New-York tribune., 1916-07-17
Seeks Millionaire to Finance
Leisurely Pursuit Of Rainbow
Mr.. Brown. Author Ready to Ride Any Hobby That
Does Not Include Work. to Recruit Fortune
After Spending War Brides Dover

of all need the money. Somebody 70
stake me that's the point. BY the
way, have you n match? | was just
going after some"
The candy store proprietor on the
ground floor Of 326 had told the re-
porter the studio upstairs was "bo-
hemian." He may have been correct in
his appraisal, but. anyhow, the room
was sparsely endowed with hxings.
Four wooden chairs of the kitchen type,
but painted a strawberry hue; fold
ing double cot. two tables, taberette
with a travelling toilet set spread out
on top, an upright screen. two book
cases crowded with musty volumes, sew
eral japanese prints that was the
studios furniture.
81 don't think spent more than SO
for the outfit" Mr.. Brown remarked as
his caller surveyed the room
Wife Lives Out In Jersey.
"By the way, Mr.. Brown the re-
porter interrupted, 81 just had your
wife on the telephone few minutes
ago. ! couldn't get in downstairs a.
first. and found your name IN the Jer-
sey telephone directory. She SAID sne
would come to town and find you
for me-" -,
"The dear" observed Mr.. Brown with
a blush. "I'll have to telephone her not
to come"
"Now, what's your idea of whimsical
MASTER" the reporter asked.
Some old fellow with lots of money
who wants to collect books or has some
sort of hobby he wants attended to,
was the answer. you know I've been
free-lancing around and making 500 a
week ever since | was eighteen years
old writing things, selling ideas ana
sometimes doing press agent stunts
Now I'd like to find somebody VINO
might take me to Chilli, for instances
let me write few letters day, per,
haps; pay me good money, and | couio
get new ideas for writing.
Last wear | made lot of money IN
Wall 100000 in war brides IN
fifteen minutes but | lost 1t all. !
built a big house out in Ridgeheld
Park for my wife and two children.
Now I've got the house and two auto
mobiles, but | need money to buy
gasolene. ! advertised this way to get
Just the sort of person who would
want a fellow who can do anything.
can. But wouldn't be private sec
retary to anybody. Let me show you
what mean-what | can do" -.
Mr.. Brown drew very large, old
volume about Jerusalem from. one
of the book shelves. "See this book ?
I picked it up for So the other day,
but it's worth 500 a. least. i've
got lots of such volumes around here.
Several years ago | went to Spain and
brought back many antiques that |
sold here. I've gathered rare prints,
too. tell you could make money
for some old fellow that had hobby
for such things. | can get Japanese
prints like you see over there on the
wall for so cents and sell them to COL
lectors for So or $40"
"You show an awful lot OF faith in
human nature, inserting such an ad
in a New York paper" oberved his
questioner.
Queer and Unusual, He Says.
"Weu. that. just it," said Mr.,
Brown. 81 am queer. unusual. |
want unusual work. I've got several
other ads" written, too, and I'm go
ing 70 nut one in several other papers.
mi find somebody. but it's hard to be
imaginative in New York and get
away with it, Pm too proud to go
ask for job. And probably wouldn't
want one if / got it. | can't be tied
down"
He then showed his book of free
verse and pointed out some of the
best things in il. One started of
something like this:
Homes are little hells
Where men serve time" etc.
And another expressed the authors
"lust for living" and similar "obser-
vations," as Mr.. Brown called them.
He recalled a former association with
Max Eastman. and then remarked:
81 think if you write the proper
kind of josh story about me 1t will
do me some good" BY this time Mr..
Brown and his visitor had descended
the stairs and stood in Fifth Avenue.
you know" he commented. IL once
wanted to be a reporter. You meet
so many unusual people and things"
Then he departed to get some papers
and matches and to telephone to
Ridgefield Park.