The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-12
i've n Ner York. On ne Bcwe<y, and
"ssen vc1 are ars>ana afae ia
Broad fer tAe Ssnrv1ne

Broad fer the starving.
hrcdss's methods Of giving charity lave
aStraSsed mach attention. During the
aara times % lsss and ~ he gave away
ezn.s- All over the Bowery be had SssSrt-
nEr-d 4 handful reading: sEfa 30 Sieve
sroSies ia Eexv-y. cefsee and bread
IRE fou don't have 10 buy , drink 70
Gre welcome
Thousands Of homeless and perngless
orcs Steve stood in the doorway 81 els ss-
fcNon and sAw a number OF working girls
caught N . sudden shower A few days
alteF Il was known al over New York
o-ele1 a. Stsve's Bsoiis's without leaving
a deposit. Steve had provided himself
Win 20 umbrellas. on each ore OF which
umbrella belongs 90 Steve Bredse. iit Bow
IS raining"
suffering among he poor OF New York.
Steve put sis.se iron box In front Of MS
sasoon 20 receive ccrtraaotEons % char
iiaole passsrs-oy. and every morning he
dropped . dollar into K himself. he has
helped people OF all ciasses--oums. ruined
sporting Ten. distressed women. rcwspa-
per men temporarily in Reed. actors and
people or various other trades and pro-
fesSsons- He has given decent burial 20
more than one Poor person who would
otherwise have nsied a paape<'s grave
was the bringing of Rili Mccarsay. the
Australian rasddiereight eoxrr. 10 Amer
lea and backing him against Jack pefnp-
sey.
During the recent war scare in New
York ne startled the csty by proceeding az
once 70 organize an army Of volunteers
and AZ me same tirae ne challenged Herr
AhlwSrdt. the Jew batter. 10 discuss with
him the Hebrew question. taking the part
OF the Jews. He also offered 10 areitrata
the late street car strike IN Philadelphia
a T< - ssff SLY Il "A
soUleG into anything ne does. Sometimes
his enthusiasm leads 20 couicai results
The biggest laugh in New York n = year
was occasioned by the fnishaps which be-
fell Booth-Tueker. commander % the Sal
walton Army. when Brodie took him on
trip through Chlnatcwn- When visiting
die created sensation by calling Char
ley Mitchell the English boxer. down for
speaking disparagiLgly OF John I. suit
America s-s and de az the aoria. and good
friend OF Brodie's- Mitchell sprang for
Brcdie with loud curse. The Bowery
Of n second ..Don'r try 10 make repu-
tation by. licking Steve B-o6ie." ne said.
II you hn me- therein be q lot in the pa
pers about 1t. but you went read IL
Knows Hia Place.
B-od.e is happy In having succeeded in
self rich and widely known. Re does
no. mis.udge or oye-es-imate the kind or
notoriety that he enjoys He knows ex-
acfiy where bridge Jumper ami eowery
phllAnthropiss belongs in the scale OF re-
ncwn. He es,eems himself for having
achieved Just what u was possible Tor
him 10 achieve. Born IN tenement and
compelled TO work for his bread from In
fancy. he had no time for schools. and y
is really remarkable THAI ne IS as Wei
informed as he T. He can write ms oM JIM
write for him. He knows human nature
Thoroughly. An expert IN polsics and
pugi.isrn. he nevertheless has shrewc
Ideas on a great variety OF osher SUBJECTS
He talks entertainlagly. and thanks 20
tact and discretion. never fooiishly..
He includes al kinds and classes OF PEG,
PIE among his OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and
writer's. as well as lighters and crooks,
mIil.onaires. as well as free-luncn-1antiDg
buns He has more acquaintance than
Snauncey Dspsw. ana ne canno. maaa =
by a score of people. On she Bowery, ard
!n New York's crowded RECON OF power
" and crime his face IS an open sesame.
AMI safe conduct 20 any one weom ne ac-
companies on q tour OF DARK Manhattan
When he goes up town. as he does occa-
sio7ally. and enters t1e9ter or resSaur-
ant. his name Is invariably sure 10 ne
whispered around. and every face surns
toward him with curiosity. He enjoys
Immensely his position as the recognized
typical Rowery boy and in order 20 main
tain that position he IL careful never 10
remain too iorg out OF the public view,
His latest and perhaps most surprising
achievement is ms stage debut end sue
cess The fact that IN ehe play, ON the
Bovery." he personases merely himself
does not make his success TIE less re-
markahle for II is not easy fer a man 20
Zoe himself on the stage. Wherever Brodle
has APPEARED the newspapers have SAID
that no trained actor could give more
natural iraDersorstior Of a Bo~ery ss'ncr-
keeper and bridge Jumper than Brod.e
gives.
He went 10 no school but the school
OF life. There are many qualifications
which ne has not but Re has bravery and
henevoience and the world has not We.
learned TO ger along entirely without 1hese
qualities Therefore. the world VIII still
admire them. whether they appear IN
leader OF nations or n jumper from
bridges.