Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-30
sREGGARs, oUTFITTER.
Crentcs Ailments to Order and Nam
VI Il. ufacturcs Crirplcs.


ufncturcs Cripplcs.
Ina small but neat and comfortable
!. red brick house ut Hackney lives an
3 elderly, carewOrn man who is known
4 to his neighDors by the mysterious tito
of the beggars' tailor" The "beggars'
! outfltter" would DO Il more appropriate
Z sobriquet, for the elderly rnun's trade
has nothing TO do with the making of
clothes. lie cquips and fits out profess
/ sional mcndicants Tor the practice of
their trndc.
"A mendicnnt who has not mastered
g the tricks Of the trade" begun tho
'peggars tailor, Inns no moro chance
8 OF making money than has pugilIst
who Inns not learned to box. He must
get an Quilt For woman small
child Is the most essential dctati. But
Six bcggnr women out OF eight have no
children of their own Of the right age.
I;supply them.
e"But that's only small part of nv
business. III guarantee to make the
hcRltbicst looking man In England re.
semble mn anncmic cripple in ten min.
ntes. Only Il man who can work that
transformation has right to call him
self a bcggnrs' tailor
The public likes horrors DO you sec
those?" Tho beggnrs' tailor took from
{ his brenst pocket large pill box and
removed the lid. Inside were about n
score Of waters of different sizes, shiny
with some adhesive on one side. ana
red, protubcrant and nasty looking on
the other
''rhosc," he continued. "arc beggars'
sores. 1t doesn't sound nice, but you
don't want niccness In this business.
MY clients purchase them from mo.
stick them in tic exnct spot on their
nccks or faces and qnd them II good
Investment When the wnfcr Is stuck
on, the skin around 1t must be careful
1y treated with red and white colorlng
matter.
Sturdy beggurs UP from the country
always pose on the verge Of starvation.
IT It weren't for pe their fit fnces
would belle them. But, as every stage
dresser knows, q few artificial lines
and n judicions use of shadows will
make face like Falstaff's emnclnted
and lcun Beggars seldom wash, and
that's lucky for themselves. Otherwise
they'd be put to fresh expense every
day.
care there other tricks of tho trader
/ should think so. IF you cvor sec n
one legged beggnr wearing long cont
ten to one he's Il crock With a littln
practice q sound lmbcd man can bcfl
UP his leg TIL It's almost parallel with
his thigh bone. He comes to INC for
m artificial leg, which lie fixes TO Ills
kneecnp. The long coat enables him
to carry off the fraud. a medal on his
chest, Il whine about Tel-cl- Kcblr or
Colcnso, and the tricks done. For
money making no pose can beat the
Soldier broke. in our wars
"IInlf the blind nnd one legged beg
gnrs can sec rs we'll as you or l. can
ut blind man with everything from n
dog and eye shade to BrnlIc book In
raised up characters. Dogs. of course,
cost money, as, they have to be special
~ trained As rule, the swlndling
blind man. hasn't got dog. It's not
necessary and great expense, where
as q real blind man, If he hasn't got IL
child. must have ono.
Many sham crlpplcs and blind
men are eX-crlminnls a man who's
been tlngged' and done 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 as he's
on ticket. AS II rule, he makes Il very
successful beggar, for nothing sharp
ems mans wits like 1ail."-London
Letter In Los Angeles Times.