Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1892-03-25
PAiEasIlNa BEGGARs
Their Apprenticeship and How Il
IL Served
They Arc . Keon and Desperate Com
PAny-Tho SocietaSS Which Are Duped
by Them-Domestie BeERsr
Life. ,H.

BegCars. says the Paris Temps, are
regularly educated for their business
like other tradesmcn. Those who do
not attempt to attract attention and
aims By fcigning bodily defects of all
kinds begin by going from door to door
be- ing gifts. A full-grown man CO . i
not 10 SO unless he be afraid OF labor,
and. most commonly, given to drinking.
He can ring the bells of about two hun
dred doors every morning, and as there
is ono good door to an average Of every
four, according to ordinary beggars'
statistics, he will have received fifty
gifts, mostly consisting Of money, the
rest of eatables. His working day is
over about two in the afternoon, when
he will dine upon the gifts received. Tho
money he will spend ut a "tinglc tangle"
in the evening.
The next morning he begins work at
{. distance from his beat Of the preccd-
ing day great enough to avoid meeting
the same policemen and tradcsmen. He
prefers to favor bakers and butchers
with his custom and, if he has the tact
to appear poor enough, he is generally
fairly successful with them.
Having pursued this course of be-
cling for six weeks, the fellows APP
premiership is finished and he is made
IN assistant. He has now to decide
whether he will be an ambplating or a
stationary beggar. If he likes change
of scenery and the exercise of walking
he will select the former, otheyviae he
will be stationary, which, in large
city, is certainly the more profitable.
Those among the stationary beggars
who understand best how to play Oh
the charitable feelings OF the well to do
do not go ont at all, but receive their
aims at homo from families and char
liable societies. These gifts are regu-
lGr and make up permanent and fair
income. A well-trained beggar will
keep books properly, and such book
of revenue and expenses is generally a
| curious thing to look at. Some society
will supply the bread Of the family;
| another The meat, the church or pastor
will pay the rent, another society will
clcthe the children and send them to
| school, other societies will supply linen
and clothes, will provide a laundry and
soon. If iudiciously managed sl>h a
! bcggar's family can be supported in q
| condition approaching great cCh1fnrt,
and u single day will often brinG I'm
q dozen visits of charitable people.
Nearly every bcggar family, says the
Temps, has a cupboard of dilapidated
appearance, containing, say the people.
| n few rags to protect the children from
cold and storms. But if examined it will
| be found filled with orders for all sorts
of necessaries of life presented by pri
vate families or societies that make
charity their aim. 1t also contains the
writing materials Of the bcggar, with {
nuraber of specimens or formulas O.
begging letters, lists of names Of char
liable people and societies and On al
nanac showing the dates of meeting
and bauquets OF charitable societies, o
festivities and weddings Of the ricl
aud the places where such events will
be celebrated. The cupboard is tn
regular business Office of the boggar.