The evening world., 1894-02-07
EDITION
MORE FREE FOOD.
1.-THE Evening World" Enlists the
Commission Merchants.
Tickets to Be Given the WORTHY
Poor tor Vegetables.
Dealer Mcrgcntine Starts by Giving
Out Four Truckloads.

1.-THE Evening World'' to-day took an
other step in the matter OF alternating
the sufferings of the starving unem- ,
ploycd.
Through the generosity of the commits
sion merchants of New York, "The
Evening World" will give vegetables Of
all kinds to the suffering poor, particu-@
larry to widows who have no mean5 Of
support for their children, and who,
while willing to work, cannot find en-
ployment of any kind.
First on the list of liberal hearted
commission merchants In this work of
charity is NJ. Mergentine, who owns
enc OF the largest produce establish
ments In New York, at so Murray street,
and another at 2GO Greenwich street.
He Will supply daily to such deserving
poor as THE Evening World may
1 Way Of yere enGHsh to Tb. eat n,an in viii the he
worked IN conjunction with THE
Worlds Free-Bread Fund.
Every morning. those VINO are partic-
uiarly destitute. will be. given tickets
bearing their names and an order on
Mr.: Msrgentine, at his produce store. 2s9
kinds Of vegetables. With the bread
given them at The Worlds" ~headquar-
ters, 20 East Houston street, hundreds
of unfortunate families will be supplied
With enough wholesome food to last them
several days.
The vegetables will consist of potatoes.
turnips, %cabbages, carrots; beets. ,pars-
ta.oes, onions, squash and shiyes.
For several days past NJ. Mergentine
various clergymen. FThe first one re-
celved and which was attended to to-
day was that sent by Rabbi Lowenthal.
Jacob Hamburger. manager for Mr..
Wifh ant sEv starssd w G% # !h, repd mSrpif ts
fs''s BY M the P rS%e MfSse n Fonr b Ter tra sens
were heavily laden, and comprised in all
fourteen tons Of vegetables, valued at
m rraG% 81 st' :.rS fS # sS%; The rr ftTsf br stSP F wai
headquarters. There it was learned that
a detective had just left a report Of a
family in utter restitution at rs East
world" found Mrs. Ellen Goodheart IN
misery and need. She lives on the third
mother. a woman nearly seventy-four
years old. and her boy. John Thomas.
ten years of age.
Mrs. Goodheart's husband died two
years ago. and since then she has had to
exist as best she could. She succeeded
in earning enough by washing and
! ScruDblnS TO support neT aBeu TlOttleT
and boy until the hard times came on.
Since then poverty and destitution has
dragged her almost to the grave.
Not a pound of coal was there to warm
World" man procured 1t for her. and her
rent. $3.50, for the month past is still
due. They are In danger. OF eviction;
There are but two miserable rooms; and
the mother. grandmother and child are
compelled to sleep In a bed big enough
Evening World" reporter called there
with enough food to do the family for
several days, the poor old grandmother
fell on her knees and invoked a blessing
on THE Evening World"
In turn thirty-e!ght families were Wis
tied and relieved. They were:
Mrs, l. Cohen, 81 Essex street; Mrs. Grcken-
Rroome street Mrs. Furst. 90 Goerch street Mrs:
Columbia street, Mrs, Lesser, i'll Sheriff street;
Mira J. Fsndlach, lis sheriff street: Mrs. Thai
Mayors, 81 Sheriff street Mrs. Davis, $50 East
Houston street, Mrs. Fleiseher, ISL Broone street:
Mrs, Hallcr, us Lewis street; Mrs; Lns;is, it
Lewis street; Mrs. steinberger, l6l Lewis street;
Mrs, Resented, Sc Cannon street; Mrs, flauke.
li9 l.: Willie, street; Mrs, Cohen, 325 stanton
stein, $50 Second avenue; Mrs. Ensaeid, 80
Mrs. Muhlstein. 50 Avenue G.: Mrs. Heyman. SIT
East Fourth street Mrs. pent.r. 2Ss Esf, Fourth
street. Mrs. Friedberg, III East Ftkh street;
Mrs. Lewis, III East Fifth street, Mira. nehen-
field. 6g2 East Sixth street: Mrs. Ecker. 500 East
Sixth street; Mrs Left, III Fast Houston street;
Mrs Greenfield. III East Filth street Yrs.
1913 East Eighth street. Mrs. Guckenhelmer CTS
Fast Ninth street; Mrs. Kramer, bal Fast -Four
street, and Mrs. Levy. 1853 Avenue 4.
Every one Of these poor women have families
ranging In number from two to twelve. They are
In actual want.
A wager load OF fine vegetables was
also delivered at -. Francis's Hospital
to-day by NJ. Mergentlne.