New-York tribune., 1922-11-19

Hfv Governor of New York State?'
& asked one bench lounger in
&sns Park of another. His companion re-
lid: "Governor of the State"
I gope that's where you're wrong" said
& trt speaker. 4The Mayor gets bigger
Aar than the Governor"
XYa, but lookit," countered the other. 'The
|sanor gets his flop furnished him by the
s while the Mayor has to get out and
Biz his own banner"
he argument was unanswerable, for dur
So Tie dull period Of year ago the banner
III on new value. Banner" as an equiva-
d place to sleep, as in the above in
2fasse, merely one Of the uses Of the word.
& h term is generic affair. "To carry the
asnstn is to be homeless, while Ito catch q
una signifies to find work. The word is
most oittn wed to mean sign, usually one
B IN Assadss OF lunchroom which is in need
B kp-bas boys, dishwashers, walters and
Ae-snd, regardless of industrial reports
taaions Of experts, the banner is the best
b Hasston OF conditions with respect to ena-
synent When there are no signs in the
q aadows times are bad when signs are nu-
|akfous business is good and there is plenty of
Mi.
II
8 We average citizen finds himself without
&'saoyment he is inclined to feel some anxi-
~ ABOUT the matter, Even if young and un-
gaflsd' If ne awakes without job and penni-
] y besides ne Is more or less perturbed. Yet
i'eis IS large class of men in the city with
laon such condition is chronic. They are
'ua'0med to it, accepting i. as matter Of
'ssse' ana they get by, they contrive to exist.
|ae such individual was waiting for ferry
w Lee 70 work in mob scene on a
A0Sihg picture, weather conditions permitting.
a SKY was overcast, and there was some
saiasion whether there would be anything
Iahg that day.
nsiis what do care?" he consoled him
f. ! got two nights flop paid for and n,y
6as hxed, SO everything I'd make TODAY
asad be gravy anyhow"
Nnieient for the day---tha attitude ia tvn;.
~ bis kind. Most of that class Of f,oaters
= only when they have to. They tire cas-
aad are unfit or unwilling to work FOR more
II ne shortest possible periods. AS con-
ssnee they possess a knowledge of the
IN and times to seek catch-jobs which
y an outsider as remarkable. Some Of
nave system of seasonal employment
WAN as that pursued by harvest hobo
Nssag the threshing season from Texas on
ahshe Dakotas.
: 40 illustration Of ways and means we
4 ase the case of one Gimmie McGink.
'vaowang record of one of his days is
s. sss0asl even for him, and he is an ex-
A v the general run of fioaters, but il
! : u laea of the possibilities for his kind.
a,.. asslnk awoke one morning in early
] II, = ~ sises having slept in truck over on
Ala, = Slde. He had removed his shoes,
II. - !. we're nsw and panied his feet, and dur
night some prowler had stolen them
S = ais hat. The thief had left his own
I2a.s aoss at the nearest convenient spot,
fss y. aecording to the code in such cases.
1a, 4'aie soon found them, a cap OF the
guaranteed to draw the atten-
y !, ! cop at three hundred PAGES. and a
1. saoes which might have been in the
!. s l0r the fact that they were not mates.
!. - = on the shoes and cap and made his
: sas nearest gair-sized shoe st,re ,ra,t
b.. 81 aasil the place was opened. Such
NJ s.s' sase pile Of old shoes which have been
'sa'ad BY customers. These ars ,,.as'l,, ssu,,
49,. g institutions or now and then to
l 1 'ssss =. applying IN person. Ginmis was
pig IN The basement i,to ,,s,ss 80 =
n asa g shoes had been thrown and and ,,,sss 49,
80 with pair os worn b,s sts,,
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