other week. He was going "out OF
the city 10 another part of the town,
according to his own story, but he
would be back again in another
week, Meanwhile he proceeded to
tell the nondescript crowd, composed
mostly cf negroes, the best he could
taking into consideration his OBJ.
riCusly limited education and an ap-
parent inability to control his articu-
lation at times, of the wonders of his
dope Then he proceeded to sci,
the stuff to those who were foolish
enough to buy it.
But why is he permitted to do
this? Most of the people VINO get
taken in on such concoctions as he
peddles are hard working men anu
women and cannot afford to waste
the money. They believe the mans
story and think that the stuff will
cure their ills. A quaCk doctor is
idi tiOuSu, Dul street Idkef VINO
peddles stuff cf this sort is a much
greater menace. He should be made
to understand that he is not wanted
in Cairo. That if he would rather
make his money as he does than by
working for it he should go some
whore else to make it. He said last
night he was going away. but that
he would come back. His going
away eau he looked on with
equanimity, but his return should
be frovned upon. In fact, he should
not be permitted to come back as
long as ne makes his money as he
docs now. If there are people here
so weak as to be imposed upon by
persons unscrupulous enough to take
any advantage of them that offers.
they should be protected from tho
kind Of people who prey upon them
and from themselves as well.
The street faker who peddles
dope" should be discouraged from
doing business here.