Show 1 fm F 1 eam P I 1 mike y V 44 4 4 ff t Y CIRCLED the globe on nat t twenty enty six dollars dolln rs four of us ua traveled fron from I 1 const coast to coast on nineteen t en dollars we left ft for or florida with fifty dollars and cume buck back with wil ninety statements similar to these theme are heard frequently nowadays every one Is traveling it II matters little it seems whether you can afford to travel just set out find provide nee will take lake care of you seems see mato to be the formula at least this his was true until recently now it appears humm buni ming lna ones way Is in becoming increasingly difficult interviews with recent adventurers who lud find set bet out with a burning desire and a five dollar bill to seethe world nil all indi me that the world Is becoming hard boiled find and lits hns grown tire of 0 lending its co opera tion to ambitious but practically bankrupt burn bummers mers 11 thin Is thrown in here at the beginning as a bit of precautionary information for those who reading this may find in it the spark which would set off that urge present in most of us at some time to break with our surroundings roun dings and go five years ago you might have made a success of it but today its different too many have played the game the sympathy of the world toward such much enterprises ts Is nearly exhausted ask those who have had recent experiences the hobo of yesteryear was it a clown character lie he was more laughed at than pitied prodigal son of one kind or another he be found the open road an avenue of escape from his burdens it was a life of danger in which was waa mixed adventure and hardship hungry days and nights and even jail and the rock pile the blanket stiff the most romantic of the hoboes hobles followed the early trails westward and crowded the frontier to the ocean with the rest of the pioneers the blanket stiff has all but vanished by his brawn the railroads were built and in turn lurn this thing ho he created served only to his doom and create in his a tead stead the iraln riding hobo the motor tramp arrives arrive the paved highway and the automobile today Is hastening the passing of the train riding generation the day of the motor trump tramp Is here and scoff the boes of the old its a soft life train was a mans game and only men played it it if women ventured on the road they went carefully but bat the automobile invading hobo and changed things life Is so attractive and easy that it may he be followed by women and even by children if the old hobo was a burden on society he was a social problem merely because he was a transient and homeless man A few meals and a short job would see him on his way few took him seriously but the au an gives us entire hobo fa families millies resulting in any number of social an and economic problems on the roads today are arc two classes I 1 e X the ho hetch hikers without cars of their own anil and the car owners there la Is a wide range of types in both classes from the penniless jobless family to the carefree hitchhiker hitch hiker lilker with money in his pocket the ranks of the hitchhikers hitch hikers are made up chiefly of young folk khaki clod clad with ancas nacka on their backs equipped for hiking they hike but little once they have acquired the knock of gaining the sympathetic motorists toris ts good will among them thein you will find the modern young woman out for experience the college graduate spending his vacation before buckling down to work wark and even high school lads lada wearing their first long trousers young married couples too poor to own a car and too energetic to stay bt at home find this menna means to break with convention to absorb a bit of gordly wisdom and to enjoy the thrill never encountered in their years ot of humdrum existence in drab homes for many the open road aa indeed BO an avenue ot of escape thy they ply play and work occasionally your hitchhiker hitch hiker to Is forced to td work here and there he or she will wrestle dishes in A to restaurant tau rant perhaps wash windows mow lawns lawn or take any odd job that presents itself for emergencies most moat of them have resources upon which they can draw this Is a wise precaution for at times the labor supply in the odd job market exceeds the demand society may be just a bit bored by these hitchhiking hitch hiking hoboes hobles with their flair for self expression and the new freedom they are tolerated however for they present no considerable social problem generally they know where they are going and how they fire are going to get there the second class of modern hoboba hobles the auto gypsy the IlIr flivver vor family has become a pest to the towns and a trial to the cities in many sections of the country from all indications their number Is on the increase they are roost most troublesome in the west particularly along the pacific coast where food Is plentiful fuel Is cheap and the climate pleas ant the hobo of the old school wits was a colorful gent who begged and pilfered as he went while hla his exploits were spectacular the social problems involved vo ived were not difficult they could be jailed or driven out of town bring women and children into the picture and such methods cannot he be applied the wandering family cannot be driven and they must be sent away hungry cheese it de bopst cops would scatter a gathering of old time hoboes hobles but other methods roust must be found in handling the auto gypsies who luf fur t the camps and parking grounds brounda so generously provided in towns and cities A beeline bee gee line for charity arriving in town the auto gypsy and hla his family seek out the nearest charitable organization U there li no such body lie approaches the towi official otticia ls ile he wants work he ays meanwhile his family throw themselves upon the charity of the townspeople if no work la Is found the usual procedure la Is to stock the car with rations for a few days 1111 the gas gaa tank and hurry them awny away its the easiest way out of an unfortunate situation both sides win the town has rid itself of another charge and the family has prolonged its miserable and a miserable existence it ia 1 from the point of view of the al who loves hla his home here Is ia a hobo plus his family instead of leaving I 1 ng them and wandering alone he takei tabes his family along the old train riding boho bobo frequently was w a family deserter but in the new order the family stick together all their worldly possessions tire are in or strapped to their decrepit vehicle what happens to the children reared under such circumstances what of their education will they too gro grow w up to be hoboes hobles to la the gravest a aspect of the many social problems pro blema art arising a ing from life on the open road pauperism breeds pauperism true the child learns many tricks but they will be pt p little use in the ordinary walks of life the th country has been kind As the family travels the education of the road child to la interrupted again an and of again absence from school as long as an entire year Is not uncommon already steps have been taken for reaching the truant child of the into auto gypsy several counties in california have truant officers on motorcycles patrolling the highways they are arc ever alert tor for these dodgers of tho the ahr three Rs good roads cheap cars care and fuel make it easy for the auto gypsy until recently the country has been kind to his tribe enjoying the prestige afforded by possession of in an automobile he and his family have been regarded in the past as an exceptional e theme poor folks have been unfortunate thought the townspeople touched deerly deeply ly the sight of a woman and her children poorly clothed dusty tired hungry and so they helped them but as their tribe increased and these poor folks folka come came to be regarded as just another hobo family sentiment began to change its ifa a fine game this bumming your way about the country say the exasperated people of town and countryside |