Evening Star Newspaper, December 15, 1932, Page 7

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, DECEN MBER 15, 1932. A—7 TRAINING DOESNT ASSURE BOYS JOBY Many Found on Road "Who | Are Prepared for Regular Ty f Employment. This is the ffth of a series of dal atches by a writer who' traveled bac the country ‘to et atcry of thc inousands of homeléss, lering boy: ! BY DANIEL ROBERT MAUE. | Their ages ranged from 15 to 23. An apple packer, an undertaker, an Bll-but-shirtless child, & pair of strand- ed magazine boys, three unidentified fellows and a pianist—these comprised my_quota of non-paying passengers on & day’s motor run over United States Highway, 22, from Pittsburgh to Cin- cinnatl. My light roadster, being neither an omnibus nor a van-and-trailer, could not have accommodated all the hitch- traveling youths who begged with eyes or thumbs from the roadside. The route taken is but an infinitesimal bit of the Nation’s hundreds of thousands of miles of arterial traffic lanes. My highly assorted passenger list could be but one sample of the jobless and be- wildered young men and boys who today are haunting communities, mo- torways and railroads. My task, how- ever, was not statistics: it was to dis- cover the individual who goes to make up this country-wide movement of youth. ! The partlally clad child got into the car before I had lei: Pittsburgh's busi- ness center. I had too little oppor- tunity to talk with him, for a heavy fog through the valley required . con- ‘centration upon driving. He was 15, had within the fortnight left home at Norwich, Ohio; had “gone broke at McKees Rock,” and after that had lubcmed 80 he said, by “visiting with friends.” He left me after a_10-mile ride, or directly hac learned my route was ot st.rlctly south That boy was going south as far and quickly as possible, Picks Up Two More. Almost immediately after I had dropped this lad I stopped to take in the two young magazine venders. Sam ordinarily hitch-traveled by rail. Wanderers Have to Care for Clothes of erratic wandering from Chicago up and down the Eastern and Midwestern States had followed. not yet 20, of American birth to jan-born parents, had the true of the South European for music. He went from eighth grade to study the piano. Wisely, too, incidentally, he accomplished some pro- ficlency in stenography. His lnther. small grocer at Bprlnmeld Mass., aged the payments until Gio was Abo\lt 15 After that Gio managed for himself. ears ago the boy found the ldnl clencnl or secretarial work in . Quick of wit and !ln(ers :; Ital- four dollars, but Gio managed. And then. when everyth! going so well, Glo's pay dmpped to sza a week, to $20, to part work at $15, and finaly to nothing. The boy could not find other work of enduring nature. He struggled against hopelessness for a time, but at last gave in to bewilderment. He couldn't keep his one-room apartment. He put his few best pieces of furniture in storage, to be eaten up by the charges. The plano went back to the installment people. And then Gio went away from the city. He would not go to share the poverty of his parents. Lett Gio at Plano. It took the boy beside me miles to tell his story. At Wilmington, Ohlo. while I busied myself at a garage for a few moments, Gio, at my request, sought out s hotel with s piano. We ate and then the boy took me to the instrument. Glo played softly much that he knew of the classical composers and the moderns, with considerable of Chopin. I left the boy there at the plano. I - & - fot3 22 ZI:.:. doing thelr laundry work in & charlty institution where they found a night's lodging. “Forgotten boys” would not last as an asset until he reached Chillicothe. If he became too rough looking he might have to hitch a passenger train or freight. Second. his high spirits were account- ed for by the fact that if all went well he would be having dinner with “Eunice.” The work of wrapping and packing apples was none too plentiful this year, Ordinarily this young man would go from the Northern orchards to the Maryland orchards. After the season there he would go Southward to oranges and grapefruit, start Westward to the watermelon flelds, and so on to the orchards and vineyards of Call- fornia, He had “better money’ would soon enable to maintain & camp car for his annual tour of the United States. He left me, on schedule, at Circle- States. Both retained hope of com- pleting high school or taking special- ized instruction. The older said that if he had the chance he would go back to_paint spraying. The_worldly, co-operative pair from New Philadelphia left me at Cadiz. Just to the west of that small city I encountered journeyman apple-packer. Fear for Appearance. He was in excellent spirits although tired from 36 nours of hitch.riding out of Albany, N. Y. He was elated. This time, however, he renounced his preference to that of Joe Willis, 20, his junior by three years, that together they might reach their homes at New Philadelphia, Ohio. The two had been selling magazines with a crew of young men working east from Pittsburgh. But rospects” seemed either well supplied h magazines or strangely unable to buy them. In a week Sam had cleared $4.10. Joe said he made “expenses minus a few dollars.” Finally it had become evi- dent the usizned districts would pay . nothing. They had quit solficting with | because I would take him to circlevllle, much disgust. and that meant he would be almost at Neither was sure where he would | his momentary destination. spend the Winter. Joe last year| So thoroughly does the motor hitch- hitched along the motorways to New |traveler believe successful practice d Orleans. Last Summer he went to|pends upon appearance that my apple- Chica; Sam had traversed a dozen'packer was afraid his Albany shave SHIO FANatwnau —but that o _is Amer sell e! Worumb res to qohe ‘::z‘t ail Fr«ledzré\m“?‘“ Cambridge ver 5 s A eeces, them at hxs price S Chinchillas, 1“;‘“ Sy Grades A Gradg, and Oxford Gfa;mhed Worumbos. ard and Soft- g,les and sizes. 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Pride had particular him in his own on, but it left him ment tally 111 when e’ accepted charity’s food and shelter, He loathed thé processes of | asleep before he had laurdered his 2 | cinnatt a8 his barest needs forced mm by word or appearance. Turned Back From West. ‘That he was to visit his father and mother at Youngstown, Ohio, lilhwaed the burden not at all. clof-h. in the hotel's community bath * * % x (Tomorrow: In Louisville.) (Copyright, llrfl. by Nortl - 2 s g e d Robert attended high school, went to Father Baker'’s School at Buffalo, and finally through the undertaker’s pre- scribed mnu at the University of profe Chicago where he had had * t'o full duu wark chunro uemw tly he had found only odd ores young man had headed West. Cold weather at St. Louis turned him back to an unexpected call at Youngs- town, whither he was hitch-traveling. Fastidious, carried a toothbrush, ?-z shift of underthings, ali one up in & newspaper. I had fallen UPHOLSTERING i 3-Pc. 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