Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-08

d piece OF soap and a newspaper on the
81 occasions when they perform their
pIu'lohs they Scofn to use any soap ex-
cept their own, and they never thirl. of
lying down to their rest at flight vIitSont
spreading their newspapers under them
Iramps know the value of PAPER in keen
ing out cold, and sometimes an apparently
thlnly clad tramp will have neWspapers
1udiciously stuffed in his clothing in lieu
OF underwear
The tramp usually dimes in the winter
nto,lths at the cheap saloons in Clark street
ana IN Haistead and West Madison streets
where for cents paid for a large vase Of
peer they are permitted to stand in front
OF the lunch counter and harpoon the
tempting viands there displayed until the
hoarse-Voiced bouncer moves down upon
them and demands: We'll, dye t'ink dis is
de Pammer House? How much provisions
d We think yer bought wild dat ) centsa-
In the cheap lodging houses the tramps
can find bed for prices varying from >
cents to %. The customary prices in the
majority Of the cheap lodging houses are
10 and 10 cents. In the early part of the
evening the big front room of the lodging
houses, which corresponds to the corridor
OF the higher-priced hotels in Michigan ave-
nue.. Is filled by miscellaneous crowd
among whom are many tramps. and who
SIT as close to the red-hot stove as possible
AS the evening passes on those of the
crowd who have 10 cents seek their beds,
AT 10 o'clock a big, red-faced bouncer ap-
pears and announces in clarion tones
>
70 yer holes and youSe fellers got ter carry
the banne : carry
To carry the banner means to walk the
street all night, Or until the wanderer can
get enough money to pay for a bed. So the
plutocrats who have dime each in their
pockets rise languidly from their chairs
anu casting superior glances about them
to call attention to the fact that thew arc
guests of the lodging house, saw: .:WeIl
mite fellers." and stroll off to their hunks.
The unhappy ones who feel themselves
elected to carry the banner are all sud
denly smitten with deafness when the
bouncer makes his announcement. They sit
staring steadfastly at the stove until the
bouncer who often carries base ball hat
as an emblem of his authority touches
them on the shoulder and SAYS: '.WeII
young felly. if youse a-goin' ter carry. wbv
carry. Then out into the night they 90.
Many tramps. however, scorn lodging
houses except on the coolest nights They
manage to live somehow, no matter how
Geld the weather may be. though how thew
do 1t Is mystery. They often drag consid
cradle clothing into the nests they inhabit
anuer sidewalks and in the Easements of
deserted buildings, and on cold nights. after
putting on all the clothes they have. thew
.ulid small hres, and some one sits I'D and
te .,f, the hre while the others sleep.
I'm a-goin' back ter Sheecago.' said n
tramp who sat by the side of the track at
oak Park. where the freight crew had mt
nun OH. AS de school books ulster saw
ne cole wind does bio an we shall hev
snow, an wot will de hobo do then moor
thlng: why, he'll sit in Their s'loon an keen
hlssef warm an hide his head in de free
Iunch' poor thing. Amt 1t the truth? OATS
right. We ulster alwuz go down to Grioars
wen 1t came cold, but dere's so many goes
down dat away it's poor pickin'. It ami
SO hard ter get along In Sheecago In de
WINTER tune. De colder it is de quicker
somebody'll say ter us. Poor man Not q
shame, an, it's cold ernuff ter freeze de tail
omen er iren monkey Den dey coughs nm
e er dlm E. In summer time dey wud jest say.
Ter wuk? an dey give us de chilly NIT
sure, IN de summer time, de chilly nit
Amt 1t funny? An in winter time dsv
give US de warm smile. Sure. de warm
smile An in de winter time. Den Wa kjn
aiwuz rustic up er few han'outs on do
cofest day. It's dead ely to pick I'D coal
on de railroad tracks. an we aIlus An
some good place ter crawl into an buiJd
a fire. It's me to Sheecago for de winter,