The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-22

Not until the Hon. Batling Nelson, ex-
lightweight champ appeared at Worth and
Centre streets last night at 10 O'clock
beautifully decorated from crush opera
hat and open faced clothes down TO his
daintiest dancing pumps. could one say
chat the tremendously formal function
that marked the opening OF the Hotel de
Gink had really caught its full stride.
City Chamberlain Henry Bruere and
other celebrities already had maze
speeches Flashlights had banged. The
music OF Dvorak. Schubert, Beethoven
Haydn ct al had been sawed OH steadily
by a string band. Vaudeville songsters
from Hammersteins had raised the roof
and everybody within sight had got three
lusty cheers repeatedly.
But the entrance of the Hon. Bat clad
In his gold teeth and evening scenery
was the master smash OF masteFiuI
evening.
Everybody knows, or ought TO know by
this time that the Hotel dc Gink Is an
unused, Ave stcried building at Centre ara
Worth street owned BY the city ana IN
occupied until Jen Davis, the hobo king'
and the city authorities got together on
scheme to let Jeff's followers clean the
place up and run ~ on a community pIin
70 house and feed the down and cutters.
Their work Well Done.
For four or I'VE days JEFF and his band
have been sweating over piles Of old lum-
Der. cleaning up rubbish. scrubbing the
floors and generally making the long uh-
used building habitable. And last night
when Mr. Bruere and members OF the
Mayors committee Interested In the
scheme entered the Hotel de Gink tseN
saw at a glance that the hoboes had done
the cleaning up work well.
There was a flag decorated rostfum az
tho east end OF the big loft where the men
sleep. from which speeches too many TO
mention were made while the flashlight
brigade tried TO blow the poor old Hotel
de Gink apart out in the centre OF the
floor, roped Of like sublimated prize
ring, stood Il piano OF the old fashioned
square kind which had been donated by
the Tcl-EleCtrlc people.
Large flags OF all nations hung in res
toous indoors and two immense American
days nuttered from the Centre and the
Worth street sides OF tho building EIsc-
trio lights had the dlngr brilding trans
formed into a brilliant spot where usually
at night AL is darkness
Inside between the walls ~ the four
sides of the roped square tho floor was
solidiy packed as he night went on with
stuudtcs. most OF them wearing black or
gray flannel shirts and caps and trousers
something's a bit insists, but altogether
looking nothing Ike the common tramp
OF commerce. Foo YOU should understand
ght mere. as Jeff Davis pointed out
forcbiy IN one Of his speeches OF the
evening. ,n- hobo is an artisan or l
laborer willing 20 work and looking for
Il vino trdmps only because he's look
ing for work from town to town but q
tramp. IN the hooos way OF thinking, is
o. 80
Tn" great Industrial army OF hobors
Along the west wal. Jeff and his as
| sistants had roped of smaller squares.
! In the frs, OF these stood the Hotel de
! Glnk's barber, Jimmy Presto, slaves free
and a clean towel per each. md Siguor
Presto lives up to his las, name yester-
| day with the new S5 razor presented by
| tho cutlery house OF Week m Fulton
! street. Presto shaved thirty-two gin<s IN
q shade over an hour and fifteen minutes.
Physician on job soon.
I Appropriately enough. the roped stall
/ next to the barber shop contains the
I Hotel lie Giuk's first aid to the injured
l drug store at present presided over by
] Hobo Doc Jack Becker. with a volunteer
regular physician soon to be on the job \
| rOped shoe repairing shop IS next 10 m"
drug store and & tailor shop IL building
beyond
Will. Hobo Doc Becker sat at a type
write~ in one corner laboriousv tipping
The FRIDAY menu on many sheets Of paper,
over al The door sat slim Jim Jams the
hotel clerk, inside q rallied enclosure with
| small pad before him. Each sheet OF
the pad Wac printed as follows:
/ Nr................. Observation-Disclosures.
HOTEL he GINK
Heuceforth II you wish 80 address Man
agcr Jeff Davis personally or crave con-
verse with any ~ the patrons of the
Hotel de G!nk you will kindly AL out
the slip and slim Jim Jams or an assist
ant will have the gentleman PACED,
The Menu.
Here's a copy OF the menu which Hobo
| Doc Becker was typlng
WE THANK YOU ALL"
Hotel do Gink
Corner worth and Centre Streets
MENU
Breakfast
coffee and - ,o,,s,,. chit style
| Jungle Stewed Onions
Mashed Potatoes
| Cofieo ana 49,
Dinner
superior Nuligan a la DE Gink"
Orange "A Ia Pasadena, Cal.
Apple de Adam
Coftee de Hobo and Bread
Aqua dc CrOtOn
/ BE IT EVER so HTMBLE-OTR HOME
Grand Opening
While the bright lights were burning
against the arrival of the Hon. Battlnl
Nelson. upon the flag decked rostrum eN
Hobo Happy Freddy Long, treasurer OF
the Hotel de Gnk. made a cpeech abou
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