New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-28
AN AMERICAN FAMINE.

Distressing reports come from Trenton. New
| Jersey These tell Of nothing more or less than
famine. 1t is not so serious or widespread AZ
| the Russian famine but the need for prompt re-
lief is urgent and it is the duty Of the people OF
this city TO relieve the one as the other what
the Trenton famine lacks in actual severity, II
makes up in nearness to our doors.
| There is situated at Trenton. among other
things a State normal and model school There
are 27O young ladies attending this institution
and they are the ones that are suffering. Inc
| Tribune has already printed something about the
distress prevailing among these noble' but I'M
fortunate young ladies. The famine Is causeu
.bv an almost total failure Of the crop of milk
toast. What can be more touching than the
srectanle Of 27O beautiful young ladies dying by
inches from lack of milk toast? Think OF IL.
vc who know not what it Is 10 lack one spoonful
of milk toast! Consider IL, We VINO iaiiiS OWL"
| in rich milk toast!
The details from the famine district are meagre
| One Professor j. NJ Green seems 10 be superln-
| tendcnt Of the school, and certain hard-hearted
woman named Dnsmore-Mrs. Dinsmore-ls s1ld
| IN be matron. There rumOrs concerning
Mrs Freeman, thought TO be the housekeeper. IL
is toerably clear that these people are all suffer-
| inc with violent toaStophobia. They are prooaoV
among those outcasts who do not like milk toast
| A., Io,et they will not allow the young ladies' in
,bcIr charge milk toast unless they are sick, ana
| thcv have to he sick three days before they can
| bogin 70 draw the milk toast ratlon Inns
| tbrec-dov rule works great hardship ana
| ,rokes cctt,ng sick absurd our correspondent
| penetrated the famine district, taking gooa sup
| ply OF milk toast for his own use Win MN III his
knausack. and succeeded in Intervening one VIZ
tim. Miss Anna Dc Voc, Of Ramscys Inc giri9
said Miss De zoe to our correspondent, oi'eh ASK
for milk toast for breakfast, and are refused IT,
| 7, onnears foo from what Miss De zoe sald that
| IL is ,hc crnel Mrs Dinsmore who made the par
berous tbree-lay rule 6hc very refinement OF IN
humanity. Miss DE zoe then told OF some oil the
horrors Of the famine as we'll she was able To DO
In bcr weakened condition. These we have alrcauy
nrintcd and they should move the heart OF stohe
But what will the generous and pnDIlc-Spirned
ci,iyens Of this great capital say 10 this suffering
NJ our own threshold? Are not efforts looking
toward relief In order? We think So Our iuea
il to send a ship load Of mlR toast TO the starving
students at Trenton. His Honor the Mayor ought
% appoint committees without delay. Ihere
.bould be one committee 10 receive { contrion-
,io,s of milk and another those OF toast, with
subcommittee to look after raising the salt ana
butter Prompt action Il the thing most wanted
q barrel of milk toast now is worth whole clstern-
fuI t,vo months from now One ship load, while IL
may not bring universal relief, will do much 70
mitioate the suffering Let IFS send these stricken
vonng ladies lake of hot milk with great float
ing islands of brown toast In IT. ana wloe sarsasSo-
seas Of rich yellow butter