The Washington herald., 1920-09-12
BY RAYMOND q. CARROLL.

New York. Sept. l1.-BaIlyhoo
methods have been introduced into
stock-selling on the streets OF New
York.
Get off my head" came a voice
from under the west pavement, last
night, in Broadway, north of Fif-
tieth street Persons jumped with
astonishment. Eyes searched the
street Then some one laughed and
remarked that the surprise was en-
gineered from ground floor office
equipped with desks at which sat
statesmen engaged in the task of
raising 100000 for a company own
ing patents for an electrical inVcn-
tion that conveys and distributes a
message at several points simUlta-
neOusly.
The rent of this office costs us
$50 a day" said a salesman. of W hOm
l asked if the method Of stock SELL
ing had been success. we have
an average Of 500 persons in here
each day. I have sold $4,000 worth
of stock. That man over there has
sold $4,000 worth.
Yes, would say that we are
doing we'll"
Another Concern Tries 1t.
At Thirty ninth street and seventh
avenue, another project Of the same
sort is operating. That concern Is
after 5000. 900 which the office man
ager told the writer was to put on
the market an amusement device
similar to the old mill" A work
ing model of the device occupied the
center of the vacant store 1T costs
$4,000 to build one Of our machines.
They are not for sale. but for lease
to amusement parks. We are get
ting the money"
1t caused one to wonder how far
such methods will be carried. Such
an appeal. direct to the public. gets
the attention of the small investors.
And they do say that right now. tn"
folks who have the ready cash are
| the common people the work crs
who have been getting wages.
Old Feud Out Anew.
The old feud between the late f.
H. Hartman and the late Col The
OdOre Roosevelt has broken out
afresh, with the second generation
Who tipped off the Federal au-
thOrities that $4,000, 900 in cash was
being paid to the Kerr people by
the Hartman crowd?
NO one. save the principals Of
the Kerr Company and the officers
of the American Ship and Commerce
Corporation, knew when and where
this payment was to be made" said
young Roosevelt. yet, when the
payment actually was made. agents
of the Bureau of Internal Revenue
were present"
Young Hartman retorts he and
his company knew nothing about the
seizure of the money by the govern
ment agents. To the charge Of
Roosevelt. Il see oply in them the
old high -handedneSs of the Hum
Hartman says: When the whole
issue has been ventilated the pub
Tic Will be satisfied that my COM
pany is 100 per cent American
doubt if the Kerr crowd can show
as much. Both II. f. Kerr and his
associate, A. f. Clegg. are British
subjects. Enough said"
An Hereditary Quarrel.
To the time of his death the late
r. H. Hartman mathematical ct.
r. as will be remembered; they fell
out after Col. Roosevelt had stigma
tiZed the great financier as a veal
thy malefactor." Hate, raised to the
nth power, ran for years between
the two men. Each embraced every
ana all occasions to add fuel to the
hames. The revival of the quarrel
in the second generation is sugges-
tive of the hereditary strifes Of Ken
lucky or Corsica-in the present
quarrel it is Hartman. of Yale, ver-
sus Roosevelt of Harvard.
Not Enough Cooks.
The Joseph c. Donaldsons, of
queen Borough. are in the divorce
court because hubby says he had to
wash Nshes, scrub the floor and put
thelr enid to bed while WHEY read