Show of mendicants MENDI CANTS kuhms NEW hundreds of applicants for clothing food and lodal g are being turned avva aay dally daily new york bands of migratory mendicants mendi cants and hundreds of unemployed workmen from other cities are pouring into new york and the inrush of dependents on the municipality has developed a situation which the charlta charitable life institutions are unable to meet hundreds of applicants for clothing food and lodging are being turned away dally daily by philanthropic institutions ions and to consider those extraordinary tra conditions an informal meeting was held saturday by representatives s senta enta tives of twenty charitable organizations izat ions the records showed that hundreds 0 of f applications for aid came from those who had come here from other cities and plans were discussed to stem the rush of mendicants mendi cants while no decisive action was taken it was the sense of the meeting that the department part ment of charities should provide an adequate work test in connection with its treatment of lodgers it was suggested that each person who de sires a nights lodging should spend a short time at the stone quarry on blackwells Blackw eUs island officers ol of the municipal lodging house report that between december 1 and december 23 2363 2353 persons were refused lodging because of the accommodate the applicants |