The evening world., 1894-01-03
MORE CHARITY RESTAURANTS.
One to Be Opened in Avenue G and
Another in Harlem.

The unqualified success OF the first OF
the Peoples Restaurants opened In
the basement OF the Industrial Christian
Alliance Home, 40 Bleecker street, has
stirred the Executive Committee, o!
which Charles S. Foote Is Secretary. and
Arthur w. Milbury, Chairman, to ener.
getic activity in arranging for the open.
ing of others like 1t in various parts OF
the city.
The Peoples East Side Restaurant will
be opened at IS to 81 Avenue C. to-mor-
row or next day, and another will be
opened in Harlem by Saturday.
These restaurants are maintained by
voluntary contributions, each dollar pay
ing for twenty meals, tickets for which
are distributed to the needy by the agents
Of the organized charities of\the city.
A circula letter has been addressed to
the Presidents and officers Of charitable
organizations. to pastors. priests. and
rabbis, asking cooperation. The letter
IL as follows
The Peoples Restaurant Committee-once ITO
at its expense. in destitute quarters of the city,
several peoples restaurants. which will supply
substantial meals OF hot food at Ave cents each,
to be eaten on the premises or to he carried away
for home consumption. The Committee especially
desires that this cheap food 3D. sh, yIo reach the
lions come in close contact with these and the
deserving poor generally, and the committee be-
lieve that close cooperation will result In quick.
economical and properly applied relief.
You are. therefore. earnestly. requested to FUR
nish the Committee. at the earliest moment possi-
bic, with Information touching the need for
cheap food depots. and to suggest points where
such depots will most easily meet me wants OF
0s greatest number OF the worthy and destitute
Door. r..
The nrst Of these restaurants has been opened
at 40 Blocker street, another will be opened
on the asst side and one In Harlem this week,
and the Committee will continue to establish such
eeired for the purpose. in such localities as
commend themselves to the Committee working
In cooperation with already established local
s~A'r'''e'' churches "%'siIIhs s. roorE,
Secretary Of the Executive Committee
The Provisional Committee for the Aid
r ea he !, HEHbn sIrma on Thsen 0 GieWs, s Treas.
urer, and Charles II. T. Coils. j. Noble
Hayes and David Keane members, issued
a call for a meeting at the m heaadu aotaI
at 4 o'clock this afternoon. This meet,
Ing was called as a mass conference OF
executive officers of all charitable organ
themselves Of the Ways and means a
hand for meeting the unusual demand.
OF the unemployed and the distressed. ,ant
70 DEVISE new ways and means wher'
That there Is unusual and alarming dis
tress among the working classes OF thi'
cry Is s%tartnngly indicated by the throng'
cost grocery, which Park COMMISSIONS
Nathan Straus is managing for an un
known philanthropist In the big whit
pudding formerly occupied by the Gram
Museum, 35 Grand street.
Customers tramp through miles o
streets to this store to avail themselve
81 the cheap prices there and they ar
p,oyment, their wives and children. Tn
nameless gentleman who has invested
fortune In the stock for this store ha
cestomers from all parts OF the city VIII
sJme with a nickel or a dime, and eve
sNh this small amount they get whE
kTy want with d saving % the proht
'~s-e< peS.sf v'ould have TO charge.