Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-01
LAST BUM SUMMER,
LEFT SLEEPING ALONE,
QUTTSHSPARK BENCH
Cold Wind at Last Drives
Hardest Derelict From In
dependence Square to
Southern Haunts
SOME HOUSED BY HOTEL
rDe Cink" Institution Affords Lodg-
ing to "Roller Cats" but
No "Home Guards"

A cold wind blew across the empty
square The man on the bench stirred
IN an effort TO shake some warmth into
his body. and, falling. showed his hands
deeper into his tattered pockets and re-
sumed his sleep. The moon shone down.
all radiant, as the wind swept through
the deserted pathways. driving heaps OF
scattering leaves before II.
As the big clock which shed green
Hight from the tower Of Independence
Hall chimed II II seemed as II the fury
Of the wind increased. Miniature clouds
Of dust swirled under the empty benches.
But for swish OF the wind-tossed leaves
the square was still on TO the right
could be heard the deep bass Of the auto
horns accompanied by the clang of the
trolley cars. Occasionally passerby
hurried through the square, as though
glad to get beyond such dismal sur
roundings Still the man siept-or at
least made no movement 10 betray wake
fulness.
The passing of the summer bum is
one OF the surest signs Of autumn He
is the barometer that has never failed;
for when he. the knight of all weather.
Is forced from his summer villa-the
park bench--it Is certainty that the sea-
son OF chestnuts, apples and frost has
come. The bum growls not, neither does
he complain. He takes the frigid weather
as a matter OF course, and when II
forces him to seek habitation elsewhere
ne doesn't tell the world his troubles.
He Is cheerful. something of the optim-
list, and takes things as they come.
Although the ordinary person does not
know Il, there are two distinct classes OF
buns. One IN the travelling bum, called
by the scribes the "knight Of the road"
and the other is the domestic bum-the
bum who hangs around" the city. He
rarely, II ever. goes more than five miles
from the base Of his operations. This
distinction can be easily found at the
ssHotel De Gink"-the buns paradise at
sth and Caliowhill streets. Although the
shoter' can accommodate upward to q
hundred the domesticated bum is barred
When an Investigator called at the
hosiery last night to ask II the patronage
had increased since the advent of the
snappy weather, he was Informed thai
the hotels patronage had not Increased
as II only accommodates the travelling
buns who come In from far-off cities
The investigator was also shown the
difference between the two classes oi
men. t o
''There are two distinct classes" SAID
the night clerk, the bum who hangs
around the city and the travelling bum
who stops here. We don't handle tn
other kind" aY
Where the summer bum goes nobod!
knows. His migration is silent. He ha
no q trunks to worry him and he doesn'
know where he's going until he's there
As did the bum In Independence Square
he gets Up, shakes himself very much d
the manner Of a dog and leaves for part
unknown. In former years the summe
bum followed the example of the bird
from the warmer climes, and migrate
with them south. This year, however
the Mecca OF the summer bum seems I
be Pennsgrove. Here the knights of tn
road, who formerly were seen ploddin
southwark at this time OF the year, hav
gathered. Some are actually working 4
the great powder mills Most Of then
however, are living strictly to their mora
code and doing nothing.