El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-04
ROSTER OF
NEWsBOYs
Mrs. E. T. Pearson Enter
tains the Little Army
AND CHEERS THE HEAR is

AND CHEERS THE HEAR is
Of the Little Fellows With Suitable
" Gifts And the Carriers With
Mining Stock-The Noble Work
Of a Benevolent Woman.-The
Herald Carriers Appreciation.
How many readers of daily papers
ever ! TO give thought and a KIND
word of encouragement to the little
street newsboy or the carrier boy?
In the mad rush sitter the almighty
dollar in this day of strong compet1-
ton we forget that our boys OF from
five to fifteen years of age are soon to
be our active business men, doing the
. things that we are now doing.
Words and deeds of love and kind
ness from the older - III younger
will bring to the front their better ma
lures: it will help to make them better
men and women: and every good point
gained means an Improvement Tor COM
Ing generations.
Mrs. e. F. Pearson, of Boston, Mass,
who has made quite a reputation
through Colorado and New Mexico the
mast few wears as a mining woman.
came down from Jarilla Camp last Sat
urdsy, to deliver q lecture on the sub
iecs of Humanity" before the spiritu-
alist society at their hall, on Sunday
evening, and while remaining In the
city for a few Gays, her DEEDS OF owe
aud kindness prove her to be a noble
souled woman, putting into practice in
her daily life what h believes and ad-
vocates from the platform.
On New Years day, at high noon,
she entertained all the street news
boys at her rooms in the Center BLOCK
giving hem good motherly advice and
presenting each boy with OF
CANDY, oranges and a penknlfe. She
gathered from these boys the following
Information, which will be interesting
reading to ell kind hearted readers:
CALLING THE ROLL.
Sam Rogers, IL years old: mother
dead, nave = good step mother, two
brothers and two sisters.
Marco Kester, 8 years old: papa and
mamm living, my papa IL a barber.
James McChesney, 13 years old.
Horace Stephens, II years old; papa
is gone: ANN takes in washing; one
brother, two sisters.
Joe Werner, II years old; papa dead;
one sister, 70 works at steam
laundry.
Adolf Care, I old: father dead;
TOUR OrO[QerS. one slstSr.
Gilbert Conner, IA years old; papa a
painter.
Ike Levy, IA yerrs old; papa gone;
keeps roomers: haVe two sis-
tiers.
David Green, II years old; papa
dead; three brothers and one sister;
mamma takes IN sewing.
lewey Villegas, 13 years old: papa
a carpenter: three brothers and three
sisters.
Geo. McChesney, IL years old, two
brothers,, three sisters; papa dead.
Albert, Benjamin and VIM. franklin,
10, IL, and II years old; colored boys.
W b ske care of a widowed mother.
Freddie aud Edgar Priest, Z and IL
years old, with four brothers nj "
sisters.
Edward McSutosh, colored, IL years
old.
VIM. Redix, IL years old, papa dead;
two brothers and five sisters;
does washing and ironing.
Lewis Carrie, IL years old, four
brothers, one sister; father 6ead
mamma sometimes takes washing.
Fred Mirnes, II years old, father
dead. three brothers, one sister; mamma
keeps roomers.
Thomas Cranfll, II years old, five
brothers, four sisters.
Jim and Frank McDermont. 6 and IL
year old; papa dead, mamma washes,
two little brothers at home.
Geo. Villegas, IL years old, five
brothers, three sisters; papa 8 carpen-
ter.
Howard Wellington, 8 years old,
papa a f1agmau.
Jim Glasky, 9 years old: papa dead,
three brothers, four sisters
Claud Jsqus, IL years; father dead,
mamms sews q takes washing.
Joe aud Frank Stuppi, 10 and IL
years old: three brothers and n sis
ter, pspa q miner.
Alfred Scanlon, 13 FEARS old: four
sisters, three brothers: papa a railroad
man.
These boys have been selling papers
from one month to five years and earn
from ten cents to 81 per day, and every
one of them stated that they took th5ir
money home TO their mamma.
THE CARRIER BOYS.
On Tuesday this same kind hearted
woman invited all the carrier boys OF
the city to her rooms, where she gave
them an Interesting talk on b practi.
cal duties of life and the power of good
thoughts toward all mankind, and pre-
scented each of them with ten shares Of
stock in the Orion Mining company, OF
which she is a prominent stock holder
and in which she has unbounded faith.
In behalf of the Times and News
boys, Ira Huggett, Joe Dominguez,
Thoma. O'Conner, John P. Taylor,
Ralph and Robin Gould, Samuel Young
and Robert Lockhart, VIM. Mari, OF
the Times, responded with words OF
thanks and due appreciation for her
good advice.
The HERALD boys were presented
by Manager Cspell, which led Mrs.
Pearson to remark: 81 am glad to see
q business man Jake such an interest in