Arizona republican., 1901-12-28
HATE WOMENS CLOTHES
Bogus Pete and Johnny Come-Lately
Prefer Mems Attire

Bogus Pete and Johnny Come Lately
are the names of the two female ho-
Doe: who came down the s. F.. p. &
=. line a few days ago arrayed in
mans attire. and who resorted II wn-
mems clothes again upon the advice
Of the Phoenix officers These. Of
course. are not the names that We're
given them By their mothers. They did
not assume them. bur got them legiti-
mately, each one naming the other.
and they could not have been more ap-
propriate if conferred upon them by
the high council of the independent
Order of Hoboes.
They say they adopted mems cloth
ing. not because they had to to get over
the road. for they have money FOR all
necessary expenses. but they simply
have q morbid curiosity to view life
from Il masculine standpoint. They
know what women have to put up with
in this world. and they are anxious to
find out some OF the trials and tribu-
lations of poor old man.
They found out considerable ON their
way down from Prescott. but even in
their hobo experiences they could not
rob themselves entirely OF their fem
ininity. When they left the mountain
capital there We're seven other" men
beside them on the top of big box car.
They were "ditched" at IRON SPRING..
to use a professional expression. but
the bunch was too large for the train
men to handle. While the latter were
fighting off the real men. not suppos-
ing the women could board moving
train. the girls were grabbing rods
elsewhere. The train was stopped oc-
casionally, and they We're put Oft. but
they We're on again before IL got q
good start. and the crew had to keep
the train moving. al least part of the
time. II they couldn't get a foot
hold on top they TOOK a finger and toe
hold beneath. on one occasion when
the 'brakey" run them down the lad
der and told them to jump for it. he
thought they had done so. but shortly
after he found them perched on the
top of another car. They had only
crawled down out of sight ana reach
ing across grabbed hold Of the next
car, where they lay low till the train
official moved on.
They say they are rot afraid Of get
ting killed. for they are fatalists and
believe il they are destined to die in
bed they will never be killed on a rail
road. If it is up to them TO be
mangled beneath moving wheels. there
is no use trying to dodge the issue And
so it was they got to Phoenix ahead
of the seven that left Prescott
with them. As for skirts. they have
an inherent dislike for them. They
were both born in the east and both
were permitted to wear boys' clothes
till they We're or 10 years old. and
they have been wearing them ever
since when they have an opportunity.
This is not our last trip" they say.
for we are going to see the world.
N mr.
Tney have not been travelling To-
Gether long. though both met a couple
of years before. Bogus Pete had then
conhded to her friend that she was
given to wearing mems clothes. and
it was strangely coincident that when
they met in the northern part of the
territory Johnny" was dressed in
mems clothes. Pete adopted them at
once. and it was just like being at
home again. so they came on to Phoe-
nix together, shipping their trunks
ahead.