The evening world., 1894-03-06

The reply of big-hearted Max Mergen-
time to the crcaker who, thinking Of
the appalling number Of people in alb
solute need of immediate help, as re-
ported by the police a month ago,
growled THE Evening World and its
friends can't feed 200. 900 people," is a
good thing to recall to memoir now.
We'll. we can feed a few of them. at
least" retorted Mergentime. stubbornly;
land II other people would act on the
same principle instead Of croaking
about their inability to do it all there
wouldn't be an empty stomach in New
YORK. tonight"
The croaker was a mighty poor prophet.
for THE Evening World' and its friends,
Of whom Max Mergentime is not the least
and Phil Peters. Jake Hamburger, the
Bahrenburg Brothers. George Washing
ton Lynch. Marks Schlessinger, Young
Jake Hamburger and a host of others are
giant examples, has fed 10000 and more
not one meal each, but for three days
each.
The conservative estimate of four per-
sons to each family helped ran the fig
ures up to 2O6, 900 at the close Of "busi-
ness" Saturday afternoon.
Adding yesterdays 1,4oo families n
stocked to-day from the grand provi-
sions at The Evening Worlds" Free
Food Commission. the reader will find
and each one has had nine meals of
good, wholesome, substantial food. Food
OF the sort that sticks to the ribs"
strengthens the muscles. keeps the back
bone OF courage plumb and sustains the
hearts and pluck OF the poor people who
worked and We're as good AS anybody
on earth. till hard times came and their
of economy.
Max Mergentime's advice to the croak-
ers to take their useless hands out of
their trousers pockets and timber them
up by hustling their share in the work
of feeding those who were without food
was good advice. There are no croakers
on the list of those who have made
mission the most stupendous success Of
thiss season of charity.
Think OF 1t; the biggest organized char
lily OF New York would boast like a ver-
liable Jack FaistaT If it had spent
81. 900 In a year for charity, salaries Of
the secretary, treasurer. superintendent
and agents included, and the commission
GERS and fish dealers and cash contrib
uting readers of The Evening World"
have enabled the Free Food Commission
32o, 900 people in less than four weeks-at
Rev. +. A. Styled. of the Camp Me-
mortal Church. in Chrystie street.-the
church where Major-Gen. o. o. Howard
conducts n bible class-looking on at the
destitution said:
Too much cannot be said Of the grand
work being done here by the readers
and friends of 1.-The Evening World.
at is a pity that more people who can
afford to give aid to their helpless fell
low-men do not visit 30 Murray street
and see for themselves the gigantic pro-
portions OF this work. i had at least
fifteen people in my congregation Sun
day who got help here Saturday. and
In every case there was absolute dis
tress and starvation for families of from
four to seven children.
81 know, for | carefully investigated
each case myself. and ] ave been told
a half dozen times within a week hat
hut for the food received from The
Evening World Free Food Commits
sion the speaker and his or her family
must have persisted from hunger"
The venerable $. Rowland, who says
loosely that he retired from the minis
try twenty years ago. but has been "act-
ing pastor" ever since. came down from
the Forty-fourth Street Methodist Epis-
copal Church in response to the invita-
tion of THE Evening World" TO clergy
men to visit 80 Murray street.
1T is a magnificent work The Evening
World IL doing here" said the aged
clergyman. 1T sets a good example to
Others. and the commission erchants-
they are noble men: men to be proud Of;
men who, loving God, show 1t by their
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