Evening star., 1895-01-24
SOUP FOR THE POOR
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Recent Phases Of the Charity Stu
alton. Here.
ESTABLISHING DISTRIBUTION STATIONS
Charity Concerts and What Has
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Been Made Already.
CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED

Another step in the systematic relief Of
the suffering among the poor of Washing
ton, and one that promises to be crowned
with the greatest success, comes in the
form of the establishment of free soup
kitchens in different parts of the city.
Several of these have already been pro-
vided, and If there is sufficient demand for
them other loo cations will also be selected.
One such kitchen has already been no
| ticed in The Star. 1t Is at 3216 o street,
| and has fed many hungry person in the
western part of town since its hospitable
| doors were thrown open couple Of day.
| ago. At noon today another was opened
at 400 Louisiana avenue. in a neigl'bor-
| hood that Is convenient for the destitute
in Central and South Washington. Those
who were instrumental in the work Of pro-
viding the kitchens already opened are also
considering another down in South Wash
| IL gton. somewhere adjacent to Bloodtield
and the other sections where there Is SO
much poverty.
been opened in q handsome store building,
which CHANGED to be vacant, and has been
| kindly loaned for the purpose free OF rent.
| Temporary tables have been erected in the
front part of the store, and the rear has
be en- turned over for the time being to the
| cook and his asststents. AS the menu
p1 divided is limited one. the cooking uten-
| sils are of limited character.
A stove and a couple of kettles comprise
| the cooks chief stock in trade, together
with about five dozen new quart cups and
bright polished spoons. To every person
who applied for food dish of soup and a
piece of bread were given, and as the soup
was really good thick stew, with plenty
| of meat and vegeta bles in it, there was no
need for anyone to go away hungry 1t is
| planned hereafter to keep the place open
! from about II 80 o'clock to 2, and if enough
| interest Is taken in the institution and
supplies come in in plenty it is intended to
| give away coffee and bread in the early
| morning hours. The people who are at the
head of the kitchen have made AN earnest
| appeal for donations of meat, and, in fact
| provisions of any sort that can go In n
stew Of this kind. The head cook told a
| Star reporter this morning that he would
| agree to garnish up almost any old bone so
that it would come up tasty and attrac-
| tive. The market people, as usual, have
| ready, but spasmodic contributions will not
| support work like this Systematic and
| generous giving is what is needed.
In Georgetown.
The Old brick house known as 3216 o
| street which for several years has had 10
| tenant, has also been turned into a free
soup dispensary. Ntw window sashes have
been put in, the walls whitewashed and the
| floors scrubbed until they shine. In the
| two lower rooms have been placed stoves
| that give an external comfort to the place.
Neat tables covered with bright marble
| oilcloth are ranged about both the rooms.
| In the kitchen and on the big cooking stove
are two pig. clean. Rice-looking boilers. In
| these the soup is made. Doors were thrown
| open to the poor and soup-loving public
| about II o'clock yesterday and soup was
served until 5. For the first day the at
| tendance was large. Men. women and chill
| dren came.
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one " hite. Most of the soup dispensed was
| eaten in the house, but in several cases 1t
| was allowed to be taken away Tor needy
| ones confined to their houses by sickness.
| 1t seemed to be understood without instruc-
| tions that the cOiOred callers were to take
| the tables Of one Of the connecting rooms,
and the white the other. The SOUP was
of a splendid quality. 1t was made by the
| chef of the house, George Greene, with the
necessaries furnished by Mr. John A. Blum
don and Mrs. Charles B. Hunter. Mr..
| Blundcn is one of the prime movers of the
| charity, which is practically under the
ma anagement of the Central Union Mission.
The head waiter of the establishment Is
| George Jackson. The soup. according to
present arrangements, will be distributed
| for six weeks. This will carry the poor
| into March, and near the middle when the
| winter will begin to merge into spring.
Eastern Market.
| The merchants in the Eastern market
| donate every day enough Of their stock to
| keep a goodly kitchen running and each
| afternoon scores of hungry people are fed
| and find it easy in their hearts to bless
| the thoughtful charity of their benefac-
| tors. The first day they fed over five hum
| dred people, and at today's distribution,
| which commenced at O'Clock TINS after
| noon, the crowd Of applicants was quite
| large 1t is expected that at least one
| thousand persons will be furnished with
| nutritious soup today.
Central Union Mission.
| Each day brings the same round Of ex-
| periences at the Central Union Mission
| and the office of the Associated Charities
| For the last few days the average num-
ber of cases of need relieved at the former
institutions have been in the neigh
borhood of a couple of hundred. with no
| prospect of q let-up, so long as the cold
| weather lasts.
| Their share of the proceeds of The Star $
| podnd party still holds out, but cannot last
Inuch longer, SO heavy is the daaIS orait
| upon it. Pretty nearly all of the groceries
| that were turned over to the central rellef
| committee have now been disposed OF
| through the agency OF the police ana lhe
| Associated Charities The wagons that left
| Headquarters this afternoon carried away
| about the last of 1t, though not al! OF 1t
| will be given away by the distributing
| agencies for some tiIne to cCnc
| At the Central Union Mission the supply
| of clothing and shoes on hand has been
exhausted. ana an earnest appeal is made
for contributions OF this sort, 50 that the
| poor may bc, clothed as well as fed
| An Entertainment.
| The committee on entertainment for the
benefit of the relief fund met at Metzerott S
| yesterday afternoon. DR.. Frank T. Howe,
chairman of the committee, reported the
proceeds of last Saturdays continuous en-
tertainment at Metzerott Music Hall as
amounting to s4115O, which he had turned
over to Judge Cole, chairman of the citi-
zens' relief committee. After consultation
with the relief committee, DR.. Howe rec
commended that another entertainment on a
larger scale and with more time to work
| it up be undertaken under the auspices OF
| the same committee. Accordingly the first
| steps in that direction were taken yester-
| day, when Convention Hall was secured
| for the evening of February s, Mr.. St1lson
Hutchns donating the use of the hall for
| that occasion. The United States Marine
Band will be invited to furnish. the music.
Prof. Fanciulli has agreed to submit the
| invitation to the members The Choral So
ciety will also be invited to participate
Judge Cole and Mr.. F. B. Metzerott Will
call upon the District Commissioners to Sc
cure permission for the police and f1remen