New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-16

sport Not the who shes tor the variety "'
Barnum credited with remarkably high birth rate 10 them
fishing Their is twelve months long
their cast is made chiefly the country districts through the
mails and the carefully and deceptvey woded adver
tsement that offers something for nohng lot tor little or the
otherwise unaanabe -
In both the system the same-n one respect Inc
halt is regulated according the catch desired In another re-
spect wide difference The sportsman boasts OF his sue
cess while the mail order faker is as mum as mummy
There is danger catching tarpon shark there is also
danger angling the smaller fry the mail order ocean The
government likely catch you 1t caught few last week
Many mail order enterprises conducted along clean lines
of merchandising that make them distinct benefits to hundreds
Others bad bad The United States Gov
eminent through Postofce Department. keeps strict watch
ALL jealous of its good and Jealous IN Its eor's
to protect and the and rights OF the
surprisingly large number of otherwise level headed persons who
are susceptible the lure of the crooked mail order advertiser
Some time ago The Tribune exposed of the petty
thieves work work home takers who preyed on
the hopeful poor That phase of mail order deception
The latest catch of mail order cksters dScose an
other equally interesting and despcabe class OF rogue Fraud
orders were promptly against ALL thus deprvng them OF
of the mails for the receipt of matter in the names
under which they investigated Some will permanently
out of business will spring up again under guse Sew
eral of the recent batch have been in the net before
The book of human is the primer of the mail order
ticke and he a close student He realizes that the average
human the impossible, SO he offers it.
Offered to Inspire Undyng Love-
The almost varied human desire In the last
government catch they ran from spuds to undying love-
Artificial respiration great thing but what would you
think Love Pumoto No such thing? All right read this
advertisement 1t goes urthe-t promises not merely to
revive but o create love-undying love:
handkerchief full of new; sensational
suggestive and Oriental Perfume magnetic ideal and mysterious
affections and makes love Irresistible this
5s s T P Sm d aR ee Ta ae0n
6S pneoaopsy Keeping always the affection because
perfume 1t he sent together with full inStruc
OF of Si.25.'
This advertisement sold handkerchiefs but satisfaction.
1t lacked feature of good merchandising carried
antee Perhaps there a
The handkerchief poor quality advertised de-
crpton rich adecves is about make love
irresistible would be confidential euogy best girl of
her dearest enemy.
you imagine ovelon swain waving that love inspiring
bit of silk mysterious magnetic circles about the head OF his
desire and wachy waiting for its Oriental to de
vcop dollar and quarters worth of imitess Affection
you imagine that you would have bought the mystic
handkerchief
The postoce Inspector who investigated this had
no imagination He acquainted with cupdy than he
with Cupid He reported presumably after unsuccessful test
that the handkerchief possessed virtue whatever for the
pose for which it purchased.
When he called upon show why fraud order
should be issued him. Ocavio Biota who conducted
the Emerada Publishing Company Of 440 Marcy Avenue and
64 Lormer Street Brooklyn and sold this love kerchef
lected but later pleaded guilty of the mails
when indicted by the Federal Grand Jury. He paid fine of $50
and Uncle Sam will his perfumed love pumotor
Pensions, Potatoes and Pennies as Bait.
One of the dishonest raids the
of old disclosed by the exposure of Mrs
Cale House of Nashville Tenn operating National Elk
Mutual Relief Bounty and Pension Association the United States
of America that city and Chattanooga The last fraud order
issued against her June so of this year but the
first similar order issued for similar September
H. $780, when she operated under the title Of the Slave Mutual
Relief Bounty and Pension Association of Nashville Mrs House
lead aged negroes believe through advertising
that membership in her organization would government
pensions She prospered through although her inn
piled promise absolutely impossible of fuhlment
C. f. Burroughs foreman Florida single factory adver
sed supply potato plants The mails brought him orders and
cash varying in from 10 $40 He fled the orders
possibly chaked them single and turned the cash
his wife who promptly banked in her Some who
sent for the potato plants got them portion OF their
paid orders; some a great many got nothing
Then the government got Burroughs fraud order put end