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Show PROFITS IN onOAN GRINDINO. Tw Lon lon llvrka (oil, I BIO for Klaht Moors I Isvtnc 1 rom tho I-omlon Mall Of the financial tosslbllltlca of organ grinding aa a means ot livelihood, Henry S l'enny a clerk In the bankruptcy court, yesterday told an Interesting story to a Dtlly Mall representative Mr lenny stated that as the result ot a wager made between some fellow clerks and himself he and a friend, V J Routhgate of the Devonian Club, recently hlrel n piano organ from Lharlra Hlrcl nt 30 Warner street, I Clrrkcnuell and with a card bearing tho words ' Kind friends, wo are English Eng-lish clerks' la el before appreciative ati Hcncca In Old Kent road and Peck-ham Peck-ham ' It waa arranged," aald Mr. l'enny ' that wo should meet some oft tho parties to the wager with the organ outsldo Jones & Illgglns', I'cckbam, at 8 30 on tho appointed day. When we hired the organ ot Mr Hlccl we paid 2s Cd as deposit and another 2a Cd when wo returned at night. Wo dressed ourselves In old clothes and shabby straw hats and as a pathetlo appeal to the compassion of the pub. tic wo hal prepare! a board, upon which we stenciled the words, 'Kind friends, wo are English clerks' but at the last moment we determined to keep tho placard out of sight while daylight lasted We began playing at half past 2 at tho rear ot the Elephant and Castle theater, and during our stay wo found the people ot the tenements exceedingly sympathetic, rrom this pitch we took about S shillings and then moved on down the New Kent road, where, falling In with a one-armed one-armed professional organist, we had. M tea and a haddock together After the mm meal wo dliplacd our board and started an entertainment outside a block of superior tenements at one of tho windows of which two girls presented pre-sented themselves and gave iu sixpence, six-pence, a cup ot tea each and words of sjmpathy After five botira ot pretty hard and fairly profitable work we played outalle our first public house and here, as I believe Is the custom, a tankard ot ale was sent out to us At another hotel Mr Southgato went In to make a collection and a workman standing at the bar asked him to bavo a drink, forgetting hla role for the moment, Mr. Southgato replied that he would have a whisky and soda, whereupon where-upon the honest toller said, 'Ooyer gcttln atT You aln t no bloomln' out o' work, yoro on the kid, you are' With some difficulty be waa mollified. Then with varying fortune, we played at different stands down the Old Kent roa' and at laat reached Peckham, where at tbo appointed (pot, we mat tho others Interested In the wager. After that we act out for bome Having Hav-ing returned the organ end settled with Illccl, we counted out tbo day's takings nnd found that, all expenses paid, we had (2 la IM for eight hours' playing play-ing What Impressed mo most was the fact that most ot tho practical sympathy sympa-thy came from the poorer classes and ot from people of our own station " |