Evening star., 1913-02-23
HOBOES OF ENGLAND
ARE SMELLS INDEED
Special Correspondence Of The Star.


LONDON. February IL. laI3
A LTHOUGH the United States is known
IA to possess the hobo in a high state
OF development. England has discovered
that among the $1,000 tramps that adorn
aristocrats who. patriots believe. would
take a lot OF beating from even the swell
est of American knights of the road
England. in fact. claims TO have evolved
the super-tramp. hobo who Is shaved
and manicured carefully as West
End nut and whose dandyism lacks
nothing but spats and crease down his
trousers. One such Beau Brummel o.
the turnpike-whose cash capital consist
ed of one cent-leaned against the dock
rail OF London police court in an atti-
tude OF Piccadilly grace, the other day.
and smiled languidly while a police ser
geant recited from his notebook as fol-
lows:
Il found upon the prisoner, your wor-
ship. the following articles:
Razor in case.
'Leather-backed shaving mirror.
Shaving brush (badGer hair.
Tablet OF windsor soap.
Bone nailbrusb.
Case OF needles.
Spool OF cotton
.'Thimble.
''Tableknife
Dessert spoon.
Referring to this case. a Scotland Yard
inspector with whom the writer talked
declared that searching an English tramp
was like dipping into lucky bag" and
instanced a woman named Willis who
was arrested for vagrancy short time
ago. To the outward eye. she simply was
a homeless woman, without money. food
or property. but closer examination re-
vealed a leather belt under her waist TO
which were attached, with neat row of
hooks. an equipment of knives and forks.
a collapsible frying pan. changes OF cloth
ing. needlework, purse containing S5.so
and bag of food.
This outfit moreover, said the Scotland
Yard man. was not luxurious. but PRINT
tive compared with the portables carried
by many British "wearies. one connois-
seur is known who brews exquisite China
tea under Surrey hedges. while there j.
another known to the brotherhood -
"the DOCTOR whose luggage includes
beautiful little medicine chest which l'r
hides in thick grass or under a heap %
stones before he knocks for admission 10
the nearest casual ward.
Some British hoboes are ardent COZ
lectors. They collect everything except
work The police at Kingston-on- Thames
discovered a tramp a while ago who Was
travelling about with handsome kit bag
They found in it, among other things.
sixty-One lead pencils. four pairs OF spec
tacles, two tableknives. three linen col
lars three boxes of matches. a looking
glass a boot brush. two pairs of laces.
a handsome magnifying glass and si-
ver-mounted pipe.
denied that he was a peddler, declaring
Indignantly that he had never fallen SO
low" Money he had none. but every
now and then a tramp is discovered IN
possession of a sum that none of us
would be sorry TO have to his credit In
the bank.
One such Monte Cristo among hoboes
was Patrick Halloran. who. after touring
the beauty spots of Ireland for thirty
five years, was discovered at Middleton, IN
County Cork, with sJ75 I'm his possession.
all in golden half sovereigns. This mone"
was neatly piled up in two tin cansters
on a wheelbarrow. which Halloran had
been pushing before him for many years
He had a collapsible kitchen and COLI
lapsible bed on his wheelbarrow, too
Then there was queer character
known as the Eccentric duchess. who
sought the aid of the police at kettering
to find shelter for the night. This
duchess was as tattered and torn as
the man in 1.-The House That Jack Built
and her personal baggage consisted or
only two brown paper parcels. When
these were opened. however 344 bright
sovereigns worth S5 each flowed out on
the inspectors desk among the pens and
ink and memoranda.