Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 February 1903 — Blind Impudence. [ARTICLE]

Blind Impudence.

A pretty well known beggar parading the vicinity between Forty-second street, Sixth avenue and Broadway, and having a tin plate affixed on his chest, bearing the inscription, “Pity the Poor Blind,” was walking along the sidewalk one afternoon when he suddenly stopped and accosted a welldressed gentleman wearing a very broad brimmed hat. “Pity the blind, kind sir; spare me a ” “No,” replied the stranger indignantly, "I never ” “Garn,” interpolated the would-be-blind man with a decided Irish brogue. “Where did you get that hat?”—New York Press.