The evening world., 1910-12-17

VIC tSIlSIlIelll TOIne IN lower First
Mrs. Brown said that Valentine was
a very good boy. II he had any bad
habits she did not know 1t. Al first
she objected to his fighting as a bust
ness but when she discovered that ne
was going to hght all the time anyhow
she decided that he might as we'll
make his living that way.
we wasn't doing so well by our.
selves said the little woman. "und Won
valentine brought me der first FIVE dol
lars II helped a whole lot. Since dot
time he has come home and put more
oah *s'Wo In my apron and I have u
most or 1t in Ger bank-a savings bank.
wants about two dollars n
week to spend and I let him have dol,
II iss not too much"
That the Brown household IL nrnrd
OF the hghtins son is shown by the
decorations OF the little fiat. The home
Is located on the second floor OF an old
tenement house and the stairway Is
between a Chinese laundry anc a butter
and egg store.
There are two medium size rooms
winch are used for the kitchen and the
parior, n the W very small rooms
IN between which are used for bedrooms
The Nat Is what is known as a railroad
nat because o have to 90 through
one room TO get 20 the other. The first
room a visitor enters is the Kitchen
Here Is an old-fashioned stove ana a hlg
table. 1t Is unnecessary to explain thai
this Is the room In which the family
spends most OF their time. PASSING
through the w bedrooms the visitor
comes into the parlor. Here is the evil
dence tina, the family Is proud OF the
success of knnpkput prpu,- ~ u--
side OF the wall Is his picture. festooned
In German n American flags. On
every possible space hangs a pair of
boxing gloves. We made an accurate
count and there were fourteen pairs OF
boxing gloves hanging about the room.
Every pair OF them tells the tale OF a
victory and every member of the Brown
FAMILY can tell a visitor the story OF the
conquest.
Browns First Fight.
The FIRST fight that my son fought 7
did not know about IT. said Mrs.
Brown until he come in der house al
most crying. lie was still painting for
breath. He told me dot he had out
Knocked TWO fighters at the Long Acre
Club and dot dey had gif him s. for do
ing II. He said dot his manager had
chased him all der way home to make
my boy glf him one OF der dollars.
told him he could keep dose 81. but after
dat he gif me all he made. Der first
big money he got vass s.. Since den he
hass brought me SO much as $500
WAS his father a iighter?' asked.
Again Mrs. Brown burst Into a At OF
laughter.
"Neln. nein." she said. He vass not
by der fghting business. but ven he got
der load on he would 60 out und fight,
but he didn't get nothing forJt. He must
been vot you call der bum lighter"
Mrs. Brown said that her husband wos
formerly in the ice business, bur tina.
the business had gone bad n that he
then became a driver at so much a day.
lie is now driving a truck that Is used
In removing snow.
"Do you ever worry about your son
when no is ighting?" ! asked.
"Neln, not now" She replied. "But
at first ! was worried. | vass afraid he
get his face mussed up. but dey don
hit him much. ! always sit up until he
come homo und I can't sleep ven he iss
out OF town. He always come straight
to me der minute dot he is through
wild der fighting. und he Elf me his
money like der god kinder dot he lss.
"You see" she said rather proudly,
der first twenty-siX times dot he
fought he put der other fighter down
by der ou'knock route, vot Mr.. Morgan
says. Dot made me feel easy, ind
hafn't worried much since.
Quit Pencil Factory.
MY boy vass doing we'll working IA
der pencil factory, but he didn't like Il.
und ven ne got der chance TO fight NJ
stopped making pencils. und It is all
right now. Fighting beats der pencil.
making business, but I suppose some.
body has to make der pencils for you
paper writer's to work vid."
Mrs. Brown and her son then brough,
out his records. and It was shown tina,
Knockout Brown had fought eighty
battles so far, and OF these he has won
seventy-nine.
The favori,e diet OF this German
' fighter Is Irish stew. and his mother
prepares II for him with great care
She was beginning to stir the stew toI
dinner when We lsft the uttis homo