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Show 1 DIARY OF A BEGGAR No such vivid light hae been thrown upon professional negrary In t hla town as by the diarv of John P. Doyle, the old man who fell into the hand a of the police. The diary ahowe that Doyle made a bualneaa of canvaaalng the town eye-tematlcaliy, eye-tematlcaliy, street by street, and ha entered en-tered the brocks and house numbers where he had called In bla -diary. In order that he might not reappear too suddenly to any of hla victims. In fact, he transacted hla bualneaa of beggary with a systematic car and seelous attention- which would have gone far to insure success In an honest Industry. He kept at begging Instead, no doubt, because be-cause It paid better. Almost all ths entries of mopy re- celved show small sums. I and JftjSrenta, for the most part. The gift of adollar and dinner from a family on Grand avenue Mel ted the entry of a fervent "Ood bleae 'em" in a record which la for the most part strictly a business document, with Indications of the houses at which It would pay to call again, and also of those suspicious fsmtlies on ! whom It waa not worth while for a j thrifty beggar to waate hla time. But ! the old man. with the co-operatton of1 the police, has taken a subtle re venae on those neighborhoods which were kindest to him. He hae marked In his diary certain blocks on which the begging beg-ging waa good aa "O. K.." an entry that will no doubt cause tha families In thoee nelahborhooda to he flooded with appeala from other lmpoetora who hope for luck aa ood aa Dovle'e. Thla arreat raiaea the whole retred dueatton of charity to unknown appll-eanta. appll-eanta. It aeema heartleea to turn from your door anv man or woman who haa the appearance of poverty and aiifferlna;. The petitioner mav really he hunarr. and la centa or a breakfaat la not much to lnae on the chance, whereae there are people who could not aleep eoundly' at nlirht If they believed that thev had aant a really needy peraon away hunrry from their door. The caaual elft would not be much If that waa the and of It. But thla caae ahowe that It lan't. The mnltlpllca-tlnna mnltlpllca-tlnna of thoee amall slfta make a eource of Income which tempta hundred a of lmpoetora Ilka Doyle, who And beer-rlns beer-rlns eaaler than work. We all know that the etray pennlee tneaed to oraan arlndera make a better llvlnir for them than ditch dlaslnc would, and tha bear-Itar bear-Itar aeta laraer colna than the oraan rrinder. and apparently quite aa many of them. Thua the tender hearted perpetuate perpetu-ate ImaoalUon on themeelvea and their own kind. For thoaa people who cannot can-not brine themeelvea to aend unknown appltcanta to the organized ehaiitlea the heet plan probably la to confine their aifta to food and clothing too worn to brine much at a pawa ahop. Ko ana hearer can aaalmltate auch aifta Indefinitely, In-definitely, and If ha falla to got money ha will quit' thf bualneaa Brooklyn Eagle. |