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Show WHAT TO DO WITH , BEGGARS ; What shall one do with beggars? This winter, with somo business do-', do-', piebslon, appeals for alms are in creased. In many places one can ! ncarcoly walk the streot without on- t. uiiteriiig some poor fellow sobbing i' with a hard luck Btory. "rot artor ho taken yoiir coin, you may seo him entering tho nearest saloon. J this may sound severo to somo ten- j der heal ted peoplo. Perhaps nows- paper mon aro apt to take a pessi- mlstlc view, Thoy havo long dealt I with tramp 'printers, convivial roam- j lug gypsies In all times good aud b-aJ- Usually ihoy toll their story in tholr breath. Tho klndost thing for ninny I of them is to turn thorn over to tho public authorities, ""'lis winter a good many out of vnrk honestly seek a Job. Ono can not always examlno too closoly tholr I roco'd Tho strain of Idleness breaks down moral flbor. Tho man who would bo reasonably sober and industrious it ho had work, may spend money for drink when wandering. wander-ing. No willing man ought to go without with-out food. There ought to bo a ro-servo ro-servo of honest work nt somo public institution that could bo done by a penniless man. A largo and ample pile of wood ready to saw and split Is a means for separating tho sheep fioin the goats or tho road. v Two thirds of tho vagrants would dodgo a town with a public saw liorso. Tho others, pathetic fellows who wnnt to help on tho work of tho world, hut llnd no man to hire them, would welcome wel-come tho chance. if one gives to thu ordinary beg Car, ho feels that ho is simply swelling swell-ing tho revenues of vicious resorts, nnd helping break down n poor man's character. If ono refuses, ho regrets what scums his own stinginess. Tho provision oi a public chance to work gives the citizen a chanco to test out tho worthiness of those who ask his |
