SOCIETY OF BEGGARS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1110, 25 April 1911, Page 8

SOCIETY OF BEGGARS.

i —* i • ESTABLISHED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. I A curious account of the wealthy or--1 ganisatiou of 15,000 Jerusalem beggars 1 is given in the "Jerusalem Truth," a ■ weekly published in English. These, beggars, it is said, "thrive and ■ wax fat upon systematic imposture practised upon the benevolent and simpleminded of every country on the face of the globe." They "have made begging , a fine art —a science—a perfect study; they constantly invent new stratagems, f novel contrhances, and ingenious tricks . to ensnare the credulous into their traps." Their transactions, we are told, "are conducted upon strict busi- . ness lines, with well-appointed, offices, . double book-keeping, copying-presses, s and typewriters." The organisation, says the "Jerusalem e Truth," employs well-paid agents, who travel all over the world collecting the names of all who arc likely to extend their sympathies to the poor and suffcr- , ing of the Holy City. Millions of addresses are thus received, with minute '£ descriptions of the unturo of each indivia dual, so that petitions may be drawn up to touch the right chord in the com[l passionate soul of the recipient.