Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 86, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1920 — CITY PEOPLE “EASY MARKS” [ARTICLE]

CITY PEOPLE “EASY MARKS”

Many Bestowed Alms on Beggar for Whom Lusty Youth Was En- , gaged in "Barking" ' Since efficiency is finding its way Into nil business one of the oldest "professions” of all has begun to adopt modern methods. The Innovation la due to a beggar who made his stand opposite one of the subway entrances along the Williamsburg bridge approach on Delancey street, the New York Evening Sun states. Many who passed this spot recently were struck by the appearance of thia beggar, an elderly, long-bearded man, who sat huddled up In a wheel chain. Alongside was a husky youth df nineteen or so, busily engaged in “barking" for the beggar. Secretly the lattes must have thought it a good joke ow the alms-glvlng public, for there wan always a smirk on his face, as his friend shouted so none should neglect to drop a coin in the beggar’s lap. His “spiel” was In Yiddish, which, roughly translated into English, would be; “Stop: Give charity, people." Many who ought to have known bet* ter stopped and gave.