The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-26
a Tramp with a New Romance.

please, ra'am, viii you help me lit
tie? I'm a poor woman with six children
to support and no husband to help me-"
rs your husband dead?'
NO ma'am; he's gone to the Klondike
and he WON'T be back until next year"
Gone to the Klondike," This is the bur-
den of the plant with WHICH the child beg
gars of Chicago and their mothers are en-
deavoring 10 excite sympathy and draw
forth the coin of the realm this autumn,
says the Chicago Tribune. Gone to the
Klondike" viii serve for ''patter" admi-
rably all winter. Always on the lookout
for new ideas, the professional beggars of
the city have deserted their time-worn sto-
ries of hard luck and no work in favor of
the klondike song, and every other femi-
nine or childish mendicant who haunts
back doors and street corners will make
use of it this winter. Nor is the Gone to
the Klondike" idea confined to the women
and children by any means.
The authorities of the charitable socie-
ties are growing weary of Klondike tales
Of woe, and the novelty of such narratives
has long since worn off for the dwellers in
comfortable residence districts Unless
something new turns up to once more whet
the public appetite for Klondike details of
all kinds, the tramps and beggars are like
ly to find theif newest excuse growing de-
cidedly stale before the season closes.
Just how and where the tramps and
mendicants acquire the knowledge which
enables them to take advantage of every
public happenings of note is a question
which has always puzzled me greatly
said man who has grown old in caring
for and working among the people of this
class in Chicago. but that they do acquire
1t somehow is unquestionable,a as every one
who has ever worked among tramps and
hQQ y4yiI
Of public interest happens it is immediate
ly turned to account by the men, women
and children who live by their wits, and
the careless generosity of other people.
Thus the worlds fair, the financial panic,
the yellow fever scare, and a host of other
notable occurrences have all been turned
to practical account by them"
The klondike story, in all it's varied man.
itestations, began to make it's appearance
just as soon as the nights grew chilly 1t
was quite too good an opportunity for the
ingenious tramp TO lose. 1t is impossible
to prove or disprove il, and anything which
pertains to the Klondike is popular with
the public just now. And then, too, the
idea of the wonderful finds of gold took
possession of Weary Willies imagination
beyond doubt. There is something about
the idea of large sums of money, or mon
eys worth, which is irresistibly attractive
TO the ordinary mans fancy, especially if
he happens to possess little or none of that
commodity, and the tramp with the Klon-
dixie story undoubtedly enjoys telling it
far more than he would less romantic
tale.
This is true for the women and children
also although to lesser extent, but the
husband gone to the Klondike' romance
is one Of the best lodges which could be
worked, speaking from a financial stand
point. Inc IDEA OF a woman parted from
her husband, or of hungry children whose
father is away laboring for gold which is
to make them all happy later, is one which
appeals almost irresistibly to the average
generous man or woman, and success gen
orally attends its DEVELOPMENT.