The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-13
De GANG IS COMING
GLOBE NEWSBOYS ACCEPT MIR,
KNOX WILSON'S GENEROUS
OFFER
MR.. RICHARD CARL CUTS IN
He, Too, Has n Birthday Next Week,
and Tuesday Night Is Agreed
Upon by Him and Mr..
Wilson.
MR.. RICHARD CARL CUTS IN

The bright youngsters who sell 7 e
Z Q e every morning on the streets Of
81 Paul have accepted Mr.. knox VIII
sons invitation to be present at one per-
Torrance of 1.-The Explorers the
operate comedy which opens a weeks
engagement at the Metropolitan opera
house next Sunday night AS soon as the
proposition was placed before them it was
adopted with a heartiness that left no
doubt of the sincerity of the young men
VINO are to be Mr.. Wilson's guests of
honor, and the vote was unanimous
however, Mr.. Wilson isn't to have the
honor OF being the whole thing on - s
occasion. When Mr. Richard earle, one
OF the comedians of the company, heard
what was doing, he wanted 10 get into
the game. AS it happens Mr. CarIe's
thlrty-Second birthday is on " ednesday
March 19, and he asked Mr.. " nson to
put the date on which the boys were to
attend on that evening. Mr. Wnson was
at one time newsboy, and he was
particularly anxious. on this account, to
nave the paper merchants there on the
night he had originally set, but he is also
good fellow, and he suggested to Mr.
earle that they compromise on Tuesday
night Mr.. earle agreed to the PROPOSE
ton, provided I h e G l o b was willing
TO acQuiesce in the change. Accordingly
Mr.. CHARLES MARKS, representing both Mr..
earle and Wilson. met T he GIob
management yesterday afternoon and the
result O. the conference was the post
ponement of "Newsies' night until Tues
day, March is.
me boys are going to own the house
that night. Mr.. Marks is now having the
necessary tickets printed and they will
be ready for distribution Sunday morning,
when the boys arrive at T h e Globe
ONCE for their papers. Each one of the
neWsles will be given one Of the little
slips of pasteboard which will entitle him
to a reserved seat in the very front row
OF the balcony, and no one, no matter how
anxious he| may be to part with his coin.
can purchase a ticket until the guests
of the evening have been admitted and
are seated. Fifteen minutes before the
regular sale of seats begins, there will
be man at the gallery door, ana all of
MeSSrs Wilson and Carries guests will
pc allowed to enter and to pre-empt the
best seats in sight. Then, if there is
any room left the sale of seats will go
on as usual. Mr.. Marks, and Messrs.
earle and Wilson want it understood,
however, that their guests are to have
hrst choice and that, in case there is
nothing left, the others who apply for
admission will have to wait until some
other night. AS the ganery at the Met
ropolitan is spacious, it is not doubted
that all who apply for admission will be
able to secure it, and it will be one of the
real treats Of the evening to sit up there
with the boys and see how thoroughly
they enjoy it. A number of people who
usually occupy boxes have already sig
nified their intention of being one of the
gods that night, and it's a safe bet
they will get more solid enjoyment out
of the show than they have been able to
extract from any performance thus far
this season. The newsieS are sure to have
some swell company that night, but that
won't feaze lnem a little bit. They are
used to rubbing elbows with the patriotic
element of st. Paul. and they won't be
embarrassed in the least
But to come back to the invitation Of
MeSsrS Wilson and earle anu its ac-
ceptance by the boys. 1t may not be gen
orally known, but it is a fact; neverthe-
less, that the boys read their papers
hurriedly in the morning before offering
them fer sale so that they may know and
be able to call out the most salient
features of the news. Yesterday morn
ing five minutes after the first newsie
had received a copy of t G. o b e, he
was the center of an interested group,
to whom he was reading Mr.. Wilson's
offer. After the morning work had bsen-
completed there was a meeting of the
boys, and as a result of their deliberations
the following letter was handed to the
superintendent Of circulation OF T h e
G l o b e:
st. Paul, Wed, 3-12-19O2.
Mr. Knox Wilson:
Dear Sir
Say, Cul, we seed a notice in de morn
in G. o b e asking de gang to cum to de
show next Monday night at the Met &
see youse guys act. Jimmie tipped it off
to de push & we all link you is de real
ting. We all is going to cum & whistle
& boiler for yOuse. Rats & Swipes said
dey is going to tog up inder Sunday
rags. Look for de gang. We will all
be there. We Tank you very much for
de treat. De Gang.
By way of making the performance
more interesting to their young guests
both Mr.. Wilson and Mr.. Carries are pre-
pairing a number of features that will
be for the special delectation of the boys.
Mr.. Wilson is sitting up nights with a
wet towel around his head trying to COM
pose a verse to sing for the boys, and
Mr.. Carries is losing two or three hours
of sleep endeavoring to accomplish some
thing along the same line. There will
be something doing next Tuesday night
at the Metropolitan, and if any one
doubts it all he has to do is to put off
going to the performance of "The Elk