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A JUVENILE HORDE.
NEW YORK YOUNGSTERS SEE 4
THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE.

SIX Ihousand StrtGt lrchtns Swarm Iuss
a Metropolitan Playhouse and Mak,
Away with Everything Portable within
Reach-A randcmonIum.
Fully 5000 shouting, screaming, chat,
tering, cheering youngsters attended the
performance Of "The Scout" given fen
poor children at Niblo's, and outdid the
Indians as regards noiso aud drowned
the reports of the pistols with their en-.
thusiastic yells.
Such an audience has never before
been inside the walls of a PLAYHOUSE.
There were boys thero with dirty faces.
aud boys whose natural color did net
give one an opportunity to see If they
were dirty or not, Little girls were
there, too, some white and few black,
aud they took as much delight in the
performance and made as much noise
as the boys.
The doors Of the theater were beSieged
as early as $50 o'clock, and by $50 there
was a tremendous jam about the Broad.
way and Crosby street entrances. Once
the doors were opened there was no use
trying to collect tickets The BOYS sim.
ply swept everything before them. In
an incredibly short time every seat con
tanned at least two occupants, and every
available place from which the stage
could be seen was occupied.
The boys hung ON the posts like mon
keys, occupied the stairs, stood ON tho
radiators, and if it wasn't for the ten
big policemen who were there to preserve
order there is no knowing what they
would have done, The youngsters talked
to each other fromall parts Of the house.
"Hay, Ialler! shouted one urchin
across the gallery. "Did you see me
brudder?" Nav" came the answer.
"Hully MOI! shouted back the first
speaker, "me mudder will slaughter
me-" Hi, Red, shouted another young.
ster, "where's Mixer" "Oh. he's down
in the parkay eating oats" came the an
swer.
1t was 10 o'clock when Congressman
Timothy J. Campbell came before the
curtain and addressed the boys. AT
least he tried to tell the boys to be good
citizens, but they heard him not, and he
concluded in pantomime.
One little girl wearing big red hat |
occupied chair all by herself in the or
chestra. Take off your hat, Mag!
shouted the little one behind her. but
she paid no attention, and in an instant
that hat was sailing down the aisle.
When she got it back it was in ribbons,
and to quiet her cries a policeman lifted
her into box, where she spent most of
her time sticking her tongue out at the
other girls.
How the boys cheered when the cur.
tain went upl They applauded Dr.
Carver like mad, and when he threw
the villain in the big tank they yelled
furiously. The comic Irishman and the
iarky pleased them immensely, and they
at DR.. Carver's aim when he
broke all the bottles in the saloon with
rife balls.
The actors soon discovered that it was
Useless to talk, as they couldn't be heard,
md they went on great part of the
line In pantomime. No villain was ever
more heartily disliked than Cherokee
lake, played by Mr.. Sommerfeld. One
10Y in the gallery threw half eaten ap-
he at him, and an Indian picked it up d
nd finished it. In the fourth act cries
anne from all parts Of the house to
hrow Jake into the river. There was /
applause when the horse fell
through the bridge, and there was more
when the play was over. 1t took Just
even minutes for the house to empty,
nd 1t seemed miracle that no one
7as hurt Had one boy stumbled while
oming down the gallery staircase the y
esult would have been appalling,
After the house was emptied Manager d,
omstock went in and viewed the wreck.
very other row had broken seat. and :
one place an entire row was demol-
he'd. The urchins broke open the opera
lass machines and carted off the glasses,
I'D in some cases took the machines
Id all.
WELL" said Mr.. Comstock, "they
I'd good time, and don't care as long
they left the four walls and didn't get
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