The Red Cloud chief., 1885-12-11
w YORK NEWSGIRLS.
Tricks, Charms and Dangers
Of their Trade.

h:ting in comfortable downtown
aurants on these chilly autumn
nings. with the grateful fragrance
good dinner pertaining the atmos-
re. the man of business witnesses
occasional sight outside Of the doors
windows i'm the cherries street
{ sometimes fills his heart with pity
/ perhaps takes away some of the
bcrance of his appetite. 1t is the
and wistful face of one of the in
nerable little newsgirls who sell
,ers in the lower part of the city,
Xho now gazes wistfully and hum
from the outside cold at the
|ture of good cheer within that she
n Eot share. Perhaps, il the wait
are not near the door, she ventures
open il, come inside and offer her
pers 10 the men at the tables; but
3 Is generally driven into the street
ain before she is able to effect a sale.
IL he is a hard-hearted man. indeed,
ao. coming out well fed and content
can resist the appeal: mister.
ease buy a paper. I've only got two
f."
Down at the ferries, about Park row
hd the Post-Ohice, i'm Nassau. Wall,
the downtown business streets and
! Broadway. scores Of little girls are
hgaged afternoon and evening IN the
lie Of the papers. They are IN all de-
|rkcs Of rags and tatters and they rep
bsent almost every nationality fur
|;shsd by tine tenement-house pOpula-
lon. with a majority of Irish and ltal-
I'm children among them. They are OF
In Ages and sizes, from tiny mites Of
eveAfour and five years, up to we'll
kroVn lassies of sixteen and seventeen
yeaH- Many of them are careful and
dress and person, and some of
the jlder ones compare f~avorably in
with the pretty New York
but there arc Others who are
dirtJcareless and abandoned. Not a
few 4them are gentle. sweet and pretty
whethey begin their career as news
venfs. but contact with the Others
and Z life they are forced to live in
the tects. soo rub off the bloom.
and most cases harden them into
prirAure little termagants. They are
ob(k9 10 take their W part in the
strSiJe with the rough boys OF their
ownkss; they fight their W battles.
regaless of sex; they frequent saloons
and i rooms late at night and listen
to tt&ile jests of brawlers and roughs.
No 4der that they lose their gentle
mants and girlish traits and become
unse& and depraved: that their faces
lose / innocence of childhood and
uneed than not become impressed
Withie unmistakablc stamp OF low
cunrk and vice. Nevertheless. there
are options to this rule and = few OF
the newsgirls retain their pretty
faceSd modest manners through all
the Is they run about the streets.
THewsgirl is differently situated
fronk newsboy. Not q few Of the
lattaSe homeless and fatherless little
NonA who drift about from one city
to ssher. living at the newsboys'
homhr sleeping in the streets. But
mos&he little girls have homes TO
go tDuailu dHu uuiuofc tHouSu AAAVSs
.A3~r-onfAfrYL Ken attend
schOS the morning ana leavu IN
timeyegin the sale Of the afternoon
n papR soon rs the first editions are
NissusArom this early hour many Of
taAenhain out until midnight. in
GAor,kunshine. heat OF cold. until
Pper is sold.
( l.reyeG story Of the little girl
gen when she returns hcme
A hing disposed Of her stock
lis generally pooh-poohed
n mentioned: bur il is true.
a.. in MANY cases. and it is
kreouent occurrence for men
kom late at night TO find 4 little
HAe or two papers under her
in 2 doorway or under a
huse she is afraid 10 60
her what is the matter.
c tells you the tale will
hiliar that YOU scarcely be-
u her harshly that that
out and 20 on your
ns,kow uncomfortable
nc s;der that il is
Hia sle is true.