Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1916-01-08
'ELECTR|C|A" A
COIN MAGNET
WITH NAOMI"
"Thelma" Also an Attraction
at Sideshow ON Mar
ket Street.
INVESTORS ARE GIVEN
LOTS OF OPPORTUNITY
Three Young Men Have Amaz-
ing Luck and Receive
Plenty of Dollars.

An "Unappreciated Coin Rescue
Home and Refuge has been opened
at 272 Market street by a philan-
thropist who prefers to remain uni
Identified, in order that his mind may
not be diverted by casual and per-
haps unsympathetic inquiry from tho
work to which he. is devoting his life.
During the two weeks the refuge
has been in operation in Newark
thousands of unappreciated coins
have been transferred from the pos
session of reckless or unscientif1c
owners to the loving and tender care
OF experts by a process which in
sures permanent separation and Is
almost painless.
Sometimes a slight seasiekness is
felt by the unscientific persons after
the operation, but it soon wears off
and the coins themselves are posi-
lively unimpaired. So successful has
the rescue work been thus far that
the home may be kept open until the
oircuses start out in the spring.
The real purpose of the institution
is more or less skillfully concealed
by three lovely ladies known as
"Electricia, the scientific puzzle of the
age; "Naoma, the Australian ma
gician, and "Thelma. the posing
girl Their real work is to introduce
the possessors sof the unappreciated
coins TO the experts, but they also
serve to make the process of separa-
ton painless.
The benefciaries of the home are
selected from the passing throng by
charging an admission fee of five
Ia, III L -
get in to cultter up the place by
standing around without cent in
their pockets. and the callous whose
natures do not easily appreciate fem
mime charm also are excluded be-
cause the only invitation to enter
comes from the display of the pic
lures Of ELECTRICAL .'Naoma" and
"Thelma."
Plaster on Sale.
"Electricia" will permit the patron
to touch her hand and receive an
electric shock which she assures him
as or higher voltage than used 10
operate the electric chair. Then, If
fthe patron is agreeable. she will sell
him some adhesive plaster for five
cents.
"Naoma" makes handkerchiefs ap-
pear and disappear and changes water
from its natural color to more hues
than the Passaic knows, and if the
beholder is interested in her art she
will sell him for five cents II book of
instructions in magic which will make
the life of the next party he attends.
When not many of the patrons seem
to wish to shine as magicians
"Naoma" accelerates the sale of her
book of Instructions by giving away
three cards bearing notices. Pur-
chasers of these cards always seem
disappointed because the printed
notices are not so gngerly as
"Naoma's" description of them seemed
to suggest,
"Thelma' poses behind a curtain at
the rear of the place. sometimes with
the right foot foremost and sometimes
with the left foot foremost. When
the crowd looks to he right it Is
suggested that behind still another
curtain art lovers may view "Thelma"
in more satisfying poses, which. of
course, costs more.
The real separation work, however,
is done after the patrons have looked
the three lovely ladies' over. In a cor
ner is a booth in which watches, rings
and other articles of jewelry are eX-
posed. and any one of them may be
and also haye the good fortune to
hold the number calling for the
article.
Cash or Watch.
If you win watch or ring and fear
it may not be all that a watch or ring
should be the phlanthropist will glad
ly give you a dollar instead. Three
young men have stood
around this booth since the place
opened. and have had the most amaz-
ing luck. but always in streaks. All
saFla
and then one of the number draws a
card from among n bunch of cards.
Each card is numbered and everyone
in the pool gets the same prize.
The amazing thing about~the luck
of the three young men is that th@y
always invest in every pool When
only the three are in they invariably
draw something good, but become
suspicious of its value and the man
conducting the booth gives each a
dollar instead. But when any one else
buys in the pool with them the card
drawn always calls for paper orna-
ment or something Of no value and
for which the boss never offers to
give a dollar instead.
The three have won hundreds of
dollars each day, but never seem 10
tire Of winning and remain in the
place as long as it is open. Some say
they are "capperS' and get " day
each as wages, but the same persons
also call the refuge a "gyp," and say
the philanthropist in charge is
"fakir." which, of course, bars their
comment from consideration.
a storekeeper not far from No. 272
said today that he hoped none of the
police would happen TO drop into the
place because it was one of the most
scientific 'gyp" shows he ever saw
and that very few unappreciated
coins escape once their unscientitic
possessors enter.