Show THERES THERE'S S 'S SHONG ARI CY S HONG THESE L i BEl BEINGS NG S OF t 1 t i HoDo Hobo Ranks Highest J Drink Begs to and nd Stiff Stiff Professes J i 1 R Religion e r C I 1 I Special to The Telegram ST. ST LOUIS April 24 Superintendent v George H. H Arendes after attar four months months' exP experience as keeper of or the municipal lodging house In the old Four Courts building sa says S 'S ho found an aristocracy among the impecunious leisure class as asat 1 well defined a at th that at among the remainder of ot society In the United States A lodging In St. St Louis Isa Is Is' Iss ise a s necessity and Is helpful rul to the unfortunates who are ue temporarily unemployed ed and to tho the true truo hobo Eald Faid Arendes to a a. reporter but there Is a a. vast vase difference between this class clasA of or men and those who are arc labeled tramps bums and stiffs b by the hO hobos 08 themselves To these members of the s second cond caste the dt city should not extend the same fame e aid ald J If any In m my 1 Ion bc because the they do nothing to deserve e l It and do not profit by IL 1 t Arendes gave the tho meaning of the descriptive de- de terms created b by tho the hoboes and explained to him by some of ot the guests ho has entertained since last December December December De De- cember at public DubUc expense A A real hobo hobo hobo E said ld Arendes Is one who has no fixed place of or residence and travels more or less aimlessly by the rods rods' as a a. rule accepting accepting- employment i whenever he ho needs needs mone money badly or an att atI at- at j t Job lob Is located I mean by bv the I rods rods' riding beneath freight cars These i i men usually seek employment at the agencies In large cities clUes and when times I get dull In fn one place they move mOe on to ton an- an nI j l I other to try their luck Lodgings to Union Men 1 I A great many men wh who are only In hard luck Juck temporarily are classed as hoboes ho- ho boea boes when they are arl merely forced to that sort eort of ot life Ute for a while and will return to steady work and steady habits as soon oon as asan asan asan an opportunity offers otters I gave gae lodgings lodging this winter to men who carried genuIne genuine ine Inc membership cards In labor unions two of which allowed that dues dUN had been paid In advance to April 1914 The members of the leisure class das ranking Just lust below tho Urn hobo are called d tramps tramps' by the hobos hobo continued Aren Aren- des Tramps are men who have not worked for or- or years cars and have haa no present intention of or ever enSa engaging ng In profitable labor Jabor They keep to the hI road Toad except in severe e weather when the they are forced to the clues cities They They carry earry with them a r complete such m lets equipment for tor their simple needs need such uch as a razor soap towels changes o of ot t clothing and when on the tho road sometimes carry a blanket and cooking utensils The They travel tra-el In IQ company compan ns as a rule 8 and nd pitch itch their camps cams where the living seems easiest moving mo only when It becomes comes too hard to beg provisions A bum In hobo parlance Is a barrelhouse barrel house fly who sticks slicks to th the cities and begs on the streets for funds to keep him full of cheap whisky The They are a surly lot lotas lotas' lotas lotas' lotas as as' as a rule and the tho real hobo will not as ass associate associate as- as s clate with them except In cases of or ne ne- ne- ne They pa pay no attention to pernal pernal per- per Fonal nal cleanliness as as the tramp and hobo do 10 The They are unwilling to work under any conditions and frequently develop elop into highwaymen burglars and pickpockets pickpockets ets ds but bit not of sufficient class to have hac standing th the tie prote professionals in line 1 T h have ve learned Two Tw-o of the men who sl stopped pp d at the lodging house houe this winter for fOT seven days day were caught in an at attempted attempted attempted at- at tempted holdup and one shot and killed a policeman Stiff Lowest in Scale You night might think that tho the bum bum was as the outcast but there Is another common type trpe that stands at the foot of the scale and upon whom all all' the others look down n. Members emb rs of or this class are described as stiffs or big stiffs and are arc the who profess proCess religion In iri Sri order order- to work the charitable organizations churches and missions They The move mo |