After the Newsboy strike of 1899, the Newsie's lives became happier. Jack Kelly went from Newsie to Artist. Kathrine went from writing Vaudeville and for the flower shows, to hard news. Davey and Les went back to school, but sold papers on Weekends. As for Crutchie, he was about the same as before. He still couldn't walk without his crutch, yet. The year that much changes is 1901.