St. Louis Post-Dispatch
April 23, 1911

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YOUR DRUGGIST WILL PHONE IT” VOL. 63. NO. 246. ; | ST. LOUIS, SUNDAY MORNIN G, APRIL 23, 1911. ‘PRICE FIV! iE : CENTS. a

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OCS A'yern Gat was moat pas" Delfevin’— hh yet 2g mr oy cas and wil) fly the flag of the unemployed. Its chief 3 eat wag! ay neato ss eau Aes (<0 ape mite I guess dat we're in fer a race.” ce will be editorial, and it will employ poet- HERE there is understanding there is esau jeme | He tol’ me how den ‘e was gettin’ ) De guys on de engine den heard 'er Ate eo OUR ry to the worthy end of expressing what the un- humor. The “Hobo Poet” understands, PM fe Vale A hundred an'-fitty a week, exe Se Geta Ml ples - na THE BREAD. Lin in 4 : employed feel and need.” and, therefore,.laughs. Not as we laugh, ' Na Ae a. gi dae worse = wg sas ~thaptewal psy as noha pi st eta ne Dedicated ‘ to Organized Charity of cris ork } ss From which it may be guessed that the self-) but in a quiet, philosophical way, and mostly i aa $i ‘eran dem dat *e atared. v: bocain’. ay Suite it. Somme he rt bd sees t, = styled “Hobo Poet” is a very serious young per-( with the eyes. He can well appreciate our con- i Ha An’ soon all ‘is honey was blowed, An’ den, neck, an’ neck wid a screamin’, ; ’ nas Sh : (Ps nant ocr: i ‘0n. Young he is, in the heydays of thirty. _He) ception of boboes, and’ what especial emotions \ — } An’ now © was right down t choosin’ , nn ne wires idiaodtens got earns raat : ce De ‘Soon 8 ron, be ei hats _ * 48 slight, and withal ofmanner sad. Poe is his{ are aroused within us by the mention of the . ee ee a ee se ” pigment, 7 res ee nt We'lt git a bowls ~Ja) cident. pbet, and hoboes are his song. If, as we are so\ “Hobo News.” O’ course, bein’ raised wid a plenty, Wid many a screech from de dvkenie | (Leastwise dat’s wot Vm h 1 often told, there is no poetry in America because) “The paper is How’s idea,” he says. “I have | He we'nt.no great shakes of « Dum, An’ many a clang from de bell, ; An’ -dat I} make: us ScetRe | If somebody’d lend ‘im a twenty We went like a lumberjack’s fivers: Jes’ wot we heen a-wishit poetry has no purpose here, the remedy would merely been made its official poet. This doesn’t He’d work, an’ skiddoo t’ de rum! As fast as a bat out o’ hell. It’s cold an’ wet here ih de. aon ‘ appear to be at hand. Mr. Seymour’s poetry has) mean that I am to locate where the paper is happy as a hobo. I will write my stuff under 4( But seems like dere ain’t no one willin’ é But all right in de Sea’ a very definite purpose: It desires a kind of a{ printed. I couldn’t do that—not now. I have({ water tank. here and there on the hemisphere, , T’ lend w’en ye’re really in need, An’ wile #’ru de cuts we went tearin’ " new deal all around. been a hobo too long. You know a hobo is only) and mail it in.” An’ he could get_nary a shillin’, An’ roundin’ de curves wid a w'iz, Nom don't say. dat, 1 know its — — £ cieiinal Seth Not even de price of a feed. Dat drummer guy started t’ swearin’: T’ stand, here on de Bowery | 7 ' “By God! but dat bloke knows ‘is biz. | Since seven ih de mornin, DE NIGHT BEFORE CHRIS’MAS Now I’m a tuf mug of a feller He's gettin’ out all dat is in ‘er ih wedeler cold an’ showery; . 7 ‘ An’ sympat’y ain’t in me line, An’ timin’ ‘is pace by de towns: I:know {ti hurts t’ reed dat sign: . , : ‘ ; : “ $a. m. fer Juncheon;” By JAMES H. SEYMOUR, THE HOB But s’elp me, I jest had t’ beller We're goin’ like-a t’ree-t'-five winner ‘Come ? H O POET tT t’ink of a geezer s’ fine In Louisville, out at de Downs.” But better stand t'ree hours in line WAS de night before Chris’mas, an’ out on de pike ’ rs . ; A-chuckin’ hisself in de river Dan come too fate fer munchin’.,. e nig elore C p At last ’e lookt up an’ 'e says to us geeks, An’ comin’ a corpse t’ de shore, An’ den we could see we was leadin’, Not a rattler was stirrin’, de *boes had t’ hike; “T tink dat its time dat youse mugs beat yer sneaks.” So says I, “Come, shake up yer liver, A foot; an’ a yard, an’ a rod; At las’ dey’re opén! ha’f pas’ ten— De glims in de winders was shinin’ an’ bright, f Ferget it; here comes de Big Four.” De B. an’ 0. fas’ wae recedin’ Su | Come, lean on me—dat’s better. De yaps all-was happy dat clear winter night. We as’t. im w’at ailed ‘im. He says, “Nuttin’ ‘tall; i ' An’ soon went t’ sleep on de sod, | Jes’ —— etbiors coat biggergmen — | | “ ’ ’ ’ I hustled ‘im up in a hurry An’ den dat ex-drummer says, “Cappy, An’ don't any WwW pio z, Wid all. ‘Kina: , 4 uffin’ i ls. aero guia Sasso Apacscerle teases — me Se An’ made ‘im .climb on to a flat; I'll spend all my life on a freight, Come, now, brace up, we'll soon be in— pee : #. 0. ga0d Sings eat = por elle, De nex’ train dat stops at dis ol’ watertank I says, “Put an end t’ yer worry I know dat I sure could be. happy , Don't give dat bieke no "spicion; i _ Dey boddered deir nuts not a bit wid our ills; Is goin’ t' take care o* dis good-fer-nix Yank. An’ stow all yer grief in yer hat.” Wid ole 6648.” He’N tink ye’re drunk, as sure as ony ‘ ee 4 3 » Wile out on de Pennsy, from skyplece t’ shank, 5 : j a An’ chase ye from ‘ol mission. , a De "boes was all freezin’, wid no Christ t’ t’ank. ) “De rattler I’m meanin’ ‘ll scoop up de- bunch If you will read his poems, printed herewith, ; regards his life as hard, which it certainly is, Now,mee? we're in; sit closer: mate; oa An’ pack ye all off if ye don’t git. a hunch; you will understand that the life he leads is his{ and anything that will ease it at no pains of} - We'll soon be warm an’ eatin’. ~~ Not a ting we'd been chewin’ de whole livin’ day, De bloke tn de cab’s got a scythe on ’is knee, inspiration. It is reflected in almost every line.| his own is popular. Seymotir is, therefore, bop-\ Wot's dat 'e says? Aw, hell, dat @ ‘Not & sign of a handout had moseyed our way, De plate on de tooter it reads, ‘23. ” ‘ The vernacular, the self-pity, the sentiment’ of{‘ular, The “bo,” as he likes tobe called, defers to! “We'll first have noonday But de cold, chillin’ breezes was buttin’ in right kind, are such, perhaps, as no sedentary poet.) him. His education-and his gift; together with; "Dat means & couple hours of more ain o ; + Before we git our chewin'’, . An’ hardin” us plenty o’ shivers dat night. We seen how it was, an’ we says,“ ’Tain’t no use Could imitate. They are the things which make) his genuineness as a brother, combine to make) |. But dere’s no use in gittin’ sore, : In talkin’ in dat way. Ye got no excuse the poems of the “Hobo Poet” real and gripping{ him among hoboés"a person of distinction. Like)4, ‘ Dat® wot dey're always doin’. Poor Slim, an’ Canary, an’ Idaho Dick, Fer gittin’ cold feet an’ goin’ down in a flunk. to the “bo.” Last Sunday night Seymour recited) the rest of them, he rambles, but, unifke the rest/}— Wid breadbaskets em’ty, was feelin’ some sick, An’ den we fixt up fer poor W’eezy a bunk. his hobo version of “The Night Before Christ-({ of them, he’ reads, . reasons, and occasionally/. ‘Now, listen, .bo, 4ey're goin’ t preach” re ; : ore | | , An’ tell us "bout de Saviour; An’ poor little W'eezy, from down Ham’shire way, mas” at the headquarters of the Brotherhood in) works. It {s.not by, any stroke of misfortune It's mighty nice, dem t'ings dey teach anf Wid bowed head was settin’, wid nuttin’ t’ say. We made ‘im flbp out on a plece of a plank St. Louis. It is the stuff of which hobo tears are/ that the man who can write as rhythmically "Bout keepin’ good behaviour; — | 7 | We'd propt ‘’gainst de side o’ de ol’ watertank; made, and‘ great hobo sighs for the way of life.| any good union.poet rides the bumpers and _ bas De bunch sure was grumpy~an’ kickin’ deir lack, | We says, “In de mornin’ we'll git lots o’ chuck— . Seymour regards this as his masterpiece of con-/ not where:to lay his head! It is by choice. “‘Any} An’ tinkin’ o’ Chris’mas widout any chuck; It’s Chris’mas, an’ God’ll not see us git stuck.’ struction. Creatively, for this is a parody, the{ life else,.and. he were ho poet at all, and Iike\| » A-t’nkin’ o’ geezers—jes’ bums like oursel’s— . ‘ : | . ]( two other poems selected for publication are‘ bet-) many another ‘man with this strange thing in his). we: oe fn deir meses an’ grub on deir shel’s. Den Weezy says, “Fellers, de man o’ de rod ter, but the other has more lachrymal gland work} heart, he has no life. except in song. There i! paste aie Has lost all ‘is fait’ in bot’ Chris’mas an’ God; ‘}) in it, and singularly enough, the hobo is great {’soniething that smacks of the Athens of Pericle 2; We seeniaht o’ de Willies a-pullin’ de cork | He’s handed a lump jest as nice as ye please, , on his lachrymal glands. Like De Wolf Hopper’s) in the way he is. regarded by his fellows. ~ An’ ‘guzzlin’ de bubbly down East in New York; _ | But t’ chaw it he sets on de doorstep t’ freeze.” lugubrious Oriental: ; _ (“What does he do?” I asked, of one of: on ih 0th. Gamarie Aine Yesbae as as: wey hee built, : | Be ap shypepskis Ph giacuamhoas ae “Dey ‘wie * de Fasoes an’ we - de on Wid dat ’e stopt talkin’ an’ shet ‘is trap tight; They tear their hair in wild despair, ~~ . Cages (AE | De way ’e was w’eezin’ it sure was a fright. : And they wipe their lachrymal glands, —— “What does he do for a living?” eee “was f'inkin’ dh hieiaun' Wiseeioes We covered ‘Im over wid all dat we had, 3 And they curse the lot by which they got.) The “bo” regarded me ua if doubtful of my} _W'eesy kep’ on wid ‘is brood; : But spite 0’ de fact ‘e was all t’ dé bad. : This sad world on their hands. i

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