Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-07-25
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Mcndicants are criminals, nine
tcnths of them with criminal records,
is the report of those who have In.
vcstigatcd these wrctches who are al
lowed 10 parade their simulated mis-
cries upon our streets. Those who
are In fact leglcss or armless may
have lost those undcsired and useless
organs as tramps In stealing rides on
railroad trains. ETC., and even the few
really blind of the many that pretend
to be so were made so purposeiy, or
are glad they are so. says American
Medicine. New York city Is Kidding
itself of these impostors by the sim
pie eNpedlcnt of showing up their
frauds. In the slang of these WORTHLESS,
New York Is jimmied." BY taking
the good arms out Of splints or the
sound legs out of casts, exposing the
sham blind. ana the mallngerlng. par
alytic. punishing the frauds. etc.. the
streets are cleared of them. Other
clfles are yet to take u lesson. "Chi
slim" made u large income. some $50
u week for years. In an hour or two Y
day In New York playing the paralytlc.
British" was almost as successful.
"P. p" Is the name given by the fra
tcrnity to the plaster.Of-paris bandage
men. The sap" men are the crutch
ana cripple frauds. The "cane men,
are those who go no farther than
canes. The "humnn crab," the "human
dog" the human alligator" are other
types. The crust thrOwcr" IL the fcl.
low who slyly drops moldy crust OF
bread before the passers.by ana then
seizes 1t rs If with hunger. The duck.
cts" or "dockcts" are those who pa
radc signs. verses, etc, on placards
When. "Florida Shine" "BostOn Char,
llc." Toronto Peg" "The Crane
dutch Harris" "St. Louis joe Ol
"Chi Slim get arrested his compa Mon.
of "the trust" contribute and hire Il
lawyer for him, or secure means fol-
his escape.
Every tourist, says the London EX
press has seen part of Holyroo,
Palace, has wondered at the fadct
ilnery of Queen Mary's bed. the re
markable newness of Darnley's boots
and the astonishing persistence of Rlz
zio's blOodstains on the floor; but yer,
few of them know the hnbitablc par
of the building, where the monarcl
holds infrcquent courts and the Lor,
High Commissioner annually opens
the Assembly of the Church of Scot
land.
1t Is very splendid, very historic
but, truth to tell. not the most dcsira
bis place of residence.
The Queens drawing room Is furn
ishcd with bright green chairs AM
E bright crimson curtains, amid whlcl
II grand piano almost seems an anncl
ronism. 1t ought To have been
harpsichord. The throne room, IN oil
long apartment unfurnlshcd eXccp
for the two royal chairs of red an
! gold under Il dark canopy, has II fan
! clful wooden ceiling-decoratcd wit
the rose, the thistle. the shamrock am
the Scottish lion-which was dcsigne
! by the late Prince ConsOrt.
; lie richest apartment or all Is til
I morning drawing room. for that, bcin
laid out for the state luncheon part,
J. contains considerable part of tn
t priceless royal plate of England, e,
= pecially brought from Buckingham
: Palace.
:; The table is covered with great CIV
4 crs, tagOns, wine coolers, dishes an
$ cpergnes, chiefly of silver gilt, althoug
n II few Of the smaller pieces are Of soli
[ gold. 1t is computed that the plat
y in that one apartment Is worth half
o million OF money, so exquisite Is I'll
II workmanship and design; ana there
+ twice as much more ut Windsor an
}. buckingham Palace
l. There are wonderful GObeln tape
d tries and Dutch carvings in tine breal
S fast rooms, and the furniture of on
It of them Is entirely covered with fadin
+ needlewOrk like the samples of Ol
II grandmOthers. 1t Is n tradition
d the palace that all this work WI
o done by Mary Queen Of Scots. Pro
d ably much Of 1t was done accordir
n to the royal custom of laying found