The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-07-23
WAS 4 PHILOSOPHER.
= sseeAs STUDENT Or HUMANS Ma
TJae WHO HAD A SYSTEM.

TUae WHO HAD A SYSTEM,
Mcndicancy Carried Ont Upon Pracs' cal
Iincs-w why He ASoIded the Rica-stnod
outside = Restaurant, hut Never Ragged
F"om HuSyry Looking Man,
lie was wretched looking chap, so
thiIly clad that he was really an object
CT pity. He bad sought secluded COR
ner It the entrance of a cheap restaurant
near Herald square, and for awhilo it
scented as if ne had chosen the spot
merely to ESCAPE the chilling blasts of
tho cutting wind Many lnen passed
into lie place. but he spoke TO none
Finally ono who had inst completed his
meal came forth. The man started for
ward. hositated moment and then re-
suincd MS former postum ;5oen another
man, apparently in great hurry, came
from the restaurant, buttoning his coat
as he walked. In moment the poor
fellow stood in the way and barely had
lie uttered his request for help when he
was rewarded with dime.
y
men IN very high spirits passed into tlIe
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 10 the street that he made
himself known. 1t was but the work Of
a moment to pick an acquaintance with
the fellow, and when he found was
interested he talked freely of his plan.
81 had to dp good deal Of thinking
about it when ! first started i'm, he
SAID. Il can't get work now. and when
I have work can only keep at IL for
little while ON account of rheumatism.
When I saw ! had TO beg, | thought /
might as well Go 1t right or not ct all.
Ii you know anything about mems faces
and clothes, y0u don't have to do any
Suesswork at all. can tell long before
| get near man what my chances are
with him, ard If don't think that it's
ten TO one | viii get something don't
try him, for there's 10 good In wearing
yourself oct and getting common. Some
fellows so 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 aye professionals and steers
clear of them. The only time TO go up
against we'll dressed men as a straight
thing, without regard to their faces, is
when they are full and feeling happy
over it.
"The average we'll dressed man or
woman is the hardest kind of person
to hit. They do lots for charity, bpt it's
in a different way-societies, schools
for kids, kindergartens and missions
and they think they are doing enough.
II any one hits them on the street they
put them down for professional. You
have got TO i-dge the well dressed peo-
pie by their faces and general manner
and let their clothes oount for nothing.
Whenever / have 10 do any street
work, always select TIE reopjs Of tho
lower middle classes, who don't put on
any front-women especially. | mean
people who live comfortably, but haven't
got any too much money to spare Say,
you may think I'm stringipg you, but l
would rather have one nickel from one
Of them than quarter from fellow
who could stand it and had it to burn.
Funnv, but ] feel just as sentimental
about that sometimes as il ] was earn
ing it, and would earn it if had the
chance.
Now, you take this stand 81 mine
ms something-two nickels and dime
1 have been here half az bour and I'Se
only struck FIVE men. / missed two.
Well, three out of five don't look like
had CROSSWORD, if you want 70 call it
so, does it? This is tine cheapest res
taurant IN the neiGhborhood. There's
the Imperial, Marlborough and all the
other big hotel restaurants l could
have taken, but I'll bet wouldn't have
got thing from tho people who came
t-cns any Of them. The men who go in
here don't pay over 20 or 30 cents for
what they eat, md I'm willing to take
my chances with them right along.
| always wait till man comes out
Some people think it ought 30 be the
other way, for the reason that man
wb0 was hungry would be more apt TO
give out Of sympathy fer the man who
was hitting him for money for sonde.
thing to eat. But didn't figure it or.
that way. You zee, these are pretty
bard times, aud there's more people Ia
hard luck than there ever was before
Now, it's bad enough TO be in hard
luck, brit it's worse yet to be hungry,
and when man is up against both
gafrcs li'tis things will bother him that
wouldn't affect him at al il no had his
stomach full. reason that pretty near-
y every man who comes in here is eth
or il, I,ard IncLy ~ alro ho 80 a ,,,;-,-