The morning times., 1897-01-08
Willard Hall Packed to Hear the
Addresses Hon. Simon Wolf Pre-
sided Committee Appointed to
Wait On the Commissioners
eraI Prominent Ladies' Interested.

| of the gallery, but were scattered here
and there among the audience on the floor.
| The action of the Commissioners stirred
public opinion t. such degree that the
hall was packed. In the assemblage were
| many ladies, who, as the hour of meeting
was early, brough with them children who
| joined sympatheticalIy i'll the applause For
any striking argument in favor of the boys.
The meeting might lie described literally
as a protest IA black and white. II was
| gotten up by Mrs Clara Bell Brown. Mr..
William Allen, manager of the hail, gave
! il free of charge.
On the stage Were Hon. Simon Wolf,
Mrs. Olive Logan. Mrs. NJ. u. Lincoln,
Mrs. NJ. S. lockwood, Mrs. +. S. Leonard,
Mrs. Clara Bell Brown. Mr. l.. NJ. Saunders
and Miss usan Briggs.
| MI Wolf was called to the chair and
made permanent chairman He was not
| there, he said, to anita agunize anybody or
! anything, but simply to appear in protest
against this act which cuts of a part of
tie means OF livelihood for large number
| OF the youths Of the city. He believed in
J the selling Of papers on Sunday, but would
not countenancc their annoying places of
| worship, although there were Il good many
! people who tolerated the noise of the
| churches. Mr.. Wolf pledged himself to
| aid in the revocation of the edct.
Defended by Women.
Mrs Logan Thought that woman par
! ticularly should be al advocate of the
| newspaper, as it had opened up new
| field for her i'll the struggle for living,
| Twenty thousand OF them were now en-
| "a gcd in the business She was in favor
of the protection of the newsboys in their
calling.
Mrs. Lincoln felt sure that the newsboy
couldn't be suppressed, the present gather
ing being evidence of that fact. She spoke
OF the great benefit to society Of the news
boy guild and didn't think the worlG could
get along without them nor did she see
how people who could tolerate church
! bells from a. m to 10 a IN, could pro-
test against the cries Of the newsboys.
/ Their music wasn't half as bad as that of
| the coal man.
/ Mrs. Lockw God expressed her admiration
| for the ncwsboys. Would always be glad
| To hear their cries. These We're not as
| annoying as the noise OF Il church TO her
| and her Iieigi5oIs, of which complaint has
been made, bGt to no purpose.
Mrs. Clara Belle Brown rea d an original
/ appropriate poem, aud MADE a short
speech of encouragement TO the boys by
| telling them OF instances i'll which their
| fellows had risen i'm the world.
/ DR.. Alexander Kent was greeted with
| Iauch applause when he was called on
He was sorry that he alone among the
| ministers was at this meeting. He diff
fercd from the ministers on d great many
/ questions, they being usually oil the wrong
side. he said.
In this case he believed they were sin
cere, but he could not see that the news
| boys were as ROSY as the rumhling street
| cars.
Miss Briggs made a short address which
pleased the boys.
VIII Sabbs, a newSboy, was applauded
when he got UP to be heard for his cause.
He advised the boys TO help out the move
nent 10y not annoying the hechurches and we Mt
on 10 discuss the business from a bust
ness standpoint, and especially that feature
of the injunction which would cut off ihe
Sunday profits, which were larger than
those Of several days Of the week.
Newsboy Appeal.
William Washington, another newsboy
also spoke lie had the local papers
sticking out Of his pocket He sald tnai
the ncwsboy was a working boy, and
you can't keep him down" Great ap-
plauseD Ali tlie education he has was OBJ
tanned from the newspapers.
SEort and pointed speeches were made
toward the close Of the meeting by MIR. l.
NJ. Saunders, DIR. Webster Grow and DR.
c. Is. i Purvis the latter Of whom character
lied the prohibition as an act of Caesarism
The following resolutions Were presented
10 the meeting 10y the chairman and unani
moasly passed:
Resolved. That it is detrimental t.
] the best interests of the community Il
| prevent the newSboys from crying the sale
of newspapers on Sunday, and we, Us
citizens of the Nations Capital, respectfully J
, protest against the enforcing of the rule
Resolved, That committee OF seven
be appointed to wait upon the Commits
sioneFs to the effect of having the rule
rescinded.'
In accordance with the latter resolution
The following We're appointed on the COM
mittee: Rev. Or. Kent, l.. M. Saunders
Dr. c. b. Pdrvis, Mrs. Clara Belle Brown
Mrs. Olive Logan, Mrs. NJ. ID. Lincoln and
Mr.. Simon Wolf.
Newsboy Speaks.
The following original argument OF one
Of the newSboys cries for Itself:
Editor Times: In Defence OF the News
boy-A little boy, say, who has no support
except in the war OF selling News Papers
think. should not be deprived OF sc
doing, especially on Sunday.
A morning paper is published very early
in the morning and a boy who makes
business of selling papers has to aris,
very early. all kinds Of weather, which
is not very pleasant TO do. Now afte
q boy has arisen and gotten his paper
the next thing to do is to sell them, which
cannot be done very well unless by makins
known his presence; making known hi
T presence by the use OF his tongue is a yer,
great help in the way OF selling papers
and il boy be deprived of this privilege
even though he be deprived of it only Oh
Sunday, he could not do very we'll because
there is three times as much none,
in Sunday papers as there is in week.
ones.
i cannot see why they should be pro
hibited of giving news To those that desir
| il, because of the few that are disturbed
only for a short time by their presence
We may have few that may have plent,
Of money and time to read, while tn,