The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-04-29

From a Hungry Looking Man.
He was wretched looking chap, SC
thinly clad that he was really an object
Of pity. He had sought secluded COR
ner at tbs entrance of cheap restaurant
near Herald square, and for awhile 1t
seemed as if he had chosen the spot
merely to escape the chilling blasts of
the cutting wind. Many men passed
into the place, but he spoke to none
Finally one who had just completed his
meal came forth. The man started for
ward, hesitated a moment and then re-
sumed his former position. Soon another
man, apparently in a great hurry, came
from the restaurant, buttoning his coat
as he walked. In a moment the poor
fellow stood in the way and barely had
he uttered his request for help when he
was rewarded with dime
A moment later a group of young
men in very high spirits passed into the
restaurant To an ordinary student they
would have been just the right men to
approach for aims, but the beggar saw
them not. 1t was only to certain men
returning to the street that he made
himself known. 1t was but the work of
moment to pick an acquaintance with
| the fellow, and when he found I was
interested he talked freely of his plan
II had to do good deal Of thinking
about it when first started In" he
| said. 81 can't get work now, and when
have work can only keep at it for
little while on account of rheumatism.
When saw had to beg, l thought I
might as we'll do it right or not at all
If you know anything about mems faces
and clothes, you don't have to do any
guesswork at all. can tell long before
get near man what my chances are
with him, and if dom think that it's
ten to one 1 will get something I don't
try him, for there's no good in wearing
yourself out and getting common. Some
fellows go along the street and try to
touch every well dressed man they meet.
They couldn't do anything worse, for
everybody sees what they're doing and
knows they are professionals and steers
clear of them. The only time to go up
against we'll dressed men as straight
thing, without regard to their faces, is
when they are full and feeling happy
over it.
1.-THE average we'll dressed man or
woman is the hardest kind Of a person
to hit They do lots for charity, but it's
in q different way-societies schools
for kids, kindergartens and missions
and they think they are doing enough.
If any one hits them on the street, they
put them down for professional You
have got to judge the we'll dressed peo-
pie by their faces and general manner
and let their clothes count for nothing.
Whenever 1 have to do any street
work, always select the people Of the
lower middle classes, who don't put on
any front-women especially. 1 mean
people who live comfortably, but haven't
got any too much money to spare Say,
you may think I'm stringing you, but
would rather have one nickel from one
Of them than quarter from fellow
who could stand it and had it to burn.
Funny, but feel just as sentimental
about that sometimes as If I was earn
ing it, and I would earn it if l had the
chance.
"Now, you take this stand Of mine
here today. There three men who gave
me something-two niokels and dime.
/ have been here half an hour and I've
only struck five men. missed two.
Well, three out Of five don't look like
bad guesswork, If you want to call it
80, does itf This is the cheapest res
taurant in the neighborhood. There's |
the Imperial, Marlborough and all the |
other big hotel restaurants I could |
have taken, but I'll bet wouldn't have |
got thing from the people who came |
from any of them. The men who go in |
here don't pay over % or so cents for |
what they eat, and I'm willing to take |
my chances with them right along.
81 always wait till man comes out. |
Some people think 1t ought to be the |
other way, for the reason that man
who was hungry would be more apt to |
give out Of sympathy for the man who |
was hitting him for money for some
thing to eat. But didn't figure it out
that way. You see, these are pretty |
hard times, and there's more people in
hard luck than there ever was before.
Now, it's bad enough to be in hard |
lnok, but It's worse yet to be hungry,
and when a man Is up against both
games little things will bother him that
wouldn't affect him at all if he had his
stomach full. reason that pretty near
ly every man who comes In here is eth
er in hard luck or else he is miser
who don t want to spend any more than
is actually necessary. If 1t wasn't so,
you know they would all go to the big
restaurants In the hotels, for you know
as we'll as do that the right kind Of
man likes good things to eat and nice
clean service il he can afford it.
"Well, am onto the misers, and ]
leave them alone When the decent
man comes out, he feels better for hay
ing had his dinner He is ready for
business, and life is great deal bright
or to him than it was half an hour be-
fore. / ask him to help me. He says to
himself: Well, feel pretty good. This
fellow is in worse luck than I am. /
know what it is to feel hungry. 1 won't
miss the nickel very much, and then
get 1t. When he hands it to me, he feels
better for it, and he looks it, too, and if
be has been doing things that are not
quite up to the limit he consoles him
self with the fact that he amt such a
bad fellow after all. And he amt eth
sr. So you see there's two of us happy,
and If there was more of it the world
would be happier. Thanks, boss"
Then the philosopher went in to din
her. New York Herald.
Lord Give was thin and keen faced.
He had the appearance of man always
Rorn down by lack of food and rest.