The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-06-11

Chicago Migrants Toasted In Aid
Of Science.
NO MOVE TO REFORM GUESTS

nroahsrhood Welfare Association Tea
dsrsd Boantsous Repase 70 Knights VI
he Rsad With View Of Lsarnins
Their Needs ard AddIns 70 soeieloaIO
Knowledge.
A banquet 70 Chicago hoboes was
given the other night at the Windsor
Clifton hotel under the auspices Of DIR.
BENJAMIN L. Reitman Of the Brother
hood Welfare association. says chi
cago special dispatch to the Philadel-
phla Press. Ninety guests were invited
and attended. while 1000 sought invi-
tAtiona. No attempt was made 10 re
form the guests BY making It a dry
banquet
The purpose Of the banquet was to
learn Just what these men need, ac-
cordlng to DR.. Reitman. He said. I'VE
have no right TO tell OF the needs of
men whose lives we do not know. We
viii let them tell their stories. They
WIN tell as the truth, and they viii tell
many other things. Schoolgirls can
learn much from the statements Of
these fallen men,"
From the lodging houses, the barrel
houses and the CUTTERS gathered the
guests. There were men who have
beaten their way In almost every coun-
try Of the globe. There were thieves,
who told Ia speeches 1t the dinner Of
their thleyeFy, and ex-eonvicta, who
made postpFandiai remarks about their
penitentiary experiences and explained
how h0bodom n the only feld open to
an ex-convict. There were men who
told how they hnd never worked and
didn't want % begin.
Among tho most notable Of the guests
wera strawberry shorty" Scranton,
Pa. Nearby was Bum Mitt Casey"
who vowed eternal hobo friendship to
'gllm and Fat the Travelling Twins"
Around them at other tables through
the banquet hail drank and ate 100
more prominent Representatives OF the
'.aoIdieru Of misfortune" = the men
whom the 'swanderlust'' has called 70
the lifa ~ the tramp, Before pro
ceeding 10 aoclologic discussion the
guests made surprisinRly short work
Of q bounteous menu.
when cigar and cigarette smoke be-
wnn 10 rise ToaatmasteF John II. Drake
lin q dress suit, who declared he used
% be e tramp himself rose too
aOEder." said he II want to make
an announcement from Washington
Fat known to al 'bOes. He was to
have boon toastmaateF. but he inter,
viewed the police and has left for st.
Louis under a freight car. 30 TN sub
ntitute. The programme win now get
movinas
Tho tramps cheered. clinklng beer
glasses together IN appreciation. They
cheered louder yet whoa Gloomy Gus
WAS introduced to speak 20 the topic
Fourteen Carat Misery" With q
broad smile allowing above a collar
leaa rcd shirt @Gloolny" spoke In this
wise.
II can't zee no work. They told me
70 wash windows. but I amt able to
hang fve stories above the sidewalk o.
lhs END a. q rope am I nowT'
''Of cOurae you ain't," Numbered the
chorun.
.well. there you arc. 'Ere's tho dope
~ sec ik I'll work Il can. II
can't work fn beg"
eliot Tamale Kelly" demanded az
tention from the chair. He declared
b wished 70 make an important
speech. IL was made brief by inter
eupti0nm lie said:
n came from Pittahnrg, and Tvs
tFampod in China and South Africa
and everywhere else, But come from
Pittnhurg originally"
EDO you know coreyf" yelled FATTY
Johnson.
''Do you mean Mike Corey or thii
steel clerk Coreyfa
''ateel Corey" was the answer.
NAV. | don't know him. lilo aim
reapoetable enough" declared ths
PittAbuFg cltlsen.
He sat down, and Fatty johnson
caught the toastmaster's eye. Fat1
was CARRIED N a eoilarless yellow shirt
with plaid lie around his neek I'm
called Fatty johnson because l weigl
ainety-seyen pounds with my jewelr!
VA &Au uAuWV N&AAun Win ~ 0Mt ~
pronounced. II only got up to say
can't wait no longer, for I've got q
smoke cigar IN me library nc 1
O'Clock. according % me wonts
IN the howl which followed be van
hhed.
just at this moment "shoestFlng Al
my" Chase. who admitted TO being
professional beggaE spied an opportu
mtg % DO some business. Tie gOt q
ard hagan % circulate among th
newspaper men aud other onlookers
with 3 dilaptdatoi hat ontStretchet
Tha "narva" q hls proceeding as a
Invited banquet guest drew enthus
aMtle appreciation from the hoes an
money from those to whom the hu
was offsred Then sshO0strinR- N
turned % hls beer and cigar. q zoo
evenings work accomplished.
Amoag TIE addresses received wit
particular applause was the speech Q
spitfnhurw Ioa.n who discussed the sal