Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 April 1915 — Woman Carrying Infant Secured Money Aid Here. [ARTICLE]

Woman Carrying Infant Secured Money Aid Here.

A woman carrying a weasened baby about 5 montha'old was begging in Rensselaer Wednesday. The baby wafa wrapped ip a piece of a portiere and the woman was thinly and poorly clad, presenting a picture of distress. But she was not quite so dejected in spirit as her appearance would indicate, in fact, seemed quite happy, thereby indicating that she was professional in the • mendicant business. Asked about her husband she said, “My man has been sick all this winter, he has ‘flimmatory’ rheumatism.” Although Hie woman was detected as a professional beggar she received considerable aid, many nickles and dimes and some times larger amounts being given to her.