St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-25
NONE OF THEM FORGOTTEN.
TODAY THEY WILL EACH HAVE
AN OLD-FASHIONED CHRIST
MAS DINNER.
wALGREN GOES Up FOR LIFE
COnfesses to Having Killed His
MiStreSS-General Roundup
of Minneapolis.

If anybody in Minneapolis suffers to-
day because they have not been wei
cared for, it must be their own fault
for never before in this citys history
did the charity work assume such
gigantic proportions as it presented
yesterday, and it is safe to say thai
out of the 1,500 poor families in Min
neapolis not a dozen missed great
big. old-fashioned Christmas dinner
Such generosity never before was
exhibited in Minneapolis. All day
yesterday the Christmas headquar-
ters at 81 Second street south We're
crowded with people clamoring to
receive donations, and from o'clock
yesterday morning until o'clock last
night one continual stream of people
poured into the old building, which
was overburdened with its great load
of the community.
The scenes about the building were
inspiring and enough to make ones
heart glad, indeed. One by one the
poorly clad, the aged and the weak
brought their donation tickets and
were sent away happy, with their
precious bundle, IN which was stored
food enough to make a grand Christ
mas feast and allow a generous saw
ing for the next day or two.
Within the building the hustle and
hustle of business prevailed. A large
force of men were kept on the con-
tinual go, caring for those, who pre-
sented their wants. In each depart
ment the man having charge was not
allowed a moments rest, for, with
cutting and packing and wrapping
and piling and carting, every mo-
ment was taken up with a run and a
rush and jump.
The committee had the work well
in hand, however, and everything
went off with clock-work precision,
and time was we'll utilized. Each
man employed had some special part
of the work to do, and he attended
solely to his own work, and the re-
suit was an immense amount of
work and great results to show for it.
No time was lost in dealing with
applicants. All who were entitled to
provisions bore a ticket from the AS
sociated Charities. which upon pre-
sentati at the headquarters, was at
once hOnored. To each applicant a
sack was given containing plenty of
good food. coffee, sugar, beef, vege-
tables and apples. Attached to each
Associated Charities coupon was the
street car coupon, issued by the Twin
City Rapid Transit company, upon
which the applicants obtained free
transporta ton to and from the place.
Messrs. Regan, Bracket, Forbes,
Calderowod and Eustis, the citizens
committee, We're kept busy all the
day, and they all did splendid service,
moving about from place to place,
eliciting information, attending to
such matters as came to their hand
and keeping an ever-watchful eye
upon all the proceedings in general
His honor, Mayor Pratt, was one OF
the most interested workers; he spent
considerable time at the headquar-
ters. rendering what assis tance he
could. He also detailed policemen
several times during the day to assist
| in the work at various points.
1t was wonderful to behold the work
| ings of the force of men at the head
| quarters The whole inside was one
| great hurrying mass of men, carrying,
| packing bundles and marking them.
| In the rear of the building was the
| immense butcher shop. Great car
| casses of beef and pork We're cut into
| Juicy steaks and roasts and soup bone;
with amazing rapidity under the direc'
| ton of a veteran butcher. AS fast as
| the meat was cut it was wrapped III
and piled away on a table, where il
looked like a vast pyramid and filled
up one whole corner of the building
In the front of the building a large
area of space was occupied by severa
hundreds of sacks of -four. In thu
oyster section were 1,500 cans of oys
ters. contributed by A. Booth & Co.
the Baltimore Packing company, ant
Platt & Co. At another table sew
eral men were kept busy making tn
butter contributions into pound rolls
! Fully 1000 cans of preserved good
were piled up near the oysters. In tn
front part of the building five mel
were busily engaged in putting VI
coffee and tea and sugar into small
packages, and these packages piled Vi
against the walls clear to the ceilin!
made the space look like great whole
sale house. Other parties of mel
packed nuts. candies, rice and othe
articles. Down in the cellar wer
| stored potatoes, cabbages, turnipS, on
ions, squash, carrots and other Vege
tables, and barrels of apples. A spe
cial lot of bananas from j. A. She
were also among the contribution
stored away in the building.
Ex-Mayor Eustis was about tn
headquarters a greater part of tn
time, and he said that the sights di
!, him more good than anything else cor
/ | nected with Christmas. This is &c
5 | ing to mold public opinion, don't yo
, | know" said he. 1T will have woI
| derful influence throughout our cit.
1t serves to make the rich and poo
nearer one another and eradicate the
feeling so common among the poo
. that the rich do not like to befrien
them and are their enemies. 1t is
great thing, and to see such sigl
as I have witnessed here today is a
: inspiration to any man."
George A. Bracket worked all da
: like a Trogan. He was engaged for Il
most part at the associated char!tie
He was particularly vigilant in seeif
that duplicating was apprehended al
, punished. During the afternoon II
associated charities was so besiegt
; with people that it was almost impo
. sible to do anything. Fully 500 trit
, In every kind of a way to secure a ticl
r ct, but very few succeeded, as tho
deserving had been registered, al
whatever new applications came
were investigated. Many tried
work the duplicating scheme. but We
- caught at it.
The sacks Of food put up for the a
i, plicants contained the following a
ticles:
Granulated sugar, three pounds; rie
three pounds; coffee, one pound; te