The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 2, 1901, Page 1

against vagrancy laws, sses, say t for exer hav- pumber. T was con- State Y. M. C. A. pr hing of the write this expose, God and he begging 1 hope there- ble-bodied d the and un- city in the ed secret en ritual secret p themselves to exertion, degrading and be- genteei American benign climate as they call and Asi- e. the far- police, the ive scar- of help, n Fran- ceedingly unrivaled m Chows 5c pint and nto and render the se for the mother of the nctly a home the green bay all nations, soidier, fafi- poets, Here, the beggars in the Union. could be co, or that a i get but a it were, from the juality! erno” . world might getting a living “went the pace cheap wine Vallejo nt going on in cchanalian ban ragged, unk»mnt‘ lowing orig- hilari~ street), ppreciative, 2 of Mexico, nt Rome, { sing of green-fiecked hill and dell, Of sward, shrub, flower and tree, Where yags delight, do well, revel, Jobn Law is out to sea! ‘Whose whirlwind hum of industry, nds north, south, east, west; field and sea , of tower and steeple, nd shady bowers; cosmopolitan people, and flowers. Of domiciled Sunshine, fr And arch’d on high's that azure sky, O'er land, o'er sea—all day, ‘While beneath is wondrous Frisco, With her townfolk lithe and gay. Thus ell day long’s my happy song, %y nigut I dream, may be, “WiTTie Weary”? of the Wine Joint Reads His Poem. it, Jee, is Italian and has no qualms of conscience 1 sing (no dream) of our rustling throng, In tke city beside the sea! The poet was vigorously applauded on concluding the seventh stanza, and on In- quiry it was whispered me that he was a brilliant newspaper man, who was now a vag (a beggar) and who boasted that he had not done a d nce his ad- vent in Frisco ten years previous. All this time the wine flowed copiously and the kangaroo court was being proceeded with while all were rapidly getting into a maudlin condition. I soon perceived that this wine cellar was a rendezvous of beggars. It was typ- ical of others of the same class where cheap wine, with free lunch, is served in quart or pint measures £ov ¥ centa The keeper of a swarthy in exchanging a ‘“punk of bread and a quart of Dago red” for the magic nicke doubtless consoling himself with tige thought that a “fair exchange is no rob- bery.” considering how the beggars ob- talned the purchasing price. Joe's stock In trade is as apparently in- exhaustible and varied as his motley pa- trons, fof"he has vino by the pint, quart, gallon, barrel, tun and ton—in nearly every color of the rainbow. I was not long in divining that- these energetic coin spenders were beggars, and that the jing- lUng ‘coins were the proceeds of that day’s rustling. They beg by day and revel by night Deytins they 2980 in rags and night time are well dressed swells. Seated alone, being a stranger, money- less and without any wine before me, I was invited to their festive board, and went without much persuasion, as I had not yet recovered from my last ‘“‘loco- motor ataxia,” as they call it down Texas. I related my hard luck story and won their sympathy and confidence. I was deemed a suitable candidate for imitiation into the €an Francisco Original Cash Beggars’ Association of 1873, and was giv- en the initiatory password (John Fox) and placed on probation for one week. A “htnk” camped on my trail and kept tab on my maneavers, with ‘the list of fitty names given me (xy Arst installment of the free list of 5000 good things of San Francigco). So faithfully did I carry out their injunctions and directions, and so faithfully did the “hunk’ report on my casge that I was voted a worth# member and admitted to third degree. (Password Johnny Wise.) The index figures after the amount fol- lowing each name indicate the number of imes I have touched the charitable donor since my debut as a professional in 1895, and where the index is an X it de- notes times too numerous to recollect. Of the following good people I sincerely row beg forgiveness for the wrong use made of their otherwise well meant alms and loans. I usually employed the alias of Liayd and oo my rounds passed in nearly every capacity and m several lan~ guages: « s e Druggist W. C. Kil e (10 2%e (). Second and How- The (10) means 10 times, [ ans 25c ‘given others were put given Jefinitely and (pr (Johnny W Henry Mille: of $20 mat 1598. Mrs. A. M. Parrott regret and a bank Dr. W check for House, Jan- ‘alifornia, d me to Hobs . letter of $5 (prox). id twice, 5.. F. personal mining stery, twice 5 6. F. C. Rebinson, a miner from Dawson, st Grand Hotel, on letter, 5. 7. Rev. Chartes G. P som, lic about Canada, Bites ot arny, gitt, Mrs. Phebe Hearst, fifth floor, Examiner building. lady’s maid, have letter prepared, gold mine, 2 1 prox). 10. Frank Owen, att Mills buflding, talk Visalla and have or some one from there, $5. 50c () (prox). 1. Judge J. G. Maguire, very generous, sives quickl 101 Sansoms, interview. no letters. no references, 10 an: 298 California, port, Mendocino rom, tter an 0dd Fellow, to all, 81 @ W. MecNear Jr., Berel, Swi kind and beneve $150 (x) (prox). 11 Alfred Tobin, Hibernm Banik, view $250 (2) (and prox) 15. Judge Fox (Fox & good, $250 (2) (and prox). 16. Robert Watt of Langley & Co., pair shoes twice and cash §1 talk Lanark- shire, Scotland. 17. Mrs. Hyde, 719 Geary. a sold mine. Go ber, pass in letter. $1 (x) (prox). Some one ‘tole the door ma r Johu Law. 18. Father McKinnon, iuerrero, on & per<onal Interview, any one, $1 (x). Came from P. E. Id.. Canada. 19. Reuben LI to work. Saw John Law. 2. Genmeral W. H. H. Hart, go sober, look wise, have letter written, wait In hall answer. 2 . 21. Father McDonald of St. leng from Ireland, an e $i (@ (end prox). Asks ‘“How many there are.” Mrs. McCabe, tar of the a Parish, Point Lobos avenue. Write letter and §1 50 (prox) 2. Mrs. F. I See herself, and always . 24. McNab, drayman, t a politiclan or Scot §1 (x) (prox.). “Wants to be Sheriff, 5. MeNab, Hootman, to a Scot 50c; to & wvoter or politiclan $1 (x) (prox). ¥ 26, Staliman, tool manufs First and Mission, (x). Is stuck on Evening Post. 27. The therhood o for sult of cloth prox. See Bookkeeper Somers of W. P. Fuller & Co, Thomas Archer, Stock no more or less to ev from London, nd. Father Wyman, (x). Talk of his br near $0. Father Prerde room: (Breene), §2 (3). 31 Father Yorke, Worked to death. (prox). a pr! 1 0 (prox). write let- his stake 1is on inter- ry kind and stern Mason, will point Joseph's, not mark, Sull'van (Phelan's sister). uring eompany, good for 20 Theosophists. Good xchange build- Boston, e 9 a. m. bun only %e. Go at . see him alone fence, Good years ago, Hostile 1 not alone, 50@ 3 es Horsburgh, S. Ry. Co, Asst. Pass Agt., Christian, gocd If you get to see him. 31 (x) 33 Rev. J. A. B W hostile, to some Salvatic $4. Father Hennes Twenty-ninth and Dolores hearted, clothes and cash. 40c (2) (no prox). 35. J. P. Cochrs . undertaker. a fault, tickets on U for fares many times. 5c 6. Dr. Dunn, dentist, Never f: . 30e (x). 37. Dr, Du delphia. 3. Dr. on. kicks at huskles, ticket. 5e (1. late from Ireland, streets. King Generous to restaurant and cash x) (no prox). Phelan bullding, . from Phila- 31 (x). Adams, Ph o Scotel Beamish, dry goods, mpatheic Eng! 50c (x). Gives to every one. 40. Bill Bradbury, bull, time (no prox). 41. Dr. McMillan, 1073% Market. Excesqing- Iy kind. Has given away a fortune in §1 (x). 42. Madame = Bruguiere, Sacramento and Franklin. Send in note. § 30 (x). Used to stay at Hotel del Monterey at times. 4. J. C. Coleman, mining capitalist. See Continued on Page Tway Market st. h gentleman, red, rag, nix, no