New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-01


one package Of pork OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. pounds
One can condensed milk.
SOME NEVER RECEIVED CHARITY BEFORE.
The homes Of all the families who received gro
cerles had been visited by Mr.. Pisek and his as
s,e.or.s and none were helped who were not found
Tn be worthy Some extremely mccoy people oNt
Of work much in debt and without resources. hest
,.,4l to accept charity. They had always been
sef-supporting and even hunger ana cold could
scarcely overcome their ropusnance to dependence
in any form. Thrty-iive widows. who were known
70 Mr. Pisek to be in needy circumstances yet had
not applied for aid through shame, received large
hasketfuls of food at their homes. The groceries
were sent 70 them by messengers in the evening.
81 that the fact that they received charity should
not become generally known. The want Of these
widows was as great that of the other recipients
The large schoolroom of the church was used for
the general distribution. Persons Of both sexes
o,d All aces came With baskets IN which to carry
away the articles given out They appeared ike
n large CONGREGATION they sat waiting Tor th'r
names 10 be called. They did not belong 10 'he
lowest classes They were poorly dressed, Dut ther
c,o,hes were clean, and their appearance showed
that they were accustomed to decent living. Their
faces did not have the hard and ignorant LOOK
which often accompanies poverty
KINDNESS TO OLD PEOPLE
few old men and women tottered up with their
baskets Some of them had children Of their own
who were In distress. Others belonged to pecu-
liar class which is to be found among the Bone
mians When times are good and work Is plenty
the Young men and women work in the cigar lac-
tories. When both father and mother IN family
work as is frequently the case they leave the
children at home in the care Of the grandparents.
If there are no grandparents they take in OLD mon
or women who look out for the chnureh' ~
present @hen the father and mother are OUT VI
work. they are able TO care for the chilGren ,hell
selves ana do not need the services OF IN, ine old
neople whom they have been supporting; henCo d
burden is laid on some iames s Wr PseE sa!d
mat he had not found a where the ola people
Sickness is frequently added to or induced by
destution. Many who came forwaru lor lVou r '' -
wives or husbands who had been III ior a He"a ,U u
moro The one who was well had worked aWaEE,
earning 81 or s. a week; OUT oi M'h ho'rht and a
Soctor maid When fhe hard times cat OH 'i'e ldH,
source of income II was nor s,I"nsV ~, ,sirg la
families should be found with little OF ho'"'NE '"''
There were nearly 100 willows in The gra .,nd
against want The mission workers said that shrir
homes were uniformly n~a tom those Of several
Siidnwers who hal been lift with small chi.dira'
They had done 'h ,ha e t2 Nf but l2e ot IN
noe, cases wero awkward. The visitors 5aiI 'n"t
they had found numee; OF 'r rendltio g -
One bohemian man ,ei 6 iran woman alm NOS
ann 6nu Her husband was sick and helpless One Oh
Englishman. who had been out OF W1 orr 'G IN foT
tine. came from a wife who had been III 'o'
year.
HE FED HIS BOY AID WENT HUNGRY HIMSELF
There was a boy about fourteen years o' MS
father earns s. a week to support seven c""'ie"'
The boy has worked in a drySoods store "'' mas
been laid off until better times. Ihe 1a'ne' "r"'
10 the church TO ask for work for the boy lie
showed a pocke,book toll Of pawn n ckfft7' III IL
as too weak TO carry the groceries himself ~
boy is stronger" he said Il feed him o''e" WIZ"
number Of BOYS helped TO unload the iiDut IRON ,I
the wagon which brought II 70 lhe oiJ' ~, ,,as
xuflo
asked . .or, ,o,orsl
NV father is out OF work. said another l
have mother ,o.
How have YOU manageiF ,,r
ii cooked when my father worked
"And now ..,.1 works
i'm tlrl came up with a basket - a,.,
.'Wbv did not your mother come was as ~ -,
"She is i'll. and father died to-day was '''
ply. .o. to q earnnle OF the contents
80 is,ers which are occasionally received: ~ ~.
and children desire to thank you very m nf io
rn,,r evtrr,ne Kindness 10 ~. Inc cOdi VIII W
i 1ayin NO "a ms ana the goods were splendld We
feel grateful to God and thankful TO YOU