Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1883-06-27
PARTISAN BEGGAKS.
some of the Varieties of Mendic1nts
which Infest the Gay Capital.

Il NOIlb-N NUIOs C'iNuI ~ vi t'f tiOttf ~
Paris that is not the property of beg
gars, writes q correspondent from Paris
Some will come every day before the
rising of the sun to occupy the same
relation. and there to remain until
night and gaslights come to give an
artificial life TO the city. Then they
fill the principal boulevards until after
the theaters and operas are closed
that is to say, until after midnight.
Others have their days, even their
hours, TO visit certain streets, and they
are cunning enough not TO interfere
with each other in making these
unwelcome calls on the nobility and
boUrgeoise of Paris. TO be 4 success
ful beggar, one must have some visible
infrmity or impediment to gaining n
living; consequently, all Paris beggars
are either cripples, blind, manned, or
suffering from hideOus sore or cancer
allliction, which is not infreQuontly
assumed or initiated with no small
degree of skill and to our special
loathing. A good many of those whose
iniirmitics are not or the most hideous
or repulsive character do not beg out
right. They pretend to sell pencils,
pins, knives, flowers; they play on
hand-organs and other musical instru-
ments invented TO torture the public,
90 from house to house singing
heaven help me, but | should have said
bowling sort Of an sir which
these johnny Crapeaus call musical.
Each beggar has his Cor her) traditions,
his especial manner of exhibiting his
claims on charity-in fact, the usual
misc-en-sccnc of the profession. For
instance, the blind-by far the most
numerous, important and wealthy cor
poration among the beggars- almost
invariably maintain a rigid immoyabil
| ity, Il petrifaction which extends even
! to the dog or the little child that may
/ accompany them. Another distinguish
ing feature Of this blind nuisance i,
that he rarely addresses any yCrba
appeal TO the passer-by, but he is very
careful that his placard shall speak fol
him, and on this siguboard he some
times takes flights into the realms o
pCesy that are really startling. Otter
this card appeals to the readers sym
pathy by mentioning the name of The
department or province from which tho
beggar has come. | saw one smar
fellow awhile ago who heads his card!
with the words: pity q poor, blinC
Parisian."
said above that the blind are tn,
wealthiest among the beggars-a state
ment not so paradoXical as il may
seem. A good, honest, industriou
workman will earn more in a day thar
most beggars pick up, but some bHnC
rascalS are wonderfully lucky. On,
man who had lived by begging 70
many wears was at last induced f
change his mode OF life. Some tim,
after he met one of his old pals, whc
asked him to take n drink.
"But are you not going to treat
too?' asked the beggar, when they har
sat for some time with empty glasse
before them.
"Ah, mon ami, the fact is | hay
very little money, now that | am n
longer poor"
There is young man who becs il
front Of the Press club, Boulevard de
ltaliens, who applied not long ago f
one OF the matrimonial agencies TO fin,
him 4 wife. He did not insist that sh
should be handsome, nor did he de
mand q yirtuous woman, but he wa
firm in his insistance that she shoul
nave dot Of no less than $4,000
pretcnsion on his part which was full
justified by the amount of his avcrag
daily income from charity. The or
posite OF the blind beggar is the cul d
latte. or fellow without lcrS. who yum
around on his hands and thigh stump
or is drawn in q handcart by an as
sociatc. These cripples are always tn