The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-28
[,IRLICHTS WAKE UP FAMOUS
.,,IrD,Y FOR THE BOYS TIL A
'rpRy utN morrow ED THEM.

GERRY NAV H0RROWED THEM
r1,ot. Interview Them. photograph
Them, Feed Them and "sun" Readers
se,d in sos to Help Their Mother In
us,le,uc Make . Comfortable Home.
Things frightened up yesterday for tho
,,e Sternli,ht boys OF Lewis street, ana
"ss not until nightfall that shadow
,o,red to mar day that will be MEM
nj. 10 them. The shadow came In the
M. a, GERRY agent, who took the boys
10 socie,ys rooms to spend the night.
=, maybe when their mother gets out OF
",i,sl and is able, as she will be, to make
sp,o con,fortab BILE home for them the three
u.dv Youngsters will be at liberty again
,u,i,e happiness under the Declaration
600 il was too good to last, said Louis
!. lizzie and Able were led away.
NV suN told yesterday about the boys
= heir troubles. Their mother, Mrs.
..,ss ternlic ht, is sick In Bellevue, suffering
..,ly from overwork and lack Of nourish-
She was taken to the hospital last
.mrday and her three boys we're left be-
ia Lofts, aged 10, not o, as was mis-
.s.n,v said, is the oldest. lizzie is II and
SMs 0. The boys stuck together IN the
:. ,ooms they occupied with their mother
,hs rear tenement OF IS Lewis street,
.notimes eating, sometimes not, earning
NV pepnies and raising little moro by
..,lng n message from the mother In
Wi m pawn the pillows Il you are
mgry.
Then came the dispossees notice Tor nom
.vmep, of rent, and Louis's plea in court
time. The Youngsters appearance in
wt brought out the story. Ltwoch, the
I,dord. has been ordered not to dispos-
.s the Sternli chts for the present. By ths
MA he is allowed to do 90 Mrs. Sternlicht
Az be out Of the hospital and ready to
.e charge of her boys again.
What disposition the Gerry society will
AXE of the youngsters could not be learned
,s,erday, but it was said at the society
,,ms that their condition would be looked
10 and their relatives II they have any.
k,ted. If the relatives can't take charge
the children the society will.
n the children are al. right and we have
record of them on our books" said an
6dal Of the society yesterday. we will
Nd them temporarily until their mother
discharged from the hospital. We can
nmit them to an institution for few
seks until their mother is able to take care
them
LOUIS, lzz1e and Able were awakened
ssrday morning by visitors who had
Nd Of them. Early in the morning a
Aoopapher appeared and begged to be
sreo to take their pictures. Why,
ra,ny and they posed in the yard step
ddsr fashion. Then appeared woman
earch Of human interest Stories" She
iszed the boys until they informed her
II they liked to talk, but would much
Ina human interest woman gave them
IA change. and lizzie hotfooted to the
nest bakery. He brought back q break
for three, consisting Of loaf Of bread.
boys had no sooner eaten this than
Ii visitors began to appear, Some
wight clothing. and others gave the boys
bnsy
s. many visitors could not help but
as the attention OF the Sternlichts'
IrSborp, Women stuck their heads
rot the windows Of the adjoining houses
discussed the sudden prominence OF
@ernlichts. They could not under.
nd what it meant. They questioned
three boys, but the youn gsters seemed
b quite as much In the dark.
hrly In the afternoon man came who
luteered to take the boys to restau-
D. and give them . good meal. They
no only too happy to 60. While they
M away other callers inquired for the
M One Of these visitors was connected
Nh neighborhood charity. He could
h understand why he wasn't notified OF
b condition Of the Sternlichts before
Gsr impractical people had heard OF 1t.
THg Sun received SOS yester-
" for the benefit Of the Steamboats,.
asmuch az the Gerry society had charge
tho children none OF the money was
ven 10 them. Forty-sfx dollars that
line early was turned over to Assistant
aperintendent Richard of Bellevue Hospi-
to be given to Mrs, Sternlicht as she
uted it. The remainder, which came
ast nights mail. will be given to her
Milton c. Hermann sent a check for
A sun Reader" contributed $40,
b. Brown, s.; Cash IS; G. H. Philanthropy;
H. A. s., 81; "A little one who Is in the
kntry.' 81, A. s. L., s.; 1.-TWO friends Of
M Sum- $40: c. s. W., 81, and w. c.. -.
~ last named made personal investi-
hion and found that the Sternlichts were
k0rthy re0ple