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A JUVENILE COMMISSIONER.
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A MESSENGER BOY'S TRIP ABROAD.
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He Takes Souvenirs to Journalists and Theatrical Men in London--His Fellows Give Him a Send-Off With Cheers.
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New York World.

Eugene B. Sanger, commonly known among his young Mutual District friends as "No. 1222," was the star passenger on the steamer Germanio July 27. More fuss couldn't have been made over him if he had discovered the North Pole or licked John L. Sullivan. Music and flowers conspired to make his sailing noteworthy, and the cheers from half a hundred of his young blue-coated friends gave the big, black steamer a strong push on her way to England. The reason of all the enthusiasm over Eugene is that he is the first American messenger boy to go over to John Bull's country and show him how things can be delivered with neatness and dispatch.

Manager Dan Frohman and Actor Ed H. Sothern put "The Highest Bidder" on the stage a few months ago and the piece made an instant success. It had lain for twenty years among the papers of the elder Sothern and had not even been tried on the stage. When Messrs. Frohman and Sothern saw how finely "The Highest Bidder" was doing they determined to send souvenirs of the piece to Madison Morton and Robert Reece, the authros. Madison Morton had long ago finished his stage work and is now a Charter House pensioner, but Robert Reece is still a thriving theatrical man. Messrs. Frohman and Sothern were bothered for a while to know how they could send the souvenirs. While they were trying to hit on an eminently proper way out of their difficulty Edwin H. Low arranged things for them.

"I'll fix it," he said. "so that a district messenger will hurry to London, deliver the souvenirs and scoot back to New York with all his tickets signed in less than twenty-eight days." So the theatrical men went to the Mutual District headquarters, in Murray street, and out of a small army of boys picked out Sergeant Eugene B. Sanger, the brightest and the handsomest of the lot. When Eugene found out what he had to do he immediately ordered a new suit of dark blue, with irreproachably bright buttons and his sergeant's stripes neatly picked out in fine red lines on the sleeves. Messrs. Frohman and Sothern thought they might as well send souvenirs to a few more friends in London, and kept adding to the list until it grew into this shape:

Madison Morton and Robert Reece, authors of "The Highest Bidder;" Henry Irving, Wilson Barrett, Chas. Overton, Henry E. Abbey, Wm. F. Cody, Edmund Yates, Clement Scott, H. Labouchere, A. Oakey Hall, Nate Salsoury, Chas. Warner, Kyrle Bellew, Chas. Wyndham, John Toole, Wm. Beattle Kingston, William Fullerton, Willie Edoum, Mrs. John A. Mackay, Mme. Blanche Roosevelt. Emily Faithfull, Miss Mary Anderson, Mrs. Frank Leslie, Miss Geraldine Ulmer, Miss Jessie Millward, Mrs. Alice Lingard, Miss May Fortescue, Mrs. James Brown Potter, Miss Ellen Terry, Miss Eastlako, Geo. R. Sims, Celil Rashall P. Wilder, Major John H. Bucke of the "Wild West," Geo. Delacher, Green Room Club; Thomas Burnside, Savage Club; editor Topical Times, editor Reteree, editor Stage, editor Sporting and Dramatic News, T. C. Crawford, representing New York World; Geo. W. Smalley, representing New York Tribune; Harold Frederic, representing New York Times; W. W. Kelley, manager Grace Hawthorne; Marcus Mayer, Wm. El. Chapman; Townsend Percy of the "Wild West;" Ed. A. Perry, representing Boston Globe; editor Sporting Times, Fleet street.

Promptly at 10:30 yesterday morning Dan Frohman and Ed Sothern came down the White Star pier with Eugene B. Sanger in tow. He had his packet of souvenirs under his right arm and a bright smile on his face. He is 14 years old and a handsome youngster, as any one can see who looks at his picture in this column. When he had been safely led aboard the Germanic he hurried to his stateroom amidships to put away his package. Going through the cabin he found a surprise on the table. A big horse-shoe of roses and violets was the first thing he saw. It was from his fellow-messengers. With it was a big bouquet of white roses from Ed Sothern and a basket of flowers from N. S. Wood, the boy actor. When Eugene had admired the tributes Dan Frohman took him up to the hurricane deck and introduced him to Capt. Gleadell, a fine gray-haired sailor man, who looks like Gladstone. Eugene will sit near the captain at dinner all the way across the Atlantic.

Just as the steamer was leaving the pier down marched fifty Mutual District boys, with a boy drum and fife corps at their heads. They lined up like little soldiers on the string-piece and said "Hooray!" many times to Eugene. He took off his cap and waved it at them.

Through the arrangements made by Edwin H. Low, Mr. Bosworth, theatrical agent of the Midland Railway, will meet Eugene at Liverpool and rush him through to London. The steamer will arrive a week from to-night and the souvenirs will all be delivered by the following Monday Eugene will be received by Buffalo Bill at his leyee and on Friday, Aug. 19, Mr. Low will take him back to Manager Dan Freeman, the contract having been carried out. The lad will travel 6200 miles and bring back his pink tickets all properly signed.