New-York tribune., 1910-12-26
Turn in Old Lane at No. 2O7.
Where Christmas Meant Cheer
TO Thousands of Men.
MANY OLD REGULARS THERE
Every Mention of Tim Sullivan
Signal for Glad Noises Of
Thanks-Steaming Coffee
the Favorite Drink.

xou got il out? You're enough Of an
cid timer to know Git On in now: don.
can' there talkint- Hey, Harry, get EN-
m up Don't be so particular about
hose feIlers that amt got no tickets
walk lively; SIT along in thsrei Say.
orter. otter, Let twenty more up
.hs-s IL Three. four, five, six, seven,
eish.-that's enough. That feller with
tie black hat ends it.''
ID the steps they came. pushing
erowding to get into the annual dinner
Of the Timothy D. Sullivan Association.
TIE Christmas spirit was there, and be-
sides, there were turkey and pie and cof-
fee and beer and other things at the head
of the stairs Two men helped another
on crutches. and Johnny Lookup the
blind beggr who religiously attends all
funerals possible and as religiously
veeps with his sightless eyes, was swung
ID by q ragged companion
They we're fed in groups Of one hun
dred or more, biting into the food with
zest that showed real hunger. It did
not look Ike the regular Bowery crowd.
There we're lots Of young men in the
motley array. Lots Of them were shame
faced and lots Of them were shaved, and
others were too new in the Bowery to
have 3 nickname. 1t was estimated
that nearly four thousand we're fed dur
ing The day.
Many of the Regulars There.
7 know some Of those men, said z
leader in the Sullivan association
There's three over there 1 went TO
St PaUicks school with
But many Of the old regulars were
there. There were Mike Mccormick.
who used 10 be z Rough Rider: Bronco
Red Shefman; Butler, the Wop'':
Elias Kid Murray. Willie Hicks. the
Crust Thrower'': George" Ryan; old
German" Rothbaum, who was with
Company D Of the 18th Heavy Artil-
lery and got e sabre cut in the battle
Of the Wilderness; Mickey Murray,
who does real, oldtime Irish 5igs and
reels ct Coney Island: Frisco Ned"
1ho spent four years in the Yukon. and
hundreds Of other men. Weiles Gone, an
cid vaudeville actor who does an Uncle
sam" act. was there, with chin wlis-
kers that already made him I'D for the
part They had come from the lodging
houses, from the streets just east Of the
old Lane" from the Bovery Mission
and wherever the ''Rig Fellow knew
they were
Although there were q glass Of beer
for every one and another il man
wanted It, coffee was the drink most in
demand.
That dipper has blistered my hands,
said Joseph Dunn. president Of the Lar
rys' Mulligan Association. ''They certain
" seem to want the warm drink TO-
day"
Ready Always to Cheer "Tin,."
Just before each relay finished the
hand stopped playing The Bowerys for
Just one minute while William Dolph,
secretary OF the ASSOCIATION and as
Eistant clerk Of the City Court, an
nouaced:
Boys. you're ali here 80 enjoy the hos
plraliry Of Senator Tim
He. never got any further. for deep,
rUnbling hasses and voices hoarse from
Spirit lubrication broke in with cheers
from II O'Clock IN the morning until
about 5 O'clock IN the evening the men
Tere coming and going, until all Of
CHARLEY Gronebe-g's 5000 pounds Of
turkey, seven barrels Of potatoes and
100 pies were gone.
Plenty Of Big Tins" friends were
On hand Senator John c Fitzgerald
Alderman John J. White William Baker
Calvert, Larry Mulligan, Billy
Leng. Neal Carroll. Harry Applebauu,
the Big Fellows secretary: Peter P.
AcriteIi. Sam Mas, Of the Corpora
tior CouoseIs office; Judge Thomas P.
Dlrnean, Judge Leonard P. Snitkin and
others dropped in during the day Some
Of Ehen pur On Uhite aprons and served
the men themselves
TIE Big Fellow" cane IN early, but
did not stay long
II makes me glad and Il makes me
sc--y 70 see 'eu1." he said. Besides,
Little Tins picture looks down from
> fhe wall now, and Little Tim died Just
= 4 nC-Ie while before last Christmas
Day
As the men entered the hall each got
brler pipe and some tobacco. and an
Invitation 70 return on February 6.
This means an invitation TO get q pair
q shoes and stockings. The date is said
70 b Big Tins birthday
None Too Poor for Thanks.
I've been coming seventeen years
ever since they used 10 hold the balls in
Everett Hall" said man as he sham
oled down the stairs They all had
someJhtng 10 say-mumbled. perhaps.
but said. any way. Yer can't beat old
Aew York. Don't talk about Chicago 10
me" ~Goodby and good luck" Il been
outside since quarter past 10 tryin' 10
glt in Murphy. that's ne; good old
Irish name, amt it?" Mines Harry
Ellis. born over here in Broonae street:
gong On hfty-one now" These were
some OF tse things they could lhihk OF
70 say II the way Of thanks.
The line formed early. Men stretched
around into Rivington street at one eno
and INTO Delaney at the other; men
pushed up from the Seven seas and from
every land, men from Clark street. chi
cage, ana men from the Barbery coast
ef Frisco: men from up the river
perhaps and from the Old Tree at ehe
corner Of Pel street-ironNorAers' saii-
ors, Clerks, old New Workers. men from
nowhere. but all glad TO accept Dig