New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
BIG BROTHERS CELEBRATE
Little Brothers Their Guests at
Christmas Entertainment.
DINNER FOR 2l6 TO-DAY
Rufus D. Putney Tells What Is
Being Done for Their Phys
ical and Moral Uplift.

7ue Big Brothers are always looking out
>o- TIE welfare Of the Little Brothers
s,srituar and earthly welfare. But now
ga. Il is Christmas tine the earthly needs
ard Joys are most considered. and SO it
--as that Charles a Taussig, OF the execu-
1--WE committee Of the organization. tele-
phoaed yesterday 10 Rufus D Putney. the
eec-etary-
Say, PUtney, / wish you'd have pair
g, pants sent TO little Herman Myerhofer.
Fs's almost out OF those he's got His
father is out of work, and his mother is
.sck- They were going TO buy him pair
su. they need the money.
Nyerhcfer was not the name, but the
Herman viii get the breeches. Thus the
Pig Brothers look out for their Little
B-othe-s- The small brothers have already
hsd z taste Of Christmas, for forty of
,he-n had an entertainment at Dr. Park
bursts church On Friday night, with games
and prizes. and to-day 2 generous friend
nt theirs. who is TOO modest 10 allow his
name % get into print, viii give 2l6 Of them
o dinner at Broadway restaurant
M. Putney turned away from his desk
r. the Metropolitan Life Insurance Build
,rg 70 talk about some Of the boys who
have become Little Brothers since last
Christmas. and the new life and hope
handed 10 them
we get lots Of our boys from the Chill
6ren's Court. as you know said Mr.. Put
ney. mot long ago one little, undersized
hoy. fourteen years old, was brought in
~ his mother. who had been married
three tines This was her stepson. and
ne latest husband had threatened TO kill
hin. The mother wished him committed 10
e. institution, but the Judge thought II
rem'- necessary and turned him over 70
rs One OF the Big Brothers got him
position IN z big 6rygoods store, and he is
boarding with family uptown The Big
Brother interested his friends, and to-naor-
row this new Little Brother will get his
presents and clothes from Christmas tree
n TIRE Big Brothers own home For this
Big Brother, who IS man IN good cir
cU-stances, has z small boy OF his own,
e-5 the small boy. after reading z maga-
zine story OF z rich nan that brought z
poor boy 10 Ii. home for Christmas Day,
.sEed his father 70 ind e boy like that
e-d have hin in- In addition, this rich
LYLE boy has besn saving his candy money,
s,6 hes spent II for presents for rlaa Little
Brother.
Theirs IS another new Little Brother !
Rave i mind he continued His family
wss destitute. and ne came TO ne ard said
-ha- as his father was ont Of work he
~oUld have 10 give Up his dreams OF school
and college and 90 70 work. One Big
B-othsr, who IS z wholesale liner dealer
pU- him 20 work at g z week. and when
Re had been there seven days gave him S.
for his Christmas and promised him more
pay within nonch- TIE head OF the firm
v-o:e re thai this boy has the stuff il him
70 advance and TO take = position Of trust.
and added that the general manager Of the
concern came into y IN much the same
way. starting by Hcking stamps To-day
ne gets SO ,ooO Z year
Mr.. Putney told many stories OF these
Fairy Princes CT Big Brothers and what
they had done for their charges in trust
Ore was z tale o< & had. bad boy, the hope
less And. whose employer fnally offered
h1r, g 50 weekly extra = he veuld learn 10
Ess the typewriter. He learned, coached
BY the stenographer. Now ne earns s. 50
Z week through this. He IS hred cents
Cor every mistake, but his fines have never
I'm above . cents e week, and his boss"
gave him SO note as = Christmas pres
eat- Another story was OF one Of the first
BOYS who ever came under the society
notice. when forty men began its work. six
years ago Of This Little Brother. who is
now eighteen years cid and IS in z banking
house, his employer wrote: III his particu-
la place he IS absolutely indispensable, and
7 know 10 one think more CT
Mr Purney said that this boys allegiance
70 The Big Brothers was little short Of
pathetic, and that he has helped 70 handle
wiz SUCCESS some OF the boys who. I
thought, no human being could manage" ."
as he put il
One os the Little Brothers who IS al
--aciag attention now IS Jimmy de Bar
-el Crock whose title came from his trick
of stealing empty barrels in West street
and spinning them away from eEasperatec
hucksters. When he went into q summer
camp Ct1e report On him was: Member Of
B,ngleys gang Pretty hard case Seems
70 have had 10 training Al all. Appearances
against him Rather noisy On the trip.
suspect him Of being leader Of this branch
Of the Birgley gang
= month later the report On him was;
Thie boy IS another revelation Of the good
work done by the camp The Improvement
IS wonderful" Jimmy had lived down n.
reputation. but could still roll barrels for
ne amusement Of the campers He could
stand n Z room and give q barrel twiTl
g-c send II spinning straight through Al
open door hfry feet away.
Little Brothers 70 the number OF l242
have been cared FOR IN the last year and
1e7 have jobs that paw Sc q week or more
Three have found permanent homes Until
they are tweaty-one years old, when each
ptn be given $3.50, And to-day more than
chree hundred Big Brothers are making
Ct-.streses for -teir Little Brothers.
You should see the boys respond, salc
NJ Putney The President Of one OF cur
boys clubs, al q dinner not long ago.
thanked The hosts. and then said, AS we
canrct retzl:ars your favor az present.
His grammar was bad, bur mis- heart was