Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-16
ANTi-FAT FAKE EXPOSED.

Mails Barred to Marjorie Hamilton
Company, Of Chicago.
Washing ton. = Marjorie Hamilton
widely known in Chicago and elsewhere
as the beautiful calendar girl" has
been exposed by the postoffice depart
ment as one Of the authors of an obesi-
ty cure swindle.
AS result Of the disclosures Post
master General Burleson issued fraud
order shutting off the delivery Of let
ters to Marjorie Hamilton and the
Marjorie Hamilton Company. This
action cuts of Marjorie and her asso-
ciates from a large aggregation OF
suckers willing to pay from 81 to $15
for her alleged process Of making fat
folks thin.
A scathing arraignment of Marjorie
and of her husband, w. c. Cunning
the company, is contained in the re-
Lamar recommending the issuance Of
fraud order.
w. Knox Haines. q Chicago attorney
who represented the company. sought
to save Marjorie from being deprived
Of the use of the malls by promising the
business would be discontinued, but,
as Cunningham is an old offender, the
appeal was denied.
"The Marjorie Hamilton Company"
says Mr.. Lamar's report. "advertises in
newspapers and magazines, generally
under the name Marjorie Hamilton, to
the effect that Marjorie Hamilton is q
famous photographers model who And
ing that she was taking on weight to
such an extent as to render success in
her line Of work doubtful. set about
studying and experimenting to reduce
her weight and discovered a system by
which she lost thirty seven pounds in
five weeks, and that book explaining
in detail how she accomplished this
reduction may be obtained without cost
by any one who writes for it.
1.-THE book furnished In response to
requests SO. induced does not in fact
give away. this secret but contains ad-
ditional representations concerning the
treatment and Celebrates upon those
set. forth IN the advertisements. Follow
up letters solicit remittances Of from
SIS down to- 81 for the system Of treat
ment.
'In the course Of the investigation OF
this business, correspondence was con-
Quoted with number of persons who
had used the treatment, and the tabu-
slation Of their replies was made. This
tabulation is as follows:
replies ............ .....w.......1,40 5
Satlsned .......... ............. 232
DISSATISFIED ........ ...........-.1,173
''Of those who were dissatisfied 317
asked their money back in accordance
with the guarantees made by this COM
pany to the effect that If the purchaser
is not satisfied his or her money will b
returned promptly upon demand. OF
these 317. 262 failed to obtain a refund.
"Most Of these persons asked for the
return Of their money three or four
times and received no answer from the
company. So far as the evidence shows
the refunds which were made were all
made after the investigation began.
1.-THE booklets contain a number of
alleged photographs of Marjorie Ham
ilton. several of which shew her as she
alleges she was before and after she
used the treatment which she discov-
cred.
"The evidence shows that these pic
lures are not in fact true likenesses,
but were made from photographs al
tered by an eXpert-in the one instance
to make her look thinner than she real
ly was and in the other to make her
look stouter."