The evening world., 1894-02-27

whole story. II has been the endeavor
Of Max M%ergentime. Phil Peters. Jake
Hamburger and the others who have
devoted themselves to the success Of this
or bag Of stun carried away the sub
stantials for at least three days meals
for the family OF the recipient. Pota-
each gift. and lead the astonishing
quantity noted above.
There are three bushels, or $50 pounds,
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at The. Evening World" Free Food
Commission aggregated 3,4ll, bushels. or
2o4, $50 pounds OF good. wholesome. pota-
New York market at any price.
ina is to say. there WAS an average
OF nearly seven pounds Of potatoes for
every person. who visited 81 Murray street
seeking food for themselves and their
hungry loved ones at home. and these po-
tatoes would cost these people as they
buy them by the small measure" more
Then add to this a few turnips. a few
onions. a few beets, or carrots, or pars-
nips. a head Of cabbage. or a mess of
kale; enough beans for a meal for the
family or a mess OF sweet potatoes, or
coup meat with greens, sprouts. or some
thing else; perhaps a salt or smoked
fsh, and a bit OF coffee or tea with two
Hs eh.ee fof egg sSo. or an orange n or some me
reader will understand how well THE
Evening World" Free Food Commission
has performed Its heroic task in these
rays or idleness for an appalling army
OF workers.
Menf. Poultry and Game.
Then besides all the food enumerated
each of 800 other choice articles OF food
There. have been farina, samp, tapioca
and other farinaceous foods; clans, hams
tongues, shoulders. veal, mutton and
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snipe. wild duck. rabbits and other poul
try and game: limburger cheese. apples
radishes, celery. canned. fruits. canned
vegetables. picked goods. AIMED -al
mon. rhubarb. cucumbers and other rea
d~elicacies.
These latter and more choice daintie,
have been, so tar as practicable. giver
where they would go to tempt the palate
OF sick women. and children in thes,
homes Of Indebtedness and poverty.
a careful estimate places the none,
At $40, $50. This Is at the wholesale t" prices ,a'
Bought In the wofully small quantitie,
which are usually purchased by thu
working, people living In cramped tene
the mountains Of vegetables. meats, fish
fruits and shelf groceries given out a
The Evening World" Free Food Com
mission would have cost the recipients
Those Who Have Helped.
The most gratifying thing about al
This wonderful work Ia that II has beer
done without Expense Not that 9TH,
Evening World" would decline none,
contributions IL they were sent. Indeed
money could be used to splendid ad
vantage In this work. for the necessit,
for Il becomes more apparent every sue
ceeding day In the history OF the Ere,
Food. Commission. and the enterprise Il
taxed to It's utmost powers. But up I,
this time nearly all contributions nav,
been from the stock OF the good mer
and true among the wholesale and retail
DEALER. of the several markets, am
especially OF the vegetable marke
which has Its centre at about 30 Murra!
street.
The s.1 store % Murray street T. donate,
Commission by N. Deschmacher. VIII,
has also at his store, Greenwich anc
Murray streets. given free lunches t.
many of those who came long distances
to the distribution.
Young Jake Hamburger has been In
defatigable In his devotion to the worl
OF distribution. and NJ. Schlesinger. al
Inspector Of membranes. has spen
hours each day assisting in the ardu
GUS task Of distributing the food pro
vided. with judgment and discretion, FOL
knowing little English.
Max Mergentlme and Phil Peters hay,
been the wheel horses from the begin
ming. They have given literally. indecc
lavishly, and then ave given again. TheiI
noble example has been an incentive tt
other men, for they are recognized a,
leaders'in the vegetable trade, as giant,
among the commission merchants an,
marketmen.