Evening star., 1912-01-15
4'NOOD[ES" IN TOWN
Famous NeWsboy Promises
Big Treat for "NeWsies."
cHock FULL OF ADVICE
Tells Little Merchants How to Grow
Into Strong and Useful Men.
Recent Travels.

Noodles Fagan. the most famous
newsboy in the world, is here in Washing
ton, and will entertain every newsboy
in the city with his unique advice and
brand-new songs at the Cosmos Theater
on Pennsylvania avenue between 9th and
10th streets. The first crowd of boys will
be entertained by this happy faced chap
tonight Every newsie in the city remem-
bers Noodles and his series of free
entertainments a little over a year ago.
At that time Noodles talked and sang
and showed moving pictures to 10000
children in this city free of charge. He
proved himself the newsboys' friend, and,
in addition, he gave away some of the
secrets OF how to become famous and
great, even though the aspirant starts as
Bowery newsboy. as he did.
Carnival for Newsboys.
Noodles" has arranged for a great
newsboy carnival at the Cosmos Theater
for Friday night. That will be a great
event, and to put it in Noodles ]" own
words:
1T Will be a great show, and nothing
cheap to it. Everybody who sees 1t will
be crazy over it, and 1t will get them
the performance and will be in full view
OF the audience. On that auspicious night
the champion newsboy Of Washington, D..
c.. Will be picked out"
Since Noodles was here last, he has
done a lot of things that no one else has
done. He has spoken to 375,OvO women in
the state Of California on the subject of
womans suffrage, and in fact, he says,
the success OF the votes for women"
movement in California was due to his
efforts.
He has raised $4,000 for the stamping
out of tuberculosis.
He has established seventy-nine beds in
tuberculosis hospitals throughout the
country
BY selling papers on street corners he
has started twelve newsboy bands in this
country and one in Canada.
He has spoken before four million news
boys and children.
He claims to have spoken in every big
college and high school in the country.
Judge Ben Lindsey gave him a fine letter
and told him he was a great factor in
the uplift Of young American citizens.
Judge Lindsey presides over the famous
Juvenile court in Denver.
Has Hobnobbed With Royalty.
Noodles is not an ordinary newsboy
by any means. for he has met the King
Of Spain, the King Of England and also
George. Greater than all these Is Presi-
dent Taft. and the newsboys of Wash
ington will remember that Noodles"
went right into the White House when he
was here last, and the President told him
he was doing great work for the news
boys and children.
Noodles has visited Japan. Italy. In
dia, Canada, England. Yucatan, Mexico,
Ireland. Scotland, Wales. Holland. Bel
g1um. France. Spain. China. Jamaica.
Martinique. Porto Rico. Cuba and the
Philippines. He knows mere about what
is going on In the world than any other
newsbOy. presumably, and shows what
he knows in his motion-picture talks to
his newsboy audiences. Motion. picture
travelogues will be the feature Of moo
dies free Saturday morning enter
tainment. when newsboys' families moth
ers. sisters. little brothers and all, Will be
admitted free.
How to grow up to be strong men Is
one of the secrets which Noodles" Is
And he says 1t in language which every
newsboy understands. He is a clever
newsboy. a clever talker, a clever actor
and a good singer. He is never without
smile. In fact, Noodles success is
due to the fact that he always smiled.
even when he was poor and hungry SELL
ing New York papers on the Bowery.
Since those days he has heard many a
hard luck tale from boys, and has never
failed to give q helping hand or some
good advice.
Every day this week Noodles will
have something fine, something exciting
and something funny for Washington's s
nGwsi- ;.