The evening world., 1894-02-07
MORE FREE FOOD.
"The Evening World" Enlists the
Commission Merchants.
Tickets to Be Given the Worthy
Poor for Vegetables.
Dealer Mergentine Starts by Giving
Out Four Truckloads.
other step in he matter of alleviating
the sufferinss of the starving unem-

1.-THE Evening World" to-day tool an
other step in the matter of alleviating
the sufferings of the starving unem-
pioyed.
Through the generosity of the commits
sion merchants of New York. THE
Evening World" will give vegetables Of
all kinds to the suffering poor, particu-
larry to widows who have no means OF
support for their children. and who.
vhhe willing to work, cannot find en-
pH,yment of any kind.
First on the list OF liberal-hearted
commission merchants in this work Of
charity Ia Al. Mergentine, who owns
ments In New York, at SO Murray street,
and anoth-r at 260 Greenwich street.
he will supply daily to such deserving
poor as The Evening World" may
as.isns'e, enough to eat in the
worked Il conjunction with "The
Every morning those who are partic-
niarly destitute will be given tickets
bearing their names and an order on
M: Mefgentine at bis produce store. $50
xinds OF vegetables. With the bread
given them az The Worlds headquar-
.ers. 2l0 East Houston street. hundreds
with enough wholesome food to last them
rhs vegetables will consist of potatoes,
nips. soup. greens. radlshes. oyster plant,
hofssredish, kale. spinach. lettuce. table
salad rhubarb, sweet potatoes, onions,
For several days past N. Mergentine
has been awaiting lists of the poor from
va.i2psa clsrgymen. The FIRST one re-
dsy Sas that sent by RABBI Lowenthai,
.JseobH Hamburger, manager for Mr..
N Msise ant sEy ,san' led w G%I !n, reD6 mSrn'p ts
relieve The poor whose names we're sent
were heavily laden, and comprised in all
from 500 to $500. The first stop was
made at ''Tho WORLDS Free Bread Fund
headquarters. There Il vas Learned tina:
family in utter restitution at 225 East
Fifth street.
on arriving there The sOI Evening
heart in misery and need. She lives on
the thIord moor in the rear. With her Is
her mother, a m nearly seventy
four years old. and her boy. John Thorn
Mrs. G~oodheartes husband died two
years ago. and since then she has had to
exist as best she could. She succeeded
scrubbins to support her aged mother
and boy until the hard times came on.
Since then poverty M restitution have
. pint Of water, until "The Evening
World, man procured It for her, and her
rent T;so; for for the month mont past pa sI y s5ill
There are but two miserable rooms. and
the mother. grandmother and child are
compelled to sleep In a bed big enough
When Manager Hamburg and The
Evening World, reporter called there
with enough food to do the family for
f fsSe On h ssy sne sas a RS1i in S.a sIa a SlessinE
on The Evening World"
In turn thirty-eight families were WIS.,
tied and relieved. They were:
Mr. L. Cohen n E..s, street; Mn Quicker:
n.SSm' street; Mr.: rurs,: ?: Scerek street; Mrs;
Ger. no sSsrie street; Mrs. \ wman and Mrs. c.
Houston street; Mrs. Fielscher. 1877 Broome street
Mrs, haiisr. liz Lewis street; Mrs, LuStis. lA
Nh. Re.snisls. &C c."Sen Street Mrs: rio'f;e,
il l.. will:tt street: Mrs. Cohen. s:S stan,cn
s, ,e;. s .ss t sssUas ~. Second ,,r'ei En Mrs, a0'5 I;
s:ein, $50 Second street: Mrs. Ensneld. % Avenue
G. Mrs.. hahlstein. % Avenue c; Mrs. IIeyman, s17
Mrs. Lewis. III East Fifth street Mrs. Reben.
ssit q, East Sixth rret,; Mrs, Ecker. 500 East
Mrs. Gpssnfeid. III East FIFTH street: Mrs.
friedman, ~ East Seventh street; Mrs. zeisler.
Es East Eishth street; Mr. Gucksnheimer SIG
teenth street; Mrs. sekeibaum. $40 East Fifth
srest. snd Mrs. Levy. 1b5 Avenue A.
All of these poor women have families
ranging in number from two to twelve.
They are In actual want.
A wagon load OF fine vegetables was
also delivered at b. Francis's Hospital
to-day by NJ. Mergentine.