The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-08
SHADDERS AN GRAFT.
Whittier club NeWsbuys
Have a Full Yard Wide
Good Time.
THE NEW YEAR CELEBRATED
Rosie O'Grady and FL Captain zt-
keI. Lochinyar and Pink
Hockey Pokey.
THE NEW YEAR CELEBRATED


dere, cause didn't Chimmie der Kid hear
Mr.. Bennett and Miss Jones say so? !
dunno wot kin o. graft It's, but he
heard 'em say sumpin' bout shadders.'
law, wot yer stuffin' us wild OATS der
shadder graff-shadders wot's made on
big sheet loike dey makes 'em in der
tee-ayter. Youse alters lookin' out fur
graft"
''Well, we'se all in der push"
The conversation was drowned by cat
walls and baby squalls, which, with
noise like that of a South Dakota cyclone,
focused itself on the doors of the Whit
tier House in Grand street last evening.
This was but short while before the
doors were thrown open for the reception
of the members of the Newsboys' club,
who hold their meetings semi-monthly.
The management of the house had not
forgotten the little newspaper merchants
and had decided that their meeting last
night should be enlivened with bit OF
Christmas and New Years cheer. Mr..
Frank Bennett their president, and MISS
M. K. Jones had arranged shadoWgraph
entertainment to follow their regular
meeting, and this was to be still further
followed by what the ordinary neWsDoy
would term another sorT 3 ol nsisted grais sna Of
sponge cake, with pink and chocolate col
ored brickss of frozen cream Inc reguo
lar members were ION to IT, 80 were
some of their little sisters ,..., a
'.Hully gee" exclaimed onH little young
ster, as a committee from their own mum,
Der began handing around the graft,
'.git on to der dyed hokey-pokeys!
But it was a gathering OF GOOD, prlgnt
fn11 IN
ent some of them appeared tnan Wnen 5
figuring in the motley crowd OIL urcnihs ii
that storm the delivery room OF me ,;
News office to catch the first 'polperS
every afternoon. 1t was difficult for the
reporter, who knows most Of them py
sight, to realize the effects OF Mr.. zen
nett's club. Like members OF the New New
York Stock Exchange, jostling comes
natural when fighting for der caSh;
But see them individually at their clup.
The crankiest in the lot are sometimes
Chesterfields, especially when 1t IS Ia
dies night" q
It must not be forgotten that some OF
these little fellows carry bank accounts,
If you don't believe it, just call at me
where they have had fitted up reading
room and industrial workshop for them
selves and you will find that some OF the
little chaps can draw goeo eome Who can
draw that much, because, perhaps, tney
draw their accounts to purchase an over
Tbe club is divided into three sub clubs
known as the Monday Night, Tuesday
Night and Thursday Night Clubs, IN or
der that all may be properly accommoff o.
dated Last nights meeting was that OF
the general club. The Secretaries and
Treasurers made their reports in the reg
ular manner in which nth they S,,i,nees nave oeen a
conducted in perfectly orderly manner.
The absence of crap shooting and other
lingo was due to the fact that crap RAJ.
shooter can't join the club. One or. two
members mem were Suspended for non-payment
of dues and Chas. Van Kowski was pro-
posed for membership. He came near be
ing blasballed s ses IF yhe hut Kos Brd
Hoffman, vouched for him and that set
tled.it. o.;x o,,or tho bove
SQUARED themselves for their promised
fun. A request that there should be no
cat-calls was like talking to the winds.
Those near the rear began to climb 70 tne
backs of their chairs. The last row shout-
ed 'Down in 'front.'
The enlivening strains of "El CAPTAIN
came floating from piano behino tne
white curtain. The lights were lowered,
and Sousa never in all his life heard such
"a whistling accompaniment of the popular
air. ~,
we're HoweiTs stHuldy'' and ''Zekel' in
1.-The Courtin'. Miss Jones recited the
poem and the shadows gesticulated. When
the lines were reached
s'Says he sd better call agin:'
Says she, Think likely, mister
That last word pricked him like pin
An'-wal, he up an kist her"
Zekel, in it's efforts to make it appear
that the osculatory performance was real
ly carried out, took a tumble
Good shot!' yelled one of the mem
bers.
Gray. Wot yer tink me is? Der hull
lot got Hex rays shootin from our glm-
ssGive der guy another chance to kiss der
loidy."
Lord Lochinvars Ride" and several
other features of the Shadowgraph enter
tainment were Immensely enjoyed. And
then the members arranged the seats
around the walls of the big room, and
were served with cream and cake. They
sang Sweet Rosie O'Grady" and other
such airs with a vim. with the conven-
tional whistling accompaniment.
When the festivities ended, as is often
the case with club affairs, the jewellers
were almost too full for utterance.