The farmer and mechanic., 1915-03-02
THE DEAF NEVER BEG
)" hen SO-Called Mute" Asks For
Funds, Put Him in Touch With
Police, is Advice.

FundS, Put Him in Touch With
Police, is Advice.
(trom office Of the Inspector Rureail
o1 the National Association of the
Deaf}
Each winter sees q number of able
bodied medican1s too lazy to earn
an honest living, who solicit aims by
masQueradinS as deaf and dumb
Ihe strange part OF ii is that they
not only completely hoodivink the
general public, unaware of the truism
that the deaf never beg but fre-
quently secure the support Of public
opinion when suddenly confronted
ana unmasked by q genuine deaf per
son.
Mr.. Arnold Kiene, a wealthy deaf
dealer IN bank supplies, tried to Sc
cure the arrest of a deaf beggar
on the street cars of Los Angeles the
| other day. Sympathetic passengers
| almost mobbed the real deaf man
| The other sstin panhandling-som
| where.
Mr.. Edward Hart president Of the
| Silent athletic club OF Chicago, ran
across an impostor begging on the
street. The deaf athlete is a big man
physically and persuaded the fakir
10 VISIT the nearest police station. At
ter hearing the charge the sergeant
SET MN Tree, meanwhile de tanning
| Mr.. Hart for an hour to give the i'm
postor time to make good his escape
and work some other locality
That's just what such medicants
| desire, to work one town ard ther
pass on to work the next. We dunn
our impOstors on surrounding com
munitieS and they dump theirs bach
on us.
This is an unjust tax on the publ,
which already pays q tax to suppOrf
state schools where all deaf children
under tWenty-one learn some usefu
trade; as a result almost without ex
ceptiOn the deaf are Intelligent, self
supporting citizens. This begging b!
fahlrs fosters the erroneous impres
sion the deaf are all alike--a class Q
dependents, hence when one in scared
of work applies TO an employer unfa
, miliar with the capacities OF the deaf
+ he is generally disseminated against
In these hard times this works a de
! cided and uncalleG for hardship
against a deserving. class.
; Those on the inside have Ion
, known that one Of the tavorit
stalls Of the law breaker is 10 re
connoitre the scene Of a prcspectiv
plant disguised as deaf an
dumb medicant asking for FUND
to secure a mute's education Thi
| educates its deaf free of charge.
The police of Portland, Oregon, "a
in an impostor who defied all at
!. = temps to get him to admit the decep
| ton until another officer unexpected
; ly brought in his pal. Not KNOWN
; the situation the latter arrival greeI
9 ed the silent one in loud and bolster
) Gus language, calling him by his res
: name. He was then recognized as
j desperate character wanted for var
Z Gus Omenses all over the NorthWes
j Two yeggs who robbed the post o1
fee at Flushing, Ohio. Of s 100, WeI
captured in haymow January fir:
and the loot recovered. One Of til
}robbers, when searched had in h
:, pocket g, deaf and dumb sign show
ing hard usage. Several similar II
s. stances have been reported, but
stands to reason that the great ma
& jOrity Of deaf beggarS and crinlina
y pursue their evil way undisturbed.
a The National Association Of II
# Deaf has q we'll organized Burea
, aiming to suppress this evil. In eac
" state chairmen have been appointe
y and the $4,000 deaf citizens OF Anne
q ica are clamOring for Legislative e1
st actment making it unlawful for al
l. person TO falsely represent himself
a herself as blind, deaf, dumb, cripple
Il or otherwise physically defective, ar
l. providing a penalty.
r The deaf never beg.
lei The safest thing to do when a s.
IL called mute" peddles or asks fun'
ID or some plausible preteXt or other
IS | TO detain him while some one sun
v mons an officer. The police shou
g. then get q real deaf person to expo
is the imposition and the judge--doub
r. less feeling his crudity insulted-w
Of probably impose the limit Of the Ia
le
Sc Gratitude Still Lives.