New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-11-18
CHEER "CHUCK" CONNORS
BoWery 0utcasts Have Big Nigh'
in East Side Hall.
"HAY, HASH AND HERRING"
This Theme and "Pittsburg
Joe 81 How Work the Otner
Fellow" Make Hits.

Hallelujahi I'm a Bum!' Other notes
may have been sounded at the OutcaS'9
convention in East Broadway last hiSht'
but II so they We're lost. Everything poooi
BILE was done by the star outcasts 10 nhdho
those of the audience who had palo -
cents admission and were not yet or the
cult of the uncultured to feel ashamed VI
themselves and go and reform by holdihS
up the first kind faced pedestrian for fhdh-
cial aid. Chuck" Connors and "P1ttSDui
joe were there. and Hutchins Hapgoou'
who said he was busy writing his own
autobiography" and Hippo Havel, remdrh
ably unconservative as to hair.
And then there was Sadakichi Hartman
the dreamy eyed playwright. who read d
play constructed by himself that he sald
had never been produced nor even printed
and that ne does not intend shall be PRINT
ed In it the heroine at one time stooo
near a rock from which a well oozed.
The play was called ''Mohammed." After
thirty minutes the hero asked SOMEBODY
Where are we, anyhow? Will we never
get out of this desert?" Later Mohamnleu
ordered stage hand to get the mule ready
and the time of Mohammed's death was
nearer than expected, though 1T was hot
brought out whether the mule was even d
remote cause of it. Just before dylIlS
Mohammed through Sadakichi delivered d
transcontinental peroration on the ram
bows and the twittering birds, ana When
he died Sadakchi talked for HIM ABOUT
white roses and gold dust that were said
to be dropping from heaven. There were
a whole lot of other reasons why the play
has not been published.
The hall at No. 209 East Broadway was
Lot
pathizers were directed to the floor below,
where a duplicate entertainment would De
supplied Dr. Ben Reitman. the slippery
King of the Hobos, sold books and pam
phlets at from to % cents each In the
san,e wav that songsters are distributed in
the Bowery theatres. IF you like good
literature it's yours for half a dime" he
nIeaded as he walked up and down the
aisle CHUCK" Connors was upstairs grad
uaIly getting into that state Where the
shirt might be hoped to move him when
Reitnan had collected enough frlm the
anarchistic booklets. The sale of HutchlnS
Hapgood's book was helped by the an
no,Incement that Hutch was the only
suthor whose work struck CHUCK
fancy. After awhile the faculty walked
| to the platform. They We're SAID 10 DC
the elite of the outcast world CHUCK
| Connors wore a derby, pipe ana pedA
buttons on his sleeves and coat front
1T know enough 70 eat three meals DAY
| and to live on suspicion was MS cneerS
beginning 81 amt nuttin'-dats all But
de bloke dat don't know muffin When ne
gets in court-dat's de wise guy FER de
witness. I amt got muffin, can get
| muffin, I don't owe nuttin' and "nen
dies de buns can't say nutt1n'- ana oat
re truth I never was pinched fer perjury.
| What's s. oo0GpD? Kin de blOke wild $1,OO,Ou
fight any better'n me? I'm alive, L have
me hay, hash and herring. an am
| kickin'" And then he recited poem con-
| tanning pathetic illusions to the old days.
when horse cars and gas street lamps
were good enough for all mankind.
Hippo Havel, recently cast out OF the
| workhouse, said Adam and Eve were the
original outcasts, and started IN to prove
it. But his flowing hair got mixed up
with his eyeglasses, and he soon sat down.
| There were many who were afraid Emma
Goldman might insist on talking before
all the male outcasts were through. but
| she patient
| Arthur Bullard, as the light comedian.
! talked principally of death and its certainty
to call. and the n''Pittsburg joe swag-
with white satin. he puffed on large
| black cigar. His suit was tailor made and
his assurance was of the copper and brass
variety He talked on How l Work the
Other Fellow" 1t was delicious to hear
| him He was so frank and manly about
not wishing to be a hero. under any false
| colors-that is, under any cOlors that the
audience might not clearly see. He begged.
| To ba on
he Dragged about how much more enjoy
| ment and luxury and time for personal i'm
provement he had found since he quit try
ing to work, seven years ago, and tool !
'panhandling.
Mind you, I've tried work. said Honest
Joe but not for seven years, except when
| I've been In Jail. 1 goes UP TO a. man an
says. Mister. can't you give sumpin to a
| pore man wot's down and out The work
in man might just as we'll give me his
money as pay the trusts double for their
| food The workin' man don't have nuthin'
saved anyway Why shouldn't 1 gets my
share along with the theyin' rich gazeeks
| wot run de trusts?"
II believe the same as Emma Goldman
does said Reitman, when referring to her
works, "only l believe it worse
| Courtney Lemon was not at all original
| in costume nor ideas, in so far as could be
discovered. He wore the flowing black tie
| that indicated that his trend of view on
| the psychology of the wander-1ust and all
| that sort of thing would surely be. He
| had no new words but great many OF
the old. His information kept the audience
| interested it was so near to singing that
it was believed he might Side into music
| When he retired he received his greatest