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Show I A Thick of Two Belles. Two i Fifth avenue New York belles, as a practical test of tho generosity of . their friends, dressed themselves iuj old clothes, and as the shades of j night were falling, went out upou the, avenue and solicited alms of every genilcman they met. A shake of tho head or a muttered remark that they were "busted" was all that was vouchsafed by the greater number of passers-by. Their masquerading lusted about au hour, lhey met : nearly all their acquaintances,' they gained only ten cents, and, though fair tosee even in their poor attire, at-tire, no Cophetua asked these beggar maids to share his fortune. They then turned their attention to tho houses on the avenue, and their success furnished fur-nished a striking commentary on the modern proverb that charity begins and ends at home. A emit of bread was all that could be spared from tho table of Dives. Theso damsels had much sport in getting beneath tho crust ol conventionality, and pronounce pro-nounce their experience superior even lo private theatricals. |