Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-31
NEWSBOYS PUT IN GREAT DAY
Two Hundred Littic Fellows at An
nual Picnic at Manswa.
GOOD MEN AND WOMEN HELP OUT
Mountain of Tempting Provisions Is
Hauled TO the and
scaled with Facility by
Hungry Hordes.

Thursday certainly was a day to make the
doctors feel discouraged-the day Of the
newsboys' picnic. In the morning after
paper selling time the boys, about 30
strong. marched through the business
streets and visited al the newspaper offices
cheering and yelling in a manner that put
the rah-rah boys to shame. That was where
the lung specialists got theirs. Later in
the swimming and athletic contests the
orthopedlsts and surgeons got the blues,
while one glance at the small mountain OF
edibles taken along was enough to cause
even an iron-nerved stomach specialist to
faint.
The newsboys' picnic is a great annual
event, long looked forward to by the busy
young merchants. The events OF Thurs
day prove that they enter no less heartily
into their pleasure than into their daily
duties.
Let It be understood right at the start
that this was no SLOUGH OF a picnic. The
newsies have the friendship OF many peo-
pie. Rome Miller, he's the treasurer and
secretary OF the association. All the leading
merchants and packing houses helped get
up the picnic. And look at the
syell women that helped serve the grub
over the lake. Among these were Mrs.
r. E Hayward. Mrs. ]. d. Weaver, Mrs.
r. L. Metcalfe of Lincoln, Mrs. Charlotte
fowl, Mrs. c. J. Roberts. Miss Mae Weaver,
Miss Marguerite Heston and Miss Bessie
Heaton.
And the Ailison-Daugherty combined
shows which exhibited in Omaha last week
contributed the proceeds of the show to
the picnic fund. This amounted to Sass.
Car Full OF Kids.
The chartered car full Of happy. yelling
newsies, left Fourteenth and Farnam
streets promptly at $3.50 a. m. For two
hours before that, the boys had been gath
ering and a seeming mountain Of provisions
had been growing larger with every de-
livery wagon hat stopped to add to It,
Cast your glim over the following unpara-
at the picnic:
20-gallons ice cream-n
3-bunches bananas-3
12-watermelons-l2
2+-pies-4
SOO-buns-SO0
AOO-slices of bread-+W
5-crates OF peachesS
2bO-oranges-25O
5O-pounds veal-50
50-pounds homeless pork-0O
l5Q-pounds spring chicken-15O
l-whole roasted lamb
Joe Carroll and other experts on news
boy appetite, expressed the belief that the
provisions would be sufficient for the zoe
boys. Joe and his assistants have been
collecting money and provisions for weeks.
The merchants responded literally, The
Cudahy. Armour and Swift packing houses
donated the meat.
The embarking of the newies was a sight
worth seeing. Joe Carroll of The Bee
seemed to DO chief multi with Mike Barto
as his able assistant. Mogy Bernstein of
the News was also-a busy man and Tony
Castanzo, representing the World-Herald,
was hopping about on his crutches doing
at least twice as much as most men with
two legs could do. These three captains
planned everything with the system of
veterans. The mountain of provisions had
been placed on Fourteenth street between
Douglas and Farnam streets and the boys
were lined up half a block away at Far
nam street. When the car pulled up, the
rear platform was piled high with ice
cream freezers, bananas. boxes of meat
and buns, while under each seat a water
melon or a crate OF peaches was slowed.
Like HOratIus at the Bridge.
Then the car moved on to Farnam street,
where Tony Castanzo and Joe Carroll. like
win Horatluses at the bridge, were holding
the Juvenile horde in check. Woe, then,
to any daring youth who sought to slip
into the car without being a bone fide
newsie. Nitsie, It couldn't be done. Joe
Carroll stood at the back platform and
Tony Castanzo at the front and separated
the sheep from the goats, the newsies from
the mere boys. Famous Hustler" Vel
low Dog Snakes" Rotten Eggs"
"Stubby," Quaker Oats" Fish, all
these and about 100 others had free and
undisputed entire to that coveted car, but
It was almost as easy for a camel to
pass through the eye OF a needle as for a
non-newsboy to get past the watchful eyes
of the two arguses, Joe and Tony.
And then away went the car fun Of Joy
TO Manawa, where the first thing scheduled
was a base ball game at Ideal Hustlers'
park. After that there was all kinds Of
fun at the park, including swimming Lite
Saver Parker of the Young Mems Christian
t association was on hand with a picked
crew Of intrepid men to do the rescue
stunt in case It became necessary; and
, there were races and watermelon eating
contests and pie eating contests and other
contests with plenty of fun on the roller
coaster and the merry-go-round and other
amusement devices.
The special car arrived in Omaha on the
return last evening at 1880 o'clock.