New-York tribune., 1905-12-26
COINS WRECK DINNER.
Disaster Fouoscs Charity Too Freely
DISPENSED Among "Nesosies."


| ~,aursies" their annual dinner in the Newsboys
Athletic Club at No. IA East 4th-st- The prepar-
stions for the dinner began at o'clock SUNDAY
| evening. A restaurant keeper or 2d-aVe' was
hired to serve the food for the repast AT 1l;SO
! e. m yesterday, when the first relay OF 500 ooSs
was admitted. the line extended from the build
ing on 4th-st to 3d-ave. About $50 boys were
from Brooklyn. The Police Department had six
old policemen. chosen for their experience for
handling such gatherings. assigned TO the dinner
to keep things straight
The first relay behaved itself well. compare
lively speaking and after the meal went up
stairs to the meeting room, where they listened
to speeches Meantime the second $50 boys,
along with twenty newsgirls. went to the
gymnasium TO eat their dinners In the meet
ing room the boys met a number Of visitors, al
of whom. excepting Mr.. Guggenheimer had been
newsboys and several of them made speeches.
Mr.. Guggenheiner said:
Your preparation for life In many respects
is better than that of the sons OF the wealthy
You learn the most important lesson OF IIe NJ
teen or twenty years before they DO. You get
self-reliance, independence of action and Wnat
is of the greatest value to any human being, you
realize the necessity Of work and the evil results
of idIeness. Let tell you, by way or en-
couragement, that out OF the ranks OF poor,
hard working boys like you are have risen most
of our present day millionalres and succeSsIuI
leaders in the business world They are. In an
overwhelming proportion, self-nade men; that
is men who by the mere strength of their VIII ana
self-denial and pluck overcaIne all the obstacles
that stood in their way to power and success
If you ask any one Of them what ne THINKS
made him strong and successfuI ne Will ten
you that 1t was nard Wo1k puct1SIIty I'd II. US ~
ness, honesty and truthfulness These are the
qualities which command confidence. Wnlcn WIN
single you out among a thousand ana Whlcn,
when the opportunity comes, as II does come
TO every one OF us once in his life, Will secure
step by step your advancement on the ladder
to a successful life, and your prosperity in the
future
Before the speeches ended trouble had begun
downstairs. Sam Paul, now wealthy man
and once newsboy, came TO the dinner with
S100 worth OF quarters and dimes in his pockets
He sat with the second crowd In the middle
of the meal he began to distribute his gifts by
throwing them down the tables. Then came the
scramble Chairs were upset, dishes were thrown
on the floor and cups Of coffee were splashed
about Underneath the rush was Mr Paul
When he got clear from the ra,bble he was
pitiable sight. His clothes were in ribbons and
he was bruised and dirty from contact with the
flying food.
But he didn't stop to explain how it happened
because he realized that a riot had begun and
he satisfied at escaping with his NE
When the climax came he had distributed SAC
He kept the remaining $50 for repairs to his
When Mr. Paul had gone the youths turned
their attention to the policemen who Jared
almost as badly as the ex-newSboy. After un-
successful attempts to get down the swinging
apparatus in the room for an after-dlnner
trapeze performance. they turned their atten-
ton to the girls.
After that the boys of the two rows Of tables
fought duel
Jack Sullivan the president of the club, made
repeated but unsuccessful efforts TO check the
Tumpus
See dem dishes and glasses?" said Jack,
pointing TO pile that was approaching on the
sturdy arms of an assistant It'll cost me
erbout $50 ter make good on dem alone. An
er good half de knives and forks are gone.
too" he added.
Did the boys cut up some7" ventured a
visitor.
Cut up some" murmured Jack, pityingly. Il
should say yes dey did Ttngs was certainly
lively fer erwhile. When dey got goin' dey didn't
care fer nobody. Dey slambed everything in
sight. Dey drove away eight ladies and four
gents what came ter see dem in detr autos,
stampeded de ten walters what servin'
dem and almost killed de six old cops what had
come ter keep order. I felt sorry fer dem cops.
Dey couldn't do nuttin. De boys just knocked
DER helmets off wild pie an den slugged dem
wild cranberry sauce, till dey looked like dey
had been drowned in red ink"
Later Jack and of his followers took the
places of the walters, who had run at the first
signal of danger. The boys finally promised to
be good. About this time Gus Wolf, the band
leader, got on a table and said that he would
So the riot was gradually quelled, and the more
restless contented themselves with keeping time
to the music by hammering on their plates with
their knives and forks The dinner ended at
2:30 o'clock in the afternoon.
Herman Rosenthal, another wealthy ex-
newsie, has promised the boys supper on New
Years Day.