Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-05
DOLLARS FOR THE NEwsBoYs.
Scenes at the Annual DisiributIon OF GIFT
at "The Star" ofHce.

This morning crowd Of bows. between 300
and coo in number. Of oil sizos. STYLES, colors
and nationaiities. were made aboat as happy as
that number of boys coald well be made. The
occasion Of this unusual jog among tia rorgla-
tion was the fact tLst TuE EVENING STAR
Company had presented Is customary Christ
mas preseut TO the BOYS vho, i. al sorts 4
weather. cal! "SrYAH HrAR" al over the c:;y
OF Washington. Each boy was glyea = large.
round. hard silver dollar.
This morning Mr.. J. Whit Heron, cashiSr
of THE EvENINs STAR Newspaper Com
pany. called at the Treasury Department. And
secured through the treasurer Of the Uuitca
States two bags full Of silver dollars that had
just como fresh from the mint by wav % tho
treasury and that had never been soi.C1 bv he
dusty fingers OF trade. Yesterday afternoon
just before Tue STAR was issued The doog- Ct
the big room in the basement Of the building
were locked and each boy who was INSIDE Wait
ing for his armtul Of STARs was given an order
on the Once for his usual Christmas rcmrin-
brance. This is done cvSvv wear, bat tie dsv
and hour OF the event are kept secret frcm the
ga1nIns Of the town. We're tins not 80 there
would be thousands instead Of hundreds OF;
boys buyinc STARS or that lannon's day. Yes
terdav afternoon ther- we're considerably over
two hundred boys III the room when the door
was locked. and when thcy found that that Was
the appointed day whoop % Jog went Mp.
They were told 10 be at THr STAR cisice this
morning at IL clock and then their orders
would be cashed.
II L. needless TO say that the bows were on
time, for many of them had been waiting
round for hours before. When MIR. HERON
and Mr.. tindley Harris appeared IN the news
boy. room there was smother whoop OF jor "a
the kids caught sight Of the two big canvas
bags of silver. What lively crowd those bows
did make. TO be sure IL is rot ever day that =
street urchin gets dollar all 20 himself and
they made the best Of their opportunity TODAY.
1t took several ahle-boLieh men 10 get the buN :
IN line and keep them when they were there.
but when the work OF distribution once began
I the silver dollars melied away like suow before
a warm sun. and IN a very few minutes there
were not enough dollars lest 10 make more than
a few more boys happy. There would have
/ been none at all were il not that some % the
boys were at school TODAY. and could not <. I
down to cash their chips this morning They
} got down 10 the Office. however. some time dur
ing the day and all the orders we're paid as fast
/ as they were presented. The orders were MI
numbered eonsecut;yely 80 that il ease az lo~s
the loser. if lie knew his number. could stan get
/ his Christmas present.
( There were any number OF interesting Incl
/ dents AZ the distribution this morning. Al the
weli-hnown characters around town who make
business of selling paucrs were on ha4d.
/ There was the old lady Of 18th street. there
Neie Ne uAii'u il'il WHO are leu aroun % Hln'i
I bows, and there were small BOYS who were ~
( lame TINT they coald hardly hobble around for
themselves. The lame. the halt and The blind
/ were treated yi;E kindly consideration BIZ the
! others, however. One blind man. an elderly
/ colored gentleman. was unable T. iina the order
! for his dollar. and there WAS considerable COM
motion around. bat some Of the boys happened
10 see that he had dropped it, and they instantly
coSraled the small yellow boy who was making
J break FOR the door with the coveted pape- an
} his hand. lie was forced to disgorce aud he
( silver dollar was paid to the old darkev. who
( was very proiEse in Lis expressions Of thanks.
( No: more than one in five of the uewsboys re-
membered To say ''th2rk you, OF anything else
for that matter. but they ali grinned big ,rin
as they pocketed the silver and struck for the
street They had mo-e to say when they got
outside anJ = happier crowd OF boys than ma
STAR boys were today it would be a difficult
/ matter to find anywhere.