Evening star., 1901-07-13

owner and a considerable speculator II
took the broker ten minutes 10 apologize
Ia a manner beftting the occasion.
Another class Of beggar that the stock
broker seeks relief from Is the insist ent
man who collects for a Charitable insti-
tuition. real or imaginary. principally the
lattSr lie invariably descends on his prey
Al the busiest time in the day. bursting In
on the brokers' study Of the alI-important
ticker aud reeling OF a begging D.tltIoo
wh'Ie holding out book In which appears
the names Of well-knowu men as s,lhscrib-
trs To the charity in question Most Of IN.
names are inserted there without their
owners permission, but the list serves 10
Iend emphasis TO the collectors remark
that 1t Will look very queer when tbe Isl
IS published If your name does not appea~
there. Even Wall street men have their
att" hobbies. and figuring in the published
Nsts OF charitable organization always
gives certain standing tore 10 a firm n
Is 100 lat" 10 recall the money when the
broker learns later by comparing notes
win MS friends IN the street" thar his
name as well as theirs has been used in
Wholesale gathering in Of funds which
htN'F reached the charitable society they
We're intended II benefit. Il is very a-s,-
an the rush and wh.rl uf NaV street li.s
where llne Is 50 pr,ciaus that III. s..npI.st
Way %! saving II ls usually chosen for "a
irtud with good face ana "a little braz.r
assurance 10 carry his ends and coin money
without trouble.
Relentless i'm Persisting
So persistent are SOM. OF tn, bogus c.1-
lect"rs OF charity that IL is all the door
Keepers Of the exchange can do To prevent
Their penetrating to the very nonr in
search of victims. They are otlst.d from
one entTance only To seek admission al an
other; they lie in wait for brnkars r,i,,
a. anu prohers coming out; they fan in
st'p beside him and walk and talk until
ths money Is given AS th,. easiest way ~
SAVING a scene; they ignore signs on pri
~ n&aST doors, are past masters at the art nr
pI"ilhs oince boys. and when not fatt.,.-
ING at the expense of th. broker th.x- "a =,
picking up crumbs and whole loaves from
the ,n,, Sust0mers who throng his office and ara
anyways liberal and open handed when iha
market Is going their way
ot late d new apparition has appeared iD
va. street. IL wears a bonnet of coal
scuttle shape. bedecked with scarIet and
Sold ribbon; 1t stands patiently outside the
entrance to the stock exchange holding in
IFS extended hand a tambourine Ii is a
sErht apparltion so far vocal evidence
OF us presence Is concerned. but the tam
BOURNE Is thrust out i'm way tbs- ~
plains Its object Very forcibly and the at
tthtipn OF the paSsersby is attracted IN m.
OBJ; ooJryt py the sign on hand organ in the
vicinity of the tambourne On IN. organ
thef" Is a printed appeal to the world i'm
general ana Wall street in particular 10
heIP the homeless. 1t was self-,leniaI
Week, the sign informs tn. brokers ..C,f,.a
To this worthy charity and help save tha
lost. says another sign. The organ plays
rag time airs: the girl in the poke bannat
NA'Ni'7 Nv Siildll f'NdDSe IN her tambpur-
inc, and the brokers smil. and syv.u IN
iund. not because the signs touch then,
Dut Tor the reason that they are mostly
ldrst-hParted men. and the sight of !.
s"eet-faced girl standing asking aims is
calculated to awaken sympathy i'm a MON
umeht Nevertheless. the brokers prot. ..Si
against this begging plan with the others
TOT th"y feel II Is out Of place in a busy
business center like Wall street
VI begging epistles every man OF pror,I-
racS IN the street gets waste basket
run daily. This particular line of begging
Is regarded as one Of the affiictions thar
VIII always be part and parcel of the pros-
porous life OF the district IL Is the hrak-
er natural cross, and is borne unrom-
plainlnsly. But the army Of beggars thar
Is betoming larger daily. the army that
lnNades the most remote of private offices
thdt Is ever hungry for more and stops AT
hothihg TO gain Its end. has become such A
nuisance that the brokers have under CON
Sideratlon plan of organization i'm tho
linH or boycott on begging to rid life I'm
burden.