The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-03-28

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rusnriaysd.
Whether che word ''tumnH oriliual. I
iu lrtHud or America De- uat knoun. t
3 freely usod iu Euzllnd ln common roiI-
fra.l uu. hui has ro riuco Boz thu .afutes
tf arUat Britain Ur Canada ID mHnr ifa
Importance Boo ODE Nru Jersey Statutes iu
lt,l. aud ty ls0l ls oiher statos bad ador
rd ahe tramp himself rcpudlafes the
nhine ami hnuIfuaIlg raIsfitutes flr itf .s
word bum uuu faH liuu.iy divides Doc
I guild into tain hlms who travel "a
railroad trains. spike buns who travel
on foot "-Hoed hums vbo affect 81 VI
DIE. and 'rIia0us bum-, who fra.uert
the gospel missions. The trnlu buns are
regarded as The arisIocracy ~ the frsferui-
I ny und reiolcs in ilo additional appc llation
I of "hoho-
The travels of tramp take a much
wider range than most people would SUP.
/ pose. Sefdai Of them have been four
/ who claim to have visited nearly everr
state and territory in tle Union. and Their
exact knowledge ~ tiie geography and q
the railroad lines bore out the AZ rtion
One rcnson ~ this b. that toe ranks Of the
uamps are often recruited from the rail
road brakeuen, and this b. proved 10 the
I tender rcgarl which She brakeman always
exhibits for the tramp iu not only p.rrnif
ting him t1 STOW hims u away On 10.
trains, but frequently boz feeding him also
Mafsachu-stI- which b. the only etfis
that has undertaken 10 collect The state
tics II it, tramp. eutertnins 500 81 them.
and II they nre found Ia other states in the
snme propori ion - the population the num-
ber in the United States r. 45.s45. which
is 1000 below the current guess estimates.
Among these b. limited number ~ fe-
male immps whom their brother tramp-
call "petticoat buns" "maVpies" and
"bags
Careful situations lead 20 the cor
clusion that ~ per cent 81 the American
uamps have trade or pruftssiOns. AZ per
cent are uuskilled laborcrs. 80 pr cent a..
weaver, one in 80 Of them j. under 20
years Old, three out Of Eve under 85 years
old, - out ~ 100 under 40 years old. Only
per cent ~ them iu tle wluter ~ tho
grip claimed ip De in 81 health. 3d. per
cent claimed specifically 90 enjoy GOOD
health. 10 answer 10 the question. why
did y0n take ~ the roadfH ez.s per Ger.
complained ofa want 81 employment. some
were "tired u work. some wanteI 10
SEQ the country" some charged ~ 90
drink, and per cont declared their inten-
tfNh AHfAf ~ WIZ NkaAN
OF American irnmps SO per cent are OF
American maturity, and then follow Ire
land, England, Germany, Cannda. Nor
way, sweflsn AMI Scotland. hlore thHn a0f
per sent Hre unmarried and less thaI 10
per cent are unable 20 rad aud write the
fact j. that 20 Intelligence and educ so
The average tramp ~ net npprcciably IT.
ferent from the general population. i iIe
winter 80 per cent 81 them manage 4 ~
sick and 10 I've IA Hospitals. Oiher frs
migratory and walk down south 30 { To-
Der aud return north regularly 81 Apr as
the railroad men rnn testify. OF ose
questioned 20 per cent say they bcg cir
food, per cent that they bog ard Jfk
and per cent that they beg aud steal IL
q estimated TINT 81 costs GOO ye. To
support tramp ANA 10000 900 u 10
port MI Of The tramps Ia the country Tor
one year.
Only per cent - tramp- confess tl,t
they have been convicted ~ ~ Inc. thr En
81 per cent freely admit That they iFs
been convicted II drunkenurss The 70
gard things 10 wear md things 20 RI M
common property. But flony j. conf I'd
b. the few. assault Bling the felony M
monest among them. II ~ u rare a. ~
/ that they carry concealed weapons. lns
Of them complain " the criminal tendon
cies Of others. whom they charncterizs n
''mean enough f0rnnythinR " They claim
that IL Is the train buns that disgrncs the
whole calling by their crime.
A circular relative 20 tramps that WIS
mailed 70 80 chiefs u police elected some
Interesting Information about them sud
nbDut the way the tramp nuisance WAS or
should be- treated. Twenty replies said that
they furDished lodging 20 trnmps without
any condition " cleanliness and % that no
conditions 81 work were prescribed Six
teen said that the same tramps returned
frequently: 3. occasionally. 10, that the
same tranps did not return Twcnty-sry-
en- said that thenpplicnnts were always re-
ceiYed, that they were liable Ia be arrest
ed aud 2 that they were Imprisoned N they
returned too often. Twenty-Five put the
able bodied trnmps Mt from 90 10 100 per
cent, and only . put II hs low a. 30 per
cent. Sixteen thought II advantageous TO
lodge tramps, aud ~ were Of the opposite
Z opinion. OF the rs who thought n adYan-
tageous favored Il On Humanitarian
grounds, 2 because "a small per cent were
deserving, On grounds OF public policy. g
for the protection Of property and for the
protection Of the pefSon
! As 90 the treatment Of the evil, II Of
these chiefs recommended compulsory
work, confinement. 2 corporal punish
| mtnti the shotgun, seycrer laws, z the
enforcement Of existing laws, furnishing
employment, believed IN the work house,
] thought encouragement ought 10 be- 70
fused. Not one advocated moral measures,
not apparently because they attached no
importance 10 moral measures but becauss
they regarded the tramp a. impormeable
10 them On tho other hand, moral meas
ures, when tried, have generally bern UNI
/ successful. Nngabondism grows out u
/ idleness, intempeTance and uncleanness,
and moral means are usually pow
erful remedy for such habits. But forcible
restraint appears 90 be necessary In tie
first instance. Yet as long as tramps are
left 20 roam at will, restrained only by an
occasional and spasmodic enforcement u
the yagrant laws, II would be an immense
advantage II soft hearted people would ~.
frnin from giving them money, for, al
most without exception, II goes for drink
or worse. The person who viii give any
beggara coin just because II seems too hard
] 10 refuse him ought ON similar grounds 90
give TazOrs and guns 30 madmcn and chill
dren. John j. McCOok Ia Charities Re
view.
siss Mary Garrett.
One woman worth teOOOO.OO0 "a Mis-.
Mary Garrett of Baltimore, daughter OF the
great railroad king. She Is quite stout, N
medium height, with pale incs and blue
eyes, BIT concealed By gold rlmmed spec.
tlteles. She spends mot Of her time tray