Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-07-18
H0B0ES HAVE STYLE
Supertramp Has Been DeveIoued
in England.
One Wanderer Carried colIapsIb,.
Kitchen and Folding Bed, and Nj,
Own Bank; Travels With
Toilet Accessories.

Although the United States 1.
known to possess the hobo" in a b,oh
state Of development, England hos
discovered that among the GO OOO
tramps that adorn her countryside ARA
some sure enough aristocrats who n,
triots believe, would take 10, -,
beating from even the SWEETEST a,
American knights of the road Emo
land. in fact, claims to have evolved
the supertramp; hobo who is SHAVED
and manicured as carefully as a we,,
end nut" and whose dandyism lacks
nothing but spats and a crease down
his trousers. One such Beau Brum,
mel of the turnpike-whose cash cap.
tai consisted of cent-leaned agains,
the dockrail of London police court
In an attitude Of Piccadiliy grace the
other day and smiled languidly while
e police sergeant recited from bis
notebook as follows:
Il found upon the prisoner, your
worship, the following articles:
Razor. in case, leather backed
shaving mirror, shaving brush (bad.
ger hair), tablet, Windsor soap, bone
nailbrush, case of needles, spool O,
cotton, thimble. table knife, dessert
spoon"
Referring to the 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 a short time ago. To the
outward eye she simply was home.
less woman, without money. food OR
property, but closer examination re-
vealed a leather belt under her waist
to which were attached, with a neat
row of hooks, an equipment of knives
and forks. collapsible frying pan
changes Of clothing, needle work,
purse containing $3.50 and bag Of
food
This outfit, moreover said the Scot.
land yard man, was not luxurious
but primitive compared with the por
tables carried by many British wear
les One eonnoisseur is known who
brews exquisite China tea under Sur
rey hedges, while there is another
known to the brotherhood as the doc
tor" whose luggage includes beau
tiful little medicine chest which he
hides in thick grass or under heap
of stones before he knocks for admis.
sion to the nearest casual ward"
Some British hoboes are ardent col.
lectors. They collect everything e1.
cept work. The police at Kingston.
on-Thames discovered tramp awhile
ago who was travelling about with !
handsome kitbag. They found in it,
among other things, sixty.one lead
pencils, four pairs of spectacles, two
table knives, three linen collars, three
boxes of matches, looking glass, a
boot brush, two pairs OF laces,
handsome magnifying glass and ST.
yer mounted pipe.
The owner Of this collection proud
ly denied that he was peddler, de-
claring Indignantly that he had "neV'
er fallen so low" Money he had
none, but every now and then tramp
is discovered in possession of sum
that none of us would be sorry to
have to his credit In the bank.
One such Monte Cristo among no
boes was Patrick Halloran, who, after
touring the beauty spots of Ireland TOT
IS years, was discovered at Middle
ton, in County Cork, with $575 IN bis
possession, all in golden half'soVer'
eigns. This money was neatly plleo
up in two tin eanisters on a wheeF
barrow which Halloran had been push
ing before him for many years. ne
had collapsible kitchen and COL
lapsible bed on his wheelbarro~
too!
Then there was q queer character
known as the eccentric duchess" WHO
sought the aid of the police at ke.'
tering to find shelter for the nlen!.
This duchess was as tattered anu
torn as the man in 1.-THE House Ina'
Jack Built" and her personal Dag
gage consisted Of only two oroSn
paper parcels. When there were op
ened, however, 344 bright soverelsn'
worth IS each flowed out on the IL.
spectors desk among the pens ana 'nA
or1 xoopoorop6o