davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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OF the room, land he said that there
were no genuine hoboes any more. l
believe JEFF has the right answer.
saw him last winter with coat with
n fur collar on it and he said then
ttit some one gave it TO him. but that
is beside the mark. He wore IL all
right. How can a man be a hobo
and wear a fur collar on Il coat that
cost $50 and still claim to stand for
a class which claims to stand for a
protest against industrial conditiors?"
"Your questions come 80 fast"
From the chair.
But amt II right that these lee
tLrcs were to be In the nature of dis
cassions on the state of industrialsm
ana the lot Of the common man as
opposed to and distinguished from the
let of the plethoric rich? Is this a
hobo college or Just an ordinary col
leGe? Is gag law, in other words, TO
be applied here?"
At which point the subject under
discussion-see page OF the college
syllabus under the heading THE Sub
ject Under Dissatisfaction to Find
Its taken out of the discussion by
the arrival OF the college cook, who
announces that the college handout
or jungle lunch is ready in the re-
fectory downstairs.
In talk out OF lecture hours last
week the faculty, PreXy How that is,
s3;J that society was getting in a
worse way every week and that at
present no diagnostician OF the body
polite can tell just what manner of
medicine is indicated. Unemployment
in his opinion is the heart of the NAL
ady and under the head of unemploy
n,ent he includes constructive as we'll
as actual unemployment, constructive
unemployment consisting in the main
OF employment not suited TO the man
employed or employment insufflciently
ra;d
II is this constructive unemploy
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Chemistry and Perfumes

fumc closely similar to that exhaled
by the lily OF the valley, lilac and cape
jessamine, the perfumes varying ac-
Cording to the proportions of the chem
Zeal used.
Artificial violet has been made in the
market for about twenty years. II is
made by condensing citrol Can essence
extracted from lemon), Indian YER
vaine. or lemon verhena, with common
aCetone. a body much like pyroligneous
Icid. Synthetic violet extract is manu-
featured in large quantities and sold
pure or mixed with the true essence OF
violet So. far no chemist has sue
Ceeded in counterfeiting musk. but per
fume manufacturers produce bodies
which, though very different from
musk chemically. hold the powerfuI
scent Of musk. The basis of this cOun-
Il rfeit is toluene, which is obtained
from benzine and coal tar II -
changed into a somewhat complex car
huret, which is subjected TO the action
OF azot!c and sulphuric acids. The
product thus obtained, diluted with in
ert matters, is sold under the name OF
musk.
The list OF synthetic perfumes Is
long. They initiate al the known per
fumes, but despite the efforts to imi-
tat" exactly they are nearly always in
f,r.ur To the true essences. Many per
funers boast that they use nothing hut
true essences, but it appears that
nearly all tho cheaper perfumes give
hints q synthesis
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ActOrsL Listed Among Early American HI amlets"

teresting individual, and had a curious
career. He may be designated as the
first American Hamlet who was born
in America. New York was his native
city, and from childhood he mani
tested an inclination for the stage. In
January, 1909. he made his profess
sional debut, advertised as Master
Payne, playing the part Or Young
Norudl. Meeting with great success,
he appeared in other parts, including
Romeo. In May OF the same year he
increased his repertoire and appeared
as Humlet, becoming more popular
than ever. He combined the skill OF
an artist with the simplicity of youth.
and was Furthermore OF handsome
face and graceful figure. After a tri-
umphant tour OF the American the
aires he went abroad. and appeared at
Drury Lane. in London, In 1918, as
Young NorvuI, creating a sensation.
Then he began writing essays on the
drama and pieces for the stage. AL
though still meeting with success as
an actor he abandoned the boards. and
devoted himself to literature, producing
great number of plays, some original
and some adaptations. One OF his
most popular productions was the
tragedy OF "Brutus.p but perhaps his
best known accomplishment was the
song. Home. Sweet Home" through
which his name became world re-
nowned. After a long residence in
London and Paris, he returned to
America in 1892. and was welcomed
with great enthusiasm. A benefit
was given in his honor at the Park
Theatre, the admission 20 the boxes
and the pit being five dollars and to
the gallery one dollar. Through I'M
successful attempts to establish n
publication. he lost his money and
was reduced to poverty. Finally. IN
lstl, President Tyler appointed him
American Consul at Tunis, where he
died in 1852.
Other precocious players followed
Master Payne. Master George +,
Smith attempted the role Of Harriet
ut the Park Theatre In March. 900
and Master Joseph Burke caI = a
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stitution of learning SO solemnly?
One suspects that they do not Ger
tainly not all of them.
or group of men found there a few
days after the college opened every
one admitted that he had dropped in
more to renew acquaintance and
friendship with old pals Of the road
than because he had any Idea Of going
from the lecture hall to look for work.
Did We say that after each lecture the
collegians are supposed to go out and
look for work? We should have. The
only thing resembling a rule discover
able about the college was the half
rule TO the effect that after every lee
ture the undergraduates are supposed
to go out and look for work. But do
they?
AS has been said out of a group OF
men questioned there each and every
one either admitted that he was in
Job somewhere or was lodging one.
Your hobo is not like a man familiar
in only one city. He knows the fac
tory conditions Of seven eighths Of the
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up painting, dabbled in sculpture. and
re ceived a commission in the navy be-
fore becoming an actor. His first ap-
pearance on the stage was in 1913 and
two years later he was at Covent Gar
den. Kean had had a hard struggle,
but was now a popular attraction.
Booth had had a brief experience, but
was a formidable rival. In 1921 he
came to America, following Kean's eX-
ample. He was so well received that
he decided to pass the remainder of his
life in this country, and his celebrated
son, Edwin Booth. was born in BelaIr.
Md. Besides Hdmlet he was greatly
admired as Richard H., Lear, ShVIock
logo and Sir Giles OperTcdch in "a
New Way to Pay Old Debts"
Other HdmletS of these early days
include Joseph George Holman at the
Park Theatre in September 1912;
James William Wallack on the same
stage in September. 1878: Robert
Campbell haywood in 1919: John Jay
Adams in 1922; William Augustus
Conway in 1924; Thomas Hamblin in
1926, and last but not least William
Charles Macready i'm October, 1926.
whose performance could appropriately
be described IN modern theatrical par
lance as "a riot"
John Poole's travesty OF Hdmlet, one
OF the earliest examples of this sort of
production. was published in London in
1911. George Holland, an English ac-
tor who gained fame and fortune in
America. presented this burlesque on
the occasion OF his first benefit in this
country. March 20, 1928. The expert
ment proved so successful that before
long similar sacrileges were being per-
petrated against other Shakespearian
tragedies, and in due time there were
burlesque OtheIlos. RomcoS, Mdcbeths
and Richards. George Holland was an
excellent all round low comedian,
frequently introducing ventri.oquism,
harnyard limitations and female imper-
sonations Of a grotesque nature. In
;ater life he was a member OF the
Wood and Christy Minstrels and when
almost so was still popular at WAL
lacks Theatre In comic characterize.
ucns.
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was, in fact, the only chair in the
room, placed in juXtaposition to the
only table in the room, upon which DR..
How had spread his notes. which is to
say. an envelope with some hen tracks
scrawled upon II.
THE class in economics will please
rise" said DR.. How. Whereupol, as
the class was already risen, that is TO
say, since IL was standing anyhow be-
cause there were no chairs TO loll upon:
it sat down; upon the window stills and
floor. in true accordance with the de-
nghtfully free and untrammelled dis
'cipline OF Hobo College, where you al
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ment, DR.. How maintains, which is
the worst canker in our modern civil
ization. The out and out jobless han
granting but not conceding that his
species is disappearing: DR.. How can't
see for a minute that it is-has at least
the satisfaction of knowing that his
time Is his own. that no one is getting
his labor for nothing or for less than
II ought to command. and that he is
as free as the air to move on and on.
But not the man in industrial har
ness, who can't get out and whose life
is constant sensation of giving him
self day after day TO something that
does not provide him with the ordinary
comforts OF life. DIR. How says that
you may charge off all the discount
against the argument that you like on
the score of war jobs and easy money
during the war generally, but that you
still have a residue of work for in
sufficient pay remaining which sup
ports the core of his argument that
society is Ill and needs doctor badly.
DIR. How maintains that he can't
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Hobo University With Its Millionaire Prexy on the Forur
Take 1t All ALL College Life the Clustered
About the Soest Thing GongTh Shows Up
Strong Until Prof How Mentions Work, Which Prompts
the Students to Take the Air

Sou arg irec 10 interrupt and ais
Won find hi, them. rnin,ores,,rg o-
himself tedious Won ,,av hawI b,,,
out from where Won Sit Take n MI
the WAY through n "a the softest thing
going in the wav Of college life pah
Rah. Rah. Hobo
Mr. or rather Dr James Eaas How
carries n deeree FROM aear old IJar.
ward concealed ahout h,r, son,ouhera
and although no bad q Golden .noon
instead of a rattle 10 NAV With .s bo
lay in his cradle ,oms fortv-seven
wears ago he turned hi. hacL mon
wealth and the golden onnort,n,t,es
of wealth the year ho ,ot, hi. a,,,,a
mater ana bs. been a boho syer s,rce
He has slent In che.n lod.,n, hrn,.os
cooked hi. own meals cola nanor, ~,
street corners ara u,or,,od 90 - ,oh.
all over tho foca -, ,hoso I-,;,oa
States during the last tyon,v ,aors
and with tho natr,mon,, no ,,,bor;,aa
and there u,,s cIo,. 90 o,,a r,,ii,;,,,
az the has netted ana endowed - "a
nroy,dea for ,ba boho ,ri,,o a., = -,
dred odd we'll ,,eaning mas
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coming TO America, he played Mac
beth in Philadelphia, and was most
cordially received because OF his hand
some appearance. his distinguished
manner and his dramatic ability. In
1917 he married the belle OF New York.
the beautiful and accomplished Mary
Fairlie, daughter OF the celebrated
wit, Major James Fairlie, and grand
daughter of Gov. Robert Yates. This
young lady was the original OF Wash
ington lrving's Sophv Sparkle in SAL
magundi." For thirty years Thomas
Abthorpe Cooper was regarded as the
leading actor in America and was ac-
cepted in the best society. He amassed
a fortune, but lost most OF II through
gambling and extravaganza, so that
a se{ies Of benefit performances were
given for him and his family in the
principal cities throughout the coun-
try. The benefit at the Bowery The
atre, in New York. realized $4,000,
Up to that time the largest amount on
record for single performance in an
American playhouse. In 1885 he made
his farewell appearance in New York
in the role OF Marc Antony. His
daughter married. the son OF Presiden.
Tyler and the old actor was finally
given a position in the New York
Custom House. He died in 1S4s.
James Fennell. who had acted at
Covent Garden Theatre. in London,
came to America in 1894 He ap-
peared at the John Street Theatre.
New York, as early as 1897, but he
did not play Hdmlet until 1906, when
his Interpretation at the Park Theatre
was much admired. He was an excel
lent performer, bat an eccentric indi-
vidual. He had been educated for the
church before turning TO the stage,
after which he became a teacher Of
clocution m Paris. a writer for the
London press, a salt-maker. bridge
builder, a lecturer. an editor, a school
master. and again an actor. this time
In America. John Bernard refers TO
Fennell as that whirlig.g- wealth
cock fellow" and as the maddeci
madman ! ever knew" lie finally
sank irto imLecil!ty. and died In 1916.
John Howard Payne WAS an Ia
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Client lodging houses having alterations
done preparatory TO going into the ice
cream soda industry. No Aristotelian
grove was ever better suited to a life of
study and reelection than the Bowery
Is now. The only sounds to break the
stiffness an occasional elevated train
going by or perhaps a police wagon
using the deserted Bowery as a quick
open thoroughfare to some portion of
the city where life teens.
There were some score Of collegians
on hand the day DR. How assumed the
rostrum for his first lecture. The ros-
trum was not much OF a rostrum. 1t
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sensation In 1881. Master Burke had
first appeared as Tom Thumb in
Dublin in 1924 when he was . years
old. He was an Infant prodigy
indeed, for he was also an accom-
plished musician, conducting an or
chestra in operate selections, per-
forming violin solos and singing comic
songs. In after life he was a famous
violinist and played at concerts with
Jenny Lind.
Edmund Kean first played Homlet
in New York in December, 1920:
Junius Brutus Booth following in Oc-
tober, 1921. Both actors were famous
in the part.
Kean was the son OF a provincial
actress and an architects clerk. His
early childhood was one of poverty
and privation. Almost from infancy
he had been exhibited upon the stage,
the first time as Cupid In a ballet In
1903 he Joined a strolling company and
for eleven years he acted in the
smaller towns. But in 1914 he APP
peared at Drury Lane Theatre. Lon
don, in the character of ShvIock and
aroused unusual enthusiasm. All the
town fiocked to see him. Hazlitt, Hunt
and Lamb sang his praises and Cole
ridge declared that seeing him act
was like reading Shakespeare by
flashes OF lightning" Yet 1t Is curious
to learn that he modified his Hamlet
at the request Of Mrs. Garrick SO as to
play the part more ''as David did
His New York appearance in this role
was warmly received, but subse-
quently. having broken an engagement
in Boston, he was severely censured
and soon returned to England. where
he became involved in domestic diff
culties. Such a scandal was created
that his reputation suffered and lie
was Kissed from the stage in London
and in Edinburgh. In the same year
he returned to America, where the
public halted between two opinions. ad-
miration for the mans dramatic abil-
ity and condemnation OF his private life
Junius Brutus Booth also had I'M
usual experiences in his early days. As
I boy IN London nc was apprenticed
TO a printer but studied law and took
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ways do whatever the prof. tells you
not to do.
we are going to have little morn
ing OF discussion with division espe-
cially into three topics" says DIR. How.
First, economics and sociology or So
cial science. as they call ii at Harvard
and Columbia; second, industrial law
or history; and third, public speaking,
with fundamental instruction in Eng
lish, so that man IL he has beliefs or
theories that he may desire to expound
will be equipped to hold the audience
which gathers about him.
IT." says a collegian. "the audience
does not gather. or gathering does not
stand, how then does the theorist eX-
pound his theory
You are out OF order" says DR.
How, you will find question box al
the head OF the stairs as you come up
Prepare your question and put it in it
But l may say that you seem TO have
fair grasp OF more than rudimentary
English. A rejection will be served al
/ ten thirty"
This institution is for hoboes in the
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1 I'M perfume llluuSlTN oates from
the early days OF the world.
Perfume makers used to extract
their odors from plants, flowers and
fruits without altering the essences.
The business OF the manufacturer
began and ended there. and his art
was limited to commingling skilfuu
the different extracts so that he might
obtain perfumes. With the progress
or chemistry 1t became possible to
make synthetic perfumes.
The most important synthetic dis
coveries have been made within the
last forty years. In 1876 the syn
thesis OF the active principle OF vanilla
was made. A few years later hello
tropine was obtained by the oxidiza-
ton OF a byproduct-a kind OF cam
phor waste. Terpineol, or terpinol. is
one OF the essential constituents OF
many perfumes-lilsc, lily Of the val
ley. syringa. cape 1essamlne, &c.
Speaking chemically. il is near re-
lation of the essence OF turpentine;
one moleCule Of essence of turpentine
added 10 one molccule OF water gives
tcrpineol.
Perfume manufacturers use different
means of producing terpineol, Among
the different patented processes arc
treatments with sulphuric. azotic and
citric acids If chemist has essence
Of turpentine. little oil and aqua
FORTS. ne can produce a delightful, par
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working life ice-president and gem
eral manager of the wajash Railroad.
But in these fat tines the hobo is
never hard up. for from the beginning
OF our participation In the war highly
paid work of all kinds has been thrust
upon him and the only article even
remotely resembling an old time hobo
now alive is the gink who roves from
fat job to fat job because he finds the
scenery in this place dull, or the snap
per in that job chesty, or the pay
end this reason is the prevailing one
in some job somewhere else a little
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By HAROLD SETON,

HE first performance of Hamlet"
in America was presented in
Philadelphia in the autumn OF
lios. The star OF that memorable oc-
caslon was Lewis Hallam, Jr, his IA
Their having been the manager of a
company OF players who Md attracted
attention in Virginia. Lewis Hallam,
ST. and his wife had been on the
stage in England and had appeared
Al Goodman's Fields Theatre, near
London. Emigrating to America they
organized a troupe consisting Of
Twelve adults and their own three
children, including Lewis Hallam, Jr.,
who made his theatrical debut at
Williamsburg, Va. on the occasion OF
MS fathers opening the theatre there,
IN September. 1852. He played the
part Of Portals servant in THE Mer-
chant OF Venice" but was unable to
utter the single line allotted to him,
and after bursting into tears fed ig-
ANONYMOUSLY from the stage.
But after making further attempts
ne acquired confidence and developed
considerable ability. becoming a great
favorite. After having gained the
distinction OF being the first to play
Inc Prince OF Denmark in America
ne introduced the character to New
York audiences in November, 1861, at
the New Theatre, in Chapel street.
now Beekman, near Nassau. This
building was the first to be built m
New York especially as a playhouse,
The one previously used having been
converted dwelling. The younger
italian remained a popular performer
FOR over fifty years. interpreting a
great variety of roles. He played
Homiet as late as 1877, when he was
close upon sixty years OF age.
Thomas Abthorpe Cooper met with
great success as the melancholy Dane
when he played the part at the John
Street Theatre. New York. in Noyem-
her, 1871. This actor was the son
~ an Irish gentleman. When he was
II he acSed in Edinburgh, and before
10 was 10 had attracted attention in
London as Hamlet and Macbeth,
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1t is outwsrdly a modest place. as
every place devoted to the simple life
ought to be, situate on tho second floor
Of an old time Bowery building, and
ono finds there the peace and tranquil
lily so compatible with the student life.
Outside the Bowery stretches, in these
dsys Of opulent prosperity and soaring
prices the most inanimate thorough
fare in all New York. Nothing doing
along the Bowery any more. Not a
ranhandler to be found in the whole
north and south reach OF 1t. most OF
the old booze morgues with their shut
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thicker and juicier than the pay he is
drawing down at the particular place
where he is.
The Bowery's CIoistered Reaches.
So nowadays after 'bo has awak-
ened in his rooms and has had his
man take any visible crimps out of
any visible ruffied rose leaves and has
had him help him into his hoboing
instead OF his calling kit and has
breakfasted at his club and glanced
through the morning news. lingering,
perhaps. at the financial page, he
strolis or motors downtown and drops
into Hobo College.
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He insists that IL at his college he
can instil into the minds OF such men
as come there a working knowledge OF
their legal rights, a working knowledge
OF the relations of capital and labor
10 each other and to government and
n working knowledge of hygiene and
first aid so that men may recognlz,
dangerous labor even when on thu
surface it seems safe. and acquire n
knowledge OF how TO look out for
themselves and others in case OF ac-
cident, big or little, his college will
justify itself
But do his collegians take their in
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- ENTLEMEN welded to the no.
| ton that tho single education
~ worth while Is obtainable only
At the University OF Hard Knocks
never are admitted as undergraduates
a, Hobo College. which. as its name
indicates, is a college for hoboes and
not for persons to whom the world
presents a fiinty countenance.
II was opened a couple Of weeks ego
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At fc1 Bowery and Is exponent Of all
that Is up to the minute in academic
requirements. since there is no en-
trance examination, no matriculation
fee. no prescribed courses and no
inala You do as you like from the
moment you enter its portals until
you quit Collegians receive their sus-
tenance free between lectures And
Gncs James Eads How is president
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modern acceptation Of that term"
says DIR. How-and for variety's sake
is not interrupted this time-"for the
man, l mean, who earnestly desires to
work and is seeking merely the best
theatre for the exercise of the gifts
with which nature has endowed him
and experience equipped him. If We
can educate hoboes and discharged SOL
diers so that they can get congental
and profitable work our purpose will
be fulfilled. Apy man who genuinely
wants work"
At this point about half the class
struggle to standing, then peripatetic
positions and drift out TO take the air
OF the Bowery. At ten thirty when
commons is served they all return
again and in the meantime DR.. How
pursues the tenor of his discourse:
we are going to have here an en-
ployment agency on a small scale.
Glasses will be held Tuesdays, Wednes-
days and Thursdays, but the reading
room will be open always. Ultimately
We expect TO form a sort of protective
association to make 1t imperative that
men who have found congenial and
profitable work be retained IN so far as
that may be made workable in the
places they have found"
TOO academic by seven-eighths,'
says a Swapping young 30 in a cor
ner. What is proposed is Just like the
labor unions, which are suffering from
an excess of arrangement and pa
J ternalism and OF which the principal
! tenet is that n man is to receive full
I value for the work he does. 1t is based
| on false premise. Why should it be
necessary for a workman to do any
I work? Karl Marx displays the same
! faint. He insists"
Your mouth is full Of subtleties,
says the professor, but 1t seems to me
I that"
Jen and His Beaver Collar.
"Jeff Davis, the so-called King OF the
T!Oboes. was in here before class
opened" issues from another corner
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cure all this unassisted. II is his posi-
ton that lie is doing more than his
end of the remedying by keeping up
the spirits and ministering to the
stomachs and minds of the men OF the
one class he thoroughly understands
and that some portion of the rest OF
the world ought to meet him half way.
In the meantime he is doing what he
can.
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Jen and His Beaver Collar.

Hoboes. was in here before class
opened" issues from another corner