The daily Alaskan., 1915-06-14
BECCARS OF CHINA
They Are an lmpudent and Ag-
 greSSIVe Set of Rogues.
BRAzEN. FRANKS THEY PLAY.

Some of tho HIsh Handed sehsEaes
 They use For the P0rpoaS Se EStOrS-
 Ing Money From Thelr vIetiInO--one
 Clever Method oR RebSoF.
 Begging is fin Ehe nature Of an art fn China, and the various sorts of R0p0h- cants have been dassffed until now 1t is known that there are at feast thirty classes of travelling mendieants who regularly go from place to piece, plying their profitable vocation. Tha pss5an- ger boats know them only toa vel ead do not attempt to collect psziage mon ey, for they sleep on the gpsn aseA and, curiousiy enough pay FoV vfAt- ever rice they ROquire Shts being the case, rather than have Gng trO8hls with them and gain rhotr enInFty the boatmen allow them free passaSa.
 When the mondicanta reach tho city they put up at the begGar hOt@ 0ear the big pagoda and let Efbe eegSar headman know of their arrival Soon the regular allowance is forthcoming from their victims, and the begyars spend a few days in pursuit of pleasure and then move On to another place Co repeat the same proceeding.
 There is one particularly ebtruSlTe and disagreeable class trained to bal ance various objects on the nose. which usually selects a victim of n1eans. These fellows mny walk into a house and pick up chairs and balance them on their noses as they prance around the room. They then take these and place them just outside of the door, possibly on the street, much to the satisfaction of the large crowd which has followed them, as they have possibly lust done the same thing down tho street c bit If the money Is immediately fortheom- Ing. the show may soon stop and the things will be returned to their propeT places.
 If, on the other hand, the sest6ents refuse to comply with their demands, they pick up one article of furniture aft CT another. skillfully balance each upon their noses, and. amid the roar of satisfaction from the street rabble, they carry them outside to the street This may continue til the whole of the rooms contents have been piled upon the street, and then the beggars walk off amid the bursts Of applause that follow their action and leave the victim to move his belongings back into the house.
 Again, there are others who are beggars pure and simple, who wark In the middle of the street, beating the pavement with 6 small bamboo stick. They turn neither to the right nor to the left to beg, but kesp their eyes fixed ahead of them and take only what Is thrown to them
 In quite another class is tho wretch who shams ailment or physical defect and who Is a clever actor, wiling eo go to considerable physical discomfort in his efforts to arouse sympathy. Be makes a practice of cutting himself when his demands are refused He will appear before a family and oe- mand fee If this Is refused he draws a knife and cuts his forehead and the blood begins 0 AcTI much to the horror and confusion oS those In the house. especially if they arc only women.
 The sight of blood quickly changes the matter, and the beggar begins to yell in a most distressing way at the same time, attracting crowd. It Is now easy with so many witnesses to open negotiations for much larger fee, lnd he is usually paid consider ably more than was at first demanded.
 Having carried his point, the bcggar now tours the entire street, where the news Of his actions has preceded him, and he finds no trouble la col lectlng a handsome little sum from his one cut, for the blood, Btill fresh ca his face, strikes terror to the chicken hearted.
 There is also a class of criminals who are sent into exile and sentenced to beg for a certain period of time in province a long distance from their na. tive places This does away with the necessity of the governments feeding the criminal and puts him out upon public charity.
 Of very different class arc the men who have a pitiful tale of starvation to tell, which, they bewan, compels them to sell their wives or sons Few in- deed would think of making purchase of this nature, and the story almost in. varIably results in the bestowal of money on the unfortunate" man. However, if he finds some one who Is willing to make the bargain and take the child be is inwardly delighted, for this means a full bag for him when be finally hauls in his net ....
 The son goes with the new master and proves himself an unusually satis- factory lad, doing his work with hts whole heart in 1t and thereby gaining his masters approval and entire conf dence as he had planned In due time the dutiful son slips the latch and ai- lows his fond father to enter and se- cure all the goods possible, and to- ootbo- Fothor and son inaVa with all