The sun., 1907-11-29
TOLD BY THE STUFFED NEWSIE
THE THANKSGIVING FEAST ar
So THE LODGING HOUSE.


sure IN spiel do hull ting tuh yuh II yuh
wits aw'ile tin cinches il dat me belly
amt agoin' tuh bust. cause-nOw dis ia
under yer belt--'csuss rings in tree times
an gifts tree helDin's an wild dis ton o
feed | amt Esoln' like runnin' round de
llock.
Yer hep. amt yuh!. Well. we goes up
tub de diuin room-.wot yuh wants me tuh
begin from de beginnin'P All right den,
Muster. but do feed starts wild me wen
Eits up in de mornin'. Nuh see, down mt
~ Newsie's Lodgbr House we toins out
a. clock an gifts a chuck afore we goes
tab git tle pape@ aiVH't takin' no chanct
~ lroWin hig feed in an lcsvin' no room
fer de toixay blowout iuh-night, 40 | jest
rats a,little ca, beats H.. An say. mister,
from clock Till I ritches intuh de feed
wRs de longest time I ever has in me life
On de level fought clock d never git
Cere .-'r..'... '.'
Yuh knows W ere de Newsie's Isodgin'
House is, doesn't yuh? Down on Chambers
street? Well, takes me dyin' Oat X dsre
wasn't, do biggest mob yuh ever pipes
eiahdin' outside do lodge at tree clock,
aM de feed don't come of till seven. I'm
one a ;de, foiKt hlokes In de- hne an talk
bout yer football gimes wot dose college
guys playa say. Ciny wasn't in il wild de
phahin, AN shown o. dose hungry kids.
Say, dere was some o. de bulliest scraps
yuh eyer sees guys gittin' walloped fer
tryin' fuh butt in down near de beginnin'
o. de line. But de cops came. an den dere
vas pottin' tub it. Foist on de job foist
on de line. an dat's de way II goes till de
doors open an dc rush upstairs begins.
Say, mister. sells papes fer dis good
vile an thinks knows most o de newsies,
but me peppers was on de bum tryin' tub
member bout a .t'ousand o dem blOkes
wOt Says deyre newsies. / lives at de lodge
meself but taint none o. me funerl wOt
r:lys tries tuh butt in tub git feed Mister
lleig, de super. is a good slate an slong's
ire don't bot'er his head faint up tub me.
But I'll put yuh hep tub dis. most O. de
r'ousand blokes wot pitches intuh dat
tQikey feed amt newsies an never was
W'ered dey come from? Gee, yuh has
me. but it looks like every kid in de hull o
de- city was dere.
,Iuh. soc, derss, On'y room fer couple !
n hundred bokes in de dinin' room at
once. an Mister Heig de super, has tub |
gt big gang ~ de big blokes wot lives in |
de iodga tuh stan at do door an keep de !
mob from r,Ishin' Up. SNOWFALL Robinson. |
wia do super, ,gits dc job o. bossin' de gang !
at Ie door an dey all has sticks an wacks |
de blokes wot tries tuh duck in. Yuh'd |
tink every guy in lie line was srarvin' tub |
deaf an dat IL ne don't git on de job right J
~ lie reel eveTyt ing'd he gobbled up.
Well wen hloke comes downstairs and |
says dat ,dey no ready upstairs dere was !
dc, awfulIest rush yuh ever sees. Snow
hall an de Odder geezers gifts tumbled over |
an; 'deTFC sint no chanCt ia de woild o stop |
pihl de rlsh, Gee. dey goes up de STAIRS |
faster n any mob syddOin from de cops. |
art In dev butts, right intlih de dinin' room |
were swell lafil@s WAS standiu at de tables |
ready glh he " alters DE supper an a lot /
o. de big, hlIskies has tub push de mob out /
lntph de hall, 'cause as ! says afore, on'y /
'5aut p OoupIsOs hundred blokes kin git in |
at a time;
n vas Jest me luck tuh git in on de fOist
feed, an Aay, mister ] l.doesn't know were |
rIh begin huh tell yllh bout de feas.. Dere |
say. .d'yuh fsnt Ue tub tell yuh bout Wot |
we has tuh eat? Yuh cudn't ahcaru yuh- |
aclf t'ink wild de noise o dem hungry |
thokes. Wen every guy gifts his seat de !
swcllest loidies yuh ever sees IN yer life:
real swells from Fift' avenoO. an some o.
dem woit millions q money, comes out /
~ de kitchen wild de grub. IN front o. !
"Te-y blokC deres big hunk o pie--all |
lInds uince, punkin, apple an lemin All |
oe blokes wOt has time tuh sec foist starts |
IL Ivii deir pie, goblin it down afOre de |
iSikey comes in. | takes big mOut ful |
o. nine, but ! aint a-fillin' up an leavin' |
~ room fer de rest o de feed an waits |
tIll De toikey comes on.
Say, mister, de swclleat queen yuh ever /
s"es waits on me an soc comes over and |
8 q says, jest like dis: Now. boys eat all |
,g'ss wants. cause dere's lois more were !
lis comes from" Say, dose blokes cUdn't I
shearn notrin' dey was 40 tied up film |
der bellies. an dey Jest KEEP on like a |
hIhclI % starvip' cioakmakers. DE swell |
Uteen, At de tpble were I was hans me |
I''t", an I take NO dyin' oat' de richest !
I , hnin lie wOil1 cudnt sit better. Lem'ne |
lad yuh woC dcre was ont: First, |
d5 e was turlSey viii gravy all over IL. |
and Zen dere was toinups, mashed p'La- |
tqfs, cranlb'ry an sfuffin' an salary an |
le1rme t'ink~aw, yuh doesn't want me |
nh count de bread an butter an de tea |
docs yuh? Dem t'ings amt 'xaCtly Tanks. |
pivin' an we amt agoIt' tub count dem.
Wen We fol5t pitches in d1go kid wot |
ri's uoar me gits 90 excited over de layout |
dat Y" neariv choEes hisselr tub deat'. |
An vile he's near croakin' some bloke |
awiy@a ids pie, an wen dc wop comes |
tub GIT rs hIe1t' an fms dat s)me guy !
Ilxht Of de reel, Re was On'y little kid. |
bVt' ylIh ought tuh hearn de vslla walla |
lchs-I'S out. Ne sly he'd lick he'll out ode |
guy wnt takes dc pie en- dat IL he don't |
But dere wBsu't no chanct o. Citing de |
rie back fer 'twcs in de belly o a red !
Leaaed guy wot sits ncNt tuh me. Den |
ore a De swell lojdies COMES long an wen |
she gifts put hep t'ih wot dc trubhles bout, |
she up an says lest like dis: 'Doncha care. !
sonny ylIiD gis anodder hunk An |
de9 O'dago gits de biggesS hunk % mince |
pie yuh ever does see
It.doePn't take none O. us long tub git !
on de outside o. &c ieod, an wen I gifts |
urder me- belt rig mess o. toikey an |
dh tninnps an de p'tat0es an de cram |
hries au de salary au' De rie an de tea --
say. mister. ! doesn't care den wedder |
! ~ er,s seile TaUC. An vile I wipes me !
ont un de tahlrrOt' up comes dc swell |
'ueen an she says tuh me. aughin' like, |
- yuh want anodder heIrin?"' Gee |
jnse [? but afOre ! says anything she |
rdea On comes hack wid anOdder feed |
J.. Was Z rWiCh rOist. afOre amy guy, an |
wen dey aCcs me Rittin' de secon' chuck !
o. sy goes at Z like racin tuh see wOt bloke's |
c'yIpe in r.ecHl' All git anOddeF layout. |
~ y'ih know, I t'ink every gCe2eT dsre
az Fa'in' up hi@ hunger Jest FER dis srTesd. |
EUTC does Dey Cats an eats an eats /