Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-11-04
From tAe New York Times.
A NIGHT AMONG THE NEWSBOYS.

We dropped in on Tuesday evening, in company
with friends, to see the Newsboys in their Lodging
House. The sight of this excellent Charity Is
pleasant to the eyes. For the lenetit OF those
whose curiosity has never led them to visit it, lie,
us try to describe 1t.
An assent up five flights of stairs, to the sirtl
story, is the preliminary Undertaking. The build.
ing is the one occupied 10y the SIM establishment
mt the corner OF Nassau and Fulton streets. Tho
entrance is at No. lbs Fulton street. The stair
cases are dingy, i'll want Of soap or water or broom
and slightly unsayory; but these are necessities OF
the lease" for the building is occupied chiefly by
Printing Offices, and they were never known to bt
cIeanly since FAUST invented types. Up stairs
then. AT the top of the topmOst fight, is IL white
washed door, and here the air gets pleasanter
Open this door: it is labeled "Newsbuvs' Lodging
House," and there are spread before the eye two
spacious rooms. The first apartment is the room
Of general convUcatiOn. In one corner is a stove
prints. At one end is Il platform, supporting {
desk and two Or three chairs. These are used by
the gentlemen who eXhort the boys occasionally
upon subjects pertaining to morality and manners
In front are the desks-donated by the Public
School Sucicty-where the boys sit in the evenings
and during the rainy days, when papers are unsa-
leable and markets are always dull.
The Office of the Superintendent is n place sepa-
rated from the room by a partition, half glass and
half wood, very much like the Captains Office on
the steamboats,. In this snail lox,, omtortally sup
piled with the requisites for rest, business and SUI
pervisiOn, sits Mr.. Tracy, to whose exertions this
enterprise owes its greatest efficiency and influence.
In his work he is assisted by Mr.. Brace, and the
friends of the Chiidrcn's Aid Society.
The outside support of the House is as yet limi-
ted; but with the small means at command, a great
amount Of good has been accomplished. The
boys are taken in from the streets, lodged, clothed,
(when necessary,) instructed, made clean in body
and jmprOypH in mind. nrp cprtnjD ff ptp,f,rtnIlo
quarters in cold nights, and of cool quarters in
warm nights. or Of good quarters ut all times, and
have an opportunity, by retaining from vicious
practices, to lay the foundations Of solid charlc-
tets.
After the days laLors are ended. the hoys SUP
where they best can, generally Mt MunsOn's or
Marshalps. At I O'Clock, at this season of the
year, they begin to gather in the rooms of the
Lodging House. AT daybreak, the lads are up and
away to the Ottces Tor papers, and at night return
again to deposit their net earnings in sale hands,
replenish their Bank" wash, brush, sing, laugh
and he merry, and at an early bedtime go to sleep.
Thts is II newsboy's life nowadays. 1t is some
what different from the condition of the same little
fellows one year ag0,-when the warmest places
for scores Of homeless lads were the gratings in
the sidewalks, over the steam engines Of the news
paper Establishments.
The Newsboys' Bank is a curious affair. 1t is n
table, pierced with holes, the bigncss of the edge
OF a cent, numbered up to one hundred places or
more, and in each Of these one boy has individual
ownership. Each boy puts what he plcases into
his Bank" The drawer is only opened once in
two months: so that temptation to expenditure is
removed. The Superintendent told us that he has
in charge sums Of g and So and upward, belong
ing to boys who were never before known to save
anything.
A few nights since, a boy came in, leading a
ragged and filthy lad, a "baggage-masher" from
the wllaryes. Here Mr.. Tracy, here's a regula,
hammer for you'-was the yonng gentlemanTs in
PRODUCTION. lie acaS II hummer" 1t was neces-
sary to put him twice through the manual exerci-
ses Of the brush and towel, before he became at all
presentable' Very lately this hummer" made
his appearance in new clothes. The Superinten-
dent told him lie "looked Sc well that he did not
recognize him." 'Oh yes, l look better now"
said the boy, ''and one Of these days you'll see me
walking up Broadway &c fine as any Of the aiHs. !"
(clerks.) Others Of the boys have a musical ear.
a shrill corus very often wakes the echoes of the
building. A violin, accordion, etc, have been
provided for the purpose of fostering this musical
bent. Some of the voices are very good.