New-York tribune., 1894-01-07
FEEDING THE HUNGRY.
work OF THE TRIBUNE COAL AND FOOD
FUND BEGUN.

THE FIRST NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
FAMILIES FED-FoRTY FOUR HOMES
wAHMED-coLoRED PEOPLE
MADE HAPPY
The work of distributing the necessares OF life
to the Door frcm The Tribune Coal and Food Fund
uas heg,,n Yesterday Scveaty-elght needy colored
families we're supplied each with provisions worth
81. and eleven tons Of coal were divided among
for;y-four other cherries homes II the contrib
utors to the fund could have been present % see
the pinched and weary faces lghtcd Win smiles
Of gratitude and to hear lips which for days mad
spoken only words of dscouragoment utter eS-
ure,sions Of renewed hope. they would have mad
their satisfaction in giving double. and their peliet
confirmed that charity may be freely gwen III u'nes
Ike these under careful management without en-
couraging ideness and ;hrftiessness In fact char-
ty must be given abuniantly now and FOR many
weeks. If thousands OF people are to be kept from
starvation, cold and other m.series.
The danger from ndiscriminate giving comes
from, the breaking down of economic habits on the
part Of these VINO receive aid But wheh ihother
and her children are at deaths door through want
and despair it is time TO ask nice questions as
TO preyous improvidence; and il is undoubtedly a
fact that an extremely large proportion OF the
poverty classes at the present time owe
their condition solely TO the hard times which nave
thrown the bread winners out OF employment 1t is
ir this city who are legitimate subjects for charity
but those who deal constantly with the poor place
the number at many thousands. There are mis-
sons and charitable organizations in nearly all the
afflicted districts. whose workers are fai1i!iar with
the needs Of the people about them ana KNOW no"
and where charity can best be bestowed. II Is IN
cooperation with these recognized institutions tAat
the agents of The Tribune Coal and Food Fund
propose 10 work. Lists Of deserving families VIII
De sent by the misson-woIkcrs to the Key Niilarc
Parsons who is in charge Of the Work. lie VIII
investigate and pass upon the applications ana ar
range for the distribution OF articles IN such
manner as TO afford substantial relief All expenses
for administration for buying, transporting and
distributing will be borne by private persons Every
dollar contributed will b. spent for supplies when
Will he given the poor.
FIRST LIST FROM THE COloRED MISSION
The first list sent In was from the New-forH
Coored Mission. al No lS5 West Thirteth-st' Wh!ch
has for its field the settlement Of colorei people
between Fourteenth arI F5rty-sccond SIS. II Is the
testimony OF those VINO work among those people
that they are learning lessons OF thTt and prudence
year by year but There arc many who have never
been able - ct ahead 90 lay anything by i)T
rainy day. Some have large families. and some
have work of a kind that IS always unsteady. Inefe
are comparatively few families among them. how
ever in which th,re ia ~ ah.e-ho4!'d man "heTe
there is great distress. Those who are suffering
most arc the oil women. the VI COWS, and too IRE
queEtly women whose husbands have deserted them
and LIFT them to provide for their young chiiiren
Among these are 70 b. found cases Of dosiiirton
watch are truly appalline.
The distress among these co'or'd pe'pe "o"''
hs much greater than II Is "ete IL ho' 1T u'''
kind and nclghboriy treatment of each other. II
seems to be the almost i,vc-sai rule that the ioiu-
nate share Their belongings with thcr poorer n~ieh-
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and neghlOrs. VINO Vii etc aii - d." extent oi /
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AMI 10 lessen The pains oi munger
81 ba.. never" asl one 90 the missionaries. |
.., - o,. ~ tl.,ri coming 10 the mission house
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