The evening world., 1894-02-28

Of persons applying for food was i'm
mcnse In the aggregate.
Rev. and Mrs. Finch, OF the First
BaptiRt ChurCh, HOboken, spent an hOur
or more ut the Free Food Commission,
Mrs. Finch, . true helpmatc to a most
worthy clergyman, devoted h"rseli 10
Investigating the cases OF poverty pre-
scented and pointing out possible chances
Of bettcrncnt,
E2rsy,h stree, Meth MSn v, ii d1 hin!
self Of "rhe Evening WORLDS. invita-
ton and visited the scene. He was
much touched by the sad scene, and
lavish In his communication Of The
Evening World" and tho commission
merchants for their gigantic work al
charity.
street came "A delicate woman of per,
hdps forty years. 4" she approachei
the b. ]standors noticed her extreme
Weakness. and two or three mon were
| prepared for IT when. just as she was
entering the Free Food tuinmission. the
, color LETT her cheeks. her eyes closed ana
'' She te" was -, =" carried sMPH' tcndcrIv into tho
store next door, where she was revived
with n swallow Of brandy. In hsr hanl
she clutched a note from rev Nc",1ll
reconciliation Mission chapel OF tn" In
c~arnation, 246 East Thirty-first street.
The note told her story, one too re
walked down from her home, In East
Thirtieth street. Her husband, an en-;
Einecr, had been unemployed Tor several
months They had rawn"d everything
that any pawn-brokcr would take and
were destitute. with returning con
s%ciousness and encouraged by the kindly,
sympathetic faces of the gruf market
had not tasted food for three halS;
There was not n crumb in the cupboard
at home.
there was a physicians prescription In
her hand, for her husband WAS ~, put
there vas not one Rohhy III I h,asstSG,i
to the brim with vegetables. eggs. or
anges, oatmeal. -four. coffee ana other
things: the prescription was quickly
filled at the nearest drug store, ana thcn
two big fellows supported the forlorn
rreaturc to "A Third avenue cable car,
while a third followed with the basket
Evening World's'' Free Food Commis-
sion should enlist some of The ncighhors
In her behalf It is such as she. run or
that sort OF pride which az people ~
only actual starvation could nave driven
her TO accept charity. ..
Conference, "A East One Hundred and
Nineteenth street. and g. \. dusnther.
pastor Of the First German baptist
Church. 334 Fast Fourteenth street, are
OF the right sort. They have written 10
ask for Free Food tickets to distribute
among The needy Of their parishes. and
they will he sent, gladly. But fastors
Purcell and Gucnther-and all othcr
clergymen should understand that the
printed tickets are not necessary. They
were issued only as an aid a note writ,
by the pastor saying that the bearer Is
n worthy person In want. VIII be non,
ored at 'The Evening World' Free FOOD
Commission.
street, has got his working boots on, ana
the way he hustlcs things In behalf ct
the Free Food Commission T. n caution
The first result Of the h~ustling powers,
ttwinkle Of Mr.. mamburger's cool gray
eyes, was n truckload of potatoes given
e ekE nI" at II IL Waiter + street t~s l''"''
Thai was only "A starter, and II is
promised that It VIII look like "a
marker" beside what Will come from to-
for the thousands who must be fed.
The following letter was received TO.
day by PHI Peters, of the Gansevooft
Market, who has done so much towards
the success of the Commission:
LIPPMANN RROS.,
Commission Merchants,
IL and 40 Wallabout Market.
DROOKLNN, Feb. ~. 1894.
Mr.. Philip Peters.
Dear sir. We herewith send YOU a box Of fancy
oranges with the compliments OF the Jacksonville,
7 Fruit Auction Company to The Evening world :.
Free Food Communication The good wishes Of ever,
honest minded and charitahly disposed person mu7'
he with YOU and The Evening WORLD in III,
great work you have In hand. Truly, the rom
mission men have done nnhly. Your old friend,
SAMUEL. ~LlPPMASN.
Among the articles of food given GU
to-day We're 100 pounds of fine poultry
contributed by NJ. l.. Nantine, S2I Wash.
ington street: 20 pounds OF ducks, from J
w. Melick & Co., $50 Washington street
4 barrels of oatmeal. from Boyle n Scott
; North Moore street: . barrels of turnips
r from Long e Fountain. 1877 Reade street
: barrels Of turnips and L. barrels o
cabbage. from the irrcpressihlc Ma,
Mcrgentimc, and i cases of III. O." from
George IL. Richardson, rs Greenwich
street.
The Fulton Market men will supply al
abundance of fresh. salt and smoke,
= fish FOR to-morrow's distribution to go Il
make up Friday dinners.
one of the most touching appeals re
ceived to-day came In the form of n let
y ter from n man confined as Il fclun I'm
o Tombs cei' This man, after disClaiminI
any desire to excite sympathy for him
u self and confessing that the woe h
& speaks of was brought about by his owr
s misconduct, pleads for help for his wifi,
Not for any sympathy for myself,