Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-06-07
BEeGARs, ouTEiT1ER.
Creates Ailments to Order and Mar


Creates Ailments to Order and Mans
ufacturcs Cripples.
In 4 small but neat and comfortable
red brick house at Hackney lives an
elderly, careworn man who Is known
TO his neighbors by the mysterious title
of the bcggars' tailor" The "bcggars'
outlitter' would be II more appropriate
sobriquct, for rhc elderly mans trade
has nothing to ito with the making of
clothes. He cquipS aud fits out profcs-
sional mendicautS for the practice of
their trade.
n mcnlicant who has not mastered
the tricks of the trade" began the
beggurs' tailor. "has no more chance
of making money than has puglist
who has not learned to box. He must
get an outfit For Il woman Il small
child is the most essential detail. But
six hcggar women out of eight have no
children of their own of the right age.
l supply them.
But that's only a small part of my
business. Ill guarantee to make the
healtlliest looking man in England re-
semble an anuemic cripple in ten min
utes. Only II man who can work that
transformation has Il right to call him
self beggars' tailor.
THE public likes horrors. Do you see
those?" The beggars' tailor took from
his breast pocket Il large pill box and
removed the lid. Inside We're about a
score Of waters of different sizes, shiny
with some adhesive on one side, and
red. protuberant and nasty looking on
the other
"Iliosc," lie continued. "are hcggars'
sores. III DOESN'T sound nice, hut YOU
don't want niccncss in this business.
My clients purchase them from me.
stick them in the exact spot on their
necks or faces and find them a good
Investment When the wafer is stuck
OIL, the skin around it must be careful
ly treated with red and white coloring
matter
Sturdy beggars up from the country
always pose on the verge of starvation.
If it weren't for me their fat faces
would belle them. But. as every stage
dresser knows, Il few artificial lines
and Il judicious use Of shadows will
make n face like Falstaff's emaciated
and lean. Beggars seldom wash, and
that's lucky for themselves. Otherwise
they'd he put to fresh expense every
day.
Are there other tricks of the trade?
I should think so. If you ever see Il
one legged beggar wearing long coat,
ten to one he's IL crock With a little
practice a sound limbcd man can bend
up his leg till it's almost parallel with
his thigh bone. He comes to me for
an artificial leg, which he fixes to his
kneecap. The long coat enables him
to carry Off the fraud. \ medal on his
chest, a whine about Tcl-el-Kebir or
Colenso, and the tricks done. For
money making no pose can beat the
Soldier broke in our wars
HALF the blind and one legged beg
CARS can see as well as you or l. I can
fit Il blind man with everything from n
dog and eye shade to Braille book in
raised up characters. Dogs, of course
cost money, as they have to be special
ly trained. AS Il rule, the swindling
blind man hasn't got a dog. It's not
necessary and Il great expense, where
as Il real blind man, il he hasn't got a
child, must have one.
MANY sham crlpples and blind
men are eX-criinlna;s. \ man who's
been tagged and done n 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 a rule, he makes very
successful bcggar, for nothing sharp
ems mans wits like jail'-London
Letter in Los Angeles Times.