The herald., 1897-12-19

sAoA1PSs SAC ANuStNCaU 10 tuS IuV1S JOAAxs
for he likes fun and gets plenty Of It.
For fun's sake he eteals q ride on the
blind baggage car, and prides himself
on having cheated the railway COM
pany. AS soon as this fun is finished
another awaits him; ten days in the
public hotel (the jail), where he is BAN
quoted by the state. As good Ameri-
can he is well posted in politics, and
knows Tammany's creed by heart. He
is, as rule, a Democrat in politics for
various reasons; first, he is free
trader, and never pays for his goods;
secondly, for the fun which that party
affords him on its own expense; at elec-
ton time he is planted in some Of the
vast colonies, where he is provided with
free board and lodging; ut that time
the tramp citizen talks politics, while he
sits on the banks Of the River Fire
water, keenly observing the tide Of that
wonderful element. On election day he
casts his vote for the Republican cam
didate and there comes in the fun Of 1t
ALL
THE BLACK SHEEP
In the great tramp family the loafer
is regarded as the black sheep Of the
fold. The loafer tribe Is divided into
two distinct classes, one the common
loafer. the other the respectable loafer.
The common loafer is too proud to work
and too lazy to walk and like parasite
he nestles in one place, the corner Of q
saloon. until he is removed from that
place by force. Contrary to the tramp.
the loafer's aim Is. not to eat. only to
drink. Each saloon has it's own kind of
1tx-f,, cit lA1 L.,
Lots language, the hangers on"
When you enter saloon in the large
cities, you will notice motionless
creature of the human kind sitting on
chair, or leaning on the counter. His
eyes will tell you of many sleepless
nights, and his copper-colored nose will
reveal to you the secret of transforma-
ton. Although he Is still in the prime
of life. yet he is ripe now to be planted
in some cemetery. where he will blossom
up again at the resurrection day. The
lunch counter supplies his wants, and
his menu consists of a slice of bread.
horseradish. with piece of old picked
pigs feet. When the bartender sends
him out on some errand he gets his glass
Of rum. To drink Is the sole desire of
that sort Of a being, and when the beer
gets into second fermentation, to be-
come yeast, the loafer gets II and he re-
CARDS is as loving token from the bar
tender. Often he gets drinks from
strangers and his life goes out between
the smoke of cigarettes and the vapor of
the rum.
THE RESPECTABLE LOAFER
The common loafer is not so dangerous
to society as the respectable one; the lat
ter, as q rule, possesses all the vices, but
they are covered with the mask of re-
spectacle clothing. In the daytime some
of them do their business, while at night
they gamble, and they are not strangers
to the saloons. Their chief industry is
to entrap virtuous young women of the
hard working class. who have no friends
to protect them, and for such purpose
they lounge about the cigar stands at
the time when the type writing and
other working girls are returning home
from their duties in the afternoon They
assume what they think to be very
fascinating attitude, with their hats
cooked on one side, a monocle in their
right eye, and a dainty cane carelsssly
tWirled round their thumb and fore
finger, to the great danger of the passer-
by; and, obstructing half the sidewalk,
they wink and leer at every cookbook
ing girl that comes along. They are of
all ages, from the brainless dude of
is to the toothless dandy of S0 whose
most fitting occupation would be to ogle
the daughters of the grim messenger.
death. This kind of leafer is the most
dangerous, despicable and dastardly of
all the loafer genus. The happy hunt
ing ground of this scamp is Market
street, San Francisco; and it is very re-
freshing to come to Los Angeles and
find oneself fairly free from that intol-
erable nuisance.