The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-26
LIrERARF sIDyEr JoyE.
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IT'S Genius Bepenr- Dr.cript,o,.
literature Tor bcRgars is tho sphere OF uss-
iuIness in which sidney Jones has chosen -
MAKE his living. Not that thcrc IA nnv psr,i.-
u'ar Hhe OF literature which beggars read. for
many OF them can't road all Dut tbcro IA.
certain Kind 81 literature which uendic,n,.
carry for othct people to road. and n I. mi.
kihu winch sidney produces some O, I. 4.
poetic some Of prosnlc. and nil Of IL tr,cio
| ~ I"' N'dhev he Ia a bright cyei clever LAD
| OF J." Years tie boards anvwhore. carries on
| Is business everywhere. and livcs .,.-,hor.
some Two years ago. when his father. who
| runs Prosperous road house near Yonkers
| turmoil him out because OF his rnis,bioyo,.
propensities sidney found himself oos, 80
| the world with no money. no frte,Is ,,i -
| the beginnings Of u common school ,.lr,.,is.
as his stock in trade.
| For some time he sold papers SOM. ,,o,t,.
| bic person having SGT him up in troio iT.
| managed to live in this way. and might ~.
still making mis- living so hut for his ch,nc.
| acquaintance with Staggers Stoyyors 10
beGgar who gets his name IRON, nj. racnii,r
| gait lie has been almost everything wI,htn
| the range OF mendicancy. from n one.loygod
veteran OF tho war " 1912 TO a totally biind
| father OF starving family. II was last wInt.r
! when sidney mot Stnggers. both OF Thorn bov.
| ing sought relief from the cold on tho s,ear,
| grating that pours out n torrent Of warmth al
| Twenty-third street AMI FIFTH avenue star.
gers told Sidney about his latest venture.
"Th' luck's dead agin' me. Tn blind father
| otseven starvin' children racket amt worth .
quarter a night NOWADAYS They's too many
stfs in the business. SO been tryin' a new
racket an II nin't gone fer a cent been
dom deet an dumb turn up an down Fifth
avenoo. The first mug braced I give myself
dead away. went up T. him maxim signs at
my mug an pontin' to my ears. Watts tn
matter with youY says hc I'm deef' says 1.
an dumb. too says l. an I'd like few cents
for bed Say, he give me kick SOS
thought my pants was Roin' through tn roof
O. my hat. That fixed ne fer keepin' my face
closed. but tn next Teller braced with game
o signs. took me fer n crank. an called a cop.
had { run fer It. and here am. not a cent
better fer tn def an dumb racket"
Look here" said Sidney. who had been
cogItatinG deeply. III I'll Hy' gag that goes
will y stake me n dime ?"
Sure" replied StagGers. III I can cit t."
Here is where Sidney's schooling came in.
He got piece OF paper from the gutter ex-
humcd the stub OF a pencil from a pocket. and
produced this manuscript,which may be found
now in the archives OF the Gerry society:
The baror is deef and dunn, He can not
Give him 9 Few Pennies to help him to sum sum
Armed with TINS document. Staggers went
forth TO conquest, and before midnight re.
turned with nearly q dollar. ten cents Of which
r. pHd to sdnsy This set sidney thinkng
sidney hunted Up various small boys s'o Of his his
employ ment, and furnished. them with writ
t ten ' aEouS d 5hs that
nsSsasns his eiisnss. ssy soGn T sa@nIf iy
slowly the reason Tor which the mas S1 disa
han whom he discovered revelline in 25-cent
spread at q beef n; beans dispensary, when
1--WE cents expressing a hope that he might
meet with an untimely end L he had I scooped
confronted with human peridy as an element
IN business enterprise. Sidney decided 70 do
into Sy ana hand. here
Mmiltgan OF the Gerry society
sy Mee ons .v.anr th ssSss
sidney; P t1 expression on his face and
SSrd oa5 h sox in ss IN hand md standing on
coins and this . efrusIon n large printed char
kT RS. 4sr Is Coming
In the Poor Sowsboy's Hat
The box which represented the hat con-
tanned 10; II is now in the Gerry socisty's
Dunn" manuscript and sundry other ELECTS
o. the same author. Agent Mulligan arrested
Hun; but he was let OF In court on his promise
THIS police court experience frightened him
abroad in the land, however and he became
known AS the Poet. He soon found himself
pencils and esrtaS st U TOR VersiyiDps e aaa
stitrted his original stock in trade. lie soon
established n scale OF prices as follows:
One line ordinary such as Please help
Two Iinr ordinary '''''''''''' cent.
Details OF ctiami:y which caused mis-. '''h'~
To p amt
ESt;a good verse. with a.i alton GO aS Gsnti
At these prices tho poet did fiourishinR
business. One. two. and four-lin" ordinary
sold like hot cakes, and the lower priced poetic
Is but one specimen Of the extra good win H.
lust'ations extnnt 1t was sold to a one armed
made the illustration. It represents what
might be tax en- Tor a cyclone or an eruption of
with ouIStr-tchen hand il sailing NV ward to
the evident surprise oi one-armed man In the
This MASTERPIECE of art Is act OF. and explained
by the following verse:
Powder Expushun In Washington. ID. Oh
h livery one e Hove. we'd, 70 the say but me
How wood You like to be that way yars SELF
Early this fall there befell the poet tbat
which he Yet tells ot with sorrow. He had an
order from wnman who was making the
and nj the same time for ne-leggcd Gentle-
hat he lost his limb at Gettysburg while
hravsly defending the flag. Unfortunately
Sidney gut things mixed and changed the
Consequently the onr-le.ged
veteran ELECTED little pity as tho widowed
mother OF seven Young children. and Mrs
Ing testimonial which set forth that this
empty troussr leg was evidence OF the gall
liant fight around the reg mental eoIors
themselves IN police court as impostors. and
when they told where they got their docu-
ments sidney was brought there TO meet them.
They met in tho back room OF Jefferson Market
Court without benefit Of the constahulary. and
IN Sidney own WORDS this is what lADpanAd.
Tn WILDLY jumped onto my back and pulled
out two lstsful Of hair. Thon III ons-legged
mug uncurled his lost leg from where he had
Il tied. an, say they wasn't nothn' missIns
about IL ny the way he slun2 his foot at me.
liimehy, after they got me down an were
maxim marks on the floor with my head tn
COPS came in an saved my life. ! told tn
Judge | wrote the things cause thought they
was deservin' people. but now knuWed they
wasn't, | got oil n they gOt soaked"
The last appearance OF the Poet WAS a few
lays since. wnen hs was arrested by HIS old
acquaintance, Agent Muliigan Tor sellrg flow