Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-10-16
Grand Forks Women Generous
When Beggar of Food Appears
AT Back Door Asking Hdnd0uf

bread That remark undoubtedly
gives the attitude of the average
housewife when asked for a hand
out by a bum" They cannot bear to
see a man hungry, end the RESPONSE
bility Of whether he is worthy or not
rests with him.
After putting the bread in my
"car" I walked a few doors further
on down Second Avenue. inc into an
other back yard. A lady vas throw
ing wood into. a shed. I repeated my
yarn, and wound up by Offering to
relieve her of her work. mo. indeed.
II you are not well I wouldn't think
OF putting you to work. I haven't a
thing in the house that you can eat.
but l will see what I can do"
She went into the house. and in the
meantime I began heaving wood, and
] will say ! made quite a dent in that
%woodpile for a sick" man. She soon
returned, and handing me n half dol
lar she said, Now you just go right
up town and get yourself q good
warm dinner" / hesitated a moment
about accepting the money. but asked
her name, with a view of sending the
money back to her in the mail, with
apologies. However It was suggest
ed that this fifty cents be used as the
first contribution in the Salvation
Army drive. conducted last week and
this was done.
The experiment would hardly have
been complete without visiting
Reeves avenue. Are the rich indif-
ferent to the needs Of the lowly? l
failed to find it SO. ut least. I picked
out perhaps the SWEETEST" home OF
il,o fraof + la nnono6 that r. - oy,
the lady better thar she knew me. A
momentary battle seemed to wage
within her-principle versus senti-
ment She appeared to steel her
heart against me. I Are you sure you
are telling me the TRUTH" she asked.
There was no alternative but to con-
firm my first statement. Suddenly
her emotions got the best OF her good
judgment, and she hurried into the
house to prepare a feed. She re-
turned with a generous parcel. II
just had one piece Of meat in the
house. and I put that in one sand
witch. The other has jelly. I'm
awfully sorry, I haven't anything bet
ter to Offer she said. Il hope your
health gets better soon." 1t probably
wouldn't improve much. if / should
chance to meet her, after she reads
this article.
by this time l was fairly we'll load
ed with food of every description and
quality, and as the hour was getting
late, l decided to quit. Feeling like a
bum l had the impulse to visit
the "jungles." If I could get by with
the ladies, why couldn't 1 get by with
the real article? The "Jungles'' nea,
the Great Northern round house
were rather deserted, but I met one
fellow bum, sitting desolately by the
roadside.
Say Bo, how's this town for eats? ~
I queried, Got cleaned last night, an
getting kinda empty"
Rotten, I tell you! Curses or
these pluts! They all got fine homes
and plenty of grub and Jack, out il
you ask them. for a bite. they'll hand
you a piece Of dry bread on a ter
foot pole, and tell you to skat. Die
you ever see any Of 'em invite yor
in to a cup Of warm coffee, and
something warn that'll do you good
To h with them i say! When
call on EN-, they don't know I'm com
ing that's all, but they soon learn I've
been there =
IT all depends on the point Of view