The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-12-09
Begging as a Fine Art.

1 Slucc iSz4S Futys EASY, DT one at all &C
1quainted with the city, to counSupon his
fingers the or1ss it already has Stealing,
begging and pocket. picking are sYste-
matically taught in secret, but up to a
very recent period no one had dared to
establish upon the Thames a school where
begging asa profession. is actually taught
and where the pupils haYe the advant-
lagos of lectures and the use Of disguises.
"What do you mean 2 is that hum bug,
or not p asked, of nay friend whe-was
an adept in city ways.
mo, that is the truth - he replied ,aand
continued making his toilet as though
discussing one OF the Ecommonest2 ques-
tions of the day. a There is, the name of
the professor and his residence, No. 81
Princess street, ST. Giles eff % s9sjti tai
what is his name.?"s sw s319nsd gaan
"Roonay.3 s4a Ira .zsuod ye eae9,Y .E5iy
II have the greatest desire to take. a
course of lessons, in order. to, give to the
world the result OF, my observations. y ;54s
why not do. it; thens" So 7so191t,s n,
an that case must hurry. uafbguod
"Why (? Do you fear, that the seats
will be all engaged s"noiis1saso 7of Elzcy
"Noti that, but, rather thevpolice will be
apt to close the academy as soon as possio
aThe police h Oh no + Ro oo keeps ess IS
within ili. the law, 50 as not to come in con-
On the next day sought Professor less +,
Roonay, / did not in tho least believe in
| his existence, but thought that the
announcement Of his having opened such
an academy was one of those bold asser7
! lions SO often made by the press in order
to fill their empty columns. After con-
siderable hunting, I at last found myself
face1to-face with, Prof. Roonay, whom /
found dressed in elegant style. ,yliT ssvr.
eessHoW can serve you ?" :. he asked, on
my entrance, rising from his seat. e.
ed me- 80 ssr..,..- So - $50 49,,
II wish to take course us Of lt lessons sss In
the art Of begging with success" said /,
after q short pause, ods ! = a,ir.o - ar
A. the words with s success i could aGllda
i "You did not come here to make the
art cf begging, il the true sense Of the
word, a means OF your future support !;
it was your curiosity which led YOU J here
was it not ?" .asa..g .,oa s,-..'
eyes, that is So answered, aNe Never
theless,"' continued !, "I have sought you
with the earnest desire to hear YOU lee,
ture, and securing a seat, | can pay the
required fee now - - :,
/ Saying this, took out my purse. e. =
| sKeep your money in your; pocket :.
said Roonay with a gesture Of contempt
s'I cannot allow your name to be placed
upon the register of my academy, for I
take none hele but those having. q firm
determination to pursue for the future the
lpaths show them. go '.'s -
"But WILL continued he, make an
exception for once. / say for once, your
case, IN order. to convince you that there
lis not SO much hunbug III London as the
foreign press would, have it appear.
Please follow me. ''sfl JON 9YsA siIott Ibo9
| I had scarcely time to recover from my
astonishment at his words, when Ro6nay
led me into a wide hail which opened
Into large room2the acad enlyL pr6 be r-7g21
1.-THE rear Of Which was handsomely -decb1
rated, and at this end was placed a desk
for the lecturer On the walls were hung
many well-exectted paintings, represent
ing many devices Of beggers in different
countries, from the earliest days to Che
considerable merit in a historical" point
Iof view. 9ls tiA ij3s4!oit54 i'hk s3aI sfD'
slaThat side of the room represents
London only" said Roonay, pointing to d
collection showing The ways Of london
beggars o2''t''D y2iie y .3Sil'Jsi dsol. osl
: We then entered a second room, which
contained the appliances of. the profess
Lion. Here were closets with glass doors,
containing pieces of what appeared to
be bdpaeq. lmlache, representing shot and
Estab wounds in various stages of healing.
THESE, by simple mechanical cohtrivan-
cies, could be applied to any part of the
body In other part of the room were to
be seen many DISCUSSES, coats, little awag-
, onsi for the nuse of pretended cripples,
Beggar clothing covered with medals for
deeds of imaginary bravery and iheroism,
boxes with various INSCRIPTIONS On them
umbrellas which looked as though made
in the early days of the art, and which
could be used as weapons of defence, dc
Upomthe, table were stfeMn certificates
for the use of1the9opupils, % testifying te
, their poyertysor nlisfortunes. ) these were
alIsigned1by Roonay, and had the seal .o1
the academy attachedasfg .f1ec 7faai ~
The third room we entered was The
most interesting of ALL % Here we found
kennels of dogs aofdyarious breeds. 4rsia
, nThisp dog alone can earn more than q
hundred guineas month"; said the
professor, q pointing Ito 10 40 small
hound whose, ugly ccountenance would
alone move one to pity.si stThere,, Moss
beg of this gentleman continued he
placing on the adogsnbaek ONE OF. the
small boxeswe had seem beforesidt d9idv
10 The dog began by loud ayelps.t which
he soon changed toIialow whine, at the
. same time approaching me nodding his
head, then stood, on his is b hind legs, and
| roo ching .nrt his nav nnlled at nv coat