Show id pa I 1 tamp I 1 mile za CJ X 0 ad CIRCLED tho the globe on twenty six dollars four of us traveled from coast to coast on nineteen dollars 8 we left for florida with fifty dollars and curno back with nil ninety lety statements similar to these are arc heard beard frequently nowadays every one to Is traveling it matters little it teems seems whether you can afford to I 1 travel just set ou out t and providence will take care of you seems to bo be the formula at least this was true until recently now it appears bumming ones way to la becoming increasingly difficult interviews with recent adventurers who had bad met act out with a burning desire and a five dollar bill to tee aee the world all indicate that the world la Is becoming hard boiled and has grown frown tired of lending its co opera tion to ambitious but practically bankrupt bummers this to Is thrown in here at the beginning 91 ing ns a bit of precautionary information for those who reading tills this nay aay find in it the spark which bouli would let oft off that urge present in most of us ua fit t some ome time to break with our surroundings roun dings and go five years ago you might bight have made a success of it but way today its difre different rents too many have hava played the game the sympathy of the world toward such enterprises Is nearly exhausted ask those who have tad bad recent experiences the hobo of yesteryear was a clown character ile he wan more laughed at than pitied prodigal sori bori of one kind or another he found the open road arl an ti avenue of escape from his bla burdens it was a life of danger in which was mixed adventure and hardship hungry days and nights an and tn yen jail and the rock pile the blanket bl stiff the most romantic of the he Ih oboes followed tile the terly trails westward I 1 and crowded the frontier to the ocean with the rest of tile the pioneers the blanket stiff has as nil all but vanished by his brawn I 1 the he railroads were built awl and in turn this us thing he created served only to spell pell his doom and create in his stead tie the iraln riding hobo the motor tr mp the paved highway and A n the automo tille bile today is hastening the passing of th the 0 train riding gner generation stion the day or of the motor maior tramp Is here and scon scoff the boes of the old sch school ool its a soft life e train riding was a mans game I 1 alid d only rn men en played it if women ventured matured on the road they went carelly tully disguised but the automobile invading hobo and changed things life Is so attractive and easy that it may bo be fell followed owed by women and even by childre chili I 1 if the old hobo was a burden on society he was a social problem merely because he was a transient and d homeless man A few meals and 1 4 chort rt job would see him on his way 1 pw I 11 took him seriously but the automobile 10 to mobile blie gives us entire hobo families resul resulting ting in any number of social and economic problems on tile the roads today are two classes the hitchhikers hitch hikers without cars of their own and the car owners thero there la Is a wide range of types in both classes from tho the penniless jobless family to tale alie carefree hitchhiker hitch hiker lilker with money in his pocket the ranks of the hitch gilkers are made up chiefly of young folk khaki clad with packs on their backs equipped for or hiking they hike but little once they have acquired the knack of gaining the sympathetic motorists toris ts good will among them you will find the modern young woman out for experience tile the college graduate spending his vacation before buckling down to work and even high school lads wearing their first long trousers young married couples too poor to own a car and too energetic to stay fit at home find this means to break with convention to absorb a bit of gordly wisdom end and to enjoy the thrill never encountered in their years of humdrum existence in drab homes for many the open road Is indeed an avenue of escape they play and nd work occasionally your hitchhiker hitch hiker Is fig forced to work vere here and there he or she che will wrestle dishes in a restaurant tau tiu rant perhaps wash windows mow lawns or take any odd job that presents itself for emergencies most or of them have resources resource a upon which they can draw this Is a wise precaution for at times the labor supply in the odd job market exceeds the demand society may mat be just rk a bit bored by these bitch hiking hoboes hobles with their flair tor for i self belt expression and the I 1 new freedom they are tolerated however for or they present no considerable social problem generally they know where they are going I 1 and how they are going to get there the second c lags class of modern bobnes the auto gypsy the 1111 irver family has become a pest peat to the towns and a trial to the cities in many see sec alons of the country from all cautions their number Is on the increase they are most troublesome in the west particularly a long along the coast where food Is plentiful plent ivull fuel Is cheap and the climate pleasant the hobo of the old school was it a colorful gent who begged and pilfered as he went while his exploits e were I 1 the social problems involved were not difficult they could be jailed or driven out of town bring women n and chil children drei into tile the picture and such methods method cannot be applied the wandering family cannot be driven and they roust must not be sent cent away hungry cheese it de cops III I 1 would scatter lre gathering of old time a campi campiere methods must be hoboes hobles but other found in handling the auto anto gypsies who t tile the camps and parking grounds so generously provided la in towns and cities A oteline ote l ine for charity arriving in town the auto gypsy and his family se beek ek out the nearest charitable organization it there la Is no such buch body lie he approaches the town officials he wants work ho he says meanwhile tits his family throw themselves upon the charity odthe of the townspeople if no work to Is found the usual procedure Is to stock the car with rations for a few days fill all the gas tank and lurry hurry them away its the easiest way out of an unfortunate situation both sides aides win the town has rid itself of another charge and the family has prolonged its miserable existence and a miserable existence it Is 19 from the point of view of the In dividu at al who loves his home here Is L a hobo plus plu s his family instead of leav ing them and wandering alone he ha takes hla his family along the old train riding hobo frequently was waa a family deserter but in the new order the family stick together all their worldly possessions are in or strapped to their decrepit vehicle what happens to the children reared under such circumstances what of their education will they thay too grow up to be hobles hoboes alg to la the gravest aspect of the many problems leroa arising from life on the open road pauperism breeds pauperism true the child learns many tricks but they will be of little use in the ordinary walks of life the tha country has ha been bean kind As the family travels the education of the road child Is interrupted again and again absence from school as long as tin an entire year la Is not uncommon already steps have been taken for reaching the truant child of the auto gypsy several counties in call fornin have truant officers on motorcycles patrolling the highways they are ever alert for these theme dodgers of the three Rs good roads cheap cars care and fuet fuel make it onsy easy for the auto gypsy until recently the country has bus been kind to his tribe enjoying the prestige afforded by possession of an automobile he be and his family have been regarded in the past ga as an exceptional case these poor folks have been un unfortunate fortunat il thought the townspeople touched deeply ly tile the sight eight of a woman anand and her children poorly clothed dusty tired hungry and so they helped them but as their tribe increased and these poor folks came to be regarded as just another hobo family sentiment began to change its a fine game this bumming your way about the country say the exasperated people of town and countryside |