Evening journal., 1913-11-18

Reds" the young man Of strong
lungs and quick wit. who has been
selling THE EVENING JOURNAL on
the streets of Wilmington, during the
engagement of Bonnie Burr, the past
two weeks, has seen a bit of the world
Know "RedsY' OF course you do
Some days he is out in red suit, as
befits his name. Other days he ap-
pears in a green suit that must have
been made on or about March II.
Sure. That's Reds"
Reds knows all about selling pa
pers. He began young He expects
to remain somewhere near the smell
OF printers ink all his life.
Reds made a record in Wilmington
when he sold 500 copies of THE
EVENING JOURNAL in a short time
in Lippincotts store, on Tuesday
last. His greatest record is 1000 pa
pers sold in 10 minutes, in Montreal
He always arranges a newsbOys' race
in each city he visits. The race he
conducted on Saturday from THE
JOURNAL office, was highly success
full
But let Reds" himself tell his
story.
in New York City Onct when | was
a kid de blizzard was dat fierce
couldn't see acrost de street, and If
big snow flake had hit me Il would Of
buried me. / was dat little.
Me fader was a newsdealer before
me. When I got my big tryout was
when de New York World started a
contest in New York City. We was
all matched TO sell de papers. to sec
who was to see de exposition in Buff
falo.
well, dere was some good ones IL
dat contest. Blinkey Morgan. Slim
his brodder-dey was cracker-jacks
And Mickey Finn-say he could sci
de papers And Connie Rcgan was SO
good dat dey was all afraid to go in
against dose guys. But I takes a
chance and goes against dem.
I'VE vert six weeks tryin' to sec
who could sell de most papers. 1t
was hot contest. Regan and Slim
Morgan dropped out. and me and
Mickey Finn stuck TO de end Mickey
7 win out by a close margin, wild me a
close second But Mickey died Of ap-
pendicits, and so me and Blinky Nor
! gan was de only ones dat got to de
exposition.
zone day gets ambitious and goes
into de New York World office.
went 10 de manager and told him
where ] wanted 10 work.
Me for de Brooklyn bridge,
/ tells him.
He laughs at me.
No need goin' dere,' says he;
'deyH run you away. Dey'll beat you
up. III send you up to Harlem he
says.
=" I'm going to sell papers on ds
BRIDGE / says
Il gets on with de Joinal. 7 goes
down to de bridge, and sure enough
dey all tried to run me away. I bat
ted and poked couple of dem and
went back to de Joinal for more
papers. When dey heard wat was Dc
matter, dey sent two husky guys bach
wit me. When de bunch came after
me again desc big guys cleaned de-
bunch and de stuff was off"
That's only one or two of a thou
stnd incidents in the life of Reds.
Bonnie Burr heard of him and engsg
ed him as her newsboy, He has beer
all over the country with her.
Frequently he is taken for a jockey
Often he is taken for a lightweight
But he is neither However, he car
give good account of himself in I
scrap. He is just a newsboy. self-re
liant. sturdy and looking for business
He reads human nature quickly ant
is quick with an answer. The reasoi
is that he has been an apt pupil in tn
school Of, experience, where he stand
up pretty close to the head Of tn
class. Boys who belong TO this schoo
usually are sharp and keen. They de
velop the qualities of stayer whit
can meet the world without askinl
odds.
Il told dem I would sell papers OF
de bridge, and I did" says Reds.
That's his philosophy in a sentence.