Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-20
TREAT FOR NEWS|ES
Five Thousand Kids Justify
Cheer "NoodIes" Pagan.
CROWD COSMOS THEATER
Guests Of The Star So Great in
Number Three Shows Are Given.
COURTESY SHOWN TO GIRLS
Three Hundred Sweethearts and Sis
tiers Of the Little Vendors Are
First to Be Admitted.
oURTESY SHOWN TO GIRLS

mos Theater stands, were yelling sing
ing and whistling for half an hour before
the several doors of the theater opened
at 1915 o'clock this morning and let that
wildly enthusiastic audience in to hear
| Noodles" Pagan, the much travelled
newsboy. who can stand right up and tell
a king or queen what's what. The five
| thousand were the guests Of The Star.
and appreciated the invitation thor
oughly. Noodles is now q personal
friend Of every newsboy in Washington.
His visit year ago started him climb
ing toward the niche in the hall Of fame
but now he has reached the niche and as
far as Washington newsboys are con-
cerned Noodles Pagan is TT He's
rtveted fast to the pedestal.
The Stars guests began arriving at the
front door Of the theater as early as $50
| this morning. The first boy to arrive
was Freddy" O'Leary. from Georgetown.
With him was Bats Freeman and ''Tur
| key Roonan. The three Of them won the
| newsboy's doughnut race at River View
| last year. and carried away a triple
plated stomachache in lieu of loving
cup. Three nice little newsboys from the
northeast coveted the position at the
head of the line, but the Georgetown
| crowd refused to bulge and the ensuing
argument maze an OtncrWlSo Gull HOuI
and half pass pleasantly.
Noodles" Commends Courtesy.
The tickets OF invitation which The Star
issued had been given to newsboys for
the most part, and to show how gallant
newsboys are, the first 800 persons adj
mitted to the theater were nearly ali little
girls. Noodles who was standing on
the outside Of the theater showing every
little newsboy what a great thing a
vaudeville actor Is when he is talking.
noticed The little girl element himself:
All" he said. in purest English. what
did l tell you? See! The little newsboys
have given their tickets to their sweet
hearts and WI mean to their sisters.
1t is grand commentary on the polite
ness of the coming American citizen to
see these little girls given preference
| here-nix on that rough stuff there"
This last remark was directed toward
two-and-a-half-foot newsboy who was
gouging out the eye Of three-and-a-
half-foOt newsboy from a different crowd.
The Stars guests. however, enjoyed these
Little settling Of differences. and none of
them amounted to anything more than the
ordinary newsboy pleasantly. Noodles
went up and down the fast-fOrming lines.
which extended around the block, and
sang songs. The boys sang with him and
whistled with that shrill. ear-piercing
VIII site which would shame the war cry Of
a million savages.
All Tried to Get in at Once.
Just how much those newsboys and
their sisters and little girl friends and
here and there q parent or two appre-
ciated that treat from The Star can be
gained by an idea of how they tried to
get in the doors of the theaters all at
once. Newsboys simply can't control
their Enthusiasm. When they see door
they want to get through it. All at once.
Five thousand at time; Nothing barred
saw three doors open at the Cosmos and
| in the first efforts screws flew out of the
door hinges like hail. But what did Ju-
lian A. Brylawski. manager OF the Cos
and told the boys they were the finest,
manifest, Quickest best-loolxing lot Of
kids he had seen for many day.
Capt. Hollinberger of the nrst precinct
sounds Of a riot and sent out his reserves.
but all they found was 5000 yelling
serious, but they couldn't help from
laughing as the 5000 rolled up and down
in front Of the theater like marbles in a
bowl When the doors opened and the
crowd rolled inward the Cosmos Tneater
filled up with The Stars guests In much
the same manner as a three-minute sand
glass fills when inverted. The 800 little
girls, most Of whom wore red knitted
caps, swarmed down in front and waited
with breathless interest. and behind
them came the howling. shouting boys.
The noise they made was like a boiler
shop, but marvellous to re,ate. Moo
dies" the king of newsies. climbed to
the stage and with one crook of the fin
ger stopped the noise in an instant.
And They Made Some Noise.
| He gave them a sign for quiet and
| sign for noise. The quiet sign brought
a stilled hush over the crowd and the
noisy sign let loose sounds that have
never been heard before by the human
ear at any time or place since the dawn
of creation. Outside, the second edition
Of the crowd waited, pushed and wor-
ried-but all were allowed inside as soon
as the first audience went whistling on
it's way. Noodles" of course, was the
star act Of the show. He was all the
show there was. and even at that he
couldn't do enough for the boys and
their friends He sang for them, he
whistled for them and showed his ia
NOUS pictures. motion films and coiored
| slides, which he himself took in various
parts of the world He explained the
pictures in words the newsboys could un-
derstand, and in the intervals he whooped
the audience to a pitch of excitement
until they sang "Alexander's Ragtime
Il
ward.
The Stars guests caught Noodles ="
good nature and laughed gleefully at
every joke.
1 The newsboy carnival last night at the
/ Cosmos was one Of the greatest events
i I'm Washington newsie circles ever re-
corded Three hundred boys made the
show a lively evening. and fifty Of the
boys entered the cracker-eating contest,
the milk drinking race and the flour-bar-
rel contest ''Humpty," q very small
newsboy. won the cracker-eating contest.
which Melted him a dollar and q half
prize money. The fiour-barrel contest
consisted in getting q ball from the -four
without the aid Of the hands. A colored
boy won the contest. covered with -four
from his head to his shoes.
GOES TO SUPREME COURT.
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