CHAPTER IV. “GETTING BY” IN HOBOHEMIA
4. Jewish hobo, parasitic philosophy, middle-aged, begs from Jewish agencies in all cities.
5. Transient dreamer, twenty-seven, known to many agencies in different cities.
6. Boy in teens, Jewish, moves with ease from agency to agency, good solicitor.
7. City bum, twenty-four, petty robber, works occasionally, jail experience.
8. “Fat,” a panhandler with a self-justifying philosophy, works on favorable jobs.
9. Englishman, forty-one, paralyzed arm, alcoholic, mendicant, was a bricklayer.
89. Faker, Bulgarian, forty-five, plays deaf and dumb, “works” restaurants.
90. Home-guard bum, sixty-nine, works at odd jobs, often mendicant, drinks some.