New-York tribune., 1894-01-07
as II was passed before him. In this way all the
ticket holders were sent away within an hour happy
In. the possession OF abundant food Each person
received the following:

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S;ss::: ss2%: $S$sa;
package goldfish pounds
package tea - pound
The cos: to The Tribune Coal and Food Fund for
enough for several days to seventy-eght families.
1t is not the intention of The Tribune to publish
the names OF the people who helped by the
fund. but cases OF want as they are found and the
experiences Of the distributors will be published
from day TO day. in order show the actual con-
dltlon OF the poor. 1t any one becomes especially
interested in any case of want and suffering which
shall be described he may obtain names, addresses
and other information ny writing to the Rev.
Willard Parsons address The Tribune
SAD CASES AMONG THE APPLICANTS.
The first name called yesterday was that Of an
old woman who would have starved several weeks
ago If her neghbors had not aided her. She is
widow with three small children The children have
the whooping cough and she is just recovering from
haif.days worK week When she is Well enough.
She lives on the top foo- In a tenement-house and
her rent Is overdue.
The next name was that OF lonely woman who
is so badly afflicted with rheumatism that she can
and manages to earn a little something week.
one little boy attracted attention by pointing to
those Se" for or HiS Willie anu He had come to get the
Snd died Of om pRd aso nc
was obliged 10 beg money from her friends to get
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five days effort. She has five little children. Willie
is one Of them
her share and a messenger with the basket
to her home. She is widow with thin cheeks and
Is sixty-ive years old. but in reality she is over
seventy It Is & curious h fact ohseryea & by the mis-,
they are seventy years old They get up TO sixty
link they % are 'op old enough There seems to be- some
sort Of superst!tious notion about 1t. This good
old woman has not known for a long time any
mouth. Yet she constantly struggles to keep out or
charitable institutions. Her chief wish and ambition
are to maintain herself 50 that she may die with
her own roof over her head
In a basement In West Twenty-seventh-st lies
woman VINO Is said to De 100 years old. She has
is tended by two widowed daughters, each about
eighty years old. who can get little work and are
happy Christian. and that the Lord win keep her
spirit bright II some one viii care for her body.
in earnest effort % learn to read. She washes
clothes dH;times When ,f snG can get n WORK r. Ihe me
house and money
SHE Is INTERESTED IN ROYAL FAMILIES.
There are some picturesque characters even N
the midst OF wretchcdness. \ Mrs. Johnson-her
last viii hardly Identify her among the col
orcd pccp.elivcs in OF the forlornest Of tene-
meni-houses near the mlssion-house. Al her sur
roun1lngs are f1r.orn. She can scarcely Keep soul
and body together. Her hobby IS royal families.
She knows a great deal abodt the r,.gniag mon
arclis Of Europe. especially Queen Victoria She
reads and treasures every scrap which she can
a
Sae prays every nisht ior queen Victoria ,'he -
something OF q cric too. upon tho actions nf mem
thcm aitogether she was greatly shocked when
sho heard of the marriage of me Marquis oi .'iHc
Princess had done an extremely unprincei.ike
thing in marrying below her social station. Mrs
dependent upon her nelghbors for support ,
rhere was one Oh solder IN ne llne, ana ms ms
haekct. lie is seyenty-two years Old. AMI picks up
A few cents occasionally by saving vo. ~" wore
I. lat "A
long comfortable OvcrcOat (which - hlsl. d.iI
3 soyes wa Gs m s sa"a rcJ 'H3qS IN spe % og year
nri irnrmi,y h. had a bearing in whica 3. me-
ns 9f 'ne ig'fp fp prov ror himself ana WIZ
lis wife IS crrpled and has - cr9w on 1Gr & Hn,rs ,r
AFRAID Of her and run when they sc her faee at
tho window. She is said, hcweVtr. u "c an 'o-
timaair woman.
THEY HAD slrX BETTER rAYs.'
There were several applicants Of the class that
had seen better days" It Is found hy workers
among the poor that TIE most helpless people IN
hard times are those who seldom need chAFity; ys
expert In Obtaining the .sirc, of ne and ia
boring rrNaiion. TIE people "ho a.. g., .nr,y
'y ryslnrv means OF livelihood are taken away.
'r,' ~ ',arS r nva or tx cnscs y scains:rcsses
whose yes had given ont. Coorei peop.e, IL seems;
are not able /, bear the strain upon their eyes 9i
cos work as we'll as white people The s'ra.h
almost certainly ruins their eyes after ''iilItlt
t,..iy short tine. ana many ~ them become bind
or. who lives in Thlriy-sec)nl-st j. now neary
Nina she ia an actlve woman. and In spite - her
indrm.ty she does what Mork she can. Eyery
.i,ntry work among n" prisoners. Not l9hS 10
shc ,o5k a woman VINO mad been DISCHARGED - nrr
her 10 abandon her old lIfr and - d. homes, "2rn
The woman whom she saved i, now supporting hrf-
scif honorab.y. but Is able u ID lite Tor her
rcscu-r
!IrrrL PLIGHT CF "EoARDING BABIES"
Tv, ~ the women who were led exc ont 4 pre-
cailou, living by taking POOR A.'.e boarding
babies" They are lcit b. their mothers who
pay for Their care a lt,!e while and then forget
n, about them The story Of these babies ~ one
II thc most pathetic wnch poverty d.sc.oa Ihelr
f,tc ls almost certain death within few months.
~ " ,". roi uotlnilv trcat.d Imt they waste
,,,fSrrs have FORGOTTEN thcm ana those VINO keep
,t.,n cannot afford % bug tAcm nourislllF foot.
Thee poor babies have less cIdAce ioF III" ',''-'
on. Interesting Oh co.oret woman wls once
ftyori;e maid In a family !n iou.-iaA., in s.''e.S
fr,.n the time ;hat she was a lI;t.c caid she was
employed at nothing c.sc. She never .'nrneH -
ho'l work. Now her eyes have f'i.cd h,r. ana she
does not know how 10 do ythns whereby sAe
Apoihcr woman hal son who vas k!lGt ssi-
denly several years Ego The shock ungsi@tici @ & hnr
93Gy @ & GI it int int gSronh ,h 9ihcr Of Ts@ pass sg
those who she thinks arc more needy than sac Is
SOME PLEASURE, ~ TnEIG DREAMS.
THAT boy. thlrd in the line" sail Il mission
worker comes from a widowed mother. who Il
confined. TO her room at present When vcat -
zoe her the other day. shc told me Of Il dream
that she had har. She thought when she went 10
bed one night that :hc Lord had forgotten her
Dut In the mGst OF her sleep lie appeared to her
and gave her food. rica and fine The colorci poo
pe frequently tell me Of thelr dreams. and always
when they are hungry nnl cold their dreams are
bright and cheerful. ard frequently they seem to
be warmed and fed In Imagination DO not know
whether the negro nature Is peculiar In this
respect or whether IL Is the experience or All poor
people as "A drowning man is sail to see bcautl
ful Visions. . I'D. :,
Many other cases equally interesting miarlt be
cited OF the lame, the halt and the blind, the
widow and the orphan. the unfo:tundi" ana the
stricken vhosr lives were frightened and whose I
homes were made cheerful and happy for tine hy
the dollars which were given by the conripuota 10