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Show HOBO BANQUET BEHIND BARS Big Feed Provided al City Jail. Christmas Cheer for Knights of the Road in Winter Quarters. Tender Memories of Home and Mother Moth-er Revived by Cuhnary Art of Mother" Picket. (What it (What th hoboes really was ) colled It Re..f broth "Stockyard Bull-yon" Roast pork . .. . .."Hebrew Delight" Frime, roast of hef "Burned I eather" Lima beans "Blf Host-Mis" Fr. n. h peas .."Qui Out Marbles" Meshed Potatoes ...."nattered Murohles" KrKiish plum pudding ...."London Blush" Miner pic .."Rough II. .use Dessert" COlTeO and cake "Hobbles An" " "Say. bo. don't ye know dls reminds me UV de days wen I punished de grub at mo olo homo In Vermont." exclalmrd "Red" Harris a vag In the city Jail, yesterdny aftrrnoon, as ho surveyed the bounteous Christmas dinner spread heforo him. "An", don't ye know, Red, It somehow mnkea me rink uv home and mudder, too." replied "Rattler Mike." .-mother member of the hobo fraternity who Is do-Ine do-Ine pennnce In the city baatlle "Dls beanerv ain't so bad utter all," reflected re-flected "Red," ns he Fnlffcd the aroma of the English Plum pudding nropnred bv Mother" Pickett, tho kind-hearted matron ma-tron "An' wat I mean dls Mormon turkey tur-key Is purty good dope." he a. ld.nl ns he tackled a large piece of roast DOrk "You've got to hand It to Mudder Tb k-ett." k-ett." gasped "Rattler Mike' between mouthfuls. "Kho 9 jU8t about de bent rook wat ever hloW down do pike, i n hot she could make a tomato-can mulligan dat would tempt do nbusr-d appetite U I Peanuts Morgan or me olo p,,l. John ("H- Well Rockyfeller." "br1slma did not pass unnoticed In the City bill Through the kindly eff.,rl!, ,,f "Mother" Pickett a bounteous repeal was prepared for the thlrtv-one unfortunates whom Justice denied their liberty on Christmas day. For several dnvs the matron ma-tron hail been working overtime baking miner. pcs puddings and other delicacies for the prisoners' Christmas dinner. The 'hlg f.ed" took place in tho cell. 1, .use about .-,,,-b..-k F,.r nearly -1 n hour the prisoners at. Then one by one thev left the tahlo and painfully mad their way bnek to their cells tf. sloep'ahd dream mlnce-ole dreams. Late In the evening the "hobo quartette" entertained the prisoners with songs Sheriff's Charges Happy. Thirty-five prisoners at the county Jail sat down to the. following spread, and there was enough and to spare of fver-thing: fver-thing: Roast chicken, c. lery. roast pork, bread and butter, pie. tea. etc . etc The men who are doing lime or awaiting th ir trials enjoyed smoker at the conclusion of the meal nnd expressed thems.-l VOS satisfied with the rl.nv, as far as It Is In th power ..f those behind the bars to en-Joy en-Joy themselves. |