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Show YVcaiiliy Women Iiccars. Several weeks ago two plainly drewed middle aged women appeared ou the streets hero as mendicants. Both had accordions, from which they paniped ".he most doleful specimens of hiirmony imaginable, and to tho accompaniment they sang in h'gh, cracked voices. WiO characteristic American careless get-prosify, get-prosify, the crowds contributed nickel and pennies by scores and tho women j roajied a liberal harvest. j Among ths hundreds) who saw the women here was a lady who recognized thm. "I have seen then, in New York, in Portland, Ore., and in Salt Lake City," she said. "They go to Salt Lake City every year to look after valuaWc property they have there. Tlie truth is, I am told, they are wealthy. They saved severe! thousaud dollars from their street earnings and invested tlie sum In real estate in Salt Lake City. Then tho boom came on there and in a few months the women were rich. Now they havo valuable investments in vari-: vari-: ous cities, and their business judgement : seems excellent. The great bulk of ; their wealth is in Utah, however, and j their property there is growyig more valuable every day. j "The women like their old profession ! of harping to the public, and stick to it i as industriously as ever. They make a i I surprisingly large income from it and j save a great deal every y. ur, which goes : I to swell their investments. Tho possi- j ! bility cf these women following mu- ' dicancy as n profession, nnd prospering j at it, is a striking comment on the un- I thinking, unquestioning generosity of j the Ameri can people." Indianap.iii News i |