Evening star., 1924-08-23

NEW YORK.-My old friend Pop
has friend who is a dog g-broker. In
the ill-bred way of a few years ago
We could call him "a fence. He runs a
clearing house for stolen dogs
Ought to be a good business" ]
said. Not much capital required"
Not so good" said Pop. earnestly.
His sympathies We're with the unfor-
tunate dog broker. Dogs. il appears
have an unfortunate habit of finding
their way home. Also, when exposed
in the windows of perfectly respect
able dog shops, they howl and scratch
at the glass when they see their own
ers go past. The dog broker has to
market his stock in distant cities and
that eats into the profits.
Still" Pop concluded, "his wife
rides in a limousine"
Never was such "A market for old
books. DR.. Rosenthal of Philadelphia
and New York comes home from
England every now and then with
half million dollars worth. 1t is
nothing for him to pay 100000 for
an item of which he has been en-
vious. But the champion old book
story I've heard lately is centered
about Elmer Adler. who used to be
clothing manufacturer in Roch-
ester.
A century or so ago one Mary
Jameson married an Indian in Cen
trail New York. In those days In
dians rarely married into the best
families and circumstances attendant
upon the romance made it unusually
interesting. Some one with an eye
for news drifted through Rochester
and printed the story. Not having
much money he ran off just one dozen
copies of his booklet.
Adler became a fan on the story of
,, Mary Jameson. After years of earn
est pursuit he captured eleven of the
twelve copies, but the twelfth seem
ed gone forever. On one of his Wis
it's to London he attempted to collect
a long overdue bill from an old mer-
chant.
I'll pay what I can" said the man
But l cannot pay in full just now"
Adler wanted to close up the deal
and, seeing a pile of dusty books in
a corner, offered to take them, as is
in settlement. When he got them
home he found the twelfth copy of
Mary JamieSon's story.
He is one of the men in New York
and they are more numerous than
one would think-who is working
for the pleasure of it. When he
sold his interest in the clothing busi-
ness he found himself with plenty
of money and frightening amount
of time on his hands. He had al
ways had yearning toward print
ing. and so devoted himself to 1T.
Now he has a studio-it is nothing
1ess-in one of the finer uptown
buildings. The first year he handled
but 10 jobs, but in quality they
were the best Of their sort He will
only take commissions that appeal
to him, and many a time he does the
work at less than the actual cost OF
production in order that a booklet
may be put out in form commens-
urate with it's dignity.
Speaking OF one-man businesses,
as / did the other day, the story OF
A. ]. Drysdale is interesting. Now
and then he appears in New York
studios with a painting. 1t is in
variably snapped up and the prices
for Drysdales are constantly apprec-
iating. A Drysdale cult is by way
of being formed. Then he returns
to his home in Louisiana
The interesting thing is that he
paints but one tree. He paints 1t
from every angle and under every
condition. He boxes the compass
about it He paints it at dawn, at
night, at broad noon, in the sun and