The morning times., 1896-11-29

some secluded spot. At other times they
seek the cheap lodging houses.
They know all of the good houses. and
generous people in town, and when a
newly discovered find is made the word is
| quickly passed around.
| FIELDS OF OPERATION.
| George Davis is a machinist by trade, and
| compe: :ent judges say hc is &c cd mechanic,
| but George won't work. He is a familiar
figure on the streets and has been for
| many years. Davis is good lc oking man
with snow white hair and is about sixty
years old. His Inoustachc and imperial are
| also white. Despite his years he is active
| and robust and walks with a quick step
He always has an cdd numter of pennies
| TO which he asks you to add i'll order that
| he may have an even sum TO buy food or
lodging. George is not successful
"mOocher," but manages to live and on
| Joys the >jrappy faculty Of keeping out of
| the hands of the police.
All parts Of the city are considered legiti-
mate fields of operation by the pan
| handler hut as somc sections Yield better
! returns than others his work is confined O
these quarters. Capitol Hill and the eX-
trene northwestern section are the tcst
The northeastern and southw estern parts
Of the city are never invaded by them ex
cept to buy cheap whisky, which flows
freely there
The city "moocher" never employs the
methods adopted by the hobo to excite
sympathy and attention. lie depends en-
tirely upon his ability to recite his own
little tale of woc,' and gauges his peo-
pie accordingly. The hobo bracer on
the other hand Will frequently burn his
arms with acid and otherwise dislicure
and torture himself to accomplish his
purpose. Paper machc sores have been
recently introduced in the begging fra
ternity. They are made of various sizes.
and are ecarred and scanned in a horrible
manner. These are fastened 10 tine arm with
an adhesive mixture. and when carefully
adjusted cannot be detected
ine nuIIner or organ grinders in the
city is not solarge as people would imagine.
Out Still 1t is matter of surprise to learn
The sum annually given to these peoDle
capt. Austin, at police headquarters saws
their number is limited TO betw cen twenty
i've and thirty. They reside in various
ltaian quarters OF the cI5y, but the ma
1ority OF them live on and E streets, be-
tween Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets.
AT No. 14c6 ID street six organ grinders
live together. They own their organs
brought from New York There is ONLY ono
Italian in Washington who owns more
than one organ. He also lives on d street
with his wife, son-in-law and daughter
he has two instruments. They average
>ANoA VI NApChsts, uUOuU Cl ,CO.
$40 month. For thirty organs therefore
| the annual expenditures in this charity by
the public reaches the figure of S14 4Cl
The organ grinder is free to choose his
| own route, and of course some streets nav
better than others. They have their regu.
lar customers, and know all of the ..eood,,
houses and stores They also know tho
| saloons where they get paid in beer in
return for their music, and these places
are never sighted
saloon on Seventh street, betwecn r.
and NJ, was a regular stopping noint
for the grinders. 1t was kept by n man
named Ochsenreiter, and he never turned
them down. A short time since ochscn.
reiter sold out his business and as his
successor is not SO generous toward them
| the beer has ceased to materialiZe II
is amusing 10 see the confident air worn
by them when entering this saloon
''growler'inhand, and the detected manner
| III which they emerge.
They do not know of the change in pro
prietorship and cannot understand WHY
their daily supply of liquid refreshment
should be thus summarily cut off.
Giovanni Novello, an Italian, peddles lead
pencils to cover his begging. He is Il new
arrival in The city, and is big, strapping