The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-05-21
.uosLEY,s. LETTER from MEN
FORK.
BY Our special correspondent
NEW York, May 2, 1879.
prtcx or TERROR

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the yoke of a releatiess despotlsn-
Her new Dictator is no. the Man
on Hersebsckr-this monarch drives
Q drsyi
Whoever Owls q qusdruped WITCH
can stand between " shafts is Au-
tocrat of ell the b. nsehold treasures
he can pile up bebiad the poor beast,
and every mortal owing any allegi
snce to the little Empire on Wheels
waits on his royal pleasure and hum
Div opening wallet. oegs bis Majesty
TO help himself to the tribute money
Talk about "Casarism !" Way, the
Heralds sounding periods on this
fruitful theme leach exactly q column
aud a third long, are, like its jokes,
or a Messina oraege-stsle and far-
fetched-in he presence OF the real
thing, the genuine article, the impe
rious tribuIe-gorged Cesar OF Nov
ing Day.
Paris has bad two reigns of terror,
but New York has q every May
Day. Aay MAJ who a smash a
sofa. scratch q piano or goUge q wall
al fad free vent for all bis disbol-
ism aud swear at ali until the air
is blue-aud all on a rising market
The work must be done, Ten thous-
and other people are 10 the same hx
Houses aae . ores that no man can
number are emptyiBg themselves up
On tue side walks Everybody's back
ache ; 50 does his head ; bis iagers
are bruised. rs cnildrea Impatient,
aud ii rains aoont snfee times d day
To aud tbsi every ~ = ale" IrFits-
ole Is drawing i. mildly Everybod
also suts q truck, a0d Il weold be
pleasing t. add, ii II uee, that
everybody observed the ~iDjuOcnOns
against evil thinking and covetiug
his neighbours truck. Smith takes
Robinson's house and the latter must
be moved ; Robinson hurries Jones
out upon the sidewalk; Jones dis
places Brown; Brown displaces Fltz
noodle, and 30 one large part Of New
York displaces another ill you feel
like describing the operation about
as the old deacon read the llth chap
ter OF Genesis, when, after stumbling
over a lot of unpronounceable He
brew names, he ran bis eye quickly
to the bottom, and grayely ADDED !:
And go brethren, they went on be-
getting one another TO the end Of the
chapter"
II ~NEwsBOY's LODGING HOUSE.
In that once famous and still III
slavery section Of The city known as
the give Points" stands 0 tall brick
structure, fronting on three streets,
and bearing on its facade a mon
strous sign, "Newsboys, Lodging
House" Still haunted by the spec.
IRE of our street Arabs of last week,
your correspondent bent his steps
thither one night about nine O'Clock,
and climbed the broad ireproof stair
case to find the boys assembled in
the school room, at their evening
school. 1t was q high, airy room,
plainly furnished, the walls adorned
with an assortment Of texts, maxims,
aud regulations. Prominent among
the latter was this Boys who swear
and chew tobacco cannot stay here"
AT the seats was indeed o motely ar
ray Of lads from G to Is years old,
ba~refooted, generally ragged and
co~atless, some bossting one suspen-
der, more with none, but every face,
young or old, polished clean and
bright, and every pair of stub-toed
feet absolutely clean. This was the
n palpable fact that struck the be-
holder, and commanded st once ad-
miration aud wonder.
The school presently closed by the
boys rising and repeating in unison
the Lords Prayer, after which they
filed past the desk, and, receiving
their bed checks, proceeded up to the
dormitories. Before following them
hunted for the explanation Of those
singularly clean faces and feet, and
found in q huge wash room with bath
rooms across one side, a long row of
hand basins across the other, while
along a third stood q formidable line
of deep foot baths, where the boys
washed their grimv feet on coming ia
from the days work, aud again just
before introducing them to the spot
less bedding up stairs. The larger
dormitories contain about $50 beds
each, arranged 10 two tiers on neat
iron bedsteads, with ample space be.
tween and were as tidy and comfort
able as any tired man need ask. The
large oom front on three streets,
are high ceiled, ard far more airy
than many q p~retentious city man.
sion. These beds cost their occupants
six cents a night. A smaller room
fitted with seventeen beds, broader
and a little higher toned can be IN
joyed for ten cents by the urchin who
has done an unusually good days
work and wants to
ROLL AR0UND LIKE A LORD
and hug for one night at least the nc
ton that be is rising in the world.
This Dom is known as the Fifth
Avenue" while the six center" goes
by the plebeian title of "The Bow
cry" On IN upper floor is the gym
nasium, fitted with the usual appli-
ances, where the youngsters now
challenge each other to the mortal
chances of q walking match, two
nights in the week. Breakfast and
supper are furnished in the house to
those who wish, at six cents o meal
for all a boy can eat. Lads who are
unable to pay are temporarily lodged
and fed free of charge. On Sunday
evening the boys assemble in the
school room and hold religious SER
vices, clergymen and business men
always being at hand to address
them. A savings bank is in this room,
consisting of a broad table with num-
bered Sits opening into boxes be-
meath, from which the money is gath
cred every week, and deposited at 5
per cent. The house contains about
200 boys, and costs about 81, 900 a
month TO run it, of which the lads
pay about one half, the balance be-
ing made up by the Children's Aid
Society, which owns the building.
and is sustaining Eve similar but
smaller institutions, f~our.for boys and
one for girls, in other parts of the