Other women may, and sometimes do, exert a wholesome influence upon him. He is often profoundly touched by the women of the missions who stand on the street corner and plead with him for his soul’s sake. Young and attractive women invite more attention because of their sex than their message. Though he may have little or no interest in the religious appeal, feeling for these women is generally idealized and wholesome. The missions have learned the value of young and attractive women and employ them extensively as evangelists. Women in places where the hobo has worked or boarded, generally older women, frequently take a mother’s interest in him. “Mother” Greenstein, who keeps a restaurant on South State Street, is the idol of a great many “bos.” She never turns a hungry man away. She is known far and near by tramps and hobos. Many men know her by reputation who have never seen her. Another woman who has become well known to many homeless men is “Aunt” Nina S. She kept a rooming-house for years and always gave any man who came to her in winter some place to sleep. She could always find room. Her only compensation was the good will of the homeless man. 51. Another woman who has won a place in the hearts of men of West Madison Street is an old lady whom the “bos” call “Mother.” She does not give them anything; on the contrary she begs from them but she takes a motherly interest in all the “boys.” She is against anyone who makes life hard for them and hates the bootleggers, the gypsies, the gamblers, and all who exploit them. She will denounce and curse anyone who dares to call them “bums” in her presence. Her hobby is cats. She spends several hours a day going up and down the street feeding cats. All the “boys” are tolerant of all cats on the street because they belong to “Mother.” He is a poor “bo,” indeed, who will not spare “Mother” a dime now and then for milk for her “kitties.” When the tramp works he usually goes out on some job where there are no women. He may spend six months in a lumber camp and not see a woman during all that time. He may work for a whole summer, along with hundreds like himself, and never meet a woman. Sometimes there are women on such jobs, but they are generally the wives of the bosses and have no interest in the common workers. Children in such families frequently strike up a more intimate acquaintance with them. The only company for such a man is men, and men who are living the same unnatural life as himself.