Chapter XXXV Page 195

” XXXVI ” 200

” XXXVII ” 205

” XXXVIII ” 208

” XXXIX ” 211

” XXXX ” 217

_LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS_

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The president talking to the newsboys, Frontispiece

“I am scattering hickory-nuts under this old tree for the children to find termorrow,” 8

The original charter members, 16

Ready to start for the first Christmas dinner, 24

Where the Boyville Newsboy’s Association was organized, December 25, 1892, 32

A bunch of sellers, 40

Festival Hall. Where the National Newsboy’s Association was organized, August 16, 1904, 48

Newsboys’ Band and Cadets—ready to start for Washington, D. C., to participate in the inaugural parade of President Roosevelt, March 4, 1905, 56

“I am an officer of the sellers’ auxiliary; get busy,” 64

“Lady, I am sorry I run away wid de money,” 64

“Trow de cigarette away,” 72

“President, I have already licked de kid,” 80

Getting familiar with the headlines, 88

“Dis here is de dog,” 88

Roll of honor—some of the boys who turned in valuable articles found on the street, 96

The Boyville Cadets—when first organized, 96

Members of the East Side auxiliary, 104

“Firetop,” 112

“He sweared at a lady and I punked him,” 120

Carriers, 128

Carriers, 128

First sale of the day, 136

Lining up ready to go to church, 144

The tough from market space, 152

Dividing the papers, 160

Two new members, 168

“Tenements on the avenue.” In these old buildings, at one time, lived seventeen families, 176

“I will buy from the little fellow,” 184

Waiting for the last edition, 184

“Billy Butcher, we must have an understandin’, which corner ob de street will you take?” 192

“He was fishing in the lake,” 200

Pastime—the beginning, 208

Pastime—the finish, 216

“IF you are going to do anything permanent for the average man you have got to begin before he is a man. The chance of success lies in working with the boy and not with the man. That applies peculiarly to those boys who tend to drift off into courses which mean that unless they are checked they will be formidable additions to the criminal population when they grow older.

“No Nation is safe unless in the average family there are healthy, happy children.

“If these children are not brought up well they are not merely a curse to themselves and their parents, _but they mean the ruin of the State in the future_.”

PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT.

_PART FIRST_