The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-26
PLAY Time of the Hobo Is at Hand

-, n the hobo is at hand.
h pbytlIse warm % days Of the sum e
" be hrst Sottoms of the feet Oh
ere es 'I professional ,otiom anu 'n and he
y b ticklte; kllt;,I o. He drifts into the
asndl !. s1i"i ~ the city, town or nam, nam,
N ards o, ars 81 10 be his temporary
s y: s,nd nivn as mighty tTs,Ti swinps % 'ar9 Hn,
rt 1aaleifhb si,S the bumpers, or decks decks
81 nbllS ,moy ,r on his wanderings;
bSd ,as J; a"| Of Professor Edmond
d q < Columbia unlveTs,'y ,an,n ynopuiation
q /. guide, the tramhp ! hout 500. 900,
IA United itIeeSor,ty sty estimates that three.
sue auInoanJa atsuo are youngsters under IN,
rs Of lnsss Camping for fun. They
VI you ,ou'v which calls for adventure, M nnn
q sahinI II, "H lads who have hit upon
4 sc ,No of them all that Is fuliest
sdlcd o, f nossibilities of taking
3 +, S y the hand, wagering & ,an1s + bagsfeIle %
3 day ys.;np ssninth the thrill of a flIrta'
4 ne, ge.''afi grim reaper. and often
I NIB The gI gin.;pe the wager. They
: pGealiS iS,,s,;aion with dangers ten
t'1nd q,a IS cowboying and a hum
,.l = l'ssI IS great as going to war. T. oo-
@iizss d' ToIlv's reckoning is cor
Eholsson,. 100000 OF these young"
'sat = tps road this sum- summer, era dustsd mfa1
'rf II them viii have gradnateu "
rs:l ., rr,auoh school of experience
'es .nst ,uak bnt few become habit
hH 'Ga' sbown @ by the small per
squlled through the years years bsne VINO
.,,,r men. The vast malorit"s as 'fGe Iisa
't i'!' ~ rhe ordinary walks OF me-
,,,,r Have Ridden the Rods.
s,ores of business and pro
3, = S,s men MI in various towns today
t.ss nj ridden the rods. They SCI,
nl w Of it for their associates
- them the unbclieving ha
~ X, would credit a story that G ne
Wy Wy thrown from the blind bag bag
iloOw.browed brakeman If told
.s,Iy and dignifed deacon IN
PIE @ssbiouable church, Yet with
A graduates a year from van
sSIlcre these men are 20 pe
spnvs avssy Wink OF life. They al
<,1.s, = s ne wildness of their youth
S'sss %s xann dnys Of summer come
-, H. sume evening while they doze
(. n f,ont porches Of their comfort,
s.nss s ,bey are suddenly aroused
4. @ Sstani md melodious toot of a
q srrine and awake TO an almost
eirlsble desire to scramble aboard
~ away again into the land OF
|niu1s and romance, ,
"a IN handouts at your back doors.
. isussSifs regarded them as poor,
-Ested. unfortunate creatures, ask"
Inc On the contrary they were
i,Isst sdyenturers that the coun-
hs ever known. The Indian fight
a sarlv DAYS led prosaic lives com
n sitb theirs. Nor was their life
-Tatne to them any more than the
4 Al The actor who plays the down
"a behind the footlights is humil-
d 70 him. II was a part of the ad"
Ere and they gloried in it. The
81 told The first woman from whom
r6,itsl the Seats" that he was
+ cat Of the hospital in st. Louis
4 fat be was irving to get home to
~ u Council Bluffs. 1t was an in
|hfn. II got results. He used the
Z gsil throughout the season,
Allnr The towns to fit the situation
\ " Eomenf.
Hardship and Hazard.
n j..t shat are the adventures,
|hsdshps, the hazards Of these jour
Ia Of the wayward, are not often
i lEl There is the fantastic tale
[6zss told and often credited to
iz,Enation OF the fiction writer.
" following incidents are blunt
j mtrded Just as they have hap
y I'D Just as they may happen to
hdsidual Of the 100000 this sum
y Tie road.
ttssy from front to rear of q
J az and underneath, are TWO par.
fads Of iron, a foot and a half
'nd connected at one point by
5eS board The whole is but a
ncH the ground. A man may lie
iesse but never with comfort.
ne raIn is in motion he is safe