New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-16
medical science upon the helpless animals bound
down. yet not etherzed? HUMANITY.
Newly ork, May 81 1895.
THE DIET KITCHENS NEED FUNDS.

THE DIET KITCHENS NEED FUNDS.
CHARITY THAT IS HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS
SHORT OF THE sum IT REQUIRES.
To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: The manager OF the diet kitchens for the sick
poor of the city find themselves hampered in their
good work by the lack OF necessary funds. Owing
to hard Zines the donations and annual supscrip-
tons have fallen of greatly the last two years. and
on May less than 600 in the treasury, when
5000 is the least required for the summers WORK
to November l. Most OF the managers are far
away during the summer. and no meetings can be
held from June till October. 1t is essential TO
have money enough In the treasury to carry on the
summers work.
II one would visit either the Centennial Kitchen.
No 135 Centre-st. or the Northwestern. on the
northwest corner OF Thirty-sixth-st. and Ninth
ave, between the hours of II and |. one wouid see
80 much genuine suffering and misery that ones
heart would ache for days, and one would long 70
assist in relieving. At the Northwestern last
month the average number OF patients was 2@
daily-2O3 who are either suffering themselves, or
who have sick ones at home. end to whom one PINT
Of good milk and bowl Of cooked rice Is perfect
godsend. Through the great generosity OF Mr.
Wall of the patients in this kitchen receive
bread in place Of rice, as he sends daily many
loaves and rolls.
Although / have been a liberal giver for years,
never realized the blessedncss OF giving until last
summer when first visited these two Kitchens s
After my first visit learned 10 take either howerS
fruit or cakes with me for the matron to a., add 20
the daily dole OF milk and rice or bread LOT ,ns
most deserving ones; tarough the fall | found
grapes were particularly welcome, and the marin
afierwarl told me Of one poor old woman "no
lived on the two punches OF grapes for two days
Several times I carried in from the country large
baskets Of flowers. and gave 70 each patient my
bunch, and the grateful! look was more imam
reward ~,
one poor German woman was almost Wild dc YIN IN
delight when Mrs. Raymond gave her buncn OF
br.ght-coored flowers ard said they we're the nrSt
she had received al summer. ! found quarter
would do to buy little dellcacy like beef ex-
tract for "A poor lad in consumption. or bit or tea
for a poor old woman. Many OF these sick , poor
have literally nothing. bright-eyed. Clean
dressed little girl Of about eight came in, and the
matron sad "She's such good child give her
cake: she has a sick mother. and does all OF tne
work except the washing which kind neighbor
does for hor.'
| hope these feeble words will interest some
of your readers enough to 20 and visit one or more
OF the Kitchens. There are four OF them; IN ada.
ton TO the two mentioned is one al No. 6ls East
F'fth-st.. and one at No liH First-ave. near
sixty-third-st Last May kitchen at No. 1853
Third-ave had 10 be closed for lack OF money.
The managers hope they may not hnd II necessary
10 close another. ONE OF THE MANAIcao.
New York. June 2. 1885.