The evening world., 1894-02-28

children. had received food from THE
Evening world's'' Free Food Commits.
sion sufficient to keep them from star
vation for three days each at least.
1t Is q. stupendouS work: a tremen-
dqns service these commission merchants
IT New York ave doing for their fellow
travellers through this, world. and the
are not commission merchants or gro
GERS, or butchers or bakers or produce
dealers can help immensely with their
surplus cash.
food Is enough to mellow the s~toniest
heart, and tender hearts weep for the
suffering poor.
one visit generally makes q helper Of
the visitor. and thus contributions of
money, food and other things flow In.
Coll. Sims contribution.
Among the contributions to be ac-
knowledgcd to-day is "A SIS check from
Col. william Il. Sim and Walter J."
Sim, proprietor and manager of BROOK
lyn's famous Park Theatre. The Messrs.
Winter more than $500. Their we'll
known charitable hearts make the Sims
shining marks for all promoters or char
table schemes. and hence the voluntary
contribution of n SIS check signed by
Walter l.. Sim, for Col. W. i. Sim, who
is now touring the South in search OF
health. is all the more gratifying;
Of the Postal Telegraph Cable, Company,
81 brooklyn, IL another man who couldn't
stand It to see this work OF truest CHAR,
ity gong on without "A share In. IT,. ana
he put a crisp s. bill In the hand of the
IA Deaf Lady, looking on ten min
utes. was much depressed when she
and an Elevated Railway ticket In her
purse, but she left the dime and promised
more.
of the Juvenile Guardians, n society now
a quarter OF n century Did, was among
the callers at 90 Murray street. Mr..
Robinson was much Impressed with the
magnitude and the practlcabllity OF the
work. He said:
Not New, but More Stupendous.
"They say there is nothing new under
the sun. and although The Evening
World and the noble-hearted Commits,
sion merchants OF to-day are deserving
OF the highest praise for originality and
carrying out the Tree Food C9m hnS On
honor OF experimenting Just such II char
ity a quarter of a century ago. IL - one
Of the brightest collections OF my lie.
chants were the backbone and the sine"
OF the charity. We filled the baskets OF
200 people, md we looked upon 1t as q
marvellous, a stnpendons thing rvsr,r,
| world's'' Free Food Commission fill
that number OF baskets In a single day
sometimes. ! admit visit, ! was as q NIUE Musrr m
street coinvinces me. We never hat
such tremendous crowds. any on
| can see with half an eye that these peo'
pie, half-clad, with broken SHOES. nag
gard faces and all the other symbols Of
destitution are wofully in need of tht
| help that you are giving. The EVENING
| World'' Free Food Commission SHOULD
port OF all people who love their fellow
men,"
Donations Of Clothing.
Although the Free Food Commission
as Its name implies. set out only to feet
the hungry, II has received all sorts o
stuff other than food. .
Robert ]. Stewart, the gents furnish
err, at 27 Greenwich street. sent In {
~packing-case filled with 25 warm un
dershlrts, nifty pairs OF wooilen socks
200 neckties, n these nave been eve
Mrs. Moffatt. OF 237 Fourteenth street
Brooklyn. came herself. yesterday ar
ternoon, and distributed with her owl
woollen socks to the people gathered
about the doors o: 80 Murray street.
How All Can Help.
relieving the unusual distress among tn
poor this Winter II they will try. Lool
Der OF that wonderful 6-15-89 Club does
the members: ia cents a day for tn,
next largest class and 10 l-2 cents a da!
for the opulent employers OF workers
That Is all, yet this odd scheme enabled
the Club to distribute 81, 500 among tn,
various organized charities Yesterday
500 OF It being the share apportioned t
''The Evening Worlds" Free Food Com
mission.
Suppose every reader OF THE Evening
World" constituted himself or herself
Penny-a-Day Club and sent 9 cents
week to help feed the hungry
Why, the result would be a fund 10
charity amounting to more than $500
n week.