WELLINGTON NEWSPAPER BOYS

Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13808, 25 September 1918, Page 6

WELLINGTON NEWSPAPER BOYS

Tihe boy newspaper vendor in thi© sta'eiets o4 Weilingl;on is a unique &j.>eidmein. ol his calling. F<»' the most pairt hie n^ver tuiinks of mentioning tiUe papea- lie lias to sell, but indulges in all soa-ta of lndiam wiia--whoops which. aret ,so suddenly scaeecihed that visitors are oi'tieai on tile vea-gie of "jumpaug! out of tbeir skins." Whea ari agonising] ory proceeds from the neighbourhood of oine's elbow onei is> naturally taken by eurptrisei. In faot, it is a. sboolc to the system. It geinierally takes the foam oi" soiinetthing like "Yura. Ayaii!*' in a violent upJkiety which, tbareatens .to wrench the vocal chords of the raoi- ' oous assailaint. In. otihiar oities nlewsboys aa'e content with aamotuncinig the paper they represent with an additionii as to soiiiei leading feature in thie jouiraal. But the Wellington netwapaper boya iuave! tiheir wonder-' fill cries which/ mean nothing and a.re a dlstuirbaiDiCie to the average pedestrian. No wonder we have so few good male singers <in New Zealand, which, on account of its> wonN dea"fully moderaite laliiimiate, should jH^duca vocalists ill plenty. In; tihe school play-groun^d ©veaywhere wh.ene the youth, assemble there the same distressinigi yells and scireecihesi may j be heaa-d. Brobaibly they may express the militant spirit which i© abroad, but away from tihe front of the enemy they ajie quite umniecessiairy. It is" hard apparently to suppress the exuberance of our, youth.:—'N.Z. 4 Times. .