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man ever did and lived to talk about.
Steve was brought up in the slums OF
New York. He didn't inherit ~eloquence
to electrify the world, nor fanaticlsm
with which to aid his cause and win
renown as a martyr, nor education sufri-
cient to enable him to harmonic the
pulse of or to enrich the world
by scientific research, but Steve took his
life in his hands and jumped off Brooklyn
Bridge.
Since then Steve has made the most
of his opportunity. He put himself on
the stag and exhibited the atmosphere
of his life. He depicted the Bowery from
success. His acts of charity claimed at
tention. He dined the newsboys of the
land wherever he Went his Bowerg
play was to the street Arabs. OF the
country what the atmosphere OF Denman
Thompson's Old Homestead" was to
other fox. Beginning with a jump on
Brooklyn Bridge. Steve Brodie, OF the
slums. has become d force in society in
his own peculiar way.
"Have some whiskey?" asked Steve as
Well, this is the first time I have been
in Washington in a year.. After l dlned
the newsboys last year here, the min
listers criticised me- but l was me- Mbs at
/ came into the city last night n tney
| said no one had given 'em a thanksgiving
dinner nm this this year; o Why a Tbey t tslk mio Of
| charity; they say be charitable and God
will save you when they preach, but
why dom they do it? A man may come
from the Bowery, or anywhere else, but
if he has a feeling of charity in him, 1t
| seems to me it is not to be reviled by
| the ministers as in my case.
Let me suggest that three OF WASH
| ington's ministers be picked out n L
| will put up as much as the three of them
for charitable purposes. Religion is all
it was not for religion. But there are
| some people who ridicule charitable acts
| and call that religion. Guess the min
!! listers forgot I was coming back
Steve said he was going to talk to
| the newsboys Wednesday night. He
| wanted to talk to them last night, but
couldn't as he had a, to pay "a souetbing for
them before | go away he said, some
| thing. / don't know what. ! was awfully
surprised to learn that the little KIDS
| expected it, and this too. in a town with
as much capital as Washington has: But
that l suppose the majority OF inc
| capitalists have got their share and don't
That was the substance of Steve's ser
mon on religion. He then that
with BooJn," he said, realism is what
the people want now-a days. Realism.
I have got a new play coming out in
New York next year, entitled "A Night
in Chinatown"
I'VE have got a good Mayor in New
York, a corking good fellow he said,
wish there We're more like him. He
If he comes out, you see. He is the kline
Of a man we like, he does something"
Brodie quit talking at this point and
began to feed his little dog with some
meat and a glass of milk that Mrs
Brodie had brought up from the dining
room Before he left the city StSvt
Brodie proposed to visit the White House
Late one night Brodie solved the prob
llem Of what he would do for the news.
boys, by announcing that he would sell
papers Wednesday afternoon between
fWelye and one o'clock from the front
steps of the City Hall for the benefit Of
the newsboys' association. Anyone whs
bought a paper from him was not to. re
ceiye change back; the money to go intt
Steve's capacious pockets for his news.
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