The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-18
HIENTLE Art q POLITE PANHANDLINC

will Qurgle. and knew couldn't get it anywhere
as good as it is here You can't imagine how tired
one gets of hotels and restaurants
1t is because she has charm that she gets away
with it for time and receives genuine welcome
Then comes the day that her old friends not at
home to her. and she remains away for time until
she can call again. For social panhandler can carry
no grudges and cherish resentments against any
There are those who try the life and fail If they
are wise they go back from where they and take
up the life they left That is easier said than DONE
however for they victims Of New Yorkts by that
time and it is disease that few recover from
They may lack charm there IS something that pre-
vents them from getting You read about these
failures in the story OF suicide and some OF them
have an ending than death. But there are
always those who to take their places and the
members of the How Can She Afford to Dress That
Way Club" are never without plenty Of persons to
ask that question about
And what about the men? There is doubt that
there are many men in New York who have solved
the problem OF existence. but how and almost why
they live is problem. They honored members
of the work dodgers they dress WELL go to theaters
and have many friends. They take the position, as
many other men have, that the world owes them
living but these collect the debt without trouble and
always without much work
Anyone who knows his upper Broadway well can
can't feel sorry for them. but the contrary, you
always think they are feeling sorry for you because
Won have 10 work In the old days of racing they
could be found in the betting ring every afternoon
and when they had the money they were no piSers'
and when they did not have 1t they tried 70 oet
with markers If they were lucky they spent the
money Just as if they had the money trees IN their
front yard, and when they did not have It they
smiled.
That smile is part of the man with
crouch would last about FIVE days trying TO extract
living from New York without work, and ne
would be hungry the last three of these days 10
succeed one has have the temperament Of
Biliken and be fatast that will be ready TOR any
thing He must exude good nature so that his
friends will be glad when he comes around ne
must be the original Little Sunshine
There is one thing these must have, and that
is good dinner. They get along without break
fast for they can sleep then, and luncheon IS not
necessary but dinner they must have They get
many invitations but when they have neither invita-
ton nor money they dine just the same, and the res
taurant or hotel man must wait And every member
of the Never Work Society can eat dirner sign the
check which he don't know when he can pay, throw
back his shoulders and exclaim Pate can not harm
me- have dined today"
These men panhandlers run the whole ganut OF
society from the members of the Fifth avenue clubs
to the hobo who asks for nickel The class
men must have good Clothes and that means, above
all things evening clothes and the ability to wear
them as if they born in them. There must be
morning and afternoon clothes, and they must be
ready to accept invitations for weekends trip
to the Adirondacks.
It's a game that do not play as well as women
They can keep it up fQr time, but the men who
work always view them with more or less suspicion,
even when loaning them money. They may try to
marry rich girl, but the fathers Of rich girls have
prejudice against men who have speaking
acquaintance with work.
Some of them keep it up for long time, but most
of them strike the toboggan sooner or later They
become real panhandlers get job selling fake
mining stock. Now and then they take long chance
and the district attorney begins to inquire about
them There is scandal, and the men who know
them once know them more
Does New York like its social panhandlerss New
York does It is amused by both the and
women, and New York is thankful for anything that
amuses Besides there some people with money
who are so bored with life that they welcome the
diversion of being made-a good thing Of 1t relieves
the monotony
Ask any woman who has been the subject of IN
ouiry on the part of the "How Can She Afford to
Dress That Way Club and who has won out and be-
come member of that club herself; ask any man
who has raised himself from the Work Dodgers and
who for any reason has become useful member of
society If they will talk at all they will tell you it
is hard life, that there have been days when it
hard to smile and stop the end of the game
They will tell you that the social panhandling may
be hard on society," but it is much harder the pan
handler.
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