The morning times., 1895-08-08
IT GOES LIKE HOT CAKES
Success of The Evening Times
Beats All Records.
NEWsBoYs EAGER FOR IT
Scenes In the Delivery Department
About the Time the Paper Is Conn
Chap Almost Got Strangied In the
Rush-It Is In Demand Every WI here.

The Evening Times goes. For three
days it has been on the streets promptly
and hot with the news OF five continents.
Supplied by the unequaled service of the
great United Press, supplemented by the
cable dispatches OF the greatest of New
York Journals in the gathering Of foreign
news, there Is DO important event any
where abroad that escapes il, while a
trained corps from the pick Of local re-
porters, under the direction OF executive
genius, furnish every scrap OF local news
each i n it's rig ht proportions, eleanly
edited aud Well displayed, SO that the
important features catch the eye ut a
glance.
On the streets, in the cars, at the depots,
it goes, ii has gone, it is going like hot
buckwheat cakes on wiDtry morning
with plenty of maple syrup and sweet,
fresh butter.
LOOK UPON THIS PICTURE.
Butthe hundreds who buy and eagerly read
rarely look back along the road it las
come TO them. They have not seen kaleido-
scopie pictures on Tenth street ana Penn
sylvania avenue, with old Ben Franklin,
patron saint OF the craft, looking peacefully
| down upon IL.
The enthusiastic mob OF boys gathers, as
| if by magic, little before 3 O'Clock A
dozen small dealers have preceded them and
! for half an hour OF waiting the fun among
| ths little fellows runs fast and furious. With
| few penniesto spend they are rich and they
| buy and treat and squabble and fight TO
! their hearts eonDenu.
| More peddIers' carts back in from one
| direction and another till the street is filled
| from one side to the other and the boys,
| pitching and struggling about among them,
| make a picturesque Sight in all colors from
| black to white and in all garbs from an
outfit collected from the four winds, DO
/ two pieces OF which match and in parts
! that Lang uncertainty together, to neat
attire in the latest boys fashion.
They get anything they want to eat, from
| clam fntters and pigs feet to ice cream,
snow balls, candy, popcorn with lemon ade
and ginger beer. Cold lunch or warm d. D.
ner, according 10 the previous days luck,
| everything goes.
| GETTING READY FOR BUSINESS.
But the press is rambling land the boys
| prick up their ears In ten minutes the
| days harvest Will begin. The: e's a scram-
| ble for place at the window and the strong
| est and most determined Is likely TO win.
For two days il was rough h-and-tunlble,
and on Tuesday one little black fellow
| whose chin barely reacf ed TO the counter
| was showed te the waAby hi stouter COM
| petjtors and nearly strangled. Kind
| hearted Mr.. Oliver, in charge OF the de-
| livery department, jest managed to rescue
| him.
/ Similar occurrences, but without actual
| danger, had been noticed dozen times in
| wild rush for til, first papers. and it was
| det s-nlined that order in delivery must
be insisted upon.
Accordingly on yesterday a stout rail
ing was built from the door TO the delivery
| w'indo VS. and each boy, weak OF strong,
| now comes in due order, and is supplied.
| They get the papers just quick and no.
| body S nun down.
| As the first big load of papers comes
| UP from the press room the little fellows
| trenlble with eagerness and delight
| rattle GIL the counters and jungle in their
| hands till each gets his bundle and flies TO
! the street. Load after load conaes up from
| the press room till all are supplied, some
! agujn and again.
/ The Evening Times is on the street
i All the people know the rest.
/ 1t goes.