New-York tribune., 1902-06-08
LO, THE POOR HOBOl
HE CAN NO LONGER SLEEP ON CITY
HALL PARK BENCHES-NOISE OF
WORK KEEPS HIM AWAKE

No more do the snores Of Weary Wtlies mingis
In spring song duet with the music OF tne waters
spIashing in the City Hall Park fountain NO naois
do bass accompaniments rumble from noses OF
sunset red gone the twanging Tyres OF DUBIOUS
form that whisted obligatos 10 the waters tnkins
Fled are the roseate dreams in whicn noooes Ano
panhanGIers IoIled IN ease and luxury "d.eeo oN
by capitalists: driven away the oiss on So
which transported them into lands doWlns win
ha.- and free lunch into realms where Work was
unknown and policemen myth tEey nave ne1
before advancing civilization and rapid transit as
the morning msts disappear before the rising sun
Night work on that part of the subway ~nlcn =
to lie beneath the surface OF Park Ro" nas ro"'7'
them and nevernore will they return
They have given up in despair. the hoooes ano
nanhandIers and the policeman, VINO 1ooA oehsA@
in prodding them into wakefuiness WITH his nie
stick sorrows over the loss Of a JOB at WHICH No
could kill much time and extract much pieasure q
IRE rapid transit tunnel scoop performs the work
his club has DONE and. recalling TO the sleepers on
the benches the stern actualities OF nIes sass !"
them in unmistakabe terms:
L7s Ni9s rs 'aeR 6ssf, sf uR Eof ans any corr E9zs
still panhandling stin @ refusing using
II began a week or so ago when the work OF ex.
cavating at Park Row and Mail-st was ra8en up
by night as we'll day Right at the edge or the
park donkey engine was established sno as hase
as men could fill a huge iron scoop the engine
raised it, dumped the earth it contained and sent
it scuttIfng down again. On every bench sranc-
ing around the circle beneath the whispering foi-
age were the twisted figures Of the cfrys r1nran,
sleeping with heads down and feet up. with neads
up and feet down. leaning on elbows. bending over
with faces in hands. sitting stark upright, with
hunched up figures and curled up knees Snores
barytone snores basso prorunoo snores
faIsetto and snores sounding notes unknown 10 the
scale mingled with one another in a very babel or
nasaI outcrv while wheezy whistles blew, as COM
fortably as though they issued from under starcned
uightcaps and linen sheets The water from tne
fountain spouts fell merrtly into the pool IN tne
hasfn making it's music heard between the whirring
svoops Of the surface and their Changing oeils
Peacefully slept the panhandlers. and night way
farers walked through the park ungreeted with the
whining Say. mister. could yer give US the price
of meal%
disturbing element the donkey engine 1t snorted,
the chains ratified. and with a resoundlns cnos
the scoop into the pit Silence LOT rev
moments and then mighty putting and eredk.ifs
! and groaning rent the Crying the distress OF
its labor the engine hoisted the earth and stone
laden scoop and dumped it with roar OF rehel'
sending It down into the depths again with an
angry g-umble- The snoring on the pencnes Ges -
snort the chug and the roar The nSures SURE SURF
again; shifted their positions. twisted and tur1sG
IKE shadow shapes and became InotionleSs asalns;
But the engine was oodurate- II [aLIsu IT, IT,
hoboes. fairly awakened. looked around in disgnsI
ana ana sbskngs and shudderings as though each and
every one were condemned TO undergo tne water water
eisenv ewes and looked with menace at the engine
and the SCOOP ..,s 5.-.- -,
They couldn't believe it They settled down OF on
the benches again, and in the interval Wnlle tne
ecooI1 Vas being filled got as DOING Again
fbe 1eafeniug racket brought them TO their IeeL.
For several nights they tried 1t. hoplnS, aSdlss
hone They could get further than doze; AZ
dreamIand's border the engine drove thell OoSN
TO hungry thirsty wakefulnesS-
Its no use. fellers said one OF them: as ne
sbouIders Like the aborigtnes. the onward aG-
vance of civilization is drivin US from the amos
IN JubIch opr ancestors have rushed the can since
can o1eners wlIz invented. Tis alters been tnuSly
Lo. the poor Iniun. Now it's the l1Jlne ana 10,
ths moor hoboi We sold birthrfght Ter a mess
NV potash. and now they won't even Ie[ US s.lss,ep
In the empty pot. Pretty soon they'll De putin
ms on reservations and exhibit1n US as relics Nv
a wentangone age to turrists- Eor tner saAe Nv
1ittfn' TO work quicker and gfttfn home quicker
fbsv build a rapid transit tunnel an ruthlessly
tra onIe on the rights Of them wot only ask 10 De
Is ~ Clothed am let alone Commercialism an
imperiaIfsn will ruin ther country pretty soon
RIIt we kin rest content, feefn that we nave done
ali we could TO pervert the kertrastrophy-