The evening world., 1894-01-09

When the doors OF 1.-THE Worlds"
depot for the free distribution of bread
at 30 East Houston street were opened
at 9 o. clock this morning there were two
long lines of pale-faced men, women and
children, each eagerly awaiting his or
her turn to receive a share of the fresh.
wholesome bread which to many is now
q luxury, so seldom do they have II.
The news that the distribution had be-
gun yesterday spread with wonderful
rapidity. Hunger creates a sort of free
masonry. Those who have partakcn of
the bounty contributed by THE World"
and its many kind friends hasten to tell
their starving neighbors of the fact, and
these in turn tell others.
AS early as O'Clock this morning there
was a crowd of not less than 300 gath
cred around the entrance of the dstrib-
uting depot, They waited patiently for
the doors to be opened. They watched
the unloading of the bakery wagon with
aroma OF the bread with the pleasing
emotions that come of anticipation.
There We're 5000 loaves In that load
and by 1915 every one was gone. Th'
waiting crowds We're formed into two
lines, the women and chidron in one, the
men in the other. From the minut" the
distribution began until the last loaf h |
those IN cnarge.
During that time there was not q
break In the line. There was no tim"
for resting. one man handed out the
bread and four We're Kept busy piling Il
up on the counters for him.
Many were the protestatiOns Of thanks
and gratitude that came from the lips OF
those whose faces Were drawn and pallil
from sickness and insufficient nuurish-
ment. and whose bodies were tniuE chad.
A noticeable thing about these poor
DRODle
nationalities represented. At the August
distribution the. applicants were largely
now become much more general. Amer
icans Germans. Irish, Poles. Russians
. and English are among those who seek
\It is evident from the dress Of some OF
these thar they have been In Compara-
tiVely comfortable circumstances. Tnev
ara plainly i'll at ease, and evidently
woifd not come for IN" bread unless
impSled by stern necessity necessity
that\'oe7 not recognize any such thing
Ss s&sitiveness, for there are hungry
Insl\ IL something strangely pathetic
~ IN lmanner Of this class Of people
q v,reN tley receive their supply of bread
They ,Y 70 nvoid scrutiny as much as
\ possibi9 Sometimes they viii asl; for
a.Aece OF paper in which 10 wrap the
t..,ea, anu tustr n "a hesitUnCy in their
manner as they start to go through the
crowd looking on from the outside Hut
pride and hunger are widely different
J
down for the moment drh with set faces
the poor people hurry away.
In- t"r' sm"' "bi!,lr,n are among
: the applicants. With weak voices they
Z hsk for several lOtV"s, uS there are more
children at home, Gases ar" not lnfra-
quent where there are reported 10 be
teyen or eight In rhe family. ana ll
given.
,.dJng the applicants this morn r-- wa
"a MRS. Mary Mccoy, OF $50 I,ls, I...
street whose gad case was related in
''The World" She was given n .enerouq
fnoply 81 bread. She said her family was
In little more Comfortable c.rsum,
fs7gienePs.
There are many visitors 10 the depo,.
They are unanimous IN their expression,
OF approval of the work and the manlcr
In which II IS conducted.
AT 3 o'clock tomorrow morning tho
distribution will be resumed Nv thai
time changes will be made 50 the dlstri.
button can go on with increased facilities
Carpenters were at work to-day con.
ftruct.ng bins IN which the loaVes can
X Be more easily handled.
There ARE hordes OF hungry ones yet
!. - be fed. Those who have not been