Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-27
Council Bluffs,
"NEWSIES" ENJOY FINE FEAST
Eighteen of Them Do Full Justice to
Christmas Estables.
NO COURSES FOR THEIR DINNER
Menu Came on in One Avalanche
and u Was Disposed of in
Just ThIrty-Five Glorious
Minutes.
NO COURSES FOR THEIR DINNER


Newsboys' Menu.
cranberry sauce.
with Baked Apples.
Roast Pig, Apple Dressing.
Potatoes Drowned with Each Roast
Asparagus on Toast
French Peas Beans. Celery.
Mlnce, Apple and Pumpkin Pies
Peaches and Cream. o-.z ,.u,o.
Ice Cream. Tea. Coffee, strong lemonade
Four Kinds Of Cake
| Unlimited Quantities OF Everything.
| Time: All Afternoon.
! It was the menu for the newsboys
Christmas dinner. devised by themselves
| paid for by themselves eaten in the
privileged solitude OF the dining room they
had engaged and paid for at the shawler
restaurant Although the seclusion was
only secured by the friendly assistance Of
tall screens It was amply sufficient to shut
out prying and critical eyes, and Jimmy
was privileged to accomplish the feat Of
eating peas with his knife and there was
no thought Of restrictions that would pre-
vent him using that handy tool on the
turkey and make II the conveyor to his
mouth Of every other Wand, to the last
| bit of the pumpkin pie
There were eighteen newsies in the i'm
provised dining room, seated at three large
tables. on chairs that were high enough
to give a commanding view OF every dish
on the tables
The walters wanted to serve the tre-
mendous dinner in courses, but nary
course except the first big avalanche from
the kitchen.
Roy Mitchell was master OF ceremonies,
but there weren't any ceremonies. It was
business, earnest, intense, satisfying from
tho start.
No Time Wasted.
The lengthy time limit was an unneces-
sary preeaution. Thirty-five minutes from
the moment grace was not said the last
vestige of the feast had vanished, leaving
only disordered array of dishes and little
piles of closely picked bones that would
have disappointed a hungry pup.
The carefully planned program included !
some congratulatory addresses some |
hearty expressions OF gratitude to a gen.
erous clientele that had made such a feast
possible. But for the first ten minutes It
would have been an inexcusable breach
OF dinner etiquette TO have called out the
speakers for the next ten minutes It would
have been inadvisable and at the conclu-
sion Of the final fifteen minutes It would |
have been wholly impossible for any of
the takers to have done credit TO himself |
by attempting to deliver his set speech
Consequently there was no speechifying.
But the looks and the murmurs of salts
faction were far more eloquent and con-
vincing than any ideas expressed In
spoken words, though they had been
couched In phrasing faultess enough to
have won a prize in a university ora
torical contest.
''FelIars, yer don't want ter hear my
speech now, do your" said one Of the
young orators who had been selected for
the after dinner program
Nav, we don't want to hear no
speeohin' came the response from every
table I'VE want TO begin dreamin' about
this right away and make IT last as long
as dream kin"
II dreamt a dream once that lasted nine
years" said one dreamy-eyed youngster
whose eyeids seemed to be abnormally
heavy
But we must do our resolutin thankin'
our patrons for this feed" said another
honest-minded kid whose hands held a
erumpled sheet Of paper, covered with YER
teal characters, Indifferent photography
and many capital letters combined into
phrases with numerous "whereases'' and
resolves"
We don't need to tell 'em we're glad
they give us the dough for this feed"
came the protest from every table They
ought to know kid is always glad to get
all the good things he kin eat"
Let us walt till jest before next Christ
mas to tell EN- about It," shouted one
precocious diplomat The wisdom of this
course impressed itself upon ALL and a
year from now, IL there is a man or
woman who is willing to contribute to
the nswboys' dinner fund and wants TO
know whether the nickels given this Christ
mas season were worthily bestowed and
fully appreciated, let that person ask any
OF the newsies who enjoyed the dinner
yesterday to tell about IT,
Only one bit more OF description is re-
quired to convey fully the completeness
OF the happy event, and that relates to
the environment. The Shawler restaurant
is sandwiched between two 5-ceut moving
picture shows and there is another on the
opposite side OF the street And-finally
there were no papers to think Of until
Monday morning.