The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-12-05
PITY THE POOR,
For if They are Compelled to
Wear the Clothes Given
Them, They Will Freeze.
A Scant but Unique Larder Also
Provided for the Hungry by
the Rich.

uc Old Saying, rear tHS bfSSsS ptdT-
ing presents" was never more sptly illus
trated than i'm the lay out of clothes, boots,
shoes and provisions found at the station
house this morning, and intended to warm
and cheer the bodies. extern1ly and in
ternally, of the poor Of the city, and to
cause their hearts to beat with pulsations
of gratitude TO their noble % benefactors
"Are these the donations you have re-
ceived for the poor?" inquired BAZOO re-
porter of Marshal Shy, as he pointed to
couple of chairs, on which was piled
lot of what by courtesy, may be called
clothing. The marshal made faint af-
frmative reply, evidently not very euthu-
siastic to have the reporter pay too close
an inspection of the articles.
But the reporter had already picked up
some of the garments, though the utmost
care was necessary to keep them from fall
ing to pieces, so very attenuated were they,
and such were the numerous holes In
each one. An inventory of the piles re-
vealed the fact that there was not a dress
in the whole lot fit to be worn such
weather rs this. They were all summer
garments,
OLD, WORN OUT, RAGGED,
Auii VI uoico, NJ ouiy tof TIC rag UdS-
Think of dressing up child, the blood in
whose veins is almost as thin as water, by
reason of insufficient food, in a 6ve-year-
old calico dress as full of perforstions as a
sieve! Whats charity there is in such gift
How great a cause for gratitude In the re-
cipient!
Nearly every article in that pile was
solemn reminder of better DAYS In its past,
but prophesy that no good could ever be
gotten out of it again; not even
IS wool for rag carpet. Hardly one of
them is suitable for winter garment in
tropical cline, much less here, where Bit
ing winds and frost-laden air make free
with the best clothed inhabitant.
And yet these miserable things were
given in the meme of Charity! What q
travesty! Think of poor child, such a
day as this errsyed in dress as thin
as paper, shod with shoes long since be-
yond the power of the most skillful Girls
pin to repair, returning thanks, through |
clustering teeth and blue lips to the gen. |
erous donorsl God pity the poor, when |
they are compelled to wear the cast-of,
WORKOUT, useless and worthless clothes of
their so-called benefactors.
Justice demands that il be recorded |
that the pants for boys are
far better and more comfortable than the |
garments for the girls. They are service |
able, warm and suitable. Not pair of |
gloves or mits were to b found, not COM
forter, net . warm wrap of lsy kind. no |
nothing save the thinnest aid most ragged /
of dresses and aprons.
Lying under . table was pile of shees
and boots. An inspection The foot wear |
was also made BY the repor,e xnd net .
decent, serviceable pair O. sases or boots
was found in the whole lot. Some we're
entirely worn out; all were more or less
ventilated. A few were only capable of
repair. Probably, BY
sTUFFINa AN OLD HAT Oh A BED QUILT
in the holes, the fortunate child who gets
hold of pair of these shoes or boots, the
cold wind may be boycotted from the fost.
In the way of provisions there were the
following articles noted: Some hard, dry
bread, one can of salmon, one of peaches,
q few turnips, one beet, eight packages of
coffee, four ears of corn, probably to feed
the chickens, two pumpkins, some crackers,
. small sack of neal, rice, two apples and
and turnip on . stick, bound with red
cloth. This is to amuse the recipient
while diverting his or her attention from
The fact that the stomach is empty.
Such is an inventory and true descrip-
ton of the donations found at the police
station this morning. Not q turkey, not .
chicken, not . sack Of -four, or . ham or
in fact, which is worthy the
name of gift, or which would reflect credit
IN the donor, was there. If this be charity
he Lore should change the name a speed
ily Is possible.