To make serious money begging you need to get some kids. They don't have to be your's just ragged and dirty and pathetic looking. A dog or cat is good too.
On top of that you should chop one of your legs off. You can get an extreme body mod guy to do it for you. You will elicit so much sympathy from little old ladies and well meaning citizens that you will earn enough for many bottles of cheap wine every day.
Few years back in casual conversation my mother mentions that she used to leave me with a busker and he would make more money as she ran some quick errands.
So the fact I can not remember this I hope is a good thing because I do not know any one that would do that these days. Says he was a friend of my dads but it still seems
suspect as shit to drop your kid off with a hobo.
Also worked with a guy that was a rebar worker and he looked mangy all dirty at the end of the day and looked like death. He would
pan handle for 10-20 minutes and be able to pay for the bus home,6 pack of beer and a pack of smokes. Which left me wondering which arm the rest of his pay cheque go into because he had nothing to show for it.