The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-18
THIS is NEWSIES' NIGHT
WILL BE GUESTS OF HONOR AT
PERFORMANCE OF EXPLORERS
Two Hundred and Fifty Paper Boys
Eagerly Awaiting Hour when Ih:se9 ngd
They Will Take Possession t791I
of the Gallery.

Newsboys to the number Of 250 will be
the guests of Knox Wilson and Richard
earle at the Metropolitan theater tonight,
where they will be taken to witness the
performance of 1.-The Explorers" TIL e
G o b yesterday distributed the tickets
to that number Of ''newsies,' and to-
night they will all be in line for one Of
the treats of their lives. The idea pre-
scented itself to Mr.. Wilson, who suggest
ed to Mr.. earle that there were a great
many little "newsies'' roaming the
streets at night, when they could be en-
joying themselves In a warm tneater
where they would have something to
laugh at The comedian agreed heartily
with the suggestion, and the printer was
put to work striking off a batch of large
red tickets.
Although the event had not been az
vertised in the ordinary way, every
newsboy that made a purchase yesterday
was clamoring for a ticket to 'de show
The information had been spread broad
cast, and big, little, young old, ragged
and dirty little gamins that haunt the
street corners all day long, were hopping
and gurglfng with excitement over their
good luck
AS the taking of $50 newsboys in one
bunch to any one place is somewhat Of
the nature of driving a buncn of Mon
tana sRers, martial order will prevail,
and the newsies will march in line to the
theater door, under the leadership of
MOgie Bernstein
The management of the METROPOLITAN
will reserve the first two rows In the
gallery for them. and no seats to that
portion of the house will be disposed Of
until every boy that has any claim what
ever to the profession Is satisfied and
seated
Both Mr.. Wilson and Mr.. Carrie are
We'll aware of the exacting demands OF
the gods that reign in the gallery, and
they know just what sort of art pIeases
them most. With this end in view they
nave prepared several skits OF more than
Ordinary cieverness that will be present
ed for the benefit of the paper vendors.
All day yestehray tn e corridors Of
L G b e office were filled with the
Youngsters waiting until the tickets were
10 De given out, and nearly every newsie
IN the crowd had some friend that he
was trying to get into the business. It
TOOK large number of the circulation
stan large part of their time handing
out the tickets, settling disputes and
making preparations for the parade to
the theater
The newsie doesn't, as a rule. gather
together any large sum Of money BY his
toll, and all that he does get his hands
on generally has to be expended for his
sustenance and clothing, so that his the
alter experience IS limited In the extreme
Even II one does get together enough
pennies to get up into the gallery. he gen
orally has to take back seat, In order
that some larger and more important in
dlvldual may have an uninterrupted view
of the stage.
With such ideal conditions as presented
by THE Explorers the crowd was wild
all day yesterday. The selling Of naners
was an entirely secondary consideration
On every corner where the wind was NOT
blowing too hard there gathered LITTLE
Knots OF ragged boys, each one with a
grimy hand in his pocket to make sure
that the precious cardboard of carmine
nue. mad not been lost in the mad scram-
Die Tor the pennies. In the parts Of tha
city where the bill boards abount there
were frequent consultations as to the
merits OF the individuals portrayed there.
on 1t is safe to say that every part Of
the performance that will be presented 70
the Juvenile eyes will have been commit
tea 10 memory long before the curtain
goes up, and it is likewise q certainty
that the actors will receive the most
whoIe-souled applause that has been be-
slowed on them since they began the
season. '1o