The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-04
JACKS A HIGH BROW HOBO;
TRAMP WITH A FORTUNE
Amer ica's Mot Original Character
III Speciaizes In Dates IN
il.story-Was M. D.


Detroit. June 4-"Giye me date
,any date in history and | will name
the famous men who were Living at
that time and how old they were to
the year.
Hundreds Of university students are
congregated at a corner curb, when
clarion-like this strange challenge rings
forth from the center Of the assem-
blage
A student. eager to test the chalen
ger shouts 1920
Daniel Webster was 3S years old;
X ng Geo Ill died that year at the age
.cf 50; Queen Victoria and her husband
were seven and II ne months OF age,
respectively. at that time; Pope Plus
TX was 30 vars old; Robert Fulton was
So"
Another cries. "1S50,'
! Instantly comes the reply, Champ
CLARK just dropped into the world /,
Darwin and Lincoln were 81, Spencer
was 30: Ruskin, 81; Leo XII, so.
! The questions continue. and IN deep
+on3rous tones they are answered
without he tation Aud the auditors
lync hy one. convinced they cannot
I"stamp him, walk over to the speaker
drop their hickels in the cash box, and
wax away pop eyed bewilde-ed
( What TRANCE sn.r.t might this he
whose ouija-l Ike replies 50 battle
Iccmprehens,on A very ordinary look
b ing human he IS though in dress he
/ is as original as hi9 profession. Coz
lduotor like cap, blue flannel shirt
lcut away coat with regular blue serge
trousers. broad shoes and no socks
that is the Official all-year-rounC
fashion decreed for members OF the
unique profession Of memory experts
And there being but one profe siona
memory expert there is but one mar
80 dressed And tbs is Harry d
copper or as he Is known RalrCac
Jack Memory Expert
Railroad Jacl" is an out and ou
rIobo. OF the high brow yar;ety-self
styled. self-confessed, and selfTeal
lied itinerant expert And his spe
atty Is MEMORY
For twenty-five years he has no
boed in thirty eight states. leeturinl
On historic characters from curb
stone rostrums On every occasion
he has answered every question pa
70 him by an audience offering ;
dollar to be stuck" on a notable III
knows 10000 dates concerning 5000
famous characters in history, A
mention oil any celebrity he vii
favor his auditors with the bioaraphi,
ii aI spots in that characters ca.eer
and at mention OF any date in histor.
he will name the great mea living a
that me, and their ages.
Railroad Jack" First became
pofe ona entity in Detroit % year
ago, where his Introduction to fam
began with a front page story IN
local paper in which he was character
lied as the "cuebstone philo opher
or the man who answers question
while YOU wait, if you wat lon
enough. Today he is probably tn
best known man in Michigan A
least twice year he visits tn
Tin yersity Of Michigan, at Ann Arbol
where he 8 always received with pol
ular student acclaim. My talks ar
especially appreciated by these stt
dents, he says, who have heard nj
stunts for IS years and always pal
their as essments of five cents
throw
what werethe circumstances unle
which Anre Boleyn ded? a studep
auditor challenged at one Of Jack
recent visits to the college town of An
4 Arbor.
"As the result Of believing in th
double standard Of morality throug
Influences Of her despised HUSBAND
re VIII; the AK fel en- her nee
in 1886. causing her throuah the o.
element to lose her head" was tn
characteristic reply,
Railroad Jack is an extens,v
4 traveller, Int he does not nav for hi
mileage. He has travelled $4,000 mile
gDr tram but si0ce tine adyeu
Of the automobile he~relies on fMendl
\ lifts, and he rides on the average 81
. cars to 36 miles. daily, earring hi
bed with him wherever he goes.
Although Detroit Is his headquarters