Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-06
eEGGARS' OUTFiTTER.
Creates Ailments to Order nnd MINI
ufnGturSs Crinulcn.

treaties Ailments to Order nnu Man.
! ufncturcs Cripplcs. :
In small but neat and comfortable
rcd brick house at Hackney lives an
| elderly, careworn man who is known
TO his neighbors by tho mysterious title
of "tlie bcggnrs' tailor" The "bpggars
outiitter" would be more appropriate
s0briuuet, for the elderly mans trade
llS nothing to Ito with the making OF
clothes. lie cuuips aud ITS out profess
klonal nicndicants for tile practice OF
| their trade.
IN mcntlicant who has not mastered
the tricks Of the trade" began the
brEGaiS' tailor, HAS no more chance
OF making money than has pugllist
who has not learned to box. He must
get an outfit For woman small
child is the most essential detail But
six bcggar women out of eight have no
| children Of their own OF the right age.
supply them.
but that's only small part of my
btsihcsS III guarantee TO make the
llcaltlicst looking man in England re-
ScInble an an;lcmic cripple in ten min
utcs. Only II man who can work that
transformation has IL right to call him
self IL beggars tailor.
"Ihc public likes horrors. DO YOU see
thosc" The bcggars' tailor took from
his breast pocket Il large pill box and
removed the lid. Inside were about II
score OF waters OF different sizes, shiny
with some adhesive on one side. and
rcd, protubcrnnt ana nasty looking on
| the other
"Those," he continued, "arc bcggars'
sores, 1t doesn't sound nice, but you
don't want nlccncsS in this business.
| My clients purchase them from me,
stick them in the exact spot on their
ilccks or faces and find them good
investment When the wafer Is stuck
ON. the skin around 1t must be careful
| ~ treated with red and white coloring
| matter.
sturdy beggars up from the country
always pose on the verge of starvation.
| III 1t weren't for me their fat faces
would belle them. But, as every stage
dresser knows, few artificial lines
and judicious use of shadows will
make II face like FalstaTs cmaclatcd
anu lean. Rcggars seldom wash, and
| y.
they'd be put to fresh expense every
day.
| Are there other tricks OF the trader
! should think SO. If YOU ever see a
one legged Dcggar wearing n long coat,
ten to one he's IL crock With little
pructicc sound limhcd man can bend
up his leg till it's almost parallel with
his thigh bone. He comes to me for
IN artificial leg, which he fixes to his
kncecnr. The long cont enables him
TO carry Off the fraud. y medal OH his
chest, whine about Tel-el-Kcbir or
Colcnso, and the tricks done. For
money making no pose cnn beat the
Soldier broke In our wars
"Ilalf the blind ana one legged beg
CARS can see as well as you or L. I cum
fit Il blind man with everything from a.
dog and eye shade To Hraille book in
raised Up characters. Dogs OF course,
cost money. as they have 10 be special
~ trained. AS IL rule, the swin(ilng
blind man hasn't got II dog. It's not
necessary and Il great expense, where
as II real blind man. IL lie hasn't got Il
cllil,l, must have one.
Many sham cripples and blind
men are cX-criminAls. 4 man who's
been 'lnggcd' and done Il long term Of
penal and doesn't like it fights shy OF
committing second crime But he
| says he can't get work as long us he's
OH ticket. AS rule. lie makes Il very
successful bcggar, for nothing sharp
chs mans wits like jail."-London
Letter in Los Angeles Times.