The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-22

and then turned them under the warm
spray bath with a shower of cold
enough water before they got out to
close up the pores again and keep the
newsies from getting the grip.
How did you think of bringing the
newses in?'' Secretary Grace was
asked
well, some of them had been just a
little too lively about the downstairs
hall door, he replied. For weeks an
electric globe or two had been disap-
pearlng every night, and only boys
would take away an electric globe. 1t
was of no use to them, Of course, and
the only fun they could have with
such an instrument was to throw it
on the pavement and have the joy of
hearing it smash. But that was fun
to a boy. Somebody had notified the
police of this pilfering and several
boys were caught and taken to the
police court, but we refused to appear
against them and they were let off
with an admonition..
"Oh, no, they were just boys, and
did not mean any i'll. It was the kind
of mischievous thing that any boy
would do.''
But how did you get them all into
the gymnasium ?''
1T was the easiest thing possible.
| did not need to advertise it, I only
had to tell two or three of them that
would give them an hours fun in
side, and asked them to tell the whole
fraternity. AT the hour appointed
next day whole troop of them came
and you never saw merrier boys in
your life. And tell you some of them
jump and tumble and wind them
selves around the bars as If they were
snakes"
Did DR.. Cook try to give them any
Instruction."
mo, truly; they didn't need any in
struction. They had as many fancy
trlcks and pantaloon movements to
exhibit to one another as would have
kept them going for several days. 1t
was like watching circus to watch
them"
$50 you took them to the baths when
the circus was over?"
Yes, and some of them did seem
better for BATH
And what followed?"
Il lined them up and talked to them
Tor a few minutes about starting out
f1ghtly in life. You don't know always
what good kind word spoken to a
BOY may produce in after life. was
glad to have the chance of putting in
a word in the interests of beginning
life well, and told them that 1 might
be able to arrange to give them an
~@ONA Sy
once In two weeks if they would like
II. There was shout of Yes, oh yes.
that would be jolly"
And that ended the scene?"
No, not by long way"
What followed ?.
L thought it was as well to mention
TO them that If they saw any of the
ooys interfering with the electric
GLOBES down stairs they would help me
| to protect the rrorertu -
Did they promise %
i should say they did. There was a.
chorus of voices calling out, We will
said what would you do If you saw
boy unscrewing globe?" A dozen Of
them. like clock work, struck out into
| a pugilistic attitude, with fists closed
| and held out in front of them and said
emphatically: We would give it him.
No, no" said, don't give 1t him.
but just bring him up TO me-
All right" they cried, and off they
went
In about a quarter Of an hour most
unearthly sounds were heard about the
down stairs door. The shouting and
tramping and screaming grew louder
and louder and 1t was clear that there
| was a procession coming up stairs. 1
waited the procession with trembling.
The door was banged open uncermo-
| in. Half a dozen of them were carry
Ing the head and another half dozen
carrying the feet of an urchin who was
| doing anything but enjoying the atten-
| ton of the carriers.
Here" they calledeout, there Is the
| fellow as stole the globes"
| requested them to let the boy go
and I would see about 1t. I said to
him: Nov my little fellow, was 1t
| you who stole those globes" He stout
ly denied it. No. it was not him. He
didn't steal the globes. He didn't touch
them. He was most emphatic over it.
I said to him: II don't think now you
stole them all. did you"
mo, I only stole one"
| Pointing to a boy that had carried his
feet in. he said bitterly: THAT boy
stole one as well as me-" and then
pointing to a@boy who had carried his
head in he said as bitterly and that
| boy stole two or three"
bought it was better not to con-
tinue the examination and said to them
that l would let them all off this time
without reporting them to the police
If they would all promise never to
tamper with the Y. M G. A. lights
again. There was q general rn,lrrn1lr NJ