Show the police know how many beggars there are ate in III rome in round numbers num bera but I 1 doubt if any accurate census of these parasitic para altic members of the community hue has over ever been or cau can ever bo be taken for thea the are everywhere where la in every conceivable guise they about the places chiefly frequented by tourists tour leta ever ruin j has at least one human aret rcck k in attendance ten dunce near tho the ingrosso In gresso lille A church without one beggar on oil the steps another at the door and perhaps still another just mathill the portal seems strangely incomplete the one v ho he ran an get a pitch at the door itself Is lucky for he can make a pretense pret enaa of rendering a ser bervice ice by moving aside the heavy padded shield hanga hangs before the entrance of practically every roman religious edifice and naturally having early discovered that a copper la Is expected in return for every trifling act of gratuitous aid the mat milt manager gets recognition denied the others writes C A lon jr in the washington star it I 1 Is inexpedient to go through italy in a spirit of practical comfit commiseration s for the poor the maimed th the e blind and the sick ft ho beseech alms at even er turn to beld to the impulse to give to one of these unfortunates is dangerous for within five minutes another case apparently just as worthy Is to at hand to claim relief and to give to all ask alms Is to invite bankruptcy the only safe rulo Is to deny all and to take comfort in the reflection that charities are organized here as at home to care for the absolutely destitute of course many tourists give these people money else they would mould soon adopt other meana of maintenance man was as buey busy soliciting Boll clUng uline this was mail not a tourist district lieu let yet from front tho the upper windola came lu in generous gene roue number the Ital italians lonis are warm hearted and gen croup and give quickly to casts i such ae as this of course thoy they can un der stand the plea pleadings dinga of thu the poor and the victims of accident and disease while to stranger strangers the walla allo and ox ex pla plantations nations are unintelligible it la Is bet tar ter b u if 0 e o understood half that ta to whined into our ears whenever believer we walk alk the streets or even when lien we me drive our hearts would bo heavier and probably our purses much lighter 1 ahe he casos of disfigurement and marking disease however li oever speak tor for and the beat way may after adopting the policy of 0 not ghang la 18 to close the eyes when driving and to turn the tile head when lien walking beggars pick their place places with mith skill they know just where liere the carriages carrl agea must check speed so that they have a chance to step quickly out from the curb and run or walk malk alongside and show their delor As a rule when the izhor sees that his passengers are not disposed to gh give e he lie stems the how flou of pleadings with nith a sharp word which Is aluad heeded leading industry Indu etry one of the tile leading industries of romo rome la Is the tile making of cartwheels these hou however ever are not used for transportation transport por port atlon tation belond the shifting of colna coins from ono one series of pockets to another the cartwheel makers aro are small boya boys who ho infest the roads leading from the center of rome to the various points of tourist interest in the suburbs par ticul arly the via apala which aich Is a favorite tourist drle suddenly alongside the carriage appears a whirling maze of arms and A J rr I 1 I 1 royat the other day for instance while daiv ing around st peters on the long way to the vatican gallery entrance we passed a man without legs sitting in the crowded road roadway nay hitching along with little hand crutches and calling out fur for alms in the characteristic whine of the italian beggar several carriages passed without response but soon I 1 heard the rattle of coins and looking back sa saw the cripple scramble alth ith surprising speed for the d dole ole he ile had a first class station and Is doubt less out ot 0 3 hours a person of residents also contribute however giving to the unfortunate Is not confined by any means to the tourists the other afternoon again we were on our way may to a church st pietro in SL peter in chains where here All chael angeloa angelos moses la Is placed and going for a hort t cut through a narrow by street we me encountered a tall young man greatly crippled having lost one arm althe at the der and walking slowly ly with great diali culty by the aid of 0 a stick he wae wait calling out an appeal coupled evidently with a recital of ot the circumstances f hia his hurt while a comely young wo lega legs spinning a luman harnan body as a hub then again as suddenly the strange phenomenon resolves eltse into a perfectly normal boy trotting alongside and doffing his cap which has by a ru iracle adhered to bis his head throughout the process there Is per naps no response from the carriage and then tho th making of cart cartwheels heels begins anew the best of these theme performers Is a youth who frequents the via dl di porta st sebastiana Sebast lana latia just before the baths bathe of caracalla Ca arc are reached hero Is to a smooth stretch of road find and an almost endlers string of laden car it Is a rich held field for an active cartwheel maker and the champion has several rivals one not more than six years of age who gives promise of being an expert himself some day this particular eular boy has reduced hia his costume to lowest terms sul suitable table for cartwheel turning on a at warm spring day he lie has no shirt ills trousers are rolled ap up to his thighs and of course he has ab shoes or stocking stockings dut but he wears a hat bat that la Is apparently the badge of the union when in action this chap Is its a mere mare whirl of bare legs and arms and flie hing body |