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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-26
To Kenmore
Beard

D~ar Miss Grey. IN there any
chemical preparation which with re-
pcatsd APPLICATIONS upon the face will
kiii or remove permanently the beard
on a mans face without iniurinF tho
skln7 How long a time u pccessary
to destroy IT, win ammonia do "A
wetI7 Thanking you. Sd.
The .artoss adrcrftsed depsiafoftes
and drugs for the removal of super
naous hair are somrwhal ssiaicadsng.
as they ronrcv the Impression thar
several applications pcll pcrmaa essiv
remote all traces Of the hair. Tho
oniV comparatively permanent meth
od IL By sso Of the electric necdie.
operated ~ q competent beauty doc
Tor. This 70 rather cFpenssre aHd
takes a greaf deal Of time. Ferortds
,e,H bieaeA the hair 90 " Is iess con-
spiruous
THIS formula for a iiqrid depiia-
tory has bern recommended bv s.ts-
eraI doctors. Alcohol. fs grnrss:
iodine. eTs cramss coliodion. IS
grams: oil Of fsrpcnfine. tso orsrs;
castor OIL. grams
Apply 10 rho part from which the
halr Is TO b. removed once or fafcc
daily for fhrec or four successive
days. increasing from day 10 day the
thickness Of the layer.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-26

EVERETT. - Christian church
building purchased by Scottish Rite
bodies, and will be used for fraternal
home.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-26

OLYMPIA. - sam J. Lawrence
convicted ~ paoticing medicine
without n license.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-26

Dear Miss Grey; would like 10
know u you are compelled 10 pay tho
poll tax N you can hardly get the
most necessary things because OF
the lack ~ money! HARD UP.
n voa are unable 10 pay the poll
tar Yea mast make an affidavit 10
tho county treasurer 10 thai effect
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-26
To Stop
'SqueakiHn

Dear Miss Grey: Can YOU ten me
what 20 DO "a h-op shoes from
sauoakinwT have pair that do.
and they are 10 annoying.
A READER
TRY soaking fhrw otter ri7hf n
trnfrr. n this does rot help, take
fher 10 a reliable shoemaker.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-26

contests arr all the rage In the
California camps" he added
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-26
Day Of
the Week

Dear Miss Grey: win you please
tell me what day March "a. 1927. fell
on7 Thank you. MRS VI. 8. u.
March Is. 1927. fen on Friday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-26

p~ar Miss Grey; We have a beau
uful home on tho paved highway.
and have some vrry nice trees In our
front yard. which add very much TO
the looks ~ the place. one Of our
neighbors turns his COWS out In the
read and they keep our trees broken
down. Could you please tell mo what
70 do
a LOVER or BEAUTIFUL TREES.
The only thing you cos DO. since
pos are outside the city nrifs. is 10
fence POUR yard N. Yoa might frv
taxing % up nth the cosriv cow-
wsissioHers ! ara not ccrfaia that
thew oaa do Anything. bat they mav
heip von
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-26
To Cure
Rheumatism

Dear Miss Grey; Could you please
advice me how 70 cure rheumatism
! have tried many specialists and
different kinds Of medicine. bat with
no relief A STAR READER.
Mineral baths az rafursi sprsnos
Or electric treatments are offea tsrv
beneficial for persons ssfJcriag frow
rises gsafispN
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-26
Bureau Of
Mis- sing
Relatives

The star tasit-s 10. r~~sa~F- 10 use THE
dep-ftmeat ~ an AID In fsaiing sissisz
relatives friesd.. The department. 10
10 hsip IN reusitiaG thee whs have bee.
ssparsted- rhese whose relatives %
frtsna. are missing are isvfted 10 fepsrt
The dissp psarsscs direefty q. The star.
Readers he msy knov the whereabouts
Of I-es.aas a~pi ioa~d In this s-iunsn a.
naissinx are requested alec To r~part 10
The ~tss. pth~f n~~-pap~ws are tnsitsd
to reproduce sarh Items a. ~til Interest
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-26

Dear Miss Grey; Can you please
tell me the author Of a poem called
Marion. or Marion. and where can
find the same. A. r. 1.
The poem u "harmson.- BY Sir
Walter Scott You oan buy 70 AZ aap
GOOD bookstore. or yos car fiHd Il
AZ the public library.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-26

=, !. MDA>IEIA---A telegram for
8 +, Mcdaniel regarding the serious
illness Of a relative AZ Medaryville.
Ind IL being held AZ the Western
Union telegraph office. ia Cherry
at. because Mcdaniel canno, be found
az the address given.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-26
WILL
Whooping Cough
ny DIR Rm BISunP

0f& sfH'sAvH
!. !. !: !:
7HOoPING COUGH II
rvA simple" disease
1N Ilooocv not feared greatly b.
" rap ignorant m o { h G RS
NIZA who do not know
AA that 10000 children
Hy VA die annually of this
u disease.
whooping cough is
q serious and ~catch.
ing disease. IL Ia contracted by
children coming in contact with
others having H. An ignorant mother
often lets her children play with
others who have II 80 that her kid.
dies may get u and have II over
with This often amounts TO murder.
The disease begins as an ordinary
cold and cough, the distinctive whoop
not appearing until a week or 10
days later.
whooping cough lasts from five 10
six weeks and the child having II
should not under any circumstances
be allowed 10 associate with other
children or return to school until
permission from the doctor or health
has been obtained.
II child becomes ianguid. has
fever. rapid breathing and constant
call a physician.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-26
To Remove
Paint

Dear Miss Grey; Would you
please tell me what will remove paint
from clothinR7 A READER
Sponge the stains With pure fur
pentine or rash the uhols article
IN II. " the spots are large or scat.
tered. ard then rinse "a several times
IN fresh QUANTITIES Of the soiucnL
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-26
Good Clothes for Boys
at Mac DougalIs


--Conoertyatton upon good clothes
a. io,o price IL our constant tdea
We so1nf YOUR BOY TO Dc1r
good ciofhes--and buy them at the
prices you rant 10 pap At fiis
time special effort "a being made
10 oipe eUen BETTER VALUES.
We urge your conparisoA
The New York herald., 1922-03-05
How the Casual Acquaintance
Was Made in Store

A few days after his arrival the financier
stood idly at the counter of a drug store
selecting souvenirs to send home. An
other customer, passing behind him, made
some awkward move that threw the two
men together. Facing each other. as men
do in the shock Of such a sudden encoun.
ter, the other customer began at once to
express his apologies, with just the courte.
Gus note Of sincere regret one would ex-
pect from a we'll poised gentleman who
would be distressed that he should even
slightly offend even a stranger.
But quickly both men discovered they
we're not strangers. They had met on the
train coming out OF New York-the same
train. by the way, that proceeds to Palm
Beach-the resort Of many rich men who
are tired.
Here is the first mark of the astonish-
ing completeness of the campaign later
carried out with admirable strategy. Ger
tainly there is no better place for quick
acquaintanceships for the probing of con-
fidences, for the study of a mans charac-
The New York herald., 1922-03-05
Mr.. White Breaks Pool
With Each 100000 Ahead

Mr.. White then broke the pool. He ex-
planned that he could not remain any
longer and would have to draw down his
share. He was sorry to be going, but his
few days Of relaxation were over. To-
gether the three men went to the assistant
stewards desk. White presented IFS re-
ceipt for the s136,0O0. The steward was
ready to pay him the money. but men,
toned
THE club rule, Mr.. White-of course IL
would be quite all right, but we have to
enforce the rule. The winners in trans
action, must display their ability to pay
had they lost instead OF winning"
"Oh, quite right had forgotten that
was indeed the rule. IL is very proper.
will have my man drive me into the city
and bring me back-Iet's see, II I had lost
regularly would have been out $4,000
altogether; Is that right? Then will
bring out that amount OF money"
Turning to Mr.. Lehman and Mr.. Heller
he extended his hand and bade them a cor
dial goodby.
II may not see you when run back this
The New York herald., 1922-03-05

from fifty to one hundred thousand dollars
in cash-not in securities or property, but
in actual cash-must be rich man-one
who is engaged in the business Of handling
money-else he would not have on hand
so much uninvested funds. Such man
must be banker or a broker with large
accounts.
To engage the confidence of such man
no ordinary confidence man would do. An
education accumulated in police jails and
penitentiaries or from contact with guliibie
backwoods farmers would not suffice. The
confidence man in such case must be able,
certainly, to engage in conversation with
the banker victim, and his conversation
must be along the lines OF common
language"-finance big business the pol
itics of taxes and exchange, the market"
and bond issues.
From where may company Of such
men be brought together? The banker who
wishes an employee who Is SO presentable,
so well informed upon financial problems
and circumstances of the day that he can
be trusted to call upon and interest other
big business men must search long and
carefully to find such an assistant He
does not know just where to look. There
is one great banking institution in New
York city which conducts a school in it's
principal bank for the training of such
men, and its pupils attend this school for
from one to three years before they are
graduated into the confidence Of their en-
ployer. Only one in ten proves Of acceptable
merit.
How then would 1t be possible for
master in such criminal plot as that
which resulted in the fleeing of Mr.. Heller
to call to HIS assistance dozen or so of just
such men who had the added merit, to him,
Of being willing to put their pleasant abili-
ties to rascal's task.
Yet this master mind succeeded. Even
though he added to the requirements the
bank would insist upon in its pupil an
ability to play golf with good skill, which
also would require of the players an ability
to pose as gentlemen with the small cor
versations of the golf links at their COM
mand.
The marvels increase in a close view of
the operation by which the conservative
Mr.. Heller lost his great amount OF money
Mr.. Heller found it necessary to visit a
little city in Florida, Daytona. 1t was a
family matter, the illness OF relative,
which was not serious enough to prevent
him from making of the visit to the South
something of pleasure trip. He had been
so busy for several years that he had not
taken a vacation
The New York herald., 1922-03-05

afternoon" he said, "but hope to see you
both again. Let me hear from Black If you
need any help on your refnancing, Leh-
man."
Then he hurried out to get in his car
and drive to the city for the $4,000 in cash
with which to display his ability AMI
readiness to pay had he lost.
Lehman and Heller both returned to
the steward. The rule was reexplained to
them The steward was apparently very
serious 1t seemingly did not occur to
him that such a rule exists in no reputable
club. Mr.. Heller belongs to many clubs
but such was the spell of his enjoyable
companionships in the charming club that
1t did not occur to him as unusual Mr.
Lehman, Mr.. White and the other club
members had done their work very well
indeed
Hurried Back to Newark
To Get $4,000 in Cash
1t would seem that there could be notf-
ing further said than that Mr.. Heller, who
is well described in the first paragraph
on this page, hurried to the city and re-
turned to his home, glad to have had sucn
a good time, but regretful that, after al'.
his companionships should have turned
out SO badly-that they should have az
praised him SO unjustly.
Puf fha 10 op1v tr,a uIo ass
to the city. and did hurry back to Newark
but once there he went to his bank.
withdrew the $4,000 In cash and hurried
back to st. Augustine-and to the
stewards desk. Mr.. Lehman, incidentally,
had accompanied him and had also drawn
$4,000 from safety deposit vault and
returned with him.
Thus 1t appears that there was an in
vestment by Mr.. Lehman's associates of not
only the cost Of the club house, but the ad-
ditional $4,000 in safety vault-in Mr..
Lehman's judgment OF Mr. Heller formed
in the Pullman car going down to Daytona.
There Is little more to- add Mr.. Heller
thought he would return with $136,000 as
well as the $4,000. That is the wonder
OF 1t.
The club steward took the $4,000 with
out other comment than an admittance that
IL dispelled any doubt that Mr.. Heller could
have paid his losses had he lost-not that
he would have paid them, but that he could
have done 80.
But, Mr.. Heller was told, he would have
TO accept an order upon an indianapolis OF.
flee not only for the $4,000 in profits but
for the $4,000 as well-he could obtain
both together.
I'VE are not allowed to close such trans
actions as these, actually pay over or re-
ceive money connected with gambling.
within the State of Florida" the steward
explained. so we send your money and
your winnings to an Office In indianapolis
You will have to 60 there to get it--they
will honor this draft at once. Or you may
send a representative"
The same conversation occurred between
the steward and Lehman.
Lehman was sorry-he couldn't possibly
20 to indianapolis Would Heller make
the trip, collect Lehman's draft also and
meet him In New York?
Heller was glad to do so-although he
would have liked to have the pleasant COM
pany OF Mr.. Lehman on the train.
At indianapolis there was no one to cash
the draft. Mr.. Heller eventually returned
to Newark-s75.oo0 poorer.
The New York herald., 1922-03-05

TIME remarkable spectacle of finan-
cier. man who is accustomed to
daily contact with bankers, shrewd,
matter Of fact brokers and the company Of
men whose interests are mingled with the
affairs of calculating industry Of money,
being leeced of a comfortable fortune by
common thieves who turn to their own ac-
count their victims very interest in finance
and business is not one that often has oc-
Cured
Just recently, however. such financier
as is described above complained to the
authorities that he had been tricked out OF
$4,000. The circumstances were such
that they command an attention that is
almost Observation-Disclosures that is,
for the extraordinary methods pursued by
the company of adventurers whom the
broker describes as tricksters. The COM
clares to be a well organized coterie of
what police authorities would call conf
dence men," which applies to its pursuits
many of lie most modern elements of So
ciology, scientific deduction, psychology
and-of dangerous importance-the clever
arts Of the gifted and imaginative stage
manager.
The even more recent dilemma of a
group of very prominent women, each
wealthy, who have admitted that they were
duped OF great sums, aggregating almost
81 100000 by broker" who so success
fully created an atmosphere" around him
self that he could persuade these women
he learned each night from J. p. Morgan
and other bankers OF equal standing how
the stock market would "go" the next day,
adds considerable interest to detailed ex-
animation into the methods reported by
the fnancier.
Almost Beyond Belief
Are These Two Cases
II is almost impossible to believe that
these things can happen.
Maurice Heller is the president OF the
Consolidated Finance Corporation or
Newark. ~ j. Mr.. Heller, young, with the
keen alert youngness of successful men
not yet in full middle age, deals In money.
BY his remarkable astuteness, his fine
Judgment and his application Of business
methods he has built for himself busi-
ness standing which has translated itself
into a most comfortable bank balance.
Mr.. Heller deals with bankers, CAPT.
talists, brokers, the executors OF large
estates, attorneys for important clients.
and IL is part of his daily routine to pass
upon the merits Of proposed loans in sub
stantial sums and examine closely into
extensive credits. He has continually to
be upon his guard against impositions,
over enthusiastic credit statements,
padded assets-and the countless tricks
by which seemingly responsible persons
attempt daily to get possession Of other
peoples money.
One would think that such man would
be the last one whom an adventurer would
approach with a frankly spurious gold
900 by means which were successful onlv
because OF the exquisite knowledge of the
tricksters OF the science OF psychology.
That certainly is what appears on the
surface of the remarkable situation
We find an amazing organization OF
sharp men gathered for the express pur-
pose It seems of acquiring almost over
night fortune from an unsuspecting VIC
tim. II is not a paltry $1,000. or $4,000
these gentlemen wish to acquire-but as
near 100000 as possible.
or course the victim who would have
The New York herald., 1922-03-05
Great Stage Was Set
And at Great Expense

And having chosen such man, his su.
periors so fully relied upon the infallibility
of his Judgment that great stage was set
at great expense for Mr. Heller to move
about on as the central figure.
The awkward stranger promptly intro
duced himself, without, of course, explain
ing that he had followed on down to Day
tona for just this moment.
I'VE exchanged names on the car. but
am Mr. Lehman. Perhaps didn't say on
the train that am in the steel business
| have company of my own in the middle
West. Nothing like Schwab or Gary. you
know, but pretty sizable concern at that
You are Heller believe-have a bank or
something of that sort?"
"Yes. Heller is right. But not banker
II just deal In loans and corporation
financing. furnish the money for men
like you to do business on"-this with
sociable smile
Already Mr. Heller was reading his
lines" just as the master mind of the
adventurers had written them for him.
but in the magnetic presence OF Mr.. Leb-
man he needed no coaching-such was
Mr. Lehman's amazing cleverness.
Mr.. Heller was quite charmed by Leh-
man. The latter could talk the finan-
cier's language" He was much inter-
ested in Heller's accounts OF some of his
difficulties in finding reliable clients with
financial propositions that really we're of
merit and we're good securities. Lehman
The New York herald., 1922-03-05
Above: MIR. Heller

Under a tentative lease still being negoti-
ated. The owner lived in the North and
the property agent at st. Augustine had
been just as much impressed by the SNUG
ness and the personality of Mr.. White" as
had Heller.
1t would not have been at all unusual
had these tricksters fitted up a room in a
hotel or had they rented a suite Of Offices in
town in which to install spurious telegraph
instruments for the confusing and the dup
ing of Mr.. Heller, who had confessed that
occasionally he played the races. But the
science Of misrepresentation has pro-
gressed- The Country Club" was more
impressive-for such as Financier Heller.
There were many members of this de-
lightful club. All were business men from
the North. They greeted Mr. Heller as a
most welcome visitor. Mr.. Lehman knew
several of them and these, Of course, ac-
cepted Mr.. Heller as one of them. Which
delighted the Newark fnancier quite
good DEAL They played golf twice each
day. Their odd hours they spent discussing
the market and their different industries.
Incidental to the other activities of the
club, there was an assistant steward-this
club had its stewards and housemen and
auditors, just as other clubs would have
whose attention was given exclusively to
the handling of such wagers as the mem
bers cared to make upon the races at New
Orleans. A private wire ran direct to the
race track and its report was ticked on tape
in the usual method.
It was Mr.. White" who proposed to Mr..
Lehman and Mr.. Heller that they join him
in a pool on one of the races. "A young
fool friend of mine tells me he has given
me the name of a winner" Mr. White ex-
planned. "Of course, the probability Is that
he knows nothing about It, but I've had
some experience with him in the past and
I'm going to risk bit anyway. What dO
you say?"
Lehman was willing at once 1T was to
be substantial pool, several thousands for
each. Heller was bit hesitant at first. but
Lehman encouraged him.
'Tf White risks a cent he knows what
he is doing" said Lehman. Hes that
sort But he's conservative, you know, and
won't say much"
1t doesn't seem just right, but Heller was
persuaded. He joined the pool and won.
At whites" suggestion they doubled"
and after two days had the pleasure OF see
ing their account stand on the assistant
stewards accounts at $4,000 profit for
each OF the three pool members.
The New York herald., 1922-03-05
At the left: MIR. Heller,
ness conditions.

ter and personality than under the free
dom of smoking room contacts, where
conversations are long drawn out and be-
come self-revealing.
A Mr.. Morgan has been known to talk
at length and earnestly with the pleasant
shoe salesman whose employers would
have given thousands of dollars for five
minutes conference with this Mr.. Morgan
In his Wall street Office.
And, speaking of Mr.. Morgan, would not
this financier give great deal could he
engage for himself the services Of an hon.
orable gentleman who could, after few
hours concentrated study of q given man,
certain Industrial magnate, for example,
report with dependable certainty upon that
mans personal peculiarities; his view
point upon things social, political and
financial; his actual worth In dollars and
cents; the size of his bank account; his
personal habits; the strength of his mind,
the conduct of his business and whether
or not he were a man to be trusted in his
judgments upon a business venture?
Would not such an employee be of meal
culable value to Mr.. Morgan, for example,
il the great financier proposed to loan
s500000 to prospective borrower, but
wished first to acquaint himself with that
would be borrowers actual financial and
moral worth and those personal character
istics which always are a part of the Sc
curity for such loan?
Has Mr.. Morgan such a man in his en-
ploy? One may almost venture that he has
not, nor that he would know where to find
one.
But this second customer in the Daytona
drug store quite evidently had taken the
train at New York, intrusted by his SUI
periors with the task Of finding among the
passengers on that train man who had
$50,000 or more in the bank in cash, who
was going South for a vacation, who
played golf, who enjoyed sociability with
other men, who had no ties on the trip
which would prevent him from this socia-
bility, and who, IL properly approached,
could be persuaded to part with his money
in bank without first having its market
able, negotiable, certified equivalent in his
hands
The Omaha morning bee., 1922-12-03

iatence OF The Amalgantod order
Of LaborinR Ladies--but already
there were more than score who
thanked their stars that their for.
mer servant had left, who knew
that by the change they had dis
covered treasure. And each
treasure discovery meant n certain
raise IN wages when the second
trimonthly period should be reach.
Cd.
sidncy's glory was empty and
Sidney Wa dosulate. In some in.
cxplicable way he had moftally Of
Tended the only woman whom he
desired 20 wed. Not only that. but
hc had offended her when they had
more than half paid for a maRnI.
Nccnt suite III household furniture.
Suddenly thu long, wide feet ~
Hf. Sidney Skigg eama down 20 the
floor with hang For n fcw sec.
ouds be sat rigid, Jaw drooplng,
eyes popped open Then he rose
aud paced tie room IN a frenzy ~
Thought And finally he exc uted
hand stand and kicked his herls
together ln the air II was ihe ultl.
mate gesture u triumph uuco
tetin mind haae fair 90 ttee su.
preme above mare matter
sidney SklF Was bothinr N net
= mau If action. tits lnsumtiau1i
.eheme WIS., desperate hazardous,
demanded That BE- take q ramisbra
chance bur sidney waa In a mood
and financial conditions ta talk "a
nothing.
within twa hours he had rented
q coy tarealnN an Avenue q II