New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-06

INDEPENDENTLY OF the organizations, and give or
refuse TO do SO at the cost OF possible reproach
later on The beggar who makes good I'M
preston tells a plausible story, and seems 10
be deserving Of assistance, may be sent 10 a
society for relief II he applies III the dayume'
but the question Is asked, What shall the char-
itably disposed man do when a man accosts MN
at night persists in his appeal and VOWS tha'
he wants money only to buy food, and goes so
far ar to ask the person to whom he appears
to 20 with him and buy the food for nm!
DIFFICULTIES OF INVESTIGATIONS
sncb cases are not unusual They may be
seen any night il the theatre district despite
the fact that the law prohibits the practice
A shabby gcnteel person walks up to man
and says Pm hungry; give me enough 10 BUY
something to eat l know you're afraid I'll
drink it up. come with me and buy 1t your
self" The man addressed may be accompanied
by woman he knows nothing about The cheap
restaurants OF that part OF town, and there are
many reasons why he cannot accept the IN
vitation and 20 with the beGgar TO place
where food may be purchased. the beggar
talks ID al honest way. yet the honesty may be
q well-madc mask; the man wants to help nm,
but b. does not ish to give him money Tor
drink In some Instances the beggar receives
the benefit Of the doubt coin is tossed to him;
in other cases men smother their feelings and
say no.
The problem is less complicated 10 those peo-
PIE who know the system OF the Charity Organ
ization Society The office OF the society at
No 1916 East Twenty second-st, is open from
0 a. m to midnight every day, and people who
are sent or brought there receive proper atten-
| no o.,
the man Oh his way to from the theatre
should be told to go to the office OF the society
| and the man who sehds him there may be sure
| that nothing which he may receive there can be
| converted into drink.
| Edward T. Devine, the general secretary
saws that he is convinced that giving money tt
] beggars on the str ,et can do only harm, and the
methods employed by his society and the AS
ISOLATION for the ,mproy cement Of the Condition
of the Poor IL generally known. would deter
| people from encouraging deness and vice ty III
discriminate charity
RUINED BY CHARITY.
TO illustrate the Iernicous effect Of givini
money to beggars he said: II know OF man
and he is only of a large class-who ha
been sent to the island many times as vagrant
| whose vagrancy is the result OF foolish charlty
The man was an unskilled laborer, and earne'
| about 81 80 a day, with which he managed u
support his wife and child. one day. aiter "or'
hours. he found that he had no car fare. an'
| after walking short distance on the long wa.
homo he stopped a man. told him that he ha'
no money to buy ticket, and the result OF hi
r,oo wac a quarter. That was his ruin. The .
cents grew to be 81 before the man hhaiiy wen
homo and the next day he repeated the WORK a
hron
49, horT and improbable, and the man !
known to us as a professional
uyhnr the touch" is made at distance fror
.oc,etv office the charitable citizen may pu
~ hsegaY on q car end pay bis fare and