Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-29
. NE of the many beggars that
now makes the public thorough

~ III uON. iIifttS tlls punt liltI oubll-
Flares unpleasant for honest men
was arrested on Tuesday and
& played SGi which he had collected
arraigned In court. where he dis
in two days appealing 10 the passcrsby.
Whether lie observed the s-hour day
this parasite did not tllvulgc but his in.
come amounted to an average Of sl.5O
an hour for the whole day. Tho ,nagis-
tratc collected from him So, or consider
ably less than 10 per cent OF his taxi
ings. and this will be duly turned in
to the city treasury as its share Of his
loot
A news item similar to this may be
noticed from time TO time In the pa
Z lpcrs of almost any large city. In most
8iplaccs what amounts to a license fee
for beggars is levied in occasional small
3 fines. This particular incident hap
Dened In New York. Sometimes I'M
pleasant destinations are made. "Of
course nobody Is 80 stupid or unsophis-
ticated as to believe that these parasites
conduct their operations without official
connivance, and nobody Is 80 incxpcri-
4 enccd as to think that the essential
blindness and lnaction of the police are
The results of mere nzincss or inatten-
ton. The privilege Of begging In the
streets OF II rich and careless city Is
worth money, and there Is no doubt
ma. Money mon, s Is paid pal ~ H. said the
Is begging /. nuisance thar must be
y tolerated? Let those who are so
foolish give IL they wish" some may
4 say Others moved by pity ask, How
i are the poor crippcs to live. IL they are
forbidden to beg?" Those who need help
should be aided by organized public
Z or private charity. Usually those who
be considered worthy. Generally they
get from the careless public much more
than they ever could logitimatciy ask
for on the ground of charity Many
{ beggars are impostors, some outright
plckpockcts and thieves.
CITY SUFFERS.
city whose streets are ovcr-run BY
beggars suffers commercially. Outsid-
Scrs come to believe that 1t is not pros
perlng, that 1t is too careless and In
dulgent. Firiiors dislike to do their
shopping IN places where they are UNI
pleasantly accostcd The Italian gov
ernmcnt found that the bcggars in such
cities as Naples. which was notorious
for this evil. had a marked detcrrng eff
feet upon the volume of tourist traffic. |
so the government for commercial rea-
sons has for years been doing its utmost |
70 stop the practise throughout the |
kingdom.
y Vigorous action in each community |
would do much to stop mcndicuncy. But |
the heggar is not stationary. When !
one city becomes too strict for his COM
fort, he moves to another. Concerted |
effort is the only way to cope with him.
Charity officials In different cities have
found that they must exchange infor-
1nation to protect their funds. and pre-
vent the abuse of free transportation.
IS Though tho officials of charitable So
.cieties Incidentally learn much about
!ihegsz,rs. these quick wittcd workers !
ordinarily steer as far as possible from |
the regular channels for relief But IS
II notSfor the police to keep the streets
free OF bcggars and impostors? They
do much to check begging, but they
tend to devote most of their attention
to more aggressive evils and allow
to flourish most OF the
time.
The police have some excuse for fall
ing to arrest beEgars, Often when they
do apprehcnd II fragrant impostor, tho
allows him ia 20 on proba-
tion as an object of pity" A common
Is to rely upon the sympathy
caused by a real or apparent detormty
III one great city n notorious heggar
commonly known MS "Shivers," gained
u comfortable livelihood by Stimulating
epilepsy. Selecting busy thorough
fare at an appropriate time. hc was
taken with n severe epileptc seizure.
After having secured u generous re-
ward the inpostor strdlled away. Owing
to tho activity of II squad OF mcndi-
cancy police In plain clothes "Shivers"
became n .Iunkman. When the special
squad was abolished. he resumed his
Did trick, tho effect Of which is height
,ncd by tho fact thathis nose has been
partly eaten away by u disease. which
llso destroyed his palate, making his