Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-04
TELEGRAPH Dimes
CITY'S NEWSBOYS
Tip Served to C.. of C.. and Other
Organizations; Meet New
Circulation Manager

Chamber of Commerce. Rotary Club
and kindred associations which harbor
the sneaking suspicion that they are
doing things for Harrisburg last even
ing got tip from the city's baby live
wire business organization to step
lively"
'"rhe newsies II get you If you don't
watch outi'
Briefly that is the tip from the Har-
risburg Newsboys' Association.
The young fellows that sell you Tele-
graphs served the notice on the mere
grown-up businessmen of Harrisburg
at the banquet at which the Telegraph
was host. Some sixty or more of the
city's most active young statesmen were
guests.
The banquet was one of number of
famous functions which have been
held from time to time in the club
rooms of the association in North
Second street; incidentally 1t was some
banquet, from purely astronomical
viewpoint. AS feast of oratory the
dinner should easily have a place of
its own among Schwab dinners, Ro-
tary lunches, etc. That Is the con-
sensus of opinion among the newsboys
to-day at least.
Telegraph Is,Host
Then, too. there was another reason
why that dinner will stand out among
affairs memorable in the history Of the
Harrisburg Newsboys' Association.
Albert r Michener, the new circu-
lation manager of the Telegraph, for
mally met" the 'newsies" Of Harris
burg across the festive board.
Some real live-wire problems were
discussed, too. The proposed news
boys home got some mighty encour-
aging mention and the hearty support
of the Telegraph was promised that
project; the high school loan and the
necessity for its passage were other
matters touched upon: the 2-cent pa
per; the passing of the penny paper;
the Importance OF earnest cooperation
were some of the other things they
talked about.
To Lend n Hand
Some of the mere folks from the
editorial room were there. too, to draw
pictures of 1t, to tell the story of it. to
add a word of support to the new
circulation managers tentatively out
lined boosting campaign, and in gen.
eral to lend Bert" a hand, IL the
necessity arose, in handling his job as
POSTMASTER. But the necessity didn't
arise.
Twas picturesque gathering, too,
was that banquet. Every boy wore
o. paper favor cap.
II the kind of caps that were worn
and the nationality of the wearers
gathering last evening might he We
fitted in pretty well in the inter-
national camps round Saloniki.
Aud Lang Syne
IF you've never attended a Harris
burg newsboys' banquet, you've missed
a lot. It's quite unlike any other affair
of its kind. The boy speakers talked
about a variety of things that proved
they know what they're trying to sell.
incidentally the mere editorial room
folks learned some things that were
new and some that were very, very
old. about Bert Michener. For in
stance, the guests were told that
Telegraph's first premium bicycle.
This. indeed. was new. Then they were
told some things about Bert" as
hustler and a businessman and as
a friend. These were the things that
were not new.
Samuel Koplovitz, president of the
organization, called the boys to order
and after introducing Bert" he
turned the job over to the circulation
manager as toastmaster. The speeches
were mighty interesting and to the
point: Arthur Koplovitz. Wagner HON.
burg's smallest newspaper salesman,
who had to climb on his chair SO the
folks in the far end of the room could
see him: Bernard Koplovitz, the
12-year-old secretary; Park Weaver.
the vice-pre sident. and the Rev. Z. p.
Robinson. Gus NJ. steinmetz. e. J.
Stackpole. Jr.. and James p. McCul-
Tough also spoke.
English. Doncha Know
The 'newsies' do things differently,
somehow. at their dinners. For in.
stance. "newsboy" as 1t is spelled
means a lot in their business; each
letter had its own meaning, and the