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Show , ' THE CAREFREE HOBO . In this day of government legulation legulatlOn regulation of everything , and fear fearof fearof fearof of tiansgressing ansgressmg some sacred code , the life hfe of the carefree hobo hoboseems hobcseems hoboseems seems rather attractive . . He doesn't doesnt ' ' have to wony worly worry about meeting payrolls meetingpayrolls , , nor does he fear a boycott because he can't cant ' ' display a . -Blue Blue .Blue - Eagle . I Thel Theie e was a big hoboes ' convent convention in Chicago a couple ofweeks ofweeks of ofweeks I -weeks weeks - ago , , and one philosophical philosophlcal delegate , known only by the nameof name nameof nameof ' thehobo of "Slim Slim " , " told in m a few words the story of a hobo's hobos ' ' life hfe . Now the hobo , it must be remembeied remembered , , is a different character from thecommon the thecommon -common common .common butTie butne butlie . - tiamp tramp or bum . The hobo travels from place to place , , but -Tie Tie -ne ne -lie lie - - is willing to work , . and does work , whenever opportunity opportumty offers . described The rrhe thl thi thiee ee classes-tramp classes tramp classes - tramp , , bum and hobo-have hobo have hobo---have hobo - - - - have been describ describ- . - stationary ( : ed d thus : : The tramp is a traveling travehng non-worker non worker - ; the bum is a sta- sta sta - tionary non-worker non worker - , , but the hobo is a traveling worker , who ac- ac ac - cepts accepts it.But itBut seasonable or temporal temporalY temporary y employment wherever he can get Jt it . But let "Shm Shm "Slim Slim " " tell about the hobo in his own words . He says : "The The " hobo may be defined defmed as the stiff who built bmlt the raIlroads raIlroads.and railroads.and railroads.and railroadsand .and and . . . rides the rods ; ; who built the highways hlghways and hitchhikes ; ; who whoitacked whostacked itacked , tacked the wheat and eats stale bread ; who "ho ho " mowed the hay and andaleeps andsleeps leeps sleeps on it . About the only surplus lemuneration remuneration he ever receiv receiv- - - -ed ed - ed received ed for his essential services was his freedom , and he will not easily _ , _ 1Jart hart with withIt It . " And , , come ccrne , to think of ofIt it , there are some compensations for the tbJiobo's tbJiobos thelobo's ' ] lobo's lobos rather piecarious Plecarious precarious existence . . He doesn't doesnt ' have to dress up ] offoolIsh in uncomfortable clothes ; he doesn't doesnt ' ' have to confoirn confOlm conform to a lot of foolIsh foolIshsocIal cluborators social customs ; he doesn't doesnt ' have to listen to luncheon club clulorators lrators orators " ' < or other speakers who bore us superior folks stiff . May 1\Iay- 1 Iay May- May \ - .71e 71e . Maybe 1Iaye May.71e ] ) -be be - e it it's its ' ' ) fun to be a hobo , after all . |