The sun., 1908-12-04
UPLIFTING THE NEWSBOYS.
President OF Their Club Here with Informs
the Public How TO Help.

MryJoseph Rosenberg, popular ly known
cs Joe Rosenberg OF Brooklyn Bridge.
Is years old and president and organizer
ofthe Dowpto wn Newsboys Club. brought
TO THE Sun otfice yesterday en- open
lctter which he asked tn have published
"for the benefit OF the citizens Of the
and addressed to the People OF the Two
Cities 1t contained the following:
Tho question of the hour Is the uplifting
OF the newsboys Few are the people who
realize what an important subject this is
Little do they realize that some day these
same boys that they see and hear purveying
newspapers at the bridge and on the streets
may some day become bank presidents.
railroad magnates. Aldermen and the rest.
II way back some one had been thought
ful enough to notify the public as am now
doing OF the necessity OF educating and
encouraging the boys who toll night and
day. rain and cold, to serve the public
our " hole history might have been changed.
Citizens! See the result OF the club! II
is as contemplated No more do the boys
rush at you with papers and shouts. II
you want a paper now you can always find
boy quietly awaiting YOU at his post
near by.
and willing to learn-learn from you, the
citizens OF New York. How can they learn
to even speak correctly when you talk to
them with a sentence sustaining the fol-
lowing: Gimme sun" or -Gotter SUS?"
II you. the citizen, would approach them
saying thus like: Il should like THE Sun
II you have 1t. please" they would soon
learn to reply this like: Yes. sir; have 1t
right here, sir. Two cents. II you please. "
SO much for the uplifting Of the speech.
Now for the conduct
when n citizen rushes toward a boy.
stepping on the same boy 8 feet and snat chcs
q paper from him with one hand and throws
a penny roughly at him with the other
the boy soon becomes hardened by such
treatment and learns to give as he received.
No citizen should ever forget that he or she
was once boy or once has or had one az home
and would be or had been sorry TO see his
or her boy behave as our boy or boys do.
Nowi II that same citizen would take the
time to approach the boy quietly and ask
gently for his paper he would walt but a
short space TO see or hear the boy reply
as he carefully folded the paper for him
and hand It to him: Here Is the paper you
Inquired OF. sir.
| have spoken seriously with the boys
In consequence about calling out false news,
such as "Rocker1eller dead broke'" or
Bryan to quit running" it is only done
In the spirit Of enterprise, but II Is exor-
bitant.
II any citizen Is In doubt as TO whether
he desires TO purchase a paper or nay he
may step up to the nearest post where he
Will find a boy and inquire Of him II there
Ia any news to-day and II so would he
mind giving him a synopsis Of 1t. The
bows will be only too glad to do H.
II the citizens would only take a little
interest IN the newsboys they would soon
find that their time was not wasted. There
s no reason why the newsboys should not
be referred to as "thc oity's finest"
Any suggestions will be most gladly re-
ceiyed by me at the Brooklyn Bridge and
operated on. Pro Bono Publico.
PRESIDENT RosESBERo.
p, s.-"The power OF the Pressl- What
would It amount to without the newsboys
TO spread Il broadcast?