Not one of them is deserving of charity.

He who gives to them wastes his money and encourages thieving and vagrancy.

One half of the successful burglaries committed on dwelling-houses are in consequence of information gained by beggars.

Servant-girls are lured away by old women who come in the guise of alms-seekers, and by well-feigned poverty and a seeming spirit of humble thankfulness--often of pious trust in God--win upon their sympathy and confidence.

Many a poor weak girl has thus been led to visit one of these poor women in the hope of doing her some good, and many a one has thus been drawn into evil ways.