Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-11-29
A FIRMS GENEROSITY.
CRAWFORD DRY GOODS COMPANY
pIxrD Tun poYs In Royal
sTrLA.
They Were All Made Happy and
Filled with Goods Things
Ts Eat.

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uoes NOT ne aiohe 'he pI'Hilose "u' >
he 10 not as rule s.rfeited with the
mxurles OF life: all the good things Of
~ ,,o.ia 80, more a., ,,,,ag,,a,ion Than
WV "o'.' "'o'S -. - :
reaiity 10 hini' ana ne naD Tar "inPier
opportunities to become acquainted
with the taste of veiner wurst than of
.,,s,io -. o. =, ~, ,ha honny
''ipc s"up' q" 70 81 'S ff'
PARTIES that gthered around the
banquet table In Fort Worth
y.s,ardav s,,raiy mn bannter one
couiu nave poeh iouhu e''"h t"e
crowd OF about fifty newsboys who
ato theIr ThunLsyivtny dinner I'm the
s,s, - ~, re u,s.,,, ~,
e""h ''''' VI '"e "o'e' "V''"' a"'
certainly NO inner feast was spread In
all the city than was theirs. 1t was
In thu sensrosI,v or tho Crawford Dry
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ooous company TINT these youhssteIs
meie lhueDteu toI tner Hnpp.leas, iol
~ was y panuuet'ns .ne nvMsooys
that TINS company appropriately oD-
served THANKSGIVING. 49,
me mehhins OF me unusual sprSad
vas toIu py the Inscription IN sill let-
tels upon tue DUCK OF uie souvenir ~,
menu caFqs. Nohlpllnehis OF mo
oruWiolu Dry GooaS company 10 the
neWsooys OF f9rt worth THESE earus
49, piiuteu IN golu' anu upoh the
lroht OF me cover was handsome en-
sraVlns IypresehuhB winter hunting
seem, anu me whole was gotten up
was presented with one.
~ tho appolhted hour early IN the
elterhoon the boys were al on hhnd,
am haNins 3e.n supplied WIN pretty
nauees nhu puttonhole bouquets they
a s W me "a front or cfawford's
uFy .opus eslapllshinent ana eagerly
awaited the dinner signal. and such u
sroWu ~ was; Ihe newsboys OF the
siy were an there, from the veteran of
,our,een winters VINO had seen service
IN an hs phnses' 10 the hVe-year-old
.eyIt' VINO Is now IN MS ntst cam
pn,sn me Dogs Az nad on their best
summary cIotnes, una thelr races shone
Win piehsurc ana the timely applica-
ZION OF an abundance OF soap and
wh.et' Wnlle once muddy SHOES that
hnu neeh innocent OF tho touch OF the
ehns ovuhh since they came fresh
III, MI, .ne mahu OF me ahoe maker
prshtiy slhtenod with an unwonted
iua,er'
me rev minutes the boys had TO
WAIT WINE hhal preparations were hc-
ing made were consumed In friendly
seulhes anu EFFORTS to get as near the
nvuu ol .ne hhe as possible ana In other
Ways showing boylsh Impotence; and
when at last tho time came for them
10 hscend to the dining room where
the ieast was spread they mounted the
htais IN an unbroken column, and had
u hot peeh Tor the older heads and
hahds that restrained them 1t
70 hkey that the charge OF
tns hungry light brigade with
.ppeti.es shhrpened by the long
anticipation OF good things to come
would nave rivalled the famous charge
or .ne immortal six hundred. preserved
IN song anu story.
Manager Hardwick had awaited him
selr or the carte blanche given him
~ tns crawford company, and tho
could hardly be found elsewhere In all
r9ft worth, Tor the Worth's chef seem
eu 70 nave specially exerted himself
on thls important occasion. Course
at,ur course was served to tho merry
Souhs uiners. and the few older guests
VINO mad been invited, and the way the
epleurean viands disappeared down
,neir young throats was Indeed a eau.
tion. Unexpected decorum was pre-.
served; too. and 1t was not often that
the oiuer guests could laugh at the ex-
pense OF the boys. except when the
a,vre auventurous would go on for
a ag,ns exp , between the regular
.,,,-.. $50 800 'h' Huit htlIlus, or