Evening Star Newspaper, December 16, 1932, Page 7

MIXED FEELINGS PUZZLE T0 YOUTH Wanderer Can’t Understand Being Homesick and Restless at Once. This is the sixth of a series of daily | dispatches by writer who traveled | back and forth across the country to get the story of the thousands of homeless, wandering boys. BY DANIEL ROBERT MAUE. As Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Carr and their boxlike store behind its two red gaso- line pumps constitute Lorena Station, | Ky., and its entire population, this bus stop deserves to be called the kindest, most hospitable spot on the map. The store building stands high on a wind-swept. sandy hill giving view over the Ohio River into Indiana. Cincinnati, on United States Highw 2. and bound for Louisville, Ky., I welcomed the red pumps. Night was at | hand. re had been no filling sta- | tions now for miles of this sparse =ettled country. along the river. My r was a gas-eater { Jay diagonal to both the| th and east-west routes 9(\ and penni: ung men whose sudden | has perplexed a | or increase in numbe Nation, I was well along on my trans- continental trip unde en to learn of this vouthful s personnel are the fellows? Where are they | What their thoughts? What nport? ; 1 not travel this The wind carried snow. I went into the store, then, after the roadster's needs had been cared for, and s to the hot. fat stove. I} s of crackers and bologna ed with the proprietor. Soon s, stout and gray-haired. en- tered a rear door. Behind her came two laughing, presentable young men warmly dressed in overcoats, but without caps I simply took it for granted that they | were the Carr sons. The newcomer: chattered of everything from dill pickles | and socks to highways and high prices. | Mrs. C rummaged _beneath the counters for handfuls of hastily-made gandwiches. She helped stufl these into the young fellows’ pock “See you later. Than called to M With the motherly woman tr: er them they went out tt It was not until Carr had returned, i the truth about the de- They had been uninvited ly unheard-of guests of the ena Station. school boys of 18. They had left home at Lockland, Ohio, to go hitch-traveling to Birmingham, Ala.. in search of work. When they reached the Carr store they had joint capital of 20 cents, the remainder of nalf a dollar “policed” at Nashville. There being no work in Birmingham the two had decided to try elsewhere. But first they would go home for a few days. | Motor Trailer as Lodging. roungsters were so desperately heir clothing neat 25 po: refused to hop & freight at La Grange, Ky. The Carrs, | therefore, kept them for the day, or| until a neizhbor could take them to one of the larger towns to the north. The night they had spent in the Carrs’ au- tomobile trailer. Mr. and Mrs. Cerr once had been financially able to go motoring them- selves. The old trailer was still parked down below the hill in the orchards Men and boys came frequently to the e to ask the privilege of sleeping in an; ate sandw and c} WHAT A | close beside a man of short stature {n tonal g THE EVENING where. The Carrs were afraid of fire on the premises, but they thought of the disused trailer. “‘Sometimes, if the boys really have a little money, we let them pay just a few cents to make them think they are paying for their keep.” The couple ad- mitted they never had met a youth with more than 60 cents sincé the trailer was first opened last Spring. “One just doesn’t turn them away, you know,” Carr confided. “As long as we have a little we'll share it. The young fellows who come along seem to come from real nice families, and they usually look clean enough.” 1 smiled into the night as I drove | onward. The Carrs’ is an attitude I frequently heard expressed along my westward route. Arriving at Loulsville I went directly to_the Salvation Army building. The drab four walls of the waiting |room inclosed nothing beyond seven |set down notes of his trip. hard seats and eight men. Tnose seated seemed already half asieep, although 1 quickly gathered that they had all just arrived by the same freight train. One by one they went behind the closed door of the office to register. Didn’t Complain. During this time I had been standing Al e his feet rested a small pack carrier. annel wore layers sweat shirt, out o(\shlrt, leather wind-breaker and trench |light. . | coat over breeches and high boots. He turn. He might be 30; I could not tell. for his face was 50 streaked with road dust and fatigue. I finally put some questions to him. difficulty. Sore throat?” I asked. Awful. 1ts been coming on all day.” And then, as “Next,’ he went into the office to registe When the waiting room had entirely cleared of other occupants I myself went in for registration—but chiefly for the name of the man with the bad throat. When he had taken up his pack and walked from the room, on the way to % V'ST Wi vard and the prescribed | had guarded that nickel carefully. It was to guarantee him passage over the Louisville toll bridge. During the 11 days he had solicited only one meal. | “T ate a lot of soup,” he said, in ex- planation of his ability to eat on a few | cents & day. A single loaf of bread had once sufficed two days. Lynn's father and mother died in 1929, the year the boy was graduated from high scool. He was then going with crutches or cane, due to a serious injury to one hip in the school gym- | nasium. He tried farm work with his | brother. only to decide that he had been | left unfitted for it. Last year he entered a Detroit barber college. His training | completed, he found that economic | stress had curtailed the granting of bar- | ber licenses. Could he have his choice, he would return to dairying with his | brother. | The morning after our meeting, Lynn As they considerable of bl ure I here put them | dow: g d ay First day—Jackson, Mich, to Peru, Ind.; Peru to Louisville, Ky.; two long | rides by passenger car; slept in truck- load of papers. | Walked 30 Miles. 1 Second day—Louisville to Memphis, | Tenn., by car and truck; arrived at day- | show Third day—Walked 30 Mississippi | had remained standing, awaiting his | miles between short rides with local | cars: slept behind signboard B Fourth day—To Jackson. Miss., with | ————— He swallowed with | hour of labor, I had noticed his extreme | limp. He had not complained of ailment in giving his bit of information at the desk. “Lynn Thompkins—21-—home, Par- Mich.—-high school and bal college—coming from New Orlea When I had hurried across the tervening blocks to an unsightly build- ing in a mean street I entered a dark hallway, descended steps to a dimly lighted basement., and came into_the woodyard. late companions were somewhat sultorily hacking at blocks of stove wood. I called to Lynn Tompkins and together we went into the clean air of the street. He had not eaten during the day, he told me, but he was so tired “it didn't matter.”” Food, throat administrations. a bath and an opportunity to relax returned to him some of his due youthful appearance. Had One Nickel. Despite suspicions voiced to me at the registration desk, Lynn Thompkins had there told the truth. Eleven days previousiy he had set cut from Parma for New Orleans. where he hoped to find his younger brotier. At his destination he asked simple di- rections from & policcman, and got two hours to leave the city. He returned northward with the hope his brother had preceded him A nickel remained cut of the three dollars with which he had started. He NOW YOU CAN TEETH _WITHOUT e WEAR ARTIFICIAL EMBARRASSMENT PL. Plates Repaired While You Wait. § No Long Waiting—I Do All My Own DR. LEHMAN ntal Specialist - <5 from Lansburgh's Phon, ling 08 Work E L NATION ST e says about COF FEE When a nation of coffee lovers buy far and away more of the A & P Coffee Trio than any other three coffees, there must be a reason. And that reasonisthat all these people prefer the flavor and fresh- ness of the A & They have found t P Coffee Trio. hat these coffees unquestionably give the greatest coffee value to be found anywhere. And remember, /¢ coffee you like best is the best for you,no matter what it costs. STAR, h-traveling | WASHINGTON, salesman, 130 miles; tried catcing frelght, but kicked off by yard agent; Jackson to Hazelhurst, Miss,, on cotton truck, 107 miles; slept in rain on bench before filling station. Fifth day—Hdzelhurst to New Or- leans, La., in boxcar, arriving 5 a.m. Sixth day—*“Returned” by police offi- cer; capital, 75 cents; walked across city; New Orleans to Mobile, Ala., with :al?smln, 50 miles; slept in fog under ree. Seventh day—Bay Minette to Mont- gomery, Ala., in passengér auto: walked 12 miles; slept behind “Bar-B-Q” stand. Eighth day—Going with St. Louis| tellow, returning home from Florida, | walked plenty and finally caught truck | to Birmingham, Ala.; got cleaned up and “Sally” (Salvation Army) sent us to_private rooming house. | Ninth day—Split with Horace (from | St. Louis), who started back for Florida with chance friend; Birmingham to| Athens, Ala., by truck; Athens to Nash: ville, Tenn.'by passenger auto; out be: yond Nashville by passenger auto waited in cold and snow four hours; | walked back to city and slept in fire hall, also washed. Tsnt_h day—Short motor rides to Franklin, Ky., about 31 miles; slept in fire hall. s Eleventh day—Got_short rides out o Franklin to Bowling Green, K bummed one meul at prosperous-I ing farm house, pear preservp sandwich I bread and butter. sausage, g‘lxer bread; Bowling Green {o Louisville by han Derby Hat, $7 ‘White Scarf, $3.50 Mocha Gloves, $2.95 Overcoat, $34.50 Drape Suit, $34.50 French Shriner & Urner Shoes, §8.50 - Malacca Cane, $7.50 The Chesterfield SALTZ BROTHERS are featuring a smart Chester- field fiyfront as illustrated, in Oxford Overcoat, Grey, styled and made in New Haven. A double purpose coat —worn in the daytime for busimess— in the eveming with dress Clothes, There's nothing smarter. $3450 SALTZ BROTHERS CJine <Apparel for Gentlemen 1341 F STREET. N.W. k- | DECLLLER PRIME MINISTER DINED | Bennett Entertained at Bucking- ham Palace by King. LONDON, December 16 (4).—Prime Minister R. B. Bennett of Canada dined last night at Buckingham Palace with B King George, Queen Mary and the King i llnd Queen of Denmakk. Sees New Music Culture. | Ring Christian and Queen Alexan- STOCKHOLM i#)—A new musical drine of Denmark, who have been visit- culture, says Secretary Olallo Morales o their majesties fof & week, will re- of the Royal Academy of Music, may | come out yar current yecanomlc condi- | turn to Copenhagen today. tlons. He asserts there is a tendencyf During the day Mr. Bennett attended in modern music toward greater sim- a session of the Privy Council, which plicity and harmony. was presided over by the King. 16, 1932. D C, ing on back of truck; came in with fel- om Oregon on his way home. It’s funny,” Lynn Thompins said to me shortly before we parted, “that one ;:an be s0o hoemsick and yet so rest- ess.” FRIDAY, (Tomorrow: A Salvation Army Breakfast.) (Copyright. 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