New-York tribune., 1886-04-04
BEGG4RS IN CITY HALL PARK.
DAN AND NIGHT FoRCEs-BEGGING FORMULE USED
ADHESIVE NEwSGIRLs.

DAN AND NIGHT FORCES-BEGGING FORMULE USED
ADHESIVE NEwSGIRLs.
The warmer spring days and nights are bring
ing the guard OF ramps and loaers that hang about
City Hall Park out dress parade the iried-up foun-
tain that that pleasure ground is their rally
Ing point While the sunshine rests on its pol
lshcd granite shaft and curblng, the financially lame,
halt and bnl the ctys population basx In the CRATE
ful warmth. oil who have bsen driven into
bankruptcy by crisis in the apple market decayed
whose moral energy has been undermined by
the combination OF whiskey and politics. youthful scala
wacs who were born Illustrate the doctrine OF total
dcpravity, all gather there to sleep and smoke and
strike the veIdant passer by Tor nickel The over
flow iriits up the City Hall steps, whose worn and
cracked surfaces offer comfortable seats, while stray
groups collect the edge Of the plaza.
The officers OF tho Charity Organization Society say
that hore 1900 tranps in this city. People whose
BUSINESS keeps them downtown until the early hours of
the morning are quite willing to believe this statement
as to the numerical strength OF the floating,
nickel seeking population Of the city, When the
sun goes down and Its warmth Is wasted on the
moon or the uncivized nations on the other side OF
the world the -natured and respectable
ton OF dweers in tile Park disappear. The remain
Ing rorces OF the srmy modified aud begin roaming
W and down quest Of booty They are OF all grades
from poctltllity down to the odorods, dirty
wretch with matted halr, battered hat, naSmehtSry
SHIRT and coat ot many dirt colOrs. 80 80
Tue formula OF ths morc respectable beat " is:
Excuse me, err, but could give cents To poor
man, no hasn't had anything to eat Tor hoursf Ihc
blanks tllei according to circumstances The
erpcrencoi citizen moves muscle when THUS
ecosted appears utterly oblivious of the beggar's
presence and calmy 10 oks right through him. Under
these depressing circumstances the appeal generally dies
away with: Excuse me-, sir" and is begun again oD
a more susceptible sub ect The lowest type spend
their days In low dens and venture our to work their
trade at night begin with: "Say boss " or Please
petition with "say, young icller"' TDesc latter, 1t s
needless to say never get anything but revings or con
tempnOus silence IL given chance they toll tale OF
drunkenness aud misfortune coupled with the cx
preston u firm determination to reform, the desired
dime Il given them. sDme tscetious oynics when
tackled by this class always cut the tale OF reform
by offer OF nickel under the promise TO spe nd
beer. This takes the beggar hy surpIise out he
generally forogOes his scheme Oi reform aud promises to
promptness In the interest OF truth aud morality II Is
TO be hoped that this promise is not broken.
One OF latest lodges Is TO spot a man who has
lady his and begin To tell story well lnterlarded
with oaths: Blank, blank IT, see here, boss; Fun poor
blank blanked" IN the expectation that something
will be forthcoming to shut of this stream OF hlth. A
forcibe statement OF intention to knock
the down II no doesn't take himself on is the
best deal with these cases. Few or them VII
stick II they see immediate indication OF yielding,
bat let 90 try their luck with the next Thc little
newsgrs who nfest the Park and Nassau-st after
dark are getting Iageous pests They grasp tho
prance along n front OF him. with the Oft repeated prayer
to Please. mister. bay paperf delivered In tone
smacks OF pathOs and catarrh IN equal parts ana
forins an Irresistible combination. They scS ike little
tell enough lies In journey across the Park
t. settle their hereafter twenty tinles over