El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-12

trimming anyone, although enc may,
tcucb Won for quarter or halL II
you give him any encouragement aIIei
/ hearing his story.
Many Southern Colonies
Why there should be so many south
ern colonies in the hotel bars i
something I never could understand
We know them as professional soulh-
Crners," but many person, nav Lll7
paid for all the mint Juleps some pa
ticular colonel would drink, has raj
len for touch and come across Win
fivespOt Just until my allowances
is received from my attorney III
Chattanooga"
There was once a character h4oWH
as colonel Charles Montgomery PIER
son" who freQuented Broadway.
Everyone knew him as col Charles-
He wore a broad felt hat which ne
IMAGINED was of the type once worn
by fhe before the war slave owners.
His taste. however, ran towards VIC
lent waistcOats, generously spotted
and streaked from many contacts with
free lunch counters. His suit was OF
the cut affected by the dandieS OF
Partisan boulevards, being rather
more than extremely tight about the
ankles It's checks were so loud they
would have made Sousa drop ms patton
in despair. Like the rest OF the COL
ter days I always suspected that II
had originally been made by some
theatrical tailor for negro vaudeville
comedian for stage use. COL ChaTIes
was as eccentric in his cholce OF SHOES
as he was in his selection or a waist
coat His once guaranteed palenI
feathers boosted grew suede tops, ana
the toes were finely pointed Barring
a few cracks along the SIDES, the
shoes were in first class CONDITION.
This Particular ''Kernel."
Colonel Charles had no particular
occupation, other than relating to in
terested strangers fanciful fiction
about the famous Plerson planlallOHs
in Georgia, or Tennessee or AlaDaLna'
(which were wiped out and cOnnS-
Gated by the damned Yankees, sir!
Colonel Charles was far, far TOO cIeVer
to say "suhH He knew perIeccIIy
well that southern men don't talk IKE
negroes, and this one little bit OF
knowledge on Charley's part was re-
sponsible for many sucker falling
for his story. The "cOlOnel' was Just
an ordinary, every day Danhandler. lie
was only one of the many, however,
of the same type, who still frequent
the street of bright lights.
Mixed in with the thrOngS in the
cheaper restaurants and cafes or
Broadway at night are many clerks,
number OF apparently respectable per-
sons who visit disreputable resorts
either on Broadway or in its vicinity,
is remarkable. They are New York
ELSs LlOL EALdu5ELSs lQL TIC ldLLEL ely
know where to locate such places. /
They go to the "trOtteries" and lob |
ster palaces" that have become fam /
Gus. Why persons who lead lives Of |
responsibility during the day time |
should frequent such resorts at night |
is difficult to understand.
=
Z uncovered a brand new swindling /
scheme on the Gay White Way yes /
teFday.
The box office man Of a theater was (
handing out tickets, explanations, and /
as usual when a young
man, without hat or coat hustled in. /
he asked my friend, the ticket seller, |
= there was $50 in quarters to spare /
IN the till.
Pm from the cafe across the street" |
ne explained handing over a $40 bill /
The lord Of the pastbOards gave the
youth two rolls containing the 25-
cent pieces In half a minute the
stranger had returned.
Excuse me, I made a mistakeS' he 4
said, I wanted SO in quarters and
10 in nickels and dimes"
Ine ticket seller didn't have the I
landed back package, remarking
nat he could probably get the nickels
md dimes in the subway. Of course
le received back SO. An hour after
lurprlsed on attempting to break the I
the youth had given him. It 1
gas quite stiff and proved to consist
y cynndrlcai piece of steel with a {
FOOD quarter at each end.
De hastened across to the cafe and
hange.
I didn't, but you did" said the lat
s eI-Wno proved to be a second vic
I'm ana 70 have a so cent roll of
uarters with a piece Of steel between
n his own cash register.
Correspondence school methods are
$50 getting a grip on the purIoinine
rade. On invading an attracfi1-S 1
nleTes' den few days ago the de-
ectlVes discovered a text-booIT fo,. ]
cVlces In the swiping art. vvrifte1 -,
ae best stenography-in-a week StvI i5i
Here are some extracts from M
recIOus volume: 1I0
p s SEestlon-What is the best way TO
Answer-By throttling her Ti+b ho.,.
Q 61m I1s on her Adams apple JUN
QuestiOn-What is the beef w.
VOID leaving finger prfnfs9 way 70
wer-Wear tight leather .-1o,-.
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