Show Hoboes Flocking to Annual Powwow Cities Along Way Often Play Host Depression Stiff Puzzling Problem By RAY BRENNAN NAN Associated Press Staff Writer CHICAGO Nov No 2 28 Froni 28 From the steppes of Russia to the thc jungles of Brazil the hoboes are arc riding the freight trains and the cattle boats to their heir annual convention They will hold it at Hobo college on Chicago's West Vest Madison street street- and it will start whenever all the delegates delegates dele dele- gates arrive which should be any time I Ino now no We cant can't depend too much on when they'll get here Jack ack McBeth supreme proxy of ot the college explained cx ex today Freight trains run runn on n sl slow w schedules you know v. and some of our delegates are arc guests for 30 0 days of cities along the way Already Alread arrived however are arc delegates dele delc- I delc-I gates from France Rumania Panama Pana- Pana ma la and several South American na na- lons The uThe main business to be settled McBeth said Is uIs the problem of how to treat the depression stiff i Depression stiffs are arc victims of or circumstances cir cir- cir cir- made nomads by economIc eco ceo conditions conditions and and their numbers increase daily dally H Hoboes boes are arc migra tory ory workers b by choice We hoboes live have a a cod code of ethics Wh When n a a dog chases a hobo from lOm a farmers farmer's yard the hobo makes a sign on the gate If he gets pie or cake ic makes a different sign The farmer wont won't notice the sign and couldn't read It if he but the thc next hobo will At th the convention well we'll decide whether to teach the depression stiff our sign language or continue to ostracise ostracise os os- os him Many of the depression stiffs will get steady jobs when times improve something a regular hobo never would do said so they cant can't be taught too much of the lore of ot the open road Conditions seemingly have hae had a healthy effect on the hobo hobo- college Its Its quarters are more luxurious than ever before There are chairs for all students students stu stu- stu dents two stoves an assembly hall hail large enough for anda and a piano There arc are paintings almost beyond number by the hobo artist Jacques MercIer One of them is of the big Rock Candy mountains the mountains the hobo paradise of pasteboard jails ham barn and egg bushes coffee coUce lakes and mashed potato marshes This verse to those ElysIan fields appears on the painting painting paint paint- ing Oh the buzz of the bees In the cig aret trees Near the soda water fountains And the lemonade springs where the bluebird sings s sIn In th the big Ro Bock mountains Culture also Is on the I upgrade Inthe In Inthe Inthe the college Next semester therell there'll be an algebra class and already a debate debate debate de de- de- de bate has been scheduled against Northwestern university about th the sales sales tax |