The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-05

From the New York Times.
Professional boggary in New York,
particularly in the Times Square dis
trict. has gradually increased dur
ing the last several weeks until II is
carried on today on greater scale
than ever before, according 10 re-
ports TO the Joint Application bu-
reau in this city and 10 the Fedora
tion OF Jewish Charities.
Thousands OF dollars nightly. II is
estimated, are extracted by deft beg
gars from the Times Square crowds
II is perfectly easy for an active beg
gar or "panhandler" to earn 81 an
hour or more, whereas earnings up
to SEQ an hour have been reported,
according 10 Roy 7. Gates. the ex-
ecutive OF the Joint Application
bureau. who Is considered to be the
greatest authority on "panhandling'
In this country.
In order 10 test begging conditions
and to estimate the number OF pro-
fesslOnals at work. Mr.. Gates fire.
quently does n little "panhandling"
himself. At his last experiment sew
eral weeks ago at Herald Square he
collected S332 IN 40 minutes, Com
ditlons are nearly the same In other
big cities. according 20 Mr.. Gates,
who on a visit TO Boston last Satur-
day "panhandled" for an hour on a
street corner and picked up s5.31.
In these experiments In New York
City Mr.. Gates has won the friend
ship OF hundreds OF the craft and
reports that not one in 10 IL honest
In his hard-luck story and that II Is
invariably a mistake for a citizen
TO assist any "panhandler."
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good home in New York and conn
mutes daily" said Mr.. Gates. II do
not believe that his business IS
known whore he lives. After trying
out many occupations he found beg
ging the most profitable and stuck
to Il. I am not sufficiently in his
confidence TO know tust what his
methods are, but ! think he makes
changes I'm his clothes in the morn
ing when he arrives here and before
he returns 10 his country home,
where he 10 apparently regarded as
a solid and substantial citizen.
81 know a one legged begRar who
works the South Ferry district who
has one OF the best stocked liquor
cellars IN New York. There are
hundreds OF others who have made
fortunes at il. The average beggar
however, has not the sense 20 save
and most OF them get rid OF their
money as fast az they obtain g."
Times Square now harbOrs the
elite OF the mendlcants OF the east
who have applied modern publicity
methods 10 their professions. Most
OF them Just got out OF the hospital
after being IN some diaaster which
has figured largely IN the news
Many limp or have their arms In
slings az a result Of the washington
theater disaster Hundreds OF others
Just recovered from pneumonia or
the influenza. A few date their
bandages and crUtches 20 the Wall
street explosion, A new disaster or
epidemic changes a thousand stories.
Something Ike a gold fever has
brought the bcggars from many sec
tions 10 New York City. In the man
ner OF the migration 10 Alaska after
the klondike strike. Times Square
Is the greatest begging ground IN
the world for variety OF reasons In
the first place the theater crowd at
night Is the biggest and richest on
earth. In the second place. IL Ia 20
thick that a beggar can conceal him
self from the police and can beg in
tensively. because the -aw material
Of population is so thick around
him.