New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-28
THE NEUSBOYS HAD 4 JOLLY DINNER
HOW FIFTEEN HUNDRED OF THEN ATE CHICKEN
AND TURKEY.

HOW FIFTEEN HUNDRED OF THEM ATE CHICKEN
AND TURKEY.
one of tho plcasantest features Of the cityS cele
bration Of Christmas Day was the ncwabOys' dinner
at Lyric Hail. provided by Tho Herald About
fifteen hundred tickets disposed Of. and a. early
as u O'Clock on the morning Of Christmas DAY theH
holders began To appear in the neshhorhood oi si1t
ave. and Forty second St, waiting ter gt Ger iroh'
seats" as they explained. Long before the TINE al
nounced for the feast, hslfpast IL, the street was
Allied with noisy urchns In all sorts OF costumes
who kept up running fire Of comment upon everything
and everybody Sergeant Tins and thirty stout police
men there 10 keep order but little tr"unie was
caused The tables were laid in four rows In each OF
the three suppcrrOOms attached 10 the balIi"'m'
About leo plates were laid in each room, and ea'H
plate was heaped with chicken and turkey, with "a
bountitul allowance Of cranberry sauce, po'@t"'s'
celery ETC. Then there coffee, bread and butter
galore and 10 crown il all, great slice Oi niHce PIC
for dessert.
At II 80 all was ready the doors were opened. and
up umbled the newsboys heltershelter, 20 ire dining
rooms until the places filed for the fist dinner.
Tn. boys ate ravenonsy. and the huge piles Of chicken
and turkey disappeared Ike magic. There wa plenty
Of shouting and cheering, and finger into play
much moro easily than forks but there were no Incl.
dents of rough conduct The fun not all Couin q
To eating. There music by Boswell orchestra,
and when the boys caught the sound Of familiar ar
they ioined H. heart and Dul Then there plenty
Of merry making by Marshall p. Wilder. who caio ed
himself a. much as any ucwsboy, comic songs hy
H. II. Jansen, aud warblin- rs &. D. Kellogg. The
entertainers had hard work at first to secure hcarus
for the boy, TOO vide awake and full Of m>cii 81
To let another do all the talking. lut they I'D ual
suhsdc and enioSed the whole 0f it, especially Ni
Wilder whom they greeted with rouslng salute J.
took three relays II dinner 10 90 the rounds Of th'
hungry ] 800, and no doubt many would have beer
clad Of chance 70 enjoy the feast from beginning r.
end had il been allowed. As II Wa. they surely lad
| enough from rational point Of view.
| But better tlan the dinner va5 the sequel wipa'
| end is not yet. The Icralds7 fund was u pr
vide not only for the wants 4 day. but against ~
cold and storm Of whole season. All Lon0r 81 The
| Kris Krnglo. who chooses t. remain unknown. b1
whose big purse and bigger heart supplied the hc|
Ing 5000 for the pesjacict fund. While the I ,ter
we're at il the tickets for the jackets were dttbnt'
through all the tables and each boy signed his nam
| 10 a check which VIII be compared with Il sec0n'
signature when he calls for his coat II was cnarEe'
| tat nearly every hoy in the fifteen hundied c,u'
| write his name, Jane, 4. iicaFn son arc maxim
The coats and the tickets are rrs,cntabc aicr New
| Years Day A. No 20 West Th!rieenlhet
| There were many visitors at Tire dinner, incudi"
some we'll known people. Mrs.. Richard irwin, r. W,
rec gnyed by the Youngsters. VINO shouted +" what
tbe matter with Mr.. irwin shes All right = Anon
| others present were NJ. George Peah d. Nctluor
stevens Colonel and Mrs. George Is. Ne Ian all