Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1879-01-18
THE yEwsB1Ys' LoDGING HOUSE.


With the buzz and click and roar and be-
willerug activity of the midnight newspaper
Offices in my mind. started up town. Now,
said. "let Us strike out from Broadway % The
right. and see what chance there is l1r New
York twenty years from now. The vast
mnMrity Of The present. drunkarls viii iio
druukards, the vast majority Of The thieves die
thieves. and Of paupers will die paupels, and
Of the destitute viii die destitute. Nhatt then?
Give It up. aud consider cur cities lost2 no.
We never fet so little Ike sivi0g them up nor
50 fl.i Of high and exhilerant hope. We said
i0 the driver. CO down Climbers street 30
Duane" Reaching the spot, wc saw thc sign
over The door, " Newsboy Lodging House.
Now. if there's anything Ike, its boys. !
don't mean those @ho. by the registers Of
homes heated Of furnace, aud the mauipu'ations
OF oyer-.nlulgent auuts, have hli their bsir
curled tili they become giIls, bat boys with
The extra romp ana hilarity which God puts
into lad that he may have something 0i
mir,h Jeff even after tic world has pounded
him. J mean genuine b0ys-boys that can't
sit still three mi1utes 40 time boys that
can wrcstle aud run and swim and iy kites,
and defend sic&iy p.ayma'es from imposition,
and leap fences, and get hungry a halshour
after they nave diued, and keep everything
stirred up and lively; Matthew Auold's boys
There they were DO the Newsb0ys' lodging
House They knew NE and knew them
that Is. We net each ether With 40 instinct u
friend.iuess. Their coats cf ior though tie
air was chilled outside. Christian charity hai
flooded the inside with glorious sumner
sign over the door saying, " no boys with
homes admitted here" Is 10 possible that
these hundrels Of smiling and happy boys
have been swept 10 from tie streets They
are first plunged 10 the bath, oud then put un-
der the manipulation d a barber, and then
taken ioa wardrobe, and 10 the name ol Him
who said, '' was naked, and ye clothed mc,
they walked forth DO appropriate attire, paying
what they can SO far as possible 10 keep them
from feelings Of paupersm, some penny for
the privilege Of bouUtlul table, aud the most
extra7agsut paying but siE cents gymnasium
10 stra;ghien ont aud nyigoTate their pinched
bodies: books for the mind, and religion f0r
the soul Can they siug - ! asked, and
the, answered by making tho balls FeEound
with Rug the bells Of heaven. for there Is
10Y to-day" " bat is thisf' ! said, bending
over a long wide box, with numbers nailed be-
side e. many small openings. II isssavings
bank" they answered. Each boy has bis
number aud bank book, aud at The begin
mug Of the month has permission to take bis
money. Meanwhile, wbat ever may be his VI
gency for now top. or attractive conlection.
or anv one Of rho.e incefuable things with
which lads pockets are crowded, be can't get
Dis mousy out, but must wail til the beginning
Of the month and 50 economy and tbriit are
developed. Statistics are dry ordinarily, but
there is noiLiug more spirited 10 Ihackery. ~
more sublime IN JJhu Milton than tie fact
that this lodging h0use since rs opening has
sheltered about ls3,O00 boys, turned over
1900 70 their friends, and that 5000
have deposited over S42 600 il this Big box,
aud thai tbe irstitaiion has turned mary q