The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-26
FIVE INTO ONE YOU CAN
WHEN THE FIVE ARE DIVERS AND
WEARY UILLIaM'S TIE ONE.

II Would Rather Have the Dinners One
mt n Time All the Year 'Round-Mem-
bers So Full They Couldn't Get Full.
Like most Of the fashionable clubhouses
In town tho rear room oil Park street, which
furnishes headquarters to the Hobo Club and
lodging for its members when they have the
price OF drink. was well-niRh deserted all Jay
yesterday. Two rum-sOaked members SUM
bered In the corner and another who had been
soaked by Hand.out Bill. the barkeerer for
little matter connected with lead nickel.
snored In behind the storm door. Hand-out
Bill himself had been celebrating everything
else but Christmas, and not being IN condition
to celebrate that took advantage OF lax trade
to doze across the bar. with few Interruptions
until darkness. Then the membership oil the
Hobo Club began to come home TO rooSt.
First OF all came that aged patriarch Of tramp
dom. known to the profession as tho Oldest
Living" 1t was about o'clock when no
drfted in. and he staggered to q bench. vent
down with thump and began 10 Groan.
Hand-out Bill walked over and looked at him
suspiciously.
watcher goin' { have" he said. re can't
work no sympathy gag on me-"
Still groaning. the Oldest Living attempted
to get into a vest pocket but so tight was
the garment that he couldn't force an ent.
rance until three OF The buttons suddenly
d. OF and rSed the SBBPSS s
..Beerf" said that worthy. ,,,,,..
tiH2 HAND Bill stood gazing at him in dlsmay
appeared. Hamlet Rine- followed by three other
members. All were gaspine painfully. They
~ ssp9ais
SR5sSo Inc BARTENDER a'ps1"snsa na%"'
IT, ~ p h IA cd Hur l.4f
After vast labor ne produced u nickel which
he handel to the barkeeper. at the same time
through the same performance. Hand-out
Then hs looked at tho 9dGs. Liyiqgs nickel
right. did the same BY the other nickels. took
his head between his hands and coei,ated pow
ONE " tho nicRs as IN The ill., picked up Sc ter
syphon and pointing IT at his nose pressed the
lever From ron the spraying flood he emerged
Ny treat" he said TO himself; Il ANT
sse@ as to%sd De or
turn down hooze before or to be paSsin' along
stretched upon the, floor gurging. He held a
TRey heS seses their
Hand-opt BIZ collected the four nickels with a
look OF dazed and alaEmed wonder rE on his
and put two rickes in the till
| Dutch treat for them" he said and taking q
seltker s,nhon under each arm he marched
= BY this time Nanksen Harry Long John Col
| Inns. Four Corners FItZsimmons. Soaker Sibu5
and a dozen more had rolled in and dropped.
I Az displayed singular appearance o, repe-
turn. The bartender collected the nickels.
breath OF air, and expelled II in the form Of
wonder. The next in slant the dun groanings
within were changed to fierce splutterings aud
Himself at a straesicaIIy Communicating point
| had, with unerring aim delivered volleys OF
on all Sass his h two
that racket, an tell me wot's up Ill, call de
rattler an chase youse TO de hospital"
effect. One by one the. hoboes dragged them
selves to sitting positions. gaspinR or breath;
81 his SS3s n them
pieces Of candy and fruit; but there we're also
Sysn ps Sls1sed
A afTSaifss S away. cried Pcsdot, and the
who. ~ dint OF ,exertions which had almost
brought on apopexy had hauled himself erect.
Christmas. " said the Oldest Living In a thick
That's right" said the rest Of the, hoboes. -,
~ Don't ! know re Christmas. re,or,ed
stoesn HaV. Gns az d BE in
in The history OF the club but the hoboes only
room" sH!d the Oldest t II Lying Christ
That's right. saspe Pesdot sands. "A guy
SSs isilin or hIs meek an ssk I him to feed
Hamlet Rines. They Are you into grub
An .'row all ki9ds o triggeszeed fixips inter
the sa a0R no out dey
yer pogGets purity full" struck in Soaker lbus.
&C ySs gf SSs saa try
ing for starving men to feed up"
that after the frst feed you're so full YOU can
run fss. enough 10 get pat the others I've had
'' Five herr" interrupted Nankesn Harry. and
asnsr line that oossd soaadsd Ike d die 'o 81
That amt ali" cried PeGdot. III been up
against one jay been up against ten an they
= soIsd owl ai f'f@ 1a: SCI s,ued
guy Blew mo on to ewentgye center out ono ono
get sore J, and landed me , swift kick and was
hsyp Sh Hanaou, {SH must have been
proiaeely, Boss. pa orer motions ae'' AVns'
| Resolued. That the Kings Daughters. Tim
Sullivan. the Panzy Lodging House Assoeia-
| ton, the Tree Toad for Christmas bunch the
Salvation Army and several thousand Other
kind ladies and gents are all right In their way.
| and We return our thanks to 'em but II is the
sense OF the Hobo Club that II they would take
turns celebrating Christmas. one at a time
| they would make life. as President Cleveland
wrote in his poem. one grand. sweet song ali
the year round and save a lot OF internal
| trouble"
The motion was passed and the Hobo Club
| adjourned TO the land OF dreams while Hand
| out Bill pinched of all the nickels he conscien-
| tiousy could. and. having for once no thirst o
his own. tied them up in a sock as the first
| step toward bank account
| BoWERY DIMES ON SULLIVAN