The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-10
ALGER, THEN AND NOW
By LEWIS F.. PALMER

CExclusve Service The Survey Press
 Bureau)
 Irony the Newsboy" was his name and Horatio A. Alger was his father. Last Saturday we figurativey coaXed Tony
 from between his frayed covers in sun day school library tof course he was sleep
 ing in an ash barreD and took him to the
 Boston school committee. He was so pit
 fully forlorn, all shreds and grime and
 ashes. that we let him sit on the floor be-
 hind a blackboard where he could see, but
 not be embarrassed. For though Tony IS
 still a favorite when he stays where he
 belongs. in his book, we felt that he might
 not prove very popular among the 5e up
 to date news merchants in the room, PIG ture him crouched down in the chalk
 dust behind the blackboard. watching and listening with mouth and eyes ana
 patches agape.
 Judge Harry IIornstein. aged sixteen,
 sir" of tlfe Boston Newsboys trial court was speaking: 'I am not here to do any electioneering to day, fellows l have been
 serving on the trial court for year now and my term of office is over II up to you fellows. representing over 90 schools
 here in Boston to elect new board today and we all want to see the best boys win
 out, no matter what their color or rells- ion or school are. The court during the past year has tried to give every feiioW Il square deal, and although some of us don't know very mucn about jurisprudence we ve been on the job for 1ustlce to aii and think you fellows will all agree With me- We acted as friends to friends. It s poor business to sell before o'clock m thu morning, because a fellow that sells before that time don't get enough sleep at night and is dopey the next day m school If you want to grow up to be a bum, the best way to start in IS 10 sen late at night to the sports who ought to be home in bed. If you're on the 1op wlth your badge during the hours when you ought to be on the job, you won't run up against this court or any other court -, We thought we saw Tony slink back a little farther into the corner when Philip
 Davis. the supervisor of licensed minors l, introduced the five candidates Tor the three positions in the trial court. A 1ttle | Irish chap from South Boston, an aspiran, for the bench, explained that he could make up in ability what he lacked in size. A colored boy from Dorchester modestly
 set forth his claims. A German from English High and Jew from the hlsh School of Commerce told just Why they
 should be elected judges.
 Then the balotng started. There was
 rumor that the slate had been nNeu' but in reality the votes were spiit lroin the head of the ticket down. In Tony's day there Weren SUCH tihi'6' "' 'N"N boy republics, and so Tony was more agbast than ever when he saw that the balloting included a captain general and a
 general secretary as well as the three judges for the trial court. Each captain of newsboys from the 50 schools had a vote for each candidate, some or the dei- egations carrying over 100 votes rom their respective districts and some swing ing not more than 20 The final count ahoved that the trial court for l911-12 will consist of Michael Berman. Alb ResnicS, and Henry Brown. colored boy. The | "a o'r o~.-eral will be James Biederman,
 and the general secretary Joseph Flax. t.le cheering was over we thought of Tony in his patched trousers and ragged shirt But Tony had gone back to his ash barrel in the Alser book. News