Show T I In n New York fl 1 NEW EW YORK The The visiting yol yokel el elmay may have been the prey of or the old gold brick man but the racketeer do doesn't his time on an Uncle Josh Hes He's after the e smart city ellers felters The business of selling the Vo Woolworth Wool Wool- l- l worth building the Brooklyn bridge and the city hall halt has long since gone one into the discard From Irom John OConnor O'Connor who T knows about bout such matters from his study of f the modern racket lacket boys Ive I've learned earned a a. lot about the latest methods of separating a sucker from his ils money OConnor O'Connor sent me a copy opy of his book Broadway Racketeers Racketeers Rack- Rack the other day And Ive I've learned earned about suckers from him S e eIt's e Its It's the fellow rello who himself Is looking for a quick cut to wealth even ven if II the tho dealing dealing- bo be a a. bit shady who vho keeps the modern day goldbrick goldbrick goldrick gold- gold brick rick merchant alive aUve Many a racketeer has been bya by a more clever manipulator Its It's a game of cheating the cheaters and may nay the last and best cheat win Some Interesting types have been developed ev eloped apparently There was for or instance the fellow fello who beame became became be- be came ame known as Petie the Priest and nd who affected clerical robes and anda a most holy attitude He practiced this his role so long that even after he e had tossed aside his disguise he e couldn't pass a church without bending ending a knee knee S The lingo JIngo used by the practitioners ers rs is something unto itself though a few expressions have crept Into general jeneral slang The Tho puff peddler for instance Is s the fellow who gets your jour name Into nto print with something nice at- at He is the same sani fellow ellow who used to keep names out ut of ot print for a little blackmail cash ash The rhe blackmail game ano became became be- be came camo too dangerous One editor did Id a prison stretch for getting getting out a Broadway tattle-tale tattle she sheet that hat printed things when when the necessary necessary essary money wasn't forthcoming forthcoming forthcoming- Today a number of sheets puff income from flOm which is 18 the he solo ire shake shalo down are arc issued The cm- cm circulation circulation cir cir- is among among td s suckers who vho pay to get th tho r puffs puffs in ti p pS print tint S There are pay off men tat men charity chiselers dice hustlers note layers ayers and fire There Thero aro are parlor hl hi a development of ot prohibition This little in which tho the big bis g game Is 3 a t bootlegger ger becomes become the sucker Rucker club A racketeer poses pO as ns a n night owner Isis His accomplice arranges e Introduction to tho the night nigh cl club club- lubber an berg ber n er A fake set up is use used f for losing closing the deal Any nY n new night nightclub club lub may maV bo used ns as a set up up thou though hough h the racketeer never before before order entered its doors A huge or is something given Inthe in liquor for or the 10 neighborhood neighborhood of for instance In- In stance Instructions are given to deliver I the the goods to a a. certain warehouse ware- ware Is Isaid of ot the s sum house house ouse A portion bar bargaIn aln But Dut seal the paid aid do down n to delivery few minutes of d deliver within a out being taken the goods go ds are aro other trucks and sent to new v w by y destinations e And tho the racketeers disappear Into Into th the he e ether ether her figure Not the least extraordinary figure Broadway sucker business In n the was a IL fellow lelIo who became knot known en as WI rt English Jack Ho did not start out Stoe to be a racketeer but such was was his MB en and appearance appe physical his thought that most people carriage him iSto to be either a policeman or r a a. This gave ae him t the bright Ionian fireman those hos actually taking on of idea dea which he lid did ll so effectively elj role roles oles that hat when he died In a New work York fork hospital following an operation ration institution thought every very one In the him lo So b ha a police captain on leave lel of ot absence t e e eThe The grand old sport of bicycle riding has hns never novel lost Its Manhattan following Whereas the th bicycle is almost obsolete In smaller centers New Yorkers can be be- seen of Sunda Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- day da mornings pedaling pedaling- through the paths of Central park or along lIonS the Hudson Im I'm told that there arc are cyclists c still left lett In this metropolis and that this number Increases an annually an- an Most of the cycle fans recommend It as ns a a. most healthful exercise There are however howe hundreds hundreds hundreds hun hun- who BO so back and forth from wor work on their wheels preferring this to fighting the automobile traffic e Horseback riding is H another outdoor outdoor outdoor out out- door sport with a largo large following The riders generally appear on the Central park bridle path somewhere some Iome where around dawn The leader of or orthe the riding cult is James W. W GIrard the former ambassador to Germany German I IlIo Ho lIo heads a n. club of ot horse fanciers GILBERT SWAN Copyright 1928 1925 NEA Service Inc |