ight, nor to smoke in the rooms, and
generally manifest much kindness of feeling toward each other.

There was a table in the room, which interested me greatly. It was of
black-walnut. In the top there were one hundred and ten different
holes, large enough to admit a half-dollar. Each of them was numbered.
This was the bank in which Patrick had deposited his money. There were
one hundred and ten little divisions in the drawer, corresponding with
one hundred and ten openings in the top. The boys each have a certain
number for their own use, and if they choose, can safely secure their
day's earnings for a time of need. The superintendent keeps the key
of the drawer.

Several weeks ago, the boys voted not to take their money from the
bank till November, that they might then have the means of purchasing
warm clothes for the winter. I had quite a curiosity to look into the
bank, to see how much the boys had saved. In some of the divisions
there were only a few pennies, while in others there were several
dollars.

I never looked upon any bank with so much pleasure, as I did upon this
simple one of the news-boys. It was teaching them a lesson of economy
and forethought, which I trust they will never forget. When they enjoy
their comfortable coats and warm pantaloons in the cold weather of
winter, they cannot avoid remembering, that it was by taking care of
the pennies, that they were enabled so nicely to clothe themselves.
The news-boys have never been taught the true value of money. They
have not hesitated to gamble it away, or to spend it for segars and
tobacco, and other unnecessary and hurtful things. They have been
exceedingly improvident and have had no idea of laying up any thing
for the future.

One evening, as the boys were gathered in their sitting-room, one of
them was leaning on the bank. He held up a quarter of a dollar between
his thumb and finger, and, looking at his companions, said, "You know
Simpson, the pawnbroker?" "Yes." "He is a friend in need, but _here_
is a friend indeed!" and the bright silver dropped, jingling, into his
bank.

Those news-boys all of them possess more than ordinary intelligence
and energy of character. "Every one of them," as a gentleman said, "is
worth saving." They are sure to make _men_, and to exert an influence
in the world.

After my return from my visit to their rooms, I told some children
about the necessities of these news-boys, and how much they need
better clothing