The morning call., 1894-11-15
A PENNILESS MAN.
Food, Lodging and Barbering All to
Be Obtained for Nothing.

When young man living alone for the time
! being in comfortable house on fashionable
street opened the area door the other day In re-
spoDse 10 ring, lie found without shabby
man who asked for food. Something In the
honest face and sOiled working clothes OF the
| applicant Interested the mau inside, and he
| said:
''What YOU want TO eat?"
"Oh!' returned the other with gleam oil
fun, "almost anything. Pve not had an elabo.
| rate table lately. Usually TWO courses; bread,
| with little dressing Of butter, sort OF salad
YOU know. and for the second course glass OF
| milk, or sometimes glass OF wafer. Now and
then take The second course nrst, ana nave tC
| do without ihe first course"
He spoke with a German sccenI. but his
choice oi words WAS good, and his manuer was
/ 80 frank that The man OF the house found him
| self Interested.
"A, and you're really hungry?" he asked.
| 'HungIy Pm hollow"
We'll, wall here at The door, and you shall
| have something"
| Leaving the German just outside the are a
| door The man OF The house sped over 10 Third
! avenue and returned laden with bread, rolls
/ and fruit. Then he asked the German into the
kitchen ana said:
| Now. Pye been after the bread. You go
down 10 tiie cellar for wood and coal, and wen
make uD the fire."
When tie ire was going well the man OF the
house gave his guest three large pears and be-
gan 10 make an Omcette OF i've eggs. The
| pears were eaten before the Omeette was done.
| As the operation of ealing and cooking went
on hosi ana guest kept up steady stream of
conversation. The German was mason by
! trade and had been less than TWO years in
America. lie had been out OF work only a
month, and In want for about three weeks,
though he Lad found il difficult 10 Keep his
employment Tor good While before he lost Il
because OF trouble with his feet. After spend
| Ing all his money lie had eaten and slept where
| lie could. lie and others were In the habit OF
/ going at ) O'Clock In The morning 10 u large
| bakery where food was given our, and at 8 or
| 10 O'Clock at night 10 an eastside cafe for soup
| and scraps.
! For the better part OF three weeks he and 100
| others OF his Kind had slept in i lumber-yard.
| Ii had been raIded because some OF the men
were noisy, but an lutimation had come from
| some source that the Island was crowded. and
| there would be no further raids II The lodg-rs
IN HE lumDer-yard would be quiet, SO the wise L
! suppressed tile reckless.
But It's cold for sleeping out now,' he said.
| 'and last night, after AN old gentleman oowu in
! Fark row gave me 20 cents. had sOnp and
| bread for cents and went with the rest OF the
money tO 15-cent IOdgin house. Dye know
! had the best Kind OF lucK. They were full up
ana they gave lie ticket 10 IL 23-cenr house.
There had a room 10 myself and blanket.
| when L saw It all just turned III, though lt
was only O'Clock, and | stayed there until
| half-pasI 10 this morning. Ii was primc!"
The man OF the house had the satisfaction OF
seeing his guest eat lie whole OF Tie omeetje
save one little scrap that the host took by way
| OF encouragement. three great slices OF bread
aud 1Our rolls. This be accompanied with three
cups or coffee and more than quart OF milk.
when The host was about 10 eur another slice
of bread The guest saiU, Don't bother, let me
do H." ard he cut TWO more slices, each double
the thickness OF those ne had already eaten
with syidIty. When the last scrap mad been
disposed OF the host said
Are you ful?"
Well" said the guest. looking huugrily at q
paper bag with half dozen pears, pretty
Eear."
Il don't mean 10 stop you untIl you've had
all y0l'll hOid," said the host, and lie look Two
pears from the lag. These were eaten with
proper drlIDeTatian, and the guest said:
Now I'm fuli."
"Well. what are you going TO do?" asked the
host putting TWO OF three rolls into the bag
along win the pears and preparing TO hand
them over against the Germans next meal.
"Do@' was The answer: Get back 10 Ger
many soon as can clothe myself deceutly.
l got letter from nv brother In The old coun-
try saying lie would Ue over here in November,
aud | spent NV last nickel on stamp. bOT-
rOwed sheet or paper and an envelope In a
saloon and wrote hIm 10 stay In Germany"
But why do you walt for decent clothes q"
asked the nOsr, mentally noting and regrelting
The hopeless difference between his Own figure
and that Of the man before him. why don't
you 90 home, Work about the docks until you
can buy clothes and then 90 10 your brother ~
No. was the decided answer. II WON'T 90
10 Germany IN these rags. Some fellow would
see me- working around the docks and tell my
bfOiber. Pn all right. Aly feet are better Pll
get a Bit OF work. buy few clothes, and work
my passage 10 Bremernaven. know some Uf
the steamboat Officers. and they'll give ME i
chance"
There was convincing tone OF pluck In the
shabby mans voice. but the host slipped coin
into bis hand as they were about pairing.
For the first time noting The newly clipped
hair ana shayen face Of his guest. he asked:
by The way. who cut your hare"
"On." replied the German. with broad grin 4;
you've read about thar place where they teach
young fellows 10 be BARRIERS. Well, go there.
The nalrcutling's all right. but the shaving 5
something awful-New York sun.