The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-08
HOBO OR TRAMP.

| There is a Great Difference as Red
 Andrews Proceeds to Explain 1 "Red' Andrews was in town the oth~ ] CT day. He arrived, to use his own ! terms, in palace car with a side door" a conveyance known to the ay- craze citizen as a box car. He came from the south, visited a few of his old acquaintances, declared the tempera- ture of Chicago frigid and then left l town declaring it to be his intention to | hit out for a warmer climate. Red, the name applied to him by his friends, is not famous citizen, yet he has ac- quaintances all over North America, and no matter where he goes Is assured a bed and a meal. He is a hobo and glories in the appellation, but would resent being called tramp and scorns 1 the individual who does not distinguish the difference between the two members of the travelling fraternity.
 When asked to define the difference he said: "A tramp does not work and would tumble off his perch in convul- sions if asked to earn Twin with his mitts He would croak if he found himself logged out in clothes that wasn't intended for somebody else and bought with some other feller's dough. The sight of bathtub in a plumbers S store gives him the bats and he would outrun the holder of the half-rnile rec ord if he saw guy making for him with a piece of soap and a towel He is an artist at the backdoor business and would get indigestion if he attempted to go up against anything except hand out. .,., X am a hobo and I never work unless I have to- but I never begged in my life. I eat with my legs below a table most of the time and pay for my grub. When I get separated from my dough, look for a stake Ca job that lasts for a short time) and when I get fixed travel for my health and keep going until need the money again. My inside pock- ct holds dressing case, not swell one like the high guys use, but I can get along with a comb, a piece of soap and a towel. They are not ornaments eith- CT and when I'm not flush enough to put up in hotel there's plenty of wa ter to be found in the country, where l can separate myself from the tramp's delight without money or without price. Dress suit cases ain't in my line, and I carry my wardrobe on my back. It wouldn't hardly be the proper thing to appear in at the reception to be given Prince Henry by the nobs, but it's cletn and never belonged to any other feller. I sometimes laundry my own linen. but always manage to get q change at least once a week. If I lived in Chicago, though. It's a cinch 1 would have to change oftener.
 "There's a mighty big difference be- tween a tramp and a hobo, and if you didn't know it before you know it now. I'm a hobo, and I don't want to be any thing else, but if you want to argue the point with me get into training, for my muscles are in good shape and my lungs are full of fresh air. I won't let any guy call ne or any of my pards tramp"
 Red has national reputation in certain circles. He has travelled exten- sively in the United States, Mexico and Canada. He has even visited some of the southern republics, but would con- slider it an insult if accused of paying railroad fare. He represents a numer- ous class. a majority of which are tradesmen, They are generally good workmen, too, and as a rule have no difficulty in securing work when they want it. They are birds of passage and could not be induced to remain in any section of the country after accumula-