New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-17
CHARITY'S WORK GROWS.
NEARLY FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY
FAMILIES RELIEVED
-n,prxE COAL AND FOOD FUND MADE
srvry DISTRIBUTIONS YESTERDAY
SAD CASES FOUND.

SAD CASES FOUND.
n,,, sa.5 was never better spent or made to so
.,hor than the Si45 which expended by Inc
rihune Coal and Food Fund to provide groceries
worth 81 10 each OF AS poor families YESTERDAY! II
was the banner day OF the week thus ia'' TWICE
a, many destitute families as on any previous
dav Distributions made at seven uHereht
places in the city. 1t has been fouha that the
,oun, or groceries which can be purchased by The
Trnune Fund for 81 is sufficient TO provide families
~ five or six members with mea's LOT ''Iee Ut
four days Scarcely any Of the iamiNeS VINO re-
celved groceries yesterday had hao ehoush 10 eat
for weeks Many ate the first time that DAY AFTER
no., had reached home with their basket of gro
ceIies. .,, IS,
The depots for distribution were as follows: -Four
y. the industrial schools OF the Childrens Aid
society. at No Duane-st, No. IS Beach-st. No
Oh East Forty -fourth-st. No 533 East Sixteenth-s
o,a No 2S7 East Broadway; the Italian Mission
No %, First-ave and the New-Ycrk Tenement
House Chapter Of the international order OF the
Kings Daughters and Sons. No. II Madisoa-st
rhe first distribution took place at the Industrial
School, No. Duane-st, at II a. m The cases OF
the families who helped Were investigated by
the teachers The children who attend these indus
trial schools all come from poor families The teach
ers make it part of their work to learn about the
homes Of the children and the way they live. 1t has
been the custom to give the youngest children
light luncheon every day. but so Many OF the chill
dren have been coming TO the schools hungry and
weak from want Of food that arrangements
have been made TO furnish one hot meal day to
each child. The Duane-st branch Is In charge of
Mrs s. 4. Seymour. Her assistants who helped
in the distribution were Miss +. a. Fisher Miss
Anna Ready and Miss Schoenha"dt. Mrs. Seymour
selected seveny-hve of tie poorest families whose
children attended the school TO receive the gro
ceries - -
FORMER PUPIL IN WANT
"The distress in this part of the city," said Mrs.
IN X
aggerated. found many cases which were as dis
tressng as those which have beer described In the
newspapers. In Batavia-st. found n family the
mother OF which used to be one OF my pupils IN the
school here Her husband is printer, but he Is
III and unable to work. In their home | found
a small stove. a pine table. two chairs and bed.
Two children have died recently. and there are two
left These also would have persisted from cold and
hunger IL the family had not received charity
in q back in Chambers street up two
fights OF stairs | found a man dying from con-
sumption. He had wife and six puny children,
and besides his mother living with him. The
baby dying when called"
bright back-eyed little boy forward with
basket. THAT is my errand boy Tommy said
Mrs Seymour. He is the faithful boy /
know. His father is 'longshoreman. but has
been injured that he cannot do heavy work.
Tommy has seven brothers and sisters. One boy
and one girl only earning little something.
Tommy Is 4 newsboy. Some days he earns %
cents. do not know what his people would have
done this winter II it had not been for the pennies
which he brought in. He is almost too old 10 come
TO school here. wanted to send him to a
public school few weeks ago. but found that
he could get out of school early enough in
the afternoon TO sell the first editions OF the pa
pers on which he made most Of his money. so he
IL still with us. He gets lots of Jobs doing er-
rands because he can always be depended upon.
DOLLAR BOUGHT ALL THIS.
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Industrial schools was supplied with the following:
One package Of homny POUNDS nds
One package of Goldfish. pounds'
one package of pork ....::..............2 pounds
One can of condensed milk.
One half-pound Of tea.
The distribution at the East Side School, No 2s7
East Broadway. took place at o'clock Nearly all
the families supplied with groceries were Hebrews
The school has an average attendance OF about $40
children The homes OF twenty-five OF the poorest
families were supplied with groceries.
Here are some Of the cases which the teachers
found in making their visits preparatory to giving
out the food. man in rear house In "iiiet-
ST. has been out Of work all winter. He has a
wife and six small children He is tailor by trade
Recently he got chance to saw some wood HIS
kent braveiy al it until the superintendent Of the
woodward compelled him to stop; =, ,.,n.r
mother and seven children found with abso;
" ast ea ah an another in haa
pital. ..., -, IT.,
tribune reporter to little girl. with black hair
and brown eyes, who came with her anotner 10 . set
ehild said the teacher. has a broken back She
Ives in plaster cast she cGoa s9 bat here IS
hope for her ultimate recovery but at present the
little thing has sere h seae time Gf hac Sae
make her comfortable; Her father has been out
Of work for many weeks
THEY RUN THE COAL CARTS OVER BIG STONES.
Most Of the families who received groceries at the
schoold ir East Sxteenth-st. were Germans. OF
the 2s children enrolled there the teachers say
that extremely few have had all they wanted to
eat this winter. The visits Of the teachers disclosed
a condition Of distress in their homes which sur
prised them. although they kept pretty well
their charge. one Of the saddest cases found vas
that OF father and four children. The mother
consumption. The oldes: boy. eleven years old,
s mH @ DS cay ss sc Rers 10 h as
done all the cooking and scrubbing for the family
The smallest chldres have spent a large part OF
their time every day following coal carts about the
dop from is ad by c5den %" the
East Side that the men who drive the coal carts
off as much coal as possible for these poor little
scavengers All the fuel that this family has had
chtren in the streets.
DARK ROOMS IN REAR TENEMENT
One family found live In two little rooms !
In a rear house 1t of the dark tene-
ments' where II is necessary to keep burning |
light all the time. Two little children were found |
running about barefooted the basement floor |
1t was so damp in the that the shoes OF those
members OF the family who fortunate enough |
70 have them became widowed when they were |
ieft on the floor at night. 1t surprising to
mnd mat the mother and father had consumption !
Inc father came to the school day last week 10
ge, bowl OF soup. and on his return home he |
exhausted
Miss Jane A. Andrews is the superintendent of |
tnls school Her assistants Miss Sadie c. Spen-
Ger Miss X. l.. Oberton and Miss klinger
The seventy Ave families who received groceries |
az the Industrial school In Beach-st nearly all
Italians Miss Satterie. principal the school had
mad all cases carefully Investigated The little chill
oren who came with their mothers to get the gro |