New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-10
SATURDAY NIGHT IN HE GALLERY.
GROUPS or LONGING sTErET-DoYs Al HE DOOR
TBE SINGULAR GATHERING INsIDE-EAGER 70!

| GROUPS or LONGING sTErET-BOYs AT HE DOOR
TBE SINGULAR GATHERING INsIDE-EAGER Fo
| CORR, But DISAPPOINTED.
In the rain and mud o! Saturday night n group o
tattered street.boys stood shiycrng at the entrance
10 an East Side variety theatre they were study
ing with breathess interes. the hig,ly-colored play
| bills Above hung legend tn which their eye
| seemed occasionally attracted by fatal flscina
admission tothc Gallery, 10 Cents"
Loot any money. Jack ?" whispered one nudg.
! ing his still mose ragged neghbor.
NO" was the mOurnful answer, " hant got q
cent"
Suddenly little tattorlcmalion rushed into the
| crowd. His ewes sparklcd with excitencn: and his
hair stood ierccy up through the.holes H. his hat.
Say. feor-. lend me 3 cents, I've got ~
lie was greeted by chorus OF Wot yer giyiu'
us I Wind n
"Pllpay yer to-moner, honest. soon's rve sod
nv papers"
"Sure now
"Ier bct.v
Here yer arc. Them and the three coppers were
counted out into his grimy hand.
Don't yer forgets," and as he yanished.tnto the
theatre with a wild whoOp Of triumph the same
voice yelled after HIM
Pm knock the sfuliin ont of yer, if yer do"
There was dismal silence rs the boys Razed envi-
ouslt at the closed door Of their paradise. u was
the matter WI yer" and lituefcllow hardly eight
ycaIsold was dragged out from dark comet /
wants ter 60 ter the show" he bubbered. :" They
SAYS NJ bully old piece. I've spent all my money.
| wOs hungry an cOul,in't help IT,"
Yer think we're Wanderblts, do YER Wot yer
makn such noise abontY lake thus an stop yer
jaw" One cent. two, three dropped into his hands.
and hisdrty face began 10 beam through his tears
Say yerll want this, he said hesltatngy.,
90 none nv yer toffy now. Go II. little feller."
and the door closed behind HIM, while the boys heat
ther broken SHOES on the wet pavement TO drive
away the chill. MEANWHILE their beneficiary was
Climbing "A steep flight Of narrow, dirty stairs.
Keener nostrifswould have detected smell which
grew stronger and stronger rs tho gallery was APP
proached
over the seats and wcdgcd himself into a crowd Of
his companions. But lac had no words TO spare for
his eyes were rlveted on the stage. The shaky,
dilapidated scenery seemed 10 him as real
the beauty of the heroine on whom he
gazed enranced without thought of rouge or
pearl powder. Ihe loudmouthed villain EVIL
IDENTIFY suffering from too mich beer, was 10 him tho
very embodiment of q dcpraved ar stOCTat. lhc
humble laboring man who posed as hero. clad IN
manner that worklngmen would desplse, enlisted
the hoy's earnest sympathics from the first. Tho
aaudily attircd men and women who smoked cigar
cites in the boxes, with their feet on tho
chairs, 10 him real live swcls." Through
ont the House every wore his hat.
A departure from tins custom would have been con-
sidcred breach of etiquette II was also considered
the correct thing" tOcrunch peanuts audlbv and
scatter their shells 10 the right and left with an
utter disregard OF tquoHce'.
But the gallery was tie feature Of the house 4
tier Of eager faces massed closely together. rose
from front TO rear. behind whoa lowered tne 1Orms
Of specialOicers' armed with canes. Packed like
sardlues in front of little fellows with excited
faces hung Over the railing their shirt sleeves
breafhlessv watching the play, now silent ~ death.
again bowling like ijt,le tends. The well-drcssed
villain met with their manifest disapproya'. l-o;ty
moral and heroic sentiments were cuccred again and
agaIu. lie funny man who tumbcd over chairs, |
sal down in wash tubs. and was ueatcu wIth boom
sticks by irate women, never failed to bring out +
peals of laughter.
The play grew moro thrilling. TIE villain had |
eoped with the wife of the upright lab1rlng man, !
who was miner, dressed ~ miners invariably are. |
in spOtless white shirt, yryetccu trousers and /
elaborate lcggingS. The vIlair's servant had kindly
Dropped ale'tcr IN the miners cottage, which IL !
formed the lLIured husband mat ms master wouIu |
come for an interview Win The wHe on seeing !
light displayed. be stage lights were turned down.
there was T. be " b-l-lood." A brcathless silence
rcgned III the darkness Of tbs gallery. door
opened. and the villain appeared, while the miner
concealed himself. i he suspense was too inucn Tor
Jnc of the gallery gods, and he yelled, Chccsc IT,
Gully, his layin' for yees.'
1hen the villain proposed 70 turn the miner out.
10 You'd better not,' replied tie latter. p&ttnG his
bceps uinsCle, and tins brought down the house
10 Funch his head" shouted the boys. The miner
produced pistol and the gallery went Wild. shoot
lIm ~ xiii hImV " he amt no gOodI Their SYM |
PAT Mes the side of suffering virtue At last
MINER and villain confronted each thcrwIth pistols
ihe gallery vas stu ~ DEATH Every eye WAS
strained and every mouth was opened. Bat at the
atal instant the heroine rus ned 10 ana threw herself
.TOund the miners neck. You must shoot thro Igh
uc,' she cried. in tragic tones deep gloom settled
lpou the faces in the gallery and disguised voice
Exclaimed. "Inafa a hi Of ight," To which an
tncr rcjoincd. ITS stauG-of.' The villain re-
marked several times that he had 'dFcplg vrcnceW
ieuce' lie was listened TO win inpatient
lisiirvor, and frequently requested to cheese it"
nj " 20 hang himself"
BIZ. by midnight everybody in The play WIS
ally Killed or made happy. The gallery gods
ropprd taelr last handfus of peanut shells on the
reads Of the people below, jumped over the wooden
,encAes and hustled their way out. 1hcy tumblcd
own stairs, stopped 10 Just one two affair. OF
ouoT" on the sidewalk, and then disappeared II the
arlness and the rain.
YRETCIFED LITTLE WAITS OF THE STREET.
The little girls who sell newspapers IN tho
trects in many cases need the protecting caro- OF
he Society Tor the Prevention OF Cruelty TO Child
IN. 4 very small child of apparently moi moro
han seven OF eight years old, can be seen daily
SprJcc and Nassau SIS ANA she is at Der post all
be afternoon, even in rainy weather. Her tllcr.
large, able-b0dicd man. Is always near her watch
* her and shake, her brltai.y at times. He is
,cmingly a man capable ol making living fox
imsclf and his child, instead Of compelling her 20
lpplv him with his daily bread, and apparently
it'll his daily Whskey also.
DISASTERS AT SEA.