New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-26
BIG TINE At TOUGH CLUB
500 Children Made Happy De-
spite Removal Uptown.
FIRST XMAS IN NEW HOME
Punch and judy and Ketchin'
Gloves Galore for Greenwich
Village Younger Set.


We'll the Tough club which isn't tough
Al ali-was an motrd yesterday. Boo fact.
u moved last month. but yesterday s
events iu IT. new home. 80. -3 N.st
18Th street. o.-s.pat"d the worst Tears
Of the little boys and girls oi OBJ" s''-
ton west OF Washington square dee
scrIbod $50 prrtuly Dos g. Henry iu THE
Last Leaf When they heard tHH' the
quarters 500 40. o.. Grove street would D."
dark ou christmas Daf. ,nu-,..ra'iI
spread through tue section "u.r, 800 .hr
streets ruu crooked. fur OBJ" Tough
club 20 them i- o.. ,pt"mr OF 'I that
Is desirable .u-t before christmas l"G d.
tm, Dr. looked a- though b, would Dee aI
up with christmas 90 the younger ln-
hablttut- of the o.d \.ntu Ward who had
counted ou reg lar league uascual.s snl
pluh-aud- whit" doiLes. "a usual
Iut although tho club did NOV" Way p
town. possibly INTO llttIo more aristo'rit-
De- environment. II didn't make particle
Of dlncrcu,r unless. after all, Il was the
best Christmas the children ever rcmem-
bercd. jew and Gentle, boy and girl, 10
the number of five hundred or more.
cream and cake and drink AL the lemon
AIDE Frank Corbett. ot the reireshment
committee. could squeeze into three great
big tubs. Win scli-conscionsuesS cIeth
forgotten. m" young folk focked out to
the street hugg!ng Punch and judy or
"a .ketchu'" glove that cost real money
The Tough club had surpassed Itself !u
the eyes OF Greenwich villages lopcfuls.
no matter Of what creed or nationality
Make no mistake IA thinking that there
wa no room for the regulars OF the
,r,urh C1ub. They were all there. even
f. simon NJ Sharp. IL, only living one
Of the half dozen who started tine club
IN Tn. back room OF Oi,ore, TpYrs saloon.
at Hudson and West lutn streets on the
night OF November IU i.4 Naturally.
Steward "Jimmic" Duuu-l had 10 be
tb.r. to helm "Buly" Lawrence. the pros
ucrnus president. lu making the first
Christmas iu IAN street % baug-up good
time. II was the tim, OF all times when
IN. Tough club should live up to IT,
,,,,.tto "p.,d but Never Break" So.
altar IN. children had been enriched az
t.,,cot.d tb.ir INST aspfratInu-. the Tough
,r,,,. ,.r,.,,.,l..i f., MAKE. merry along the
H.. i..i, .l..,,.,, ia, ..Ii,,pi,.' Dunu.I. The
,...,,...,.,,..,,... US Frank Cor1ett SAID
III, bar ,.t r,. h.biuJ a white
..,,r,,, md b.o,u. c.ttiue collars of zeal
IN ,,.. Anil, l,.rt uu U., that until
80. into ma. .y.pip,,
nor months after t was started the
ossoci,tion was called Ola. Toni club
# isr,, hard In .a. why IL crew up-or|
dou,-iuto its present name. But apart
fro,n this n.cullarit,. tnr next strangcst
,bi,,, obnut the Tough club Is that while
its ,,anbershlp includes the names r.
,,,,,, man who are powerful in the old
eth District of Tammany Hall. lts purpose
and activities are along non-political lines.
f., oi,, IL I'm prouote social enjoyment
aud IN INV benefts To relatives OF de-
- ,,.,,t.rs- S9-o eacb-and the
... -, .t,,..,.s ,,aid tu less than forty
,',,., ,,',,r, Gar d.atb More than 10000
10. 49,, ,,atJ ON, in This wav The dues
49,. 10, ,bor q a tnnnth and IL costs