Show V n PI 0 V P L ric nus s r L f f- f ff s tr f N i tit q to tor j r f a r rI A 1 r I- I 1 r r R i Ii y J Photo Kansas City Mo MoA Mo-A A view of a section of the assemblage of I hoboes of the country as they gathered In convention In this city recently In response to a call from hobo headquarters This meet meetIng i Ing was called In order to bring to bear effective co operation and organization for millions of Industrial workers out of work I e eBy By ELMO SCOTT WATSON Huld nark The dogs do baric The beggars aro coming comInS to town town- towne town e some Borne me In rags and some In tags And some Bome In velvet gowns OES that old nursery rhyme bring up In your mind a picture of ot that D class of ot vagrants arlous variously ly Iy call called hoboes tramps or bum which were ere once a picturesque If It not ex exactly exactly ornamental part ot of the scene It If It docs does then you d better change the reel for the picture Isn t exactly true any more lor I or Hobo l I len n t the bird that he Used to beI beI be beI I Ir t of ot all It Is Ii Interesting to not that no one can tell for sure Ju Jut t t how the word hobo originated There Is Isone f one ne theory that It came carue from boot boo hoo v vone loy t oy long used u ed ell In certain parts ot of the country to d designate all migratory farm worl wort orl erS era Another a ais as S that It ItIs ItIs ItIs Is from the call 1101 1 I Boy BO Do 1 used by bythe bythe the early mall runners runner The hobo himself who ho 1 1 I as a picturesque vocabulary vocabulary vocabulary all of ot his own 0 n has contracted the name to one syllable s liable and Iv calls himself a bo Le It known n also alO al that he has become class claSil con conscious cIous and according to his caste casle system the tI ree ne words used usell to describe him are rot S synonymous According to his hh definition the hobo Is a migratory worker the tramp a ml migratory non worker and the bum a stationary Don orl erIt er cor erIt It Is doubtful It If the public would maLe make that fine line distinction but be Inclined to lump them all together as f me roe ne class lass under the generic name ot of hoboes a class s that was brought Into being by Ly the first railroad and that unil the last few tew years was e eser eer er Increasing But now the eary Sll II lie t type tipe pc as depicted on the vaude nude vaudeville ville Tille stage and In the comic strips Is almost e lie was ns a stron strong In t t t responsible to no one but butto butto butto to himself and his Ills Inward urge to go places and see sec things The holo J model mode models la b s still pretty much an In but he be s nl also o a member ot of the International Brotherhood association lie bus lias org wiled mired and I Is Isto tf trying Ing to standardize his profession slon He Is seeking Becking a n definite In n the modern order of ot things lIe He holds con consent us ns such as ns the one pictured above e 11 lie goes to college and like likeas likeas ns as not carries a i In adds lion Uon to being organized nn and I 1 e Is also becoming motorized For 1 or the nil ent of ot the cheep chelp cl p car has taken him oft off the freight trains lucre t tas as developed a new type t pe of ot h hobo hebo bo dl Into three classes whole lam tiles Ines gyp ying about the country In tin limes youn hoboes who have haH own cars and travel alone Dione and the bitch hiker who haunts the theT T cd a roads and main highways In instead stead tead of ot the and wh who l bums rides from passing motorists 1 no 1 letter etter Illustration n of ot the contra contrat t between the hobo old an i J new style Etyle can cnn be shown than a compare son on bel between wee o At A ho I o 1 a n famous hobot hobo of t the old day days and James I ads How founder of ot the hobo college collese Idea Idla and the best beet bc t known town lobo 1 obo of ot the now era ern For 30 SO years Leon Loon Ray nay L Liv Lh Livingston Inston ingston carved or painted hi Ills his mo mo nicker name or distinctive e sign on railroad watering tanks railroad bridges freight sheds and other daces near railroads not only from the Canadian line to the Mexican bor border border der and from the Atlantic to the I 1 a clue but 01 also 0 from Alasi a to Argen tuna For tor 1 or more than a third of ot a n cen century century tury lury Ie 1 e rode roee on brake beams and the blind baggage and by keeping a care careful careful ful account of ot his eq he was as able to estimate that before he ro- ro re retired tired as he did a few v years ago aso to marry settle down write his nd adsen en tur tubes s and do the work wort he lie Is doing at present tr trying present tri Ins Ing to keep boys and girls from yielding to the call of ot the rOld Le be had traveled a total of ot 5 a miles for tor the Ule total sum of ot 7 i Gli Cl t During the course of ot his tra cis this most famous hobo knew another who ho later became famous as a n writer Jack Jacb Jack London and London and the life they was typical of ot the old time lime hobo Tl hI In terms of ot the picturesque que Que Inn Ian language guage of ot the hobo he bo they rode the bumpers tops blinds ot of trucks of ot railroad trains until some shack hack brakeman or con con conductor conductor conductor ductor became hostile and threw them oil oft of ot the pullman freight car cor It If they succeeded In InI I eluding the snakes not S s switchmen Itch men or yard arll dicks decks railroad detectives the they made malle for tor the nearest Jungle place wh where re tramps and hoboes con congregated congregated where they were wire sure to find a collection of ot fore tore and hoboes who walked from place to place bindle stiffs a ml worker In the true sense ot of the word who glommed fruit sUnned skinned mule mules glommed spuds or did any other menial labor hene er erI I e had the chance gay gay cats ordinary nary tramps and ond Stake men work ork workers er ers with some money There too would be to be be some fome stew the the ten of ot the protes slon who Ito 1 eagerly as the elite ot of the tho brotherhood the comets of ot blow blo cd li ii the gl glass ass stiffs told of ot their experiences In towns that were cre j Jike e not hostile to a bo where he could batter beg on the main stem main et street for light l and be sure ot of getting some scot scoff fe feed from a 0 hay bag woman when Shen hen he battered the back door Then too loo there would be reminiscences of ot decking riding a peddler local freIght on a jerk branch line or nn an orane special fruit fruit car In bad ball weather of ot being pulled dl ered by a n shack and forced forcell to hit lilt the grit walk alk dodging as he left tI tl e a train no doubt a dewdrop dew dc drop stone hurled by the shack or con Or there might be tales of ot 0 h In the big titles here cities where here they had to carry the banner walk the street all night or take tahe In IntI inti tI e a Jesus screamers religious sal ts who ho speak and sing Ing In the tho streets In 10 n order to get a n lop flop place to sleep All of ot this talk tall would pa pass s aronn around 1 tl tI e a cami tires Ores In to the llio Jungle as ns the stiffs sipped their steaming Jl J 0 coffee made In one of ot the tin cans found there which were always to he tie found ther Other tins were used for tor crum cruet ket tIes and mulligan and others for plates The Jungle was always located near a stream and the unwritten law of ot the Jungle was that tins should bo be washed after Ue ne u and left lett for tor the next nest bos boa who should wish to use them Water for cooking was always taken talen from upstream and downstream the hobo cleaned up and washed his clothes which I 1 lo e hung bung on the gooseberry clothe ne nc Ills food consumed and he he brought out his stoop tobacco cigar stubs picked up on the street street and lay back for a n pleasant hour of ot gossip with Ws his fellows That was as the hobo of ot the old dais dars James Lads How the hobo I la IQ t typical of ot the new Ho lIe Is Isa isa Isa a grandson of ot James B D Eads builder ot of the Lads bridge at St Louis and anda a son of the late James I How an nn ot of official of ot the 11 abash railroad Brought up In an nn atmosphere of ot luxury rory and refinement a college man he ho became a hobo by choice and for tor twenty years hall had devoted his time and money to the hoboes lie wis the founder 01 the hobo bobo college which may be almost anywhere an nn where here Usually It Is Isa Isa laa a one room affair and here the men eat cat sleep an and are aro taught teachers come from universities and colleges nearby to lecture on almost every sub subject subJect under the sun The classes are conducted through the winter for forwith with the coming coining of ot good weather the students take to the road again some of ot them corr carrying canning Ing their dl di diplomas mimeographed on paper certifying that they have hae attended a cert t tin number of ot clos classes es the I he forerunner of ot the college and the new v status of ot the hobo was the organization movement which began In 1007 1901 In the fall of ot that year there was much unemployment and about the e men were Stranded In Tacoma ash ash osh Jeff Davis Dan Dano o 0 Brien and a few v other prominent member of ot the fraternity made mode an offer to the mayor If It an unused schoolhouse were ere given ghon en to them for shelter tl tI ey cy would keep the hoboes from flom begging at back Lack doors and out ot of ml mischief The mayor agreed Rea nes Restaurants supplied leftover left over o food tood and tI ll e a hoboes spent a quiet winter Inter there There was held the first lobo 1 obo con en ton tIon and the organization Idea came Info Inlo being So now they lIa have lIae e the International Brotherhood a association to 10 which J Fads rails How Is a leading light which holds conventions con from time tilDe to time In n various parts of ot the country at which hleb economic problems are des discussed cus cussed ell and ind the purpose of ot which la lathe the words of ot How v are ore to educate organize abolish pO poverty erty and squalor and unemployment ery e everywhere here They ha have hae e advance agents on the road who ho carry corry the go r el of ot the lion throughout the country and or organize locals For Cur the hobo HI model Is no longer the picturesque In Individual lIe IIo Is fast becoming a standardized member of ot an tan |