New Britain herald., 1916-07-26
GRADTATF NEWSBOYS.

ncWsbOys of Newark tendnred a din-
 ncr to Judge Samuel IT. Silbert who
 nrCsidcs over the municipal bench of
 twenty years ago sold newspapers with tho old d-time "newsics'' of Newark. The toastma ster at this
 dinner was one of the biggest adver- tising men in the East who at the same time as the Cleveland jurist started out in life as purveyOr of ncwspa pers. The principal speech
 maker of the occasion, who also pre- sented the honored guest with a gold
 watch, the gift of the newsboys, was Q judge of the court of common pleas
 of Essex county, New Jersey, and
 himself a retired newsboy. Other
 graduates of the ranks of ''newsies'
 who now hold high places of re- snOnsihlity in the world Of commerce
 and business told stories of their
 earlier endoavors on the streets of
 Newark when with goodly bundles of papers under their arms they drove the pegs that now hold success.
 Newark is not the only city in the United States that could hold a ban ouet at whose covers numerous news
 boys and former members of the craft might gather in distinguished assembly, Nearly every great Ameri- can city possesses in the ranks of it's prominent men those who started out in life by peddling morning or after room newspapers on the streets Somehow or other the newsboys have always ascended to the top of the ladder. And their beginning is looked upon as the lowlest. Surely they could not get much further down in the ranks. They are on the first level. But while they are travelling the streets of the city in which they work they see things others miss, absorb interesting facts that few ever come in contact with, i and have great chances to assimilate | deas. At their early age they run 1 into more temptation than the aver age boy meets in a young lifetime. | If they are made of the right stuff, if ! they are strong enough mentally and physically to stand the knocks they get, there is no other way out for them but success. In any other things would be different. But in the great United States of America where men are accepted for their real worth and not for what they think they arc worth, the newsboys have an equal chance with all. The IT ere fact that so many distinguished graduates of the class were gathered at the banquet in Newark is enough to furnish proof that this is so.
 The American way, when placed under the glass and analysed, is found to be the wonder way It is tLc @ot-there- -or-die way, After a baby has cut a sufficient number of teeth to feel the absence of a silver spoon in his mouth he usually begins to kick the covers off his cradle and start out on the road of accomplish nent. In any other country such an unfortunate condition would merely consign the infant to particular class where he would work and labor all the rest of his born days for the betterment of another strain of blood supposedly higher up. Here, there is nc such thing. So long as a boy has inclination to work, and study, and learn things that will stand him in good stead later on in the battle of life, there is no mark to which he may not attain. The examples of success along these lines are too numerous to mention. And the strange part of 1t all is that in very rare cases have helping hands been extended What these boys got they went after on their own initiative. even before laws were formulated to aid them. With the numerous sO- called helps that are being extended tC all late corners in the race it is only a wonder there are not more successes. The newsboys do not finger till Providence showers blessings in their path. They are willing to pick up whatever comes their way and make the best out of bad situation. Whatever education they get is from the school of experience; Whatever degrees are conferred upon them usually come from the world of hard knocks.