Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 19, 1913, Page 8

Famous Tramp Made Flying Visit A. No. 1 Slips Into Norwich And Out On the Blind Baggage —His Mission To Save Boys—Thoughts Of Home And Mother The Strongest Appeal; He Says. Has the Credentials. Tramps come and tramps go, rid- ing the blind baggage or jumping the freights in and out of this city every day, but a tramp with a mission to warn boys against the lure of the road is a rarity. Such a one spent a few fleeting moments here on Friday af- ternoon. This unusual personage was A-No. 1, Champion tramp of the world, he calls himself, who since he ran away from his home in a fit of anger over & whipping he had received, has been ceaselessly on the move and still keeps up the practice. Friday he had come from Narragansett Pier,. stopping at ‘Westerly and New London before com- ing here. From Norwich he intended to hop another freight northward. A-No. 14s the only ?Une by whish this strange knight o the road is known to thousands of railrcad men, railroad and city detectives, men prominent in public life, and hordes of plain hoboes the country over. They all appreciate the good he has wrought | in turning many a boy back from a life of hardship, and worse, crime, by h}||! hehlp a‘.&d advice, f(:ir !‘13 l:la-s l:ns‘:i‘e that his life work and, although his | . B 2 i ¥ hair is plentifully sprinkled with | bve. oocoss he thes to lmpress upon m he is still at it and is still suc- | frq¢ g in returning to their homes | i, whose 0’ parents boys who have become affifcted with wanderiust, the desire | 16 mee the world that comes to every normal boy at some perfod or anothcr in his early life. Traveled 515710 Miles. This§ most unusual hobo has been on the road since 1383, and since | that time has traveled 516,710 miles, been in vain is attested by the cards and letters he has with him, parents of boys who tkrough his in- fluence have returned to their homes to settle down in their native com- munities. “In his memorandum_ book are cards and autographs of Presi- dent Wilson, ex-Presidents Taft and Roosevelt, Thomas A, Edison, Luth- er Brubank, Admiral George Dewey nd many others prominent in Amer- | life. He has also letters from high railroad . officlals, thanking him for | his actions while jumping freights. The noted tramp has b in nearly every several times. He says that at times but that he is still held to the road by ! ame | that draws so many fortable home: the world over that now he from the life. His Two Mottoes. A-No. 1 has two mottoes, and these and Never associate with anyone company you would ass your parents’ home in The second motto is, “Whoever yon are, wherever you may | be, whatever you do—be A-No 1.” He feels, he says, ,that if these mottoes strike home together with a little talk that will make the wandering lads think of their fathers and mothers, the latter pdrticularly, their life in the and in all his wanderings has spent | ranks of hobodom will be short, for he but $7.61 on railroad fare. He is a | believes that in nearly eve se it is native of San Francisco, but is in a | €asy to make a boy home: way a citizen of the world, for he is|to draw him from the ever on the go, no socner reaching | the life of the tramp. a place he has designated as his des- | Why Boys Leave Home. tination than he is anxious to be off| «Boys leave home for three main again. He calls himself a “scenery * said this well known hobo. tramp, the kind that has no desire to & aarhtiihont. L o Bge linger for any lensth of time In any | yworid; to hunt for work. Ton ;’,!‘tz ;\;etf;"r:&"?mr:&{’!:f ]h;): it‘:‘lzsr;‘nmir money lasts all is wel O e 1 N, Pihe only name | Without cash the pangs of hunger by which he is known, he took for | himeelf 'way back in '83, when he began his career on the road as a hobo. Another hobo with whom he | had traveled gave him the title, be| sides some good advice. Got His Name. | beg for food. Then it Is that mothers of other boys have a chance to start | that boy on his homeward Jjourney rule, when a youth appears at a back door, asking for food, the woman, pitying him, lays be- fore himi the best the house provides, | “You're all right, kid,” said his|exclaiming many times that she has hobo friend, as they parted. “You're 4 son about the young tramp's own A-No. 1,” And he has been just A-|age. If more of ihese mothers, in- No. 1 ever since. On the road, trav- | Stead of letting the boy go with a eling as other hoboes travel, on freight | 800d meal, should talk to him and trains or blind baggage, he dons a | endeavor to persuade him to give suit of overalls, but when he strikes | up the tramp's life, remembering tr a town or city that he wishes to see | OwWn hoys, there would be fewer lads | something of he discards his travel- | on the road from year to year. T Jlat ing suit for a neat business suit, |1S the root of the tramp problem to- shaves and takes on all the appear-‘ 2 ance of a prosperous business man. He is of French and German descent and . speaks four languages—English, German, French and Spanish—and by [95 per cent. were young b hig linguistic ability he is able to con- | ran away from home for one verse in the native tongue of many | other of the three reasons I ° voung boys he meets who are just|named. Boys who learn to beg never Runaways Become Tramps. I “Oyt_of the approximately 350,000 hoboes ®roaming the land today starting out to see the world, drawn |learn to work. Less than 5 [ cent. to the road by the lure of the wan- | had trades before they ran aw: For aerlost. His work is with that kind | this small percentage, however, there of boy. is hope. When in need of food or; Come PRICE our new f‘u.miture./ Mrs. Moneysaver:— A wise woman knows that it is EXPENSIVE to buy shoddy, poorly-made furniture, however low the price. ,Handsome, durable furniture 1s the one best investment for a housewife’s purse, especially when the price, as at our store, is not nearly so high as the quality. Save your money save your time; save your strength by com— ing to us and getting acquainted with our PRICES and our furniture. SHEA & BURKE, 37-47 Main Street Connecticut Made Cigars Bear This Label In Blue See that this label is on the box from which your next smoke comes. THIS UNION LABEL MEANS CLEANLINESS AND QUAL[TY. 35 o R Thm Are None Better. Patronize home industry. It.means thousands of dollars spent annually with the varied business inter- ests of our city. You can help increase if. Cigarmakers Union of Connecticut. “That this title of A-No-1 has not from ! men in many stations of life and from | jlroad /n the United States, | and besides this has-toured the world | he feels vory much alone in the world, | feeling of wanderlust boys from com- | cannot betake himse!t‘ on the road. The | be | | . glamor of | soon turn the victim of wanderlust to | ir | Since the enactment of the Pure Food Law of June 80th, 1906, the | sale in the United States on Im- ported Olive Oil has increased dur- ing 1912. There were over five million more gallons imported than 1911 . There are various grades—good, bad and indifferent. The best grade will create a desire for more. The lower qualities cannot do this, however, they may be used in a || casual way. ; Olive Ol is nature’s lubricant and only the best was intended for that purpose, s For medicinal purposes, for cook- ing and frying, for salads and dress- I ings. | No other Olive Oil has the flavor—purity and qual- ity combined in’ | i THE WORLD QUARTS HALF GALvuNe GALLONS |1 It must be the best you ever had or money back AT SOMERS’ | NORWICH, CONN. | wearing apps days in towns And cities they find a plac that treats the: sweeth Then to become good citizens and Iur‘&e.. the life of the road forever. | Appeal Through Love For Mother | On the other hand, th ys with- | ’r\ut | a trade drift from place to place, | | at swimming hol pool and other pla town | regate, and nage | ir own | age with the they are leadi | number of cruited all United Now, if the ho, pityi the | him once youthful _tr; giving food would try to make him -l | more for home and moth to communicate with there would be fewer does mnot take much, persuade a youth hardships of a hobo's life. If yoyng tramp is not stopped within | three weeks he will surely her-omni an irredeemable hobo, and the chances are in favor of his being picked up by | an old timer who, D ps, has done | time more than once in penal inst tutions. Later he becomes in tur teacher of other youths. ave sent hundreds of telegrams : to parents whose boys have ] g then try | parents, for it | rule to the | the his hoboe: as a realize to run away from home, and out of these I have had to pay for but two! cent. This shows that the parents anxious to have their boys back Let the kindhearted try boy's relatives, turned back se of landing house, J and at iast in an marked grave in Potter's fleld. Wi derlust is just like the cigarette habit, once it gets a hold on a to live the them. for un- he stands a in the less he is good cha ¥ poor- n- for ‘s mearly always doomed life of a hobo. Three Classes of Tramps. “Tramps may classes.” The kind of hobo is always on the go. town or city, perhaps, from-the —op- posite side of the continent and makes every effort to get to_his des- | tination as soon as he can. When he | reaches there, however, he is just as anxious to leave again and once more heads for another point, be placed in three scenery tramp, the that I am. This tramp | He starts for a just as rfar “Then there are the Jungle Buz zard’s’ as we call them, just prof- sional beggars, dirty, low down, hu- man wretches, whose rags come from hospitals, _ penetentiaries and such places. Nearly always four or five| carry with them four or five boys, to | aid them in their The begging third who and petty class compr: are the crim- ‘Jungle Buz- and then go p at night, pilfering. the yeggs, inals. © While the corners during the d into the country to yeggs camp during the day their work at night. The; the ‘Buzzar each man the yegss for a gang of five es | the and do | too, have | " have | have | or | boys, but while boys for but one boy six men. The boy with the veggs| must be bright, for the men depend | upon him to do the scouting about places they intend to upon.” Although his home town is Francisco, “A-No. 1” makes his he: quarters at Cambridge Springs, He has written three books intended for parents as well as children and which tell of life and experiences on the road and at the same time give warnings of the dangers and tempta- tions that beset the youth who runs | away from home. It is this famous tramp’s object to keep boys from be- coming professional tramps and he| has spent years of his life and much | money in his efforts to reduce the number of hoboes, recruited from happy, comfortable homes through- out the United States, If you have never seen a _queer| cabalistic sign painted on deots.v‘ | swoop downm | fences and barns along the rallroad rights of way or carved artistically into shanties, water tanks, etc. “A- No. 1” with the date and arrow be- neath it, watch for it and you will be surprised to notice for how many years some of these marks have been | decorating “those above mentioned | | places. It Is a queer sism, yet it | means that “A-No. 1, the world's| | most famous tramp has passed through and has left his mark show- jing the date and direction that he was | Journe ng. ng that he, may become moment a m of an he has provided himself against too, deat | sepulture in a Potter’s fleld by pur- | chasing a lot in the cemetery at Cam- | bridge Springs, Pa. He had a tomb- { stone placed upon it, and ever mind- ful of the curse that has blasted his | own career and as a warning to oth- |e|s who seem to be affected with the “Wanderlust” he had this epitaph graven into its granite. The Rambler At Rest At Last Saturday will be a Day of Great Opportunity Summer goods at Mid-summer prices--which means that they are as low now as they ever will be. It means that merchandise of the high Boston Store character will be available at which prices you cannot match elsewhere. Read This Carefully=It's Money In Your Pocket Saturday Specials Domestic Department $1.10 FULL BLEACHED SHEETS ze 81 by 99 inghes— SATURDAY, SPECIAL adeeeatO0 Linen Department CHED TURKISH TOWELS MMED FINISH AT SPEC- SATURDAY PRICES— BLE —H IAL 16c TOWE: SATURDAY, SPECIAL ....12)%¢c TOWE 18c¢ SATURDAY, SPECIAL 150 21c TOWELS— SATURDAY, SPECIAL ......17c Colored Wash Goods Dep't. APRON GINGHAMS in Dblue and white check pattern. Standard count— SATURDAY, SPECIAL ...5%e 25¢ STRIPE VOILES FOR 17c. ‘We include Tissues, Pique ‘Welts and French Voiles—all very Get some now at also desirable goods. this special price— SATURDAY, SPECIAL .......17¢ Rug and Drapery Department OUR BENTIRE LINE OF PAL- MER HAMMOCKS AT SPECIAL PRICES— These Hammocks are valued from $1.00 to $5.75. Going on sale Saturday for— SATURDAY, SPECIAL 79¢ to $4.75 WILLOW ROCKING CHAIRS which are valued from $3.50 to $5.50. We have a few of these fine chalrs left—strongly nicely finished— SPECIALLY PRICED SATURDAY $2.98, $3.50, $4.25 made and HAMMOCK S-ounce SPECIAL COUCH OUTFIT $15.00. khaki—steel frame, best iron standard, green and white awning. for the Best spiral springs complete with A very handsome article lawn. Value $20.00— SATURDAY, SPECIAL ..$15.00 Toilet Goods Department - OL POWDER PUFFS convenient for FLAT WO in 3 sizes. Very carrying in hand bag- SATURDAY, SFECIAL ....... 7o WILLIAMS' TALCUM POWDER —violet and carnation odors— SATURDAY, SPECIAL ...... 120 Kitchenwa.re Department SPECIAL COAT HANGERS— ® SATURDAY, SPECIAL ..2 for Bo GOLD DUST— SATURDAY, SPECIAL ....... 40 “SHERWOOD'S* METAL FRAME WINDOW SCREENS-—s 24 by 37 inches— SATURDAY, SPECIAL ......350 e —————————— Wash Dresses and Shirtwaists AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES CLEAN MERCHANDISE—LATEST MODELS— LOWEST PRICES Ready-to-Wear Section—Second Floor $3.00 WASH DRESSES FOR $1.98 A lot of Dainty Wash Dresses in the very latest models which should sell for $3.00 each. They are made up of pretty striped lawns and the popu- lar ginghams and crinkled seersuckers. $4.00 WASH DRESSES FOR $2.75 We will sell a variety. of pleasing styles in dainty striped tissues and ginghams. Just the thing for these hot days. They are well-made, stylish dresses. $6.98 WASH DRESSES FOR $4.69 Here’s a lot of very modish dresses which must go at this ridiculously low price. Made of natural and ramie linens, ratines and voiles in a big variety of the very latest styles. $5.98 GIRLS’ WHITE DRESSES FOR $2.95 A small lot of pretty dresses, no two of which are alike. They are very tastefully trimmed with laces and embroidery. $1.25 House Dresses, good styles_____85¢ 75¢ Wash Petticoats, white seersucker_48c WOMEN’S WHITE SILK SHIRTS WASH WAISTS Value $3.50 Value $1.75 Special for Saturday $1.98 Shirts of fine silk with dainty colored stripes—very stylish; also Japan Silk Waists in dressier models. They are all | waists of high quality and s0od workmanship— $1.98 Special for Saturday $1.39 Made of fine lawns or batiste —these walsts are good values at $1.75. Both high and low neck styles are included, also long or short sleeves— $1.39 NEW OUTING HATS JUST RECEIVED- Our Millinery Department has just received a fresh lot of the prettiest Outing Hats of the season, in great variety and the prices are remarkably low. LET US SHOW YOU THE HATS— YOU’LL WANT TO OWN ONE Soft Felts in white and colors, new Panama shapes, and a beautiful assortment of the dainty, White Rice Braid Hats are included in the shipment. COME IN SATURDAY SALE OF MEN’'S SHIRTS BEGINNING SATURDAY, JULY 19th $1.50 OUTING SHIRTS FOR 98c EACH 98c All coat style with soft double cuffs—materials in- clude Russian Cords, Woven Madras and Silk and Cotton Mixtures. A fortunate purchase enablea us to offer these Shirts, not one of which is worth less than $1.50 for this special price— 98c EACH Saturday Specials Glove Department BOSTON STORE SILK GLOVES FOR SUMMER WEAR ARBD BEST. ' o, ELBOW LENGTH -in black— SATURDAY, white or SPECIAL ... ELBOW LENGTH In white or black— SATURDAY, 59¢ SPECIAL ......63c Hosiery and Underwear Dep't. WOMEN'S SEAMLESS sILK LISLE HOSE in gauze welght— black only. A fine hoss for sum- mer wear. 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