The Hobo: The Sociology of the Homeless Man

CHAPTER I

HOBOHEMIA DEFINED

All that Broadway is to the actors of America, West Madison is to its habitués--and more. Every institution of the Rialto is paralleled by one in West Madison. West Madison Street is the Rialto of the hobo.

The hobos, themselves, do not think of Madison Street as the Rialto; they call it “The Main Stem,” a term borrowed from tramp jargon, and ...