Word: zobel
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Newark, N. J., a little man named Gustave Zobel, 70, stood in an artificial beard and a preposterous red coat, on a street corner, ringing a small bell. By performing this simple act for a certain number of hours every day he earned enough money for food and bed. Why it should give joy to anyone to see him standing in the cold wind tinkling a dinner clapper was more than Mr. Zobel could determine, but since The Volunteers of America were ready to pay for such mummery, it was not his part to find fault. He attracted a good...