Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-09-14
NEWSIES EMIT
PROLONGED YELL
PAPER SELLERS GIVEN PICNIC
AT DEL REY
Six Hundred Boys Gather Around
Tables Laden with Food, Then
stralghtway Turn Into
Bold Buccaneers

~ Playa del Rey awoke with a start,
rolled over and rubbed its eyes A
shrill scream that grew in intensity
rolled across the placid water OF the
lagoon and searched out the innermost
cecesses of the land OF dreams ana
sand dunes.
That scream never died out In real
ity until the sun sank redly in the
Pacific on a scene of devastation never
| before witnessed at the happy home OF
the humble sand crab.
In the ears of the Del Reyite that
scream still resounds.> Last night ne
! heard it in his sleep. The continuity
was never broken throughout the gay.
4 The sound rose and fell on the back
! ground of the deep diapason of old
mother ocean booming on the SOFT
| cleaning strand.
The newsy on the corner who hands
| you your paper may below hoarsely
| today. If he does that is an artificial
| city assumed sound-a noise for streets
and curbs. The natural noise of the
newsy is a prolonged shrek in high G,
a cross between the wall Of a banshee
and the despairing cry of starving
catamount.
Mr.. Commuter, IL the newsy who
| hands you your morning Herald today
! looked at you with innocent eyes and
a smile o'erspreading his beatific coun-
tenance, be not deceived. You have en-
countered a pirate-a bold, bad buc-
/ cancer, q direct descendant of Morgan
or Captain Kidd You have touched
! the hand of one who has sailed the
mighty main, captured and sunk ships,
/ looted cities and marooned helpless VIC
| tins on burning sands of lonely
! islands.
All this because Circulation Manager
Arthur A. Lee of the new Evening
4 News played the host to about 6OV OF
! the brightest, most enterprising lads
that ever shouted their papers on the
streets Of city.
Happy to Survive
Frank Staples, the manager OF
Pierces Balloon route enterprises, was
! happy last night, though the casual
observer couldn't just understand why.
| The probable reason was that the pa
yilion still stood on its foundation ana
| the water in the lagoon was still wet.
| on the bosom of the lagoon drtfteo
| the hulks of a score of half sunKen
derelicts a menace to small craft, II
any are left afioat in the bay.
The scene of the day, however, was
that which took place in the Dig olnlhs
room when the newsies ate.
lust before "de big feed" the urchins
were herded in an Enclosure roped on
on the causeway between the long ana
short pier. A chief OF routemen
mounted the rail and made speech.
No one who valued his life dared IN
wade the mob so the CHEERS remarks
may never be recorded. This mucn Is
known: He said something that put
and kent every gamin on his best be-
hayior during the time spent In Ine
| dining room.
Then they let them out of the roped
| Enclosure one by one and the laos ran
/ for the dining room. All this time tnal
| shriI shrek burdened the ambient air.
When a kid was let through he gave
one prolonged howl OF sheer 1ole ue
vivre and scooted like mad ior the
| feed
inside the door each kid gave gasp
for breath, A wealth of white hnen'
SPARKLING cut glass, silver ana mowers
was something of a shock to most OF
them, The youngsters were not allowed
to pause but were led to seat Where
dinners smoking hot awaited them.
And n was a good dinner. Again each
lad nausea in confusion. Such an ar
raw of table jewelry was bewiloerlng,
but the Congo Coon set the pace by
choosing the spoon as the best weapon
and the onslaught began.
Boys Well Behaved
low musical number filed the
room and many hearts of grownups
were gladdened by the sight of the
newsies and their grub hiding procliyl-
ties. About one-half of them wore the
costume de rigueur of the occasion
| bathing suits. Some of the suits were
not too dry but the wearers were I'M
conscious of any soleclsm.
| "Chee Chan, pipe de prunesi I'm
strong for dem," whispered Happy
Buck. 49,,
"Dose isn't prunes." replied Monk
Paige with dignity and purity of die
| ton, "dose is dates, and you don't cal
4 till after de ontray is served he
as nice as you can, you're among
"No. lady, only takes two cups OF
coffy wild me dinner, but If you m
| sist can's refuse one more. said q
bright-eyed young Chesterfield from
Each youngster finished his dinner
with a big segment of apple pie. some
of them finished with two, and IT was
| S-hisnered in dim. misty depths below
the pavilion that Winnebag had MADE
| away with four pieces. Be that as II
| NAV. each lad appeared on the espla-
made with a slug of the American DELI
cacy large enough to choke hlppoI,
potamus. There were no hlppopotanl
in the lagoon, but the waters We're soor 900.
filled with strange, ampnlpious
| monsters
Piracy Is Continuous
The perpetual Shrek, momentariiy
hushed by food, again Welled iorthl
| and at times it rose and fell with tne
rhythmic tempo of a steam caiiope
and an amateur at the keyboard:
with rare presence of mind tne
| husky youth who tends the poats az
Playa during the summer had securely
| hidden the oars. Then the youth neu
1t Is we'll for him that the tall seuses
concealed his shrinking form.
Every boat was dragged forth ano
| every raft and craft that would noaI
proudly or sink ANONYMOUSLY Wa
| launched on the troubled waters OF tne
| lagoon. From that moment acts o.
piracy were continuous. Many gar
| liant craft sailed forth gravely preast-
| ing the pillows with a dozen trusted
men peddling with boards, only 20 Ian
/ into the hands of buccaneers OF large.
and stronger growth. One crew seizeo
a long, low, rakish craft, tettisoneo
| the cargo of small fry and hoisteo q
'Teg O. mutton" sail. Later the mast
was lowered long enough for the Jolly
Roger to be nailed to the masthead.
Jockey Paige, Mark Pierce and Three
Fingered Sam were captain, maid ano
boatswain of this craft. The crew IN
cluded all the kids you know, lnciuu-
ing Happy Buck and Winnepes.
Commander a Raft
A raid was made on the dredger
pontoons, and soon half a dozen OF
these were freed from the pipe ana
manned for cruise Of conquest
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