The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-10-29

snow fickers" Soy, hows de brakes down dat
lay? De last time an de Honyak dere.
de connie elevated from the inside of Il empty
inter cactus garden four hundred and eighty-wan
miles from grub We walks de ties fer tree weeks.
Den we hits Albuquerque an l near had tub beat
carpet tub git grub. De ole gurrul would NV
had me woikin only she grubs fost. befoar she
brings out de wok tools. Den digs
"Dere's nuttn' like dat dere desc days. Dey
leaves de pies an eats out in de opun an de DO
wot can't freeze to wan meal hour don't git no
soft wods from dis lulu
That animated. brilliant and engrossng roper
toire only of several thousand of the same
variety, which comprised hobo "reminiscences told
by members of the great army of the unwashed
which assembled in convention not many months
ago at Clifford, Ill., for the National Hobo re-
union.
Small tramps. fat tramps tall tramps, short
tramps. red-headed ones, blondes, colored tramps,
low-down tramps, tramps with high personal re-
gard for their vocations. and others who
sneaky and might be caught working, were it not
for the watchfuness of their brothers. all assem-
bled In solemn conclave to worship their goddess
Rest
These of rest-but they were not all sons
there were several daughters of rest-a paid their
respects to the cause for which they fighting
IN their tactless way. They, for the nine
teenth time, swore loyalty to the associations mot
40: Work washing and worry weapons of the
devil and he who would knowingly Or Intentionally
invite the descent of his plaonic majesty in that
manner. he it is who is true Son of Rest"
! Slothful Sam, President Weary Willie, Ragged
yyyHSas Tattered Tom, Reeking Reginald Dinky
Dan. the best dressed DO in the association;
Handout Hank, Pieface Peter, Looping Louie Walk
ing Walter, Prayed Francis Mrthful Mike nCan
Teddy. and all the rest of the influential brethren
of the Fraternal Order of the Unwashed were
there.
The attendance was as large usual. There
missing, of course Roll call revealed
the fact that Secretary Signing Snkers was I'M
avoidably detained by friends among the authori-
ties at the Despaines street police station in Chi
cage. He was booked ''vag" much to the
washed chagrin of President Weary Willie, who in
the of his opening address remarked that
1t 'De wost coise dat put fort on dis
susietie tub tink dat one de most necessary
poissons of de order should be cumpelled tub miss
dis intelergen' meetin'."
All the old officers of the association were re-
elected the minutes of the meeting being inscribed
upon the brain Of President Weary Willie until Sec
rotary Sinkers should be released from his sojourn
n Chicago The members of the association the
most easily satisfied crowd earth, then ad-
jour,ed. This action consisted of the chief execu
TIVE dropping into sound sleep. Others did the
The following day the annual games of the or
ganzation given. There were several limo
vations hitherto not introduced. The long distance
snoozing contest drew out several hundred entries
and it required three days before the judges were
able to render a decision. Wakefu Wa1les was
returned victor eventually, but up to the time of
writing he still snoozing noisily utterly ignor-
ant Of the honor which his happy faculty had
thrust upon him.
The handsomest hobo contest was captured by
Dinky Dan. who in little address to the slumber-
he contestants In the long-distance sleeping con-
Vest declared that in the absence of any prize the
honor alone gave him plenty of satisfaction.