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i? Bogus Firms and Agencies Lay Many
Pitfalls for Girls Who Seek to Help in the
?i Support of Their Families and Many Are
S the Schemes for Parting Them from
Their Money
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JJt EJTW'111 "" sorr,,,Cf1 "nmrin-
and bgj iJ'.THon of woman" thorp
Bsfi X lias s,)r,1"S illt0 existence
5 fM-1 ''l;,Rs of fakers who prey
I. women, hanking on their
yoit unprotected positions in
foe tfcc business world to wring their mouev
ntltttM . .
tetahk rtov' 'hem W omen who venture into
t f (, business are necessarily to a certain ex-
OH tnt mor0 unprotected than those who
depend on others. They compete with
men on an equal footing, and are accord
ingly left pnttv mneh to tlnir own de-
d if ir ,
t jt vices In The hurry and hustle of work.
an . But not only do these sharks and
or o(i crooked hiismess pom ems pn v on wompn
j breadwinner thpy reach the limne
ehd through . .itch ad vert i 11 i ri t s in a certain
class of publications anci lure the mother
;' 14 who is forced to skimp for the family's
in 1
On' of uPPnrt to sjMTjd r-nocga for a week's
:- Hp food on some rnti.-inz, flimsy scheme
Hwhich will hrmz 110 returns Thej
))ui 1 persuade the voim- girl whose presence
'ill 4 in the home 15 sadlv needed to go to a
. u
City and pay monpv in hopes of ohtainins
01T a p illion which upvpt materialize, and
i$ BBthey will make all sorts of fraudulent '
mai agreements which cost the victim any-
where from $.'J to $." and which are ab
lins . WI solutely worthless.
rife One of the mot profitable .unco!
stM4! games from the point of . iew of the oper
RM ntor. and one frequently employed, i the
I fraudulent publication of novels flic
j faker, or usually a number of f.ikers lu
re -
gtjiptf corpora ted is n pnbl.-limg firm under
If arthe law: . ' -.in.- Mp, find no difficulty
in sctlin plenty of willing rid
te tf SoDjetiine th.-y r- ich the gullible public
Id 8I throuzn a.h.Ttising m some ,iieM ion.i hie
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and ? ,nr'1""1 Another m iy .c- in write di
Bit : rectly to persons they think will be in
las interested.
llJaMn either case they make it known that
apathey are looking for a really stiong and
r worthy novel They want to put somi
fori
UHigBCw authors name on the market, the)
say, and invite all persons who believe
themselves capable of writing a novel to
I communicate with them.
This much they make known to severs
thousand persons through advertisements
or by sending circular Utters to ad
dresses taken from directories or niaiiins,
lists Women are the most sisily ap
pealed to in this manner, and very often
the "firm" makes it known that they de
sire to promote a woman author
Bucfa an announcement invariably
'Tines in thousands of letters, and the
firm asks f..r sjiort outlines of the plots
jof the proposed novels. When these are
received (he next step is to write to the
jmost promising applicant!", saying to each
one that her plot is excellent; that eren
I in the condensed outline of the novel she
shows remarkable literary style and abll
lty to depict character. The prospective
'author is informed that there is little
doubt that her hook will enjoy enormous
sales and she is asked to finish the work
as soon as possible
' Then it is explained to her that th
firm will be under heav expense In jet
ting out the book and that they arc
taking a certain rsk which should not
f n 1 1 entirely upon them If the author's
friends, they explain, have sufficient fnith
in her ability and work to advance
so that the firm will not suffer a total
loss they will go ahead with the work.
They, are sanguine about the outcome and
paint in gloing colors the career and
wealth which are ..pen to .1 new popular
author.
If the woman is abl to rais- the
she scuds it t.. the firm with the manu
script They cet the novel nj- in cheap
book form, send a few copies to the au
thor and pocket a ReiCrOUl share of the
,$o00. Nothing is done about putting the
novel on the market, and the author is
ut her literary labor and the money
which she must skimp and shtc to repay
her friends. She may have a letter f rom j
the firm regretting that the novel did uot 1
sell according to their expectations, j
Usually she does not even receive this,
A alallon of this game is the fraud
ulent magazine. Eight out of ten women.
I young or old, in every italk of life be
lieve they are capable of writing short
stories. Many of them feel that they
have missed their vocation, and that the
literary va orld suffers because they have
'not taken to writing These women arc
easily reached through advertising me
diums or through circular letters ent
according to mailing lists The publishers
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Money Sharks Prey on I
Women Breadwinners I
should sMid to remunerate them Hun
dreds of women do this and the magazine
is printed, full of stories for the publica
tion of which the authors have paid.
Besides this the magazine carries a
volume of advertising, irhicb sll xoes to
swell ihe profus of the fraudulent pub
I lisbers t
China decorating is another medium
ih rough which scores of fakers reach
women Thej guarantee to purchase the
china decorated by their pupils and they
promise to teach the art in a slnzle lesson.
They will not charge for the lesson, they
, sny for tbev need skilled women to work
for them. Tins opportunity appeals not
onlj t" iromen with leisure, but to others
1 w ho w ork hard and are willing to give
A "Shark" and His Prey.
of the magazine invite contributions of
short stories ajd offer to point out the
fault and instruct the writer how lo
better rhein iu order to have the story pub
lished. The only charge for this thus far
is enougt) to cover the poa(Tr oxpenses.
When the stories are received the better
ones are returned to the writers with B
letter stating that the work is good,
and sngcesfmc certain ehanzes It is
explained that the crucial point in the
! career of n writer is the publication of
I Ins first story.
After that, says the letter, everything is
j plain sailing Other editors will see the
name of the author and watch for her
work, eager to buy it. The letter dwells
, on the value of an author being able to
append to her signature on a manuscript,
"Author of So and So," Sic.
Then comes the catch. According to
the publishers of the magazine they have!
been at considerable expense in having;
experts read the work of the writer and
criticising it. As it is her first story it
ic actually worth more to her to have!
it printed than it is to the firm to print,
it. It is only fair, they say, that she
up a fev hours iu the evening to add to
their income, perhaps in behalf of those
dependent on them. Then there are in
.iliis and cripples who are not able to
leave their homes and who seek in this
manner to help some little toward their
own support
Those who make inquiries following
the advertisement or the circular letter
are told that if they purchase an outfit,
which generally costs from $3 to $10,
tbey will be instructed in the srt of china
decorating and they are again assured
that their work will be purchased at a
fair figUK
As s mi tter of fact, In one lesson the?
are taught to transfer pictures to china
plates, but after they pay for the appa
ratus nothing further Is said about buy
ing their product. They are free to
decorate chins for their own amusement
and edification to their heart's content,
hut the bogus firm pays no money.
The lure of the stage Is another me
dinm which the bunco steerers employ
to separate women froai their money
The "shark" sets himself op as an agent
for some new opera company or perhaps,
as in other case, several men combine
to form a fake firm Girls are induced
to pay anywhere from 8 t" $10 fee in
order to obtain the services 0f the agency
in seekiug a position The aRency itself
holds fake rehearsal for which the girla
are not paid, and after one or two meet
ngi they are discharged fur incompe
tency Son times, with engaging frank
ness, the bogus sgenu tell the girls they
mint pay their fee for the instrifbtion
they reinire before being fit ro appear
on the stage. The result is always thp
same. The fakir pockets the money and
the cirl gets nothing in return.
Similar to this is the artist's model
srame Girls re advertised for to work
as model They .ire required to par a
nomine sum is registry fee. iu return
for whn h they are supplied with a list
of artists, who. they are told, are in need
of modeN. I ually the girls find the
artists are sisn painters, landscape
artists, in nine arlisLs or. at any rate,
men who do not require or wish models
to pose for them. They, of course, have
never authorized the fake agency to print
their names in the lists supplied to the
girls.
Conducted on the same lines are crook
ed schools for fashion designers, window
m. aterior de orators and other
employments.
There are no shrewder students of hu
man character than these crooked sharks
who gamble on human credulity. They
know that there are hundreds of womn
who sincerely believe they have remark-
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ably trim and attractive figures An 1 v' '
advertisement for cloak models always r. '
brings a few score of them to the office I-?
of the fake agent. Each woman who ap- I
plies for a position as a cloak model is
treated In much the same manner. The fMf
shark playg upon ber vanity in a manner ft
nlmost diabolical.
"Do you know,-1 he says, "you are the I -
first woman vhoee application we have I I
accepted to-day? It is so difficult to find I
a firurc actually suited to show off a
fashionable cloak to the best advantage.
Your type of figure suits you especially
for this work art, I might even call it
for there are so many women of society I
who have just such lines a.s yours. I
would venture to say that yon have seen
the day when but there, we never in- I
riuire into our clients personal 2&ira
"Now. the position which we would be
glad to have you accept is one in a West- (V
ern dty The salary is excellent. Tou ,
will have practically six weeks' vacation f
with pay every year, for the firm will F
wish yon to go to Europe to study the t,
latest fashionable models iD Paris. Of IE
course we require a small registry fes fe
now and a second instalment will be I
derfni red frirm your firs'- week's salary." F
Then the agent make certain that the f
applicant for the position is not familiar
1 'a the city which he is about to men- f
(ion. Sure of this ground, he accepts the
fee with thanks and gives the name of an
imaginary department store JD some
Western ity. It he happens to be operat- 1
in an Eastern city or vice versa. I
Then he may obtain from the woman I
a sum for a railroad ticket. At any rate, f
in a day or so the applicant receives a j
telegram, apparently from the Western I
firm, cancelling the engagement. I
Much the time is the dressmaking I
fake. Girls are promised that after a I
few lessons in dressmaking a certain I
"firm" will buy all their output. They I
pay so much for instruction and receive I
three r four circular lessons. Then they "
buy material at a premium and that is j
the last they hear from the "firm "
, From tjme to time the United Slates J
Pool Office Inspectors make a raid on a
number of these bogus firms, but a ne
crop of fakirs soon springs up. Unci
publicity is always given to the raids in
;the newspapers, but the women do not
seem to learn from the sad experiences of
their sisters. Whenever possible the
fake firms avoid using the mails, for it
is difficult to long evade the postal hv
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. WEALTHY WOMEN OF NEW YORK TOIL AND SPEND IN SUPPORT OF CHURCHES
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hefi New Yohk, Saturday.
ef' 9 2$!&fffi4t ' 1 1 ' K 1 '' re fr TY wealthy 1
SgCfcdSj women of New York who,
3n Vffl ro,in' f social and busi-
; "l SV'ct uess activities to do con-
ft!f'At' siderable work for the
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pies' Church, and it one were to
cnake the round of the churches of New
"flit fJ York on any Sunday morning one might
tbljipi'-k out in the different congregations the
Bp . I
"jgl faces of women prominent in the fight forj
r00ll womau suffrage, others who are recog-1
isi.ed as powerful leaders of society,!
tome whose names are linked with charity j
-Wfaud others who are known chiefly bfc
J,i cause of their great wealth
jtr .Mrs Ktissell Sage is a constant attend- j
T,.-aut at the Heformed Church of St.
Nicbola-, in Fifth avenue at the comer
i3jof I-ort.v-cighlh street. Mrs. Sage and
fSiMiss Helen (ioiild, who both attend St
yjffij Nicholas', an- de. pl i n I - i -t- d in W.iiUjt
jjR Men's t.iiristian Association work, 0p
.jBciuIli Mis lioul.l Slice in- incorora
jjpfjj tion of the Saje ! oiindaliuli. Mr.
.Jiihas given most jl her time and eflori tu
fHtliat work. The Kev. M J. MeLeod, pas-
tor of St. Nc-liolas , ireijuently acts as c-on-jFjhdeu
li.il .i.Ki-T to i,.. ill 1 be women and
Khey depend greatly on bis j udj:iuc-ut in
i'mauy cases N t only are Mrs. Sage and
Miss tiould imeicdteU in ouiid charuicB,
I but they contribute generously to the sup
port and maintenance of the church.
Missions in n hich the church is interested
arc certain of support from these two
women, ami when it comes to the giving
of actual labor and valuable time tbev
are both willing workers.
Miss Helen Gould has repeatedly stated
that she finds inspiration for her work In
the Y. If, C. A. field from her church life
and it is certaiu that she has doue re
markable things in the vay of establish
ing railroad and naval Young Mens
Christian Association branches.
.Mrs. J. lin S Kennedy is a member of
frhe Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
and there ll no more constant attendant
1 at semci-5 there lhau this woman, who is
so active In the support of the I'resby
jienan Hospital in New oik and other
charitable activities, most of them 10
lyjinc way connected with the church
Mrs Kennedy may frequently be seen
jat the prayer meetings of the church and
she has several times spoken in a niodett.
earnest wuy at these meetings. The lc.
John H Jowett, pastor of the Fifth Ave
nue Presbyterian Church, bus 110 more
ard ot supporter thuu Mrs Kennedy, und
her influence is often brought to bear to
carry stne pom: which h' i- urginx. The
church is a powerful, ving factor iu the
life of Mrs. Kennedy aud she gives her
COIlStB.nt effort to bring it Into the lite- o 1
others. Id the preparation for spe
service she is always one of those who
give thvir enthusiasm and sui-port.
Mrs. F. Pennies Prentice, daughter
of John l Rockefeller, s another
nuiumi of wealth 'b attends the Fifth
Avenue Presbyterian Church She is ac
tive in uii departments ot the church
work auu kics u great deal 01 time to it.
Mrs. Andrew Carnegie and ftfUam Mar
garet Carnegie attend Serfjcei at ih
Brick Presbyterian Church, at Fifth uve
inue and Thirty-seventh street They are
Close personal friends of the Itev. Will
iam P. Merrill, w iio presides there, and 11
is said that Ur. Merrill Las on several
occasions acted us adviser lo Mr Carnegie
iu the distribution of money tor charitabli
purposes. Mrs Carnegie indVMisf Car
negie are members of several of the chunch
societies and ore e active iu their
work Dui.ntf the week tuo of ihe Cur
luetic automobiles stops frequently at the
church door and the two U'.ni-n enter on
some errand which has to do with the or
ganization of the church,
j They are frequent attendants at the
I meetings ,,f the ie mg circle and are
prime movers in all affairs such as ba
jzaars ot banquets which the church or-
ga n17.es.
j Mr. John P. Rockefeller, Jr.. is in
J no w ay behind her husband in church
I activity It lias been said that it was
she wiio brt urged him to teach his now
famous Bible class, and that she is his
constant helpmeet and adviser in the
work he does for the Fifth Avenue Bap
tist Church, of which they are members
Mr Koekefeller's many reform move-
nients are watched with Interest bj his
I wife, and she shares Ibis work with him
Although these activities may not all be
directly connected with the church, it i
true that Mr. and Mrs Rockefeller founul
their Inspiration in their church life while)
itbey were identified with the Fifth Ave-1
nue Baptist Church. Th Rev. (.'buries'
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Mrs. L Borden Harriman.
F. Akeij, formerly pasfor, n a personal
iriend of the Rockefellers and frequently
visited their home. Except for the pastor 1
himself, Mr. and Mrs. Rockefeller are con-1
Isidered (he most active and the hardest
working members of the church
Mrs. Rockefeller almost Invariably
Igoes over the Biblo clSflS 1cjou for rhe
'day with her husband and her practical
mind, combined with a wide knowledge
of religions affairs and a sympathetic
Understanding of human nature, is a rec-
V.gnized factor 111 the power Mr Rocke
feller pcerdses over Ihe clans which he
!hns held together forso long.
Botn Mr. aud Mrs. Rockefeller are
Ifreqtieilly eeen at prayer meetings.
Mrs John Jacob Astor usually attends
'services at Trinity Chapel, at No. 15
Weal Twenty-fifth street. The Rev John
I Mock ridge is the pastor nnad is a popular
preacher among women of wealth Sirs.
Altor sives much of her time to church
Work and is a generous money giver.
Mrs. J. Borden Harriman is identified
with St. George's Episcopal Chunh, at
No. 7 Rutherford place, as is Miss Anne
Morgan These to women not only con
tribute freely to the financial side of the'
church, but the pastor relics largely on)
......iittwmniutivo,
I their judgment In matters "f administra
tion nod often seeks their advice in in
I suturing new movements.
For ber interest and untiring work in
behalf of the Roman Catholic Church.
M,sv Amur Leary was created a Fapal
( Count csa by Pope Leo XIII. She is a
jconstaut attendant at St. Ignatius Loyola
and at St. Patrick s Cathedral. Countess
Annie I.eary's wealth is at the disposal
of the church and she is greatly loved for
j her charitable work. There is not a
'worthy Catholh. institution which is not
ertain of sympathy and support from
Mis Leary
Mrs William K. anderbilt, Jr., snd
Mn Henry Tafl attend St. Patricks
Cathedral and St. Agnes'. Mrs. Chaun
cey M Depew 15 another woman of
wealth who goes to St Patrick's. Shci
mend ten o'clock mass there in tbe
morning aud then meets her husband toj
jo to St Thomas' Episcopal Church
with him. Mr. Depen is a friend of
the Rev E M. Stires, pastor of St.j
Thomas', as is his wife, and although she;
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Miniatures of "Munich Boccaccio" a Monument to 15th Century Art
AM O G the precious volumes
which the Royal Library at
Munich displays in its exhibition
room is a superb manuscript gen
erally culled the "Munich Boc
caccio." For more than half a
century this volume has been often men
tioned by the art historiuus on account of
1 the beauty and importance of its minia
jtures, and some of its illustrated pages
havc U'cn reproduced in different works,
lit may. however, be said that this gem of
I the Bavarian roysj collections famous
rather than well known
The miniatures of the M unich Boccscctb
constitute in their ensemble 1 monument
to the honor of French art of the fil
leenth century, and Comte Paul Durrieu,
member Of the Institute, bus made a re
markable study of It in a work containing
reproductions of the ninety-one miniatures
n'ith which the manuscripl is ornamented
Whil h was published B few mouths ag..
by Herr J. Rosenthal, the Munich book
seller. The manuscript, says Comte J at
. Uiirri.-u, not au original work by ,.
J Italian BUthot t.iovanni Boccaccio, but an
arrnngement m French, by Laursal di
Premierfait, of s Latin treaties by Boc
caccio, "De Caslbus Vlrorum lllustrium,"
under the French title ' Dei Cai des
Nobles Elommes el Femmee."
f the history 04 the volume little is
known except that it was iu the posses
sion of the House of Bavaria in lfii'.s.
for at that date it is mentioned in the
inventory of the collection of art objects
belonging to l'uke Maximilian, first Elec
tor of Bavaria The binding, iu red
morocco, stamped with gold on the side,
like Le Gascons work, and its two clasps
are mentioned in the inventory. At this
time the book was part of the Elector's
private collection.
Sow this book came Into the possession
I of the Elector is not recorded, and to
bain any thing about its history one must
go to the manuscript itself MoM ,,f (he!
i iIiies of the "Cas des Nobles Homines et 1
Pemmes" end with a note showing that
the Preuoh author, Lament de Premier
fait, completed the translation from Boc
caccio's original in Latin on April 15,
1 108. This note In the Mum. b , ,,,,v ls
followed by another by the copyist which
reads, "On the 34th day of November.
in the yesr H."s. the thirty-sixth year of
the roign of Charles VII . by n,L. .,.1
I Cod King of Fruuce, liiu copying und
transcription of this book by Boccaccio.
hi entitled above, was finished st Uauber
vilici-icz-saini-LH'nis en Franco, by me
Pierre Faure, humble priest and servitor
,,, Qod gurt 0f ,hc ssJd Plce, for and to
the profit Of the honorable man and wise
i,,'i.r . Originally the note
continued for another three lines, which
uauauy iu sui h cases would contain the
uame and tith ol the person tor whom
the volume hud been copied. Unfort
unately the end of this uoie bus been I
carefully erased.
There is nothing particularly remark-1
uble in this erasure Often .11 the lif -
,, , nt, , entury when manuscripts 1 hanged ;
bauds the new owner wished lo re-move,
Ihe marks of former owners or B t least
,, name of the possessor. But II in this
l.as been mutilated. 1
cUSe Hie coin f
the person who was named in tt as the
Qrsi owner is indicated the book bj
t, Lher methods I" interior oi the
two grand ..ruaroenial tiUe headings his
,oni sram, formed ol the letters L and ...
Ih( juitiaia of his oame. is found. And
on the other hand on nine of the mmiu
lores .1. . orating the rolume is a motto
'Sur Ly u'a regard." which is terlaluly
thai ol the first owner
la the Munich uiauuscript the final j
('note, with Ihe erasure of the Inst three
lines, has given rise to a legend which
Comte Paul Durrieu effectually destroys
in his study of the subject. At the Utnc
I ihe book was copied, Etienne Chevalier
had an. uned a high position in the tinau
ial administration in France, wheie he
played a rather important rctle during the
reigns oi Charles VII. and Louis XL A
splendid Book of Hours was made for
tins Btienu Chevalier, aud it happens
that ibe mlnistursS of ths Book of
Hours;" in stjle aud particularities of
coloring and drawing, resemble greatly
the drawings 111 the Boccaccio. Now
Dca ts 1 lodefroy, a write iu Louis X 1 V'.'a
ilme, in a book printed in Lfiftl, tells how
he saw the inscription "Bleu sur Ly u'a
regsrd," curved round the door of .1
bouse in the Rue de la Veneris, In Paris
which formerly belonged to Etienne ( he-
Ivajler. About the middle of the last century
Comte Leon ic Lasjorde aud Mr Vallet
de Viriville, recalling the resemblance be
tween the miniature 111 the Boccaccio and
those of Etienne Chevalier's "Book of
Hours," and establishing 1 relationship
between Hm two mottoes mentioned above,
concluded that the trenelsilon from Boc-
UUCClo must also been copied tor,
Etienne Chevalier. J
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Mrs. William K. Vanderbdt, Jr. ft
PbtU Coprlill br T. '- j
always attends ni- she seldom missel
the sermon at the Episcopal church Mr. '
and Mrs. Hepew believe that they should
attend chttrch together and have made
ihis arrangement as the most salisfactory I
to all concerned. 1
A pew near that of the former repnbli- !
can Senator's is held by Mrs. William j
1 A. Clark, wife of William A. Clark.
ho was at one time United States Sen-
ator from Montana. St. Thomas' has l!
tieen tlie recipieut of many gifts oi" money II
j a ml art objects from Mrs. Clark. -I
Churches of the city bear many a tes
Itimonia to the thought and devoiion of I
'women of wealth. There are score of J
rial windows, chapeU, organs und
I other material objects, and, best of all,
these same women whose lives are sup- I
I posed by many to be but a round of
pleasure, give hours of their time and B
their best efforts to promote the welfare J
si the chorchei to which they belong and L
1 to make the church truly a power iu the
the fH
Coat Hangers for Travellers. I .
A useful notion Is 10 buy coat H
J hangarS und cover them with padded .-aim H
flniahed at each end by ribbon bows It ts H
belter still If a 7ir! liu a useful brother H
ntas will cut ber out a act of half a doasn, fl
not so curved as they are usually SOid In 1
the shops, and having chains by winch H
the are suspended Instead ot the long ! .
hookn. whLh make II so difficult to pack 1
h.incerfl ijiJ carrj rnem from home. Mad
In the fashion sucee" 'hy can be fltted
Inside a OSSS, ani the OWnei will Hnd BH
thm great convemenc when an I
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