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Show BLTCKSS- IN UEGtilMr. TREET MENDI0ANT8 WHO MAKE THEIR WORK AN ART. Some Hat as Mecti SO IMf innil Inro.e Is Marb More The. lie Mad. bp Working a Tr.de. "It rcqulrpa aninnthlnit more than' o.rve to be a surresHrul bfKftnr,' said the old crlppli'd timn. "The asklns for alms la thi pnet p.irt of the pmfre-elnn. pmfre-elnn. I'pople think bncaua we auk very pxss.Thy fur tuinu'tliliist tbat wo eapn-t nirli to contribute. This I" thd roviTKe of the st.iry. We know pretty well n e.Min as a man or a wunian hi-avi-a In slalit wh.th.r n ia.i look for a lift or not. We Bimly hninniilly. Wo K.t so wi can t.'ll from the fare what the Inclination of the person l Aa not every cynic Links i-nur, to every bcnedooiit pemnn lio.'s nut wear hla or her heart on her elecve. In fact, wo g.'t more from tUo smir-luoklng p.Hi-pin p.Hi-pin than from those who are nay. Those who are gay are usually broke, and If they are not they are too busy flKiirltiK on having a good time with llulr money to help a bnunr out. "Uuslnoea men are gencmlly easy marks, liecnuso they would rather give up than ho detained with the harrowing harrow-ing details of how the arm or leg or eye was lost In a terrible wreck, tlrah oue when he Is In a hurry, and he will part with a coin nine times out of ten ruther than mles the rnKaacmrnt, even If It he a lunch appointment. Children, contrary to general belief, ore poor given. In tbo first plnce. their nickels are few and far between aa a rule, nn.l In the next place they are. usually In a nmh to get to the nearest cnnily store ami spend It. Women, too. pass us by. Whether they eipect the men to do all the giving, giv-ing, or whether they dread contact with iiifforlng. I know not. but I do know that few women contribute, "Hut by far tho bulk of Uie money which le given to heggara come from the middle classes, and this, perhaps, ia due to their knowledge of, and acquaintance ac-quaintance with sufTorlng themselves. Most of them havo had more of tho ups and downs than come to the very rich, and they have a fellow feeling for ua. They are the ones who etop and listen to the story we have Hied up. We reach them nt once, and very rarely full to land them. "Uy the way, If the man Is a good artist at his story and knows the gnme, begging , not such an unprofitable unprofit-able business after all. Aa a means of earning a living It bents several of the trades ull hollow. The proceeds do not seem large to the casual observer, ob-server, but when you (Inure up at the end of a day a beKicar who cannot average from $7 to 110 a day le not a good hnnd at the business. I have made as much aa $1'0 a day for months at a time. My family lived well, and J managed to do so at the same time. During gala days and carnival times we sometimes clean up as much as IM) a day. It has run higher than thsL The big crowds now In the city have helped things considerably. All of the visitors have money, they have come here to spend It and If It does not go one way It will another, and so they turn It loose without a struggle. A man cannot he proud and be a beggar, but he can sometimes afford to put his pride In hla pocket for a while If he Is making money. When he has the money he will find that hie pride Is all right." Now Orleans Time, liemo-crat |