Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1868-10-30
TEE NEwsBoYs OF NEW YORK.

Tie industry and activity of the
Nsxstsoys of New York by no means
gzses unrewar,l-d. Though their earn
iaSs vary a good deal, they having
their COED antU bad days like the rest of
the weird theycan generally realize from
5fEeents to So day. according to their
:tgo,. activity, and capital. On the ar
rivssI of important news, however, when
what are called 50 extras are issued,
same Of them make considerable sums.
During the late elections in Pennsylva-
MAJ Ohio. ardIndiana, when dispatches
were constantly arriving till very late
Insur. one boy sold $50 papers between
IL and 49,. O'Clock at might, realizing
FL net profit in one hour and half !;
his mate sold 5aG in the same time.
The same boys, each 10 years OF age,
sold 2, 900 papers between them when
the telegraph anronnced the capture
of Jefferson Davis; and, on the eve
niag that Mr.. Iincoln wasassassinated,
tftey sold the enormous number OF
lagos.
His last batch of papers disposed Of,
the newsbOy trudges Gown Ito Park
pkree, and merrily, bounding up the
wIiIe staircase of one of the largest
baihfings in the street, finds himself at
Iione. This is the "Newsboys' Lodg-
isg house
Here, every evening, about So
ascIeck, are eongregated nearly 200 rep
resentatives of humanity, in mud, rags,
;rassE tatters, from Z to II years old. On
entering, each boy gives in his name to
the superintendent, at the same time
tasyfng Is cents, in return for which he
receives ticket for his supper, bed,
and breakfast, and the key of locker,
wtzish is his for tie night Having
placed what money he wishes to save
In tiae Home money box, he goes to the
Eszssories, where there are baths, hot
;sssF cold water, and every appliance for
washing in abundance. 1T does one
Gss,si to see the hearty way In which
tksse youngsters go in for scrub, with
a. piece of yellow soap and rough
t1aeL Some of them must have taken
a~Eessnn from that chapter in Piekwiek
wffere Mr.. Weller " hasa Rinse" Every
bay is compelled to take bath. One
tfy one they assemble i'll the large hall
asd although very orderly and we'll be-
hsxed. commenced q series of antics
as3 eaf with one another; the practice
Gf the Grecian Bend is just now very
tssIch in vogue and causes IL ueh amuse :
issut. They appear to have peculiar
saang language of their own and most
aE them rejoice i'll some whimsical sob
rsrEak, such as " Mickety," " Round
Hearts, y " Horace Greeley" Wander.
rig jew" :" Fat Jack, f" Pickle Nose, -
Cranky JIM" Dodge me John, -
TiskIe-me- Foot, "Kuow Nothing
W5ke," "O'Neill the Great" Profess
SSH aaa many others equally ridicu-
iosss. At seven supper is served, con-
SistSng of bread and butter or syrup,
eofaesor soup, and sometimes stewed
meat and plenty of it. After supper
ss1rse attend the night school, generally
about SO some go to the gymnasium,
sfsnei large lofty room adjoining the
li:stl. with every appliance for amusing
The beys; again, others go into the
stPesss amusement or to sell extras
Chi Saturday night great many at
tssnd the theaters. At nine all those
wbss are then in the home then 90 to
beds; those who are out after nine are
ficd one cent for every hour they re-
rz;'iH ont, and no boy is admitted after
" O'clock, under any pretext whatever.
they sleep in two magnificent dormi-
toTies, each 100 feet by 80, lofty, well
ventilated, and scrupulously clean.
The boys not Boosting any particular
night clothes generally go to bed as
nabawe made them, as it would be i'm
possible to keep the bed clean if they
we've allowed to sleep in the clothes
they ran about the streets in They
haven good wash in the morning, one
of the boys aetsas barber fort whole
establishment, and, Judging from the
sAogt length Of the hair Of many of