Hobo, definition of, 87-89; and drink, 135; and exposure, 136; health in town, 131-33; hostility to in small town, 26; names for, 93; nativity of, 150-51; origin of, 88; pioneer, and frontiersman, 92; poor beggar, 49; and religion, 262; status of, 167; voting, 151-52; what he reads, 187-89; worker, 91 Hobohemia, defined, 3 “Hogan’s Flop,” 31-33 Home, why men leave, 61 ff. Home guard, 96-97; types of, 100-101 Homeless men, and the law, 154; mostly unmarried, 137 Horsley, Dan, 171, 175-77 Housing problem, 39 How, James Eads, 88, 172, 174, 175, 239 I.B.W.A., 230, 235-40; Holding Committee, 237-38; origin of, 235-36; program of, 236-37 Industrial attractions, 62; fishing, 107; ice harvesting, 108; lumbering, 108; sheep-shearing, 107-8 Industrially inadequate, 65 Industry, changes in, 62-63; hazards of, 65-66 I.W.W., 230-35; literature list, 187-88; methods and appeal, 232-34; origin of, 230; periodicals, 191; program, 231; treatment in Chicago, 235; treatment by Ku Klux Klan, 191 “Jack rolling,” 5, 51-52 Jewish Social Service Bureau, 259 Job hunting, 109 Jobs sold, estimate of, 111 Jockers, 103 Johnson, Glenn R., 72 Jungle, buzzard, 103; a day in, 21-25; democracy in, 19; laws of, 20-21; location and types of, 16-17; on lake front, 10; trial in, 24-25; womanless, 18 Juvenile Protective Association, ix Kelihor, T. T., 160 Kelly, John X., 171, 173-74, 242, 243-46 Kemp, Harry, 196, 199 “Killing time,” 215-16 Klein, Nicholas, 88 Knibbs, H. H., 198 Lady barbers, 38 Langsman, Charles W., 171, 178-79 Laubach, F. C., 126 Leadership in Hobohemia, 184 Lescohier, Don D., 119 Library privileges, 185 Life, loss of, 161-62 Light work, 129 Living, cheap in city, 13 Lodging-houses, municipal, 127, 134, 260-61; quasi-charitable, 27-28; sanitary conditions of, 131-32; types of, 27 Medical attention, free, 13; on the job, 130 Melis, Lewis, 206 Mental tests, 71-73 Migratory Workers’ Union, 230, 240-41; aims and objects, 241, 247 Miller, H. A., 82 n. Missions, 250-58; converts of, 253-54; competition between, 250; migratory national, 252; permanent local, 251; soliciting funds, 252; “wild cat,” 253 Mission stiffs, 98, 103 Mobility, complicates problem, 15; effects of, 120, 248-49; of handicapped men, 128 “Mooching,” 50 Movies and burlesque, 37 Mullenbach, James, 260 Municipal Lodging House (Chicago), 260-61; (New York), 127, 134 Mushfaker, 99 Myers, Dr. Johnston, 171, 181-83 National program, 270 Negro hobos, 8 New York Central Railroad, 166 _News, Hobo_, 177, 185, 186, 187, 192 Odd jobs, in city, 41 Old men, 69 “One Big Union,” 231 Open forums, 226-28
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