The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-11-17
REMEDY FOR STREET BEGGING.
A Home or Farm Proposed by the CHARITIES
OrganiLation Society.

One Of the chief aims OF the cha<ftaoie
organizations Of the city Ia to suppress
street begging. The Charity Organisation
Society has developed a plan which 1t be-
lieves would be effective in dealing with
the matter. but the cooperation OF the city
would be needed to carry II out.
Last year there were about 100 arrests
for street begging. People who have given
thought to the matter are convinced that
the short terms Of from one to three months
imprisonment imposed on those arrested do
not reform the of
The society's plan Is to provide a home
or farm in which confirmed mendicants
shall be cared for II they arc not reclaimed.
Some OF the typical cases offered by the
society as documents in proof OF the sound
ness Of its theory are as follows:
NJ. p. ased -. a Southern negro who cane
70 New, York as a young man and Thue sn,e
Now he Is crippled with rheumatism. has
lSns 9s9 leTt Or 1Ta feia 81 Ss' h Ss9p, 70 n assist him.
Afraid OF Bellevue and the terrible ISLAND.
where men are first half starved zee and th Sis
fully accepts such aims as are offered 70 him
least st'e Be- p sileesiat s%i' and psThaps bis, .erviGs:
turned to some account. No such hope lies
in he entering the City Hospital according
(. ;, does not knew Der age &C.. but f. is d an old
a aosms sre the a Streets and whine for money
Concealed in her rags she carries a hoard.
the fruit of one know not how many months
OF thrift. Relatives, friends. home, all are
mere phsntoms TO her. Thrown upon New
s s%i.tent iy'% refuses to have Snythins, 70 do With
ne hospital w and Is G 2s.ictisn table or tao
Bring her before a Magistrate and be can
but commit her to the woIkhou.e a pena.
J, j. S.. an old man Of 20. alert, GunnIns,
weli-preserved. is an old gambler. who from
si ssios t: , the bpS pit ms AND wirt oondu cna side%als
lotteries upon his own behalf As set forth,
the object Is 70 raise SO % start MI, s In
prizes. with remarkable craft the peeudo
banker inhames the generous emulation oi
youth or rouses the cynical admiration OF
He refuses TO consider a home. lies or raves
to all , Mae sss o,t To- .Ss Island IL SaS a ssor, Time ago.
h. Is fairly certain to persevere IN his peculiar
line, which has In IL Pront sna eici'enen'
against only occasional hardship
The youthful cases are almost a. difhcult
to deal with. although there L. some hope
when the beggar is still under rs. IL Ii Tor
| these that the society o like TO see
established a farm colony at which they
might learn some trade. Typical instances
Of this class are:
c. r 2. years Did, q victim of vicious
| publications and cigarettes. a thief ana drus
bend. who has lost a leg as a result Of some
Aunt and father alike have sheltered him
repeatedly. but his appetite Graves drugs.
| and the Sidewalk graft ofers the ~readiest
means 70 secure the needed stlmuiant. Lor
Advice, relief. arrest have all been tried
with this hoy, and all have failed a mora!
and physical wreck, he l. lost % society' ana
totters upon the brink Of the grave
buT, ii. ba isStn e. Is rather q the night than
Of the dAy Has abandoned a comfortably
home for the excitement OF the street, Hhlch
have already cost him a les 49,,
Warning, arrest, pleading, psrenta. anp
liz prospects appear q be limited 20 these
alternatives Flrst. O. follow In the footsteps
Of Z II X and nll an early grave. second
~ develop into a %leerins. eytl-faoed pfoie,-
tionAl beggRT, Intelligent enough y be Crafty
and brlsht enough q he vicious third, % rise
from the sldsWAlk into the realm OF petty
grating and taking. covering he operations
BY N0rLins for the lolioo As q stool pigeon
The society agree with Dean Hodges that
there are no crcum-tanoee under which
giving 10 beggATs IN the streets 10 Justihable
AZ evidences ~ this Il otes the story ~ tho
two professional begsaTs mar and hisSifs
who are SUPPORTED ~ ooHforAhls style
by tho contributions ul"y s"f by ulck-ry
hom vAnous sOcistiss
On the night - President Mokinloy's
funeral tlsy stood IN front - the Savoy
Hotel. Wearing hlark sogglos ard fetsninE
| blindness With such proht that they REFUSED
a. move ou hsu the puio- warned than
and wero ultimately arrested