The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-03-06

northern districts OF -raiD. ard are
generally children under 70 veArs 81
are. Their legs are twisted against
the hips and strapped ligissEy ~ first,
| 20 avoid gangrene. Little by little the
limbs lose their force, ard econ life Is
entirely ceHtered Ia the ouss When
the cripple Il ready 10 be placed in the
Dor. which he never leaves even when
he SLEEPS. the legs are crossed IN sueta
. way ~ ~ prevent al return OF
strength. This operation takes only q
wariess 10 tie capital Many OF these
| manufactured crspples are support
ed ard poorly noarlshed hy their OPP
rressors. who have paid their in
human parents miserable pittance
for the ownership Of the unfortunate
children Others are IN unequal part
nershlp with cernacs. or guides, who
| follow them aboas- change their posi-
| tons. carry them across the crowded
streets. and, above all, watch the re-
ceipts. for these 10Yaaaes feed. lodge.
and protect the cripple in exchange
for all the money he resolves. some
Of these guides hare five Or six Grip
| pies, and consequently make good IN
comes.
| The most aEonlinabse class Of seaen-
| tary beggars Is that oil the women who
stand on the sidewalk with a child az
| the breast. Tear N and year cfIt you
see the same women. and always with
sucking babes. Have these infants
stopped growing Not at all: but
when the child Is large enough to walk
| il Is replaced BY another one borrowed
or hired at 40 or % cents day. Be-
sides the infant in arms, these women
generally hare two or three children
eiinging at their skirts.
Begging by letter. called faire h piIoes,
| is one OF the classical forms III use
among the lazy ones OF the corporation.
All the prominent rich men are over
wheImed with written appeals for
money at this season of the year.
Jules Ciaretie relates that be one day
got an epistle from man who said
| that his grandmother was dying and
he needed Just two louis TO go and re-
| ceive her last embrace To increase
the effect Of this appeal the model
| grandson had written on mourning
paper.
| 1t il estimated that there are ssJ0
professional beggars in Paris. A great
many of the mendieants are nomads
and sleep outside the Notifications,
coming into the city early in the morn
i ing. They first 20 TO the central mar
kefs and beg little soup for their
early breakfast then they make tour
of the barracks, where the soldiers
often distribute the remains of their
mess bowls. Toward I'll O'Clock they
turn up at the churches where fash
ionahle marriages are to be celebrated,
| and the rest Of the day they beg in the
streets or cali at houses.
A good many OF the uaendicants
who live in the city proper inhabit the
Ciichy quarter, near the Notifications,
and il is curious sight TO see them
come up the avenue Saint-0nen in the
early morning on their way to s'busi-
Iness's-the blind man with his wife,
his dog, or with one, two or more chill
dren, lame men on crntches or canes,
men with wooden legs. paraiyties in
little wagons. children with all sorts
OF musical instruments, girls who sell
flowers. letter paper, pencils, etc,
which are simply pretexts for implor-
ing charity.
| Another quarter inhabited by these
parasites is the Rue sainte Mar
Iguerite, in the Faubonrg Saint An
tome. Three houses there are EN-
tirely inhabited by thex, and on the
ground floor of each building Is wine
shop or restaurant. of which they are
the principal customers. There, when
they return at night after their days
harvest. they eat and drink the best
the establishment affords, and Il is
strange, instructive sight 10 see all
these neggars at table laughing over
the exploits Of the day. The mendi-
cants who make q specially of the
house business have their meeting
center in the Maubert quarter and in
the Rue DIES Lyonnais. behind the
Pantheon.
| Among the principal places ire
quented by the beggars in the evening
II the Cave, IN the Rue Montorgueil.
Here there Is an organized band of
about id0 members, each one Of whom
hands in each evening 10 a leader the
money he has received during the day
| On Wednesday evening the money Is
divided, the chief first taking five per
cent. OF thee gross receipts. The
famous aPere Lunette," IN the Rue
des Anglais, ii another resort for the
beggars There they can yet drunk
for few sous. listen TO bad music and
worse poetry, and in the same sstab-
iishment sleep off their debauch
Near by Is the Chateau Rouge, half
wine shop and hall lodging house, in
! an old mansion Of the sixteenth cen
fury. IT a few steps further ON. in
, the Rue du Foaarre. is the BAL Cha
. bot. where for modest
. sum the beggars can dance TO
, the melodinns strains furnished
! by three musicians, one playing the
, cornet, another the clarinet and the
! third the double bass. Perhaps the
J vilest lodging house frequeuted by the
, | neudicant> Il in the Rue Saint Martin
!. the room Is very low and narrow
dimly lighted, and furnished with
tables and benches. The establish
!, menf Is opened at o'clock in the
!. evening. and immediately afterwarsi
] / men ard women can be seen scattered
> about promiscuously the silence il
! broken only by the loud snoring and
Z al occasional sound OF kissing. rhc
]. price es remaining here from at night
> until , in the morning Is two cents.
/ When the clock strikes . the whole
crowd ii hustled out. and the place
closes until half past 3 then the doors
+. are reopened and for an additional
4 penny the guests can pass the re.
! naiudeF of the night. Tn. c.
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