The evening world., 1894-02-28

children, had received food from The
Evening Worlds Free Food Commits.
sion sufficient to keep them from star
walton for three days each at least.
1t is a s%tupcndouS work; n trCmen-
dous service these commission merchants
of New York a'c doing for their fellow
travellers through this world, and the
readers OF The Evening. World' who
are not commission merchants or gro
dealers can help immensely with their
One visit to the daily distribution. Of
food Is enough 10 mellow the s~tOnlcSt
heart, and tender hearts weep for the
suffering poor.
One visit generally makes a helper Of
the visitor. and thus c~ontrlnulions OF
col. stnn's Contribution.
Among the contributions to he ne
knowlcdged today Is "A W, check IRON
col, William r.. Sim and Walter Z"
Sim, proprietor and manager of Brook-
lyn's famous Park Theatre. The Mcssrs.
Sim have given away TO cnhritS thh'
known charitable hearts make the Sums
shining marks for all promoters OF char
table schemes. and hence the voluntary
Walter l.. Sim, for Col. W, Y. Sim, who
is now touring the South In search OF
health. is all the more gratifying.
Thomas Rockford, the popular inanager
or ina 1OSIll ltl'lsi " ~ '''l. .
Of brooklyn. Is another mar, who couldn't
stand II to sec this work OF truest char.
ity gong on without a share IN, H., ana
he put q crisp s. bin in the hand OF inc
"A Deaf Lady" looking on ten min.
utes. was much depressed when she
found that she had only Il SOLITARY dime
and an Elevated Railway ticket In her
purse. but she left the dime and promised
d. +. Robinson. the iron-gray, founder
Of the Juvenile Guardians; a society nov
the callers at 40 Murray street. Mr..
Robinson was much Impressed win tht
magnitude and the practicaOiity OF the
work. lie said:
Not New. but More Stupc"dOuS.
"Thcy say there Is nothing new unhei
the sun, and although The Evenlnt
World and the noble, hearted ,onlmiis
% ihe highest praise for originality an,
carrying out the, Free FOOD Commission
even It Is not ~brand-new, l had tn'
lily a quarter OF a century ago. II ~ on
OF the brightest collections of my lie.
.'Then. as now. the commission mer
chants Were the W Sasf nIIsS ,Hs b ans stst %
ZOO people,, and we looked upon it as 4
marvellous. a stupendous thing.
But now see nat mTns E,neh a,I
| sometimes. / admit was q nttle IN
%credulous. but my visit 70 w Mmrrta;
| street Convinces me. We never ma
| such tremendous crowds, and any on
| can see with half an eye that these PEG
| pie, half-clad, with broken shoes. nag
gard faces and all the other symbols o
d%estitution are w%ofully in need OF IN,
help that you are giving. The Eytnin,l
World" Free Food Commission shoui
receive the hearty cooperation n sup
port OF all people who love their fe''ow
men,
DonatiOns of Clothing.
Although the Free Food Commission
as its name implies. set out only to Zee,
he hungry, 1t has received all sorts o
Robert ]. Stewart. the gents furnish
err, at 27 Greenwich street. sent IN
dershirts. fifty pairs OF woollen socks
200 neckties, and these have been give
out where they would do the most good
Mrs. Moffatt, OF 2s1 Fourteenth stree
ternoon, and distributed with her ow'
gentle hands thirty.six pairs OF warn
woollen socks to the people gathere'
about the doors o: 30 Murray street.
How All Can Help.
Everybody can do something toward
relieving the unusual distress among tn
poor this Winter II they Will try; Loo
Der OF that wonderful 6-i5-so Club does
A cent a day each for the majority q
the members: Ella cents n day for tn
next largest class and l6 IL cents n da
for the opulent employers OF workers
That is ali. yet this odd scheme enable
the Club to distribute $500 among tn
various organized charities Yesterday
$50 OF It being the share a%pportioned t
"The Evening Worlds Free Food Cor
mission.
Suppose every reader Of 'The Evcnin
World constituted himself or herself
Penny-a-Day Club and sent 6 cents
week to help feed the hungry
Why. the result would be a fund 10
charity amounting to more than $3.50
a week.