The Arizona sentinel., 1890-01-18
WRITTEN BY BEGGARS.
Letters Daily Found in a Million
aires Mail.
A Paragraph in a Swedish Newspaper
Brought George w. ChiIds Many Anus
ing Petitions-PropOsitiOns of Many
Degrees of Absurdity.
All nlustrissimo
Signor Giorgio W. Childs,
Filadelfa.

Filadelfa.
....-.-....-- OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
And letter so addressed and mailed
in Italy found its owner. Nothing sur
prising in that, for dozens and dozens of
letters addressed in foreign languages,
mailed in foreign countries, but dealing
with strictly domestic affairs, find their
way daily into the little office at Sixth
and Chestnut streets, in ''Filadelfa," )"
where George w. Childs, the world
renowned philanthropist, has his head
quarters. Few, if any of them, come
from England, for almost all contain re-
quests for something or other, and En-
glishmen apparently are not beggars, so
that the foreign mail of the philan-
thropist is mainly couched in unfamiliar
tongues, Italian, French, Danish, Swed-
ish, Russian and Norwegian petitions
come in every mail, the writer's occasion
ally trying the English language with
laughable results. Here, for instance,
is letter from young Swede, which is
interesting from its delightful errors, in
style and quaintness of phrase:
Mr.. GEORGE CHILD. DEAR SIR:-From a
notice having passed through several Swed-
ish newspapers, / have heard of your philan-
thropical benevOlence. made practicable by
your after our proportions enormous wealth.
This has encouraged me to do the following
proposition, which hope you shall not fail
to attend to. Sir: Ny work at an Office grant
ing meas usual here into Sweden-a rather
unassuming life above the gloomy clouds of
privations and many repeated trials to make
any bygains ever having been IN vain, 1
should be very much obliged to you, dear
sir, if you would be so good of preparing any
employment for me in your large business,
as, for example, in order to give correspond
ence or descriptions about Swedish circum
stances or amy thing other. whatever yon
might determine yourself. Sir. i also feel
inclined 20 execute commissions In variant
sl.ags here, il you wish and need such.
Having mostly alone and only by degrees
gained uy knowledge of tho English sS'n-
--a-e, This, us YOU see, is very uefectInEs
1ut shall exert myself 20 the urmostto your
service, If my desire could effect on your re-
10wnrI kindness.
Providence having granted me health and
vigor, as well as power and inclination for
working, it feels heavily to be deprived of
means for satisfying these faculties.
Certainly conceive your often being ex-
posed to pett5ions and prayers for assistance
from nearer distances; but have as said got
encouraged by the contents of before men
toned notice, which speaks of your extern
eive charity.
/ am, sir, your most obt. servant,
P.S.-Is there any market by you, sir, in
Swedish punseh?
This same notice ''h aving passed
through several Swedish newspapers"
brought many other letters from Swedes
and Norwegians, too. One from wom
an in Stockholm, incloSed, with her pho
tograph and visiting card, the notice.
which she said chad made her reflect
that so great riches and so much benev-
olence and goodness are found in the
same individual in this cold and egotis-
tical world" Continuing she SAYS. .'I
am quite q stranger to you. therefore 1
beg you from my innOst heart to pardon
My b-Idness to write TO Won. The
thought that had inspired me 20 use
this uncommon though I hope not i'm
proper. manner is that we maygo to our
Heavenly Father with our prayers for
he Is the mercy Himself, and tha you
viii surely give me yOur pardon" Sure
ly this has rather worshipful and del
flying tendency. However, she asks, in ten
closely-written pages. in much the same
style, for money to start herself in the
paper and w~i .LU~- material Iusluo--."
In order trar she may Save the rem
l4u-e - -..l ae.-lrica. circumstances
fr0ll -ra. l.---lH which tho storms
of -are-- .a- .r. -rlr rIas have made
-aa. -r-.- oaliga tiu.iv naiv. IS
size GER on whom she writes, Some
years ago sent g. letter TO MI Wander
bilt; but L dld not get any answer. Per
haps he did not receive my letter; per-
haps he did not feel inclined to send an
answer" But in conclusion she is de-
liciouS:
Il leave all in the hands of Him,
whose merciful will be done. l also
send my likeness" That also is a tri-
umph of genius, and the likeness, the
photograph of a very pretty, buxom
woman, dressed neatly but simply, and
aged apparently about thirty-five or
forty years.
From Trieste comes the following:
DEAR SIR have heard very much of your
philanthropy, and how ready you always are
to help poor striving young men. am only
a girl, very poor, and my only ambition is to
become a good wife, but without money that
will never happen, fear. Dear sir, love a
years but we can not marry, because he is also
poor, and with the little money he earns he
must sustain his mother and sister. Thus it
is impossible for us to think of marriage in
the present conditions. Some time ago he
got an offer to join as a partner a small com
mercial house. Could he accept it our con-
ditions would be improved and we could
marry. But he must bring with him a cap
itaI of $1,000. This he has not. Can you not
guess, dear sir, what misery it is to think
that if 1 don't get this money 1 never shall
know happiness in this world. Nobody will
help us. oh, be so kind and send me the
money. Address
P.S NV dear sir, excuse my boIdness, and
oh nIease donot disappoint me. 1t is very
sad to be always disappointed.
The girls ability as an unique context
finder should make q fortune for her
without other assistance, she' bow