New-York tribune., 1922-11-29

4 &hS SAus piump FfeHcHWO1nan Wh
sells breadcioth at startling reductions
to select few has been heard from
again. Not only that, but the accoun
Of Harriette Underhill's experiences
with this hard-pressed lady published
In The Tribune on Monday has brough
to light the activities of the SLENDER
| Irish maiden with red hair who spe
cializes on "linens," while at Police
Headquarters they are keeping shary
| lookout for the sallow, dark, slim mar
who sells imported French perfumes
which have been "smuggled ashore"
| A letter from Florence Shirley, the
actress, which was received yesterday
reveals the fact that Miss Shirley also
has knowledge of the Frenchwomar
with the hroadcloth, Of whose activi-
ties Miss UnderhilI wrote so feelingly
II am certain" writes Miss Shirley,
chat 1t was she who called at my
apartment on Riverside Drive four
years ago. She said then that Mrs.
Guy Bolton had sent her to me. Her
story sounded plausible enough.
II Was Worthless, Of Course
"Her appeal was so pathetic. / re-
call that she needed only SIS and then
she could return TO her beloved France,
and [ gave it to her for broadcloth
sufficient for two suits. 1t was worth
less, Of course, my tailor refusing to
cut into 1t.
''May / call your attention to an
n%hnv Synoaires L.
to be about fifty years old, slender,
with fair hair, who claims to be an
actress of experience and gushes re-
ligion profusely. A little financial aid
was given this woman recently and
she has been using my name in con-
necton with her begging since. She
gained an audience not long since with
Mr.. Henry Miller in this way and he
was kind enough TO call my attention
to It.
"You are doing splendid work in
exposing these impostors. The the
atrical profession is proud of its tradi-
tion TO help the needy. Your exposures
will be real charity to those poor,
of our sympathy and financial sup
port"
The Samples Are Real
The red-haired girl who SELLS "Irish
linens" at remnant counter prices ap-
pears to have been operating in the
neighborhood Of Kew Gardens recently.
AT any rate, aNletter from a Tribune
reader in that suburb says:
1--WE are wondering if Miss Underhili
has come upon the young, slender Irish
maiden Of the brick red hair and good
old Killarney accent who has put the
gNai irrGh 80
agog recently. She has no sick hus-
Morgan Salvaging Company, of 392
Broadway, New York City (not listed,
by the way, In the telephone book 4,
and her bargains are startling. She
carries real linen hand towels at IA
cents each. And they are linen, too,
but they are the samples and you have
TO place your order, to be delivered In
week or ter days.
Naturally, such values spread
throughout the vicinity like wildfire.
Each housewife had friend or relative
in town that would surely want at least
dozen Cone dozen being the limit to
one personl. In no time this clever
saleswoman was being cordially re-
ceived in nearly every home in the
neighborhood. Incidentally, she carries
9 y" WoioSii ut pRA SdAHo XII bOEl ElilbH
tabiecloths. There are only few left
and YOU'LL regret it if you don't take at
least one for only seven seventy five
Needless TO say, after the tablecloths
arc washed they are found to be real
cotton GOO per cent?, and she never
returns for the delivery of your order.
Occasionally she carries pieces OF
woolens and serges and, like the
Frenchwoman, the name of downtown
tailor who will make up your suit"
Real Perfume on Stopper
"sure," an official OF the detective
bureau at Police Headquarters re-
marked yesterday when he was shown
these letters. "There's the lad with
the perfume, too. Real imported
cologne, smuggled off the boat, he tells
you; and so it is, too; that is, the drop
or two that he has spilled on the stop
per is real cologne. Smells good. But
the stuff in the bottle is just plain
water and nothing else, or, If it's
colored perfume, it may be weak tea.
There's the chap who wants to know
II you'd like to buy watch and the
man who has smuggled box of real
Havana cigars ashore. The watch, like
aa not, has no works inside it, and the
cigars are made over on the East Side
at cost OF 10 cents million, more
orfaess.
"These are old gratis It is hard
to beat them, because they rarely in
velve sums of money big enough to be
ated as grand larceny, and it's always
a question whether there is anything
criminal in selling an article for 9
stated sum to Il person who is fool
enough to pay that sum for it, the ar
tiele being offered for inspection. But
IL anybody has reason to believe that