Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-16

rear until the smaller merchants were sats
isfied. The papers were circulated x
right. but the result was the driving away
OF the more energetic and enterprisins
newsboys.
One morning during the Spanish war
checks calling for 10000 extra Stars were
sold to a mob OF newsboys who had been
yelling like Indians for the extras to come
out. At the last minute something turned
up that made the issue Of the extra mad
vlsable, and the checks had to be redeemed.
Such a sight has seldom been Witnessed
around The Star building. There were
any number of humorous incidents during
the hour or two in which the money was
being refunded. The check sellers and
newsboys have become very quick in their
work, and one young man holds the record
of selling checks calling for 5000 extra
Stars in one hour.
Many Hustling Youngsters.
Before the civil war the newsboys were
all white, few of the colored boys having
the temerity to appear and among them
could be found boys Of nearly all classes.
the desire of earning extra money being
the incentive for some, and others working
for support. 1t was thought by boys Of
highly respectable, well-to-do families
commendable thing to sell The Star. and
there is little doubt that the experience
then gained by their first contact with the
great American public had much to do with
their later success in life. Be IT known that
Of the many thousand boys who years ago
yelled Extra Starr many have met
with success, fortune favoring some with
lavish hands. who handed over years ago a
fistful of coppers for their papers. and are
now paying hundreds of dollars for adver-
Using in the paper they once sold.
A few of the newsboys of old may be
recalled-James Donovan. now the pro-
prietor and manager of a circus In Aus
traiia; Michael Shea who died contrac-
tor, with 100000 to his credit; William
Hickey, contractor worth nearly 500 600;
George w. Evans, dfsbursing officer OF the
interior Department; Edward Newman
now the well-known lawyer; Charles S.
Moore and Daniel Cahill who died after
rising Wei in the legal profession: Thomas
Ben, John Stanley, William Goddard and
Frank Carr. bricklayers; Joseph Tanning
contractor: Fred. Courtney. detective:
Charles Walter carriage maker: Thomas
Kelly, blacksmith; William Thomas, mas
ter plumber: Charles Muddiman master
plumber; N. Bunch, wholesale stationer and
dealer in printers supplies; Daniel Curry
clerk in District Commissioners office: Ed
ward Moore, plate printer; John J.
Fitzgerald, foreman; Thomas Fitzgerald.
Inspector, and d. Daniels of the water
department of the District of Columbia
The colored newsboy made his appear
ance during the war and the race has
representative in w. Calvin Chase, the
colored attorney and editor of the Bee.
Primitive Advertising.
Looking over the newspaper advertising
field today It would seem as though the
people who had things to sell back in the
sos depended upon the blank walls and
poster display to make public the fact that
bargains were be had. For twelve
years Mr.. Johnson did the collecting for
The Evening Star. and his recital of the
ways of the advertiser of fifty years ago
forms an interesting comparison with the
methods now in vogue.
In those days the theaters were the larg-
est space consumers in the advertising line
but their cards would be considered in
significant If put alongside the artistic