New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-19

one package of pound
At the other distribution at the Eighth Ward
Mission No. 40 MacDougal-st., the following list
was given out
one package OF hominy ...................5 pounds
one bag Of beans. quarts
one package OF Goldfish ..............'.''2 pounds
one package of oatmeal pounds
one package of POUNDS
one package Of tea pound
TWO cans OF condensed milk.
The actual cost to The Tribune Fund of each OF
these lists 81. Every dollar contributed to the
fund has been or will be expended In the purchase
of such a list of groceries Every dollar contributed
will feed for several days families who are in great
want. whose worthiness is known and vouched for
by responsible persons connected with schools and
missions in all parts OF the city. The entire amount
Of food given out yesterday was as follows:
15,02j pounds OF flour.
6il cans OF condensed milk.
1923 pounds Of rice.
30ji2 pounds of tea.
72is bushels Of beans
100 pounds of hOmlny.
20 pounds of Goldfish.
30 pounds Of oatmeal.
The programme for the distributions was as fol-
lows Industrial schools of the Childrens Ala So
clcty No $50 East Eighty eighth-st. fifteen families,
10 a. m; No POI West Thirty second-st, seventeen
families. II a. m; No $50 hottest. thirty families
2 p. m; No. 2l9 Sullvan-st 100 families, p. m;
No. $50 Sxth-st.. sixty families p. m; No l75
st. forty families, p. m; No. 4O7 East Seventy
thirl-st ninety families, $3.50 p. m; No. ia East
Thirty ifhst., hftythree families. $3.50 p M NO
q Sullivan-st. fifty families. 1880 p M NO 2V west
Sixty fourth-st, forty families. 4 p. m. Inc as
tribution al the Eighth Ward Mission. where twenty
families were relieved took place at ~ a. m ms
programme kept the workers extremely busy all
dav but 4, was accomplished. and there was cheer
I'm over COO households last night where there had
been only want and prvation in the morning
THE DISTRESS DUE TO LACK OF WORK
The Industrial! school at No 2l9 Sullivan-st Is In
charge of Mrs G. A. Forman. principal. she pre-
pared list Of one hundred of the most needy fani-
les whose children attended the school. ana their
mothers came to the schoolhouse with large bas-
ke,s at . D. IN. and received the groceries. MIS-
Allrlch a teacher assisted Mrs. Forman In WIS.,
Ting the homes Of the children. The cases which
she found In almost every instance showed that
the distress due TO the lack of work
In a basement in the of Thrd-st. family
was found without food fire. The older chill
lreu in this family have brought the younger
children to school this winter barefooted. "nen
their mother took the groceries tears came to her
eyes and she kissed the hands Of those who gaye
them out In me same h9nsf ,a IN w 1 Which il IS
said is abb speak four langageS liz g., has SIX
CHI rem. and his father lives with him re askeG
for work when the visitors went TO ne house, ana
the Old faer asked for work also III ecu ~, eSs
nv Father 70 work but neither OF us can get any
hin, To- DO
Perhaps the most pltiful case there was that
OF a family whose mother died yesterday morning
The father HIS been out OF WORK e 9r on VS money
The oics, grl came to the school CRYING bitterly;
She said MY mother has died; but can not get
the food, We need II 50 badly.
THEY PICKED Up CRUMyS TO EAT.
Mrs Forman told Tribune reporter that in her
many years experience with the poor she had never
know, distress to be so great now. Many chill
lrer" she said come to school every morning
hungry. They VIII ask 70 leave the schooT> oin
and will then steal downstairs into the Kitchen ana
u,cI, ND the crumbs Of bread that fall from the
table when the cook is cutting the leaves. should
say that more than one-half Of the fathers OF the
children ar, out Of work Not one Of the one hun
drcd families who received groceries today mas
The school at No = Sullivan-st Is ATTENDED eX-
cluslvcly by Italians. In good times these people
the street grinding organs and laboring in various
ways. Now. almost all of them are OUT OF w9 S
accustomed ways I'm my twenty-five years eXpe,
Renee said Mr. f. T. Aeyn the prnep Sn G fa
be out Of work and so many families to be suffer,
ing 50 severely Fame VINO r n4 now n 1 h verg
OF starvation one little boy who has always come
to school well dressed asked for some more soup
WHY Why, Phillipo said /. are you hungry Yes.
NJ vent to the house. and the mother told me
that for the first time that morning she nau b b
ing ANYTHING 10 eat II was Impossible Tor her or
her husband to get work to support their THEE
children.
COULD NOT EAT WITHOUT THE CHILDREN
one mother. who Is dying with consumption. came
10 the school for her groceries with only thin
calico dress on She said that her husband could
only get one or two days work week. for which
he was paid the very smallest wages. They had
only had cents worth Of coal In the house ior
two days and nothing to eat. The father used al
WAYS 10 have plenty OF work and is a man who
would the utmost Tor his FAMILY.
"0ne DAY. said Mrs. Alleyn. ! kept Two Of his
children after school Tor misbehavior He came
To- the schoolhouse and asked me If they could not
come, home I tell YOU. Mrs. Aneyn.' he said,
cannot sit down to eat without my children
Another woman who is soon to become a mother
tainted in She school when she came TO teL the
The great trouble" said Mrs Aneyn, lis that
there is work All OF the MY iami!ies who VINO
porting class. ., :. w.. s g.,
Mira Mary shepherd The school is attended by
9b3nt 90 r6n hng was given to the Chdrens
Aid Society by the late John Jacob Aston as
Ttoii"ns in mis- district" said Miss stevens rs
something dreadful That bright little SRI in the
ron' ~ drive wagon but he has been OF
work since last fail she brought her baby sister
Tier sG,0 IS no work to DO she said and have
been trusting I'LL we can get trnSte' 10 io'e' anu
the tears rolled down her checks
THE HUNGRY FACES HAUNT ME"
"Thc hungry faces Of these children haunt me-"
said Miss stevens Il hear many stories each day
that would affect the hardest heart They are true.
know. for | have personally investigated the
cases"
one hundred and six families received groceries
at the school In RivinSton-st. They were all lie
lrews. whose bread winners were out OF work.
Those who were not fortunate enough 10 have tick
cts gathered outside the school In great numbers.
anXiously inquirng II they could not get something.
The only depot for distribution yesterday which
was not connected with the chillron's Aid Society
was the Eighth Ward Mission, No. ~ Macdougal
,,-b.
known To Miss Proudfoot. the missionary In charge.
received groceries. All OF these families are re-
apcctabe self-supportng people. None of them APP
piled at the mission for charity. Their cases had
10 be learned by the personal visits or the mission
AIRY. The food sent TO them In the quietest
way possible.
THE TRIBUNE ALMANAC FOR 1874.
It's NAII,E INCREASED.