Hoaxing a Judge.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 41, 18 February 1904, Page 4

Hoaxing a Judge.

The wickedly clever manner in which treasure-seekers were hoaxed in the London Straw* recently recalls the tricks which terrible' Theodore Hook was wont to play upon contemporary Londoners. Every now and then someone appears t j reai iri the doings of tht.t practical joker and i-ioceed to work off his tucks up.in (lie inoffensive mortais of thj present day. The lust mortal in the world upon whom one would think of trying his hand in this .'direction is surely Baron Brampton, Sir Henry Hawkins tViat was. Yet he must remember the occasion when he was badly treated ty til.- hoaxer. In a theatrical paper appeared an advertisement desiring young ladies anxious for situations as ballet girls to attend at a certain address at nine o'clock on a certain morning. Some 2<JOO young people had a desire and longing for tile good wagew and permanent situations purported to be available, and with one uonsunt attended the rendezvous. This latter proved to the private residence of the famous judge. In a long queuo the fair applicant,:; formed outside the door. There W'ere ructions when the word "sill" passed along the line. Lord Brampton's servants were in bodily dancer until he sent for the police to enforce his assurance that ballet girls were not wanted at his house nor would be tolerated.