Show t Ai N NORK Arr J J n I J fM l- l ln n r r J Jr II I i 5 h f. f UI lil 1 The King of the B Bunts Bilms ms Gets a Kick Out of Life Life But But Being a Hobo Isn't What It U Used cd to B Be NEW YORK YORK The Tho king of oC tho the bums In New Ne York 13 Is a n. merry chuckling fellow fello they call can Happy What his name namo ma may bo no one seems to know and Happy wont won't tell As in th the case of all such ambIguous ambiguous ambiguous am am- characters character the legends go that he comes conies from lo 1 a good fa family At any late rate he ho H isa a l product of t New NewYork NewYork NewYork York and is to tu bo be found spinning I g. g yarns jams over o hil his handout of at coffee cortee and doughnuts at Mr Mi Zeros Zero's tub 01 or nn any onE ono of at a n. half dozen spots in inthe th the bum belt S S S The Tho heart of or or whatever what what- ever cvet joud you'd call caU It Is St St. Marks Mark's place over o on the c cast st side Hero Here you'll find the tho quarters of f- f Mr Zero who v ho feeds and clothes the nc needy d II s Here too you'll oun find Und tho national headquarters arters attl of at tl tho th o hobos t union nIon As Ai ono ono ona might ex ex- ex tho the hoboes' hoboes hc headquarters Is Is' Is rca reached by going through ii dingy I n g y 11 hallways v a sand and down M n din dingier g 1 e r stairways s 1 Finally Final Final- nal- nal f ly Ii out In hi a tin tiny back yard you'll cone come upon what on once co was shed allied o or coal bin or something of at the sort Its It's a n. room one-room brick affair with a ri couple ot of of windows wIndo s heavily Here Here t for r thaC many years e rs lived Livingston Liv Liv- ingston Pratt secretary of or tho New tw NewYork NewYork Yo York k chapt- chapt of at hoboes Hero he lived and hero her h ho died dId with ith a coupIe couple cou cou- pl pIe of ot philosophical works between himself and the world outside Into to this spot when he be died d Dan OBrien O'Brien who at t th tho moment happens to be he king of or the tilO hoboes S S S c ran 1 It would seem eni is sufficiently I Irish to drat hitS hla position lm from looking 1110 tho the average sUf stift Dan wears weats one ono of or broad broad- brimmed med block black southern colone colonel hats lats His Ills collar cellar I Is pl luc turned and und his face race is chiseled with j f t r becoming bc lines If ir you met him on I Broadway you'd you'll swear ho hue was an nn actor If you OU met him himat at the home hom hometoWn hometown I town depot you'd joud he 8 was on one 01 of a 1 troupe of ot traY traveling Shake Shake- players S S S Once Oneo Dan found his name on the New Nc YOlk ballot allot IIo ho ran ian for fot mayor major on ort the tho hobo ticker or something of th that t sort At any rate late it brou brought hf a n. few smiles Dan runs to hobo och runs poetry or wh whatever it Is is and writes tho the flowery flowery flow flow- ery cry sentimental stuff stute appearing in pamphlets and versa vers o books book sold upon tho the street By way of or in instance instance In- In stan stance e the tho following 1 prose roso is lifted b bodily dlly from r m iii Lights of Broadway Broadway Broad Broad- way The lights of ot Broadway gleam and a n. thousand ghosts are ure moths tonight Many a dead end and and burl burled d ono ono one comes forth fluttering down dowil this long JonS' and t teeming lane lane Jane they drift like snowflakes told cold nn and ani still sUll' from night to morn they morn they seek to warn v the tho youth that Broadway plans pans to kill I a Returning to Happy Happ he Informs me that the tIm business 8 of at being belig an nn irr irresponsible bum bunt in New York j isn't nt what hat it used to be be- be beTo To be bo sure Buro p n n. dollar here and there may still be picked up ip carry carry- j cairy-j t d ins Ing wood and ild coal But the tho dimes dimes that used l to bo be gathered for tor laundry laundry laun latin hanging hanging- up I dry no longer longcr are areto areto to bo be had hInd Time Timo was as re reI mcI relates re- re I lates n a t e 0 a 8 Happy app iI when a n. bum could I I get his feed by going through tho the Bronx Brome on washdays washdays wash wash- days and hanging hanging- cl tes up tP for tho the busy housewives hO But trick pulley lines and modern I Inv Inventions have havo changed chang d. d lug lI However Manhattan remains a n bums bum's paradise I Im I'm told but hoboes shun it There are ft If you u believe believe- Happy no wool the d ho ho- ho boe boes cast east 0 of cc- Chicago I GILBERT CILBERT SW SWAN Copyright NEA Service Inc |