The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-26

little girl barexe NO. Marrying a new
doll from her home % a friends, sing
lng In motherly fashion. sDorisl Doris'
on. how I ioYs you" or boy. stin in his
Sunday clothes. wnistling oown the street
as ne wound new top.
The wholesale houses. private Offices
and Federal state. county and city offices
were tightly closed ali day.
Tie poor wege not forgotten. In their
sa.iy reunions and hlg private dinners
the Weil-to-do did not forget the hungry.
poor and unfortunate. There was the
dinner for COO set by the salvation Army
ia Ranke hail A fine dinner, with se-
lection leaving nothing 10 DE desired The
prisoners Al the county jail managed TO
extract some Joy from the day. being pro-
viacd oy Sheriff Van de Nanter and 9TH
era with turkey and duck dinner In
the hospitals. music soothed fevsrish
heads. and thOss wcf enough TO eat
heartily had royal repasts-
Amusement was found in the football
game. which had a heavy attendance In
the evening entertainments at many
churches aud homes we're heartily en-
joyed.
The saIvatioaists' Dinner.
I'm 80 fun | ean't hardly stan up. I
know that" one small boy WAS telling
another small boy. The speaker and his
companion grinned and the latter said:
A
hall. where they had been feasted BY the
salvation Army. Feasted-they had been
crammed with food. They would not quit
eating as long as room for a mouthful
WAS left. and the salvation Army was de-
te~min0d none should go away without
enough" What a slaughter OF food
there was-women and little girls and
boys. with two long tables as a battle
ground. laying about them With all their
might. The restraints OF table etiquette
did not interfere. Forks were spears and
knives were shovels, and Il was spear and
shovel shovel and spear. from frSt 10
fast. Piled plates Of food melted ike a
pas 81 butter In a July sun. The boys
easily beat the girls At this game. Mas
iicatlon was dlsciaimed. one li;tle fellow
w.tk very large ears was trying 10 pick
the bones Of a whole chicken. Tie held
the skeleton ia both hands and tried 20
shove his face between the ribs. There
were no napkins. bat what We're hands
given for
Il woud - hand to think up any sub
stant.sls which were not served 80 the
80. Potatoes. toma uoeys. celery. apples.
sraIsges. cranberry sauce turkey. trecf.
hltrn. beans, chicken, mtuce piess. apple
pies. cranberry pies, candy and nuts All
these things were in profnsion that f..
before ahe $40 came. No mon were sAmlt-
ted. only women and children. These
We're (WHICH. tdF fktN@ ElEA1NE ifA Nf~ tNkH
ana The women and littlo girls az another.
On tbess members X the Salvation Army
waited. Tnev were there Gn gpod mum
hers ard rs they mjntstgrts3 20 the wanes
OF these hungry people they looked posi-
lively beautiful. dcsplse their hameiy unit
forms Mai J N Parker. On charge -
the Northern Paaiie division comprising:
Oregon AID Washington. Wis present
The dinner was sn ssisA re % Capf. Wal
lace 81 the FOOD and sboltor depot. and
Ait. I W1Els. NJ che training rooHn. In
the back NOM pots tocS were cooked IA
hsEe dish pan and the mcaE and ple
was cut and pilea for service
Tckc1e had bean distrtbWged by the sol
diers on the street. and in their visitation
20 poor families.
IsrsTupcly AZ { o'csock the doors opened.
ans pansluE. gxcNei mob. uusu then
taaHGo1 to she streets rushed sn They
were hungry. and hard 80 control az first.
buf son gnietoi uHsi~r tae st-sehinE tn-
Huance q food. The sol Nevs went al-ans
che fa1aes HeiDlng vsch EUess 50 generous
piatesfuL They secsTtod as happy Is serve
a. sac ssnesss - he Sa~vet. The cssfiarea
were ms "a yplr. better tfreee5 fhan might
fsavr bsea expected fSy t3se tlrne far tae
secs,aa tab1e thets1s3dren were snsa,h qsrssf-
~ and asa With srne prgstenston 10 de-
enratn. WHALE tse pcor children age With
81 q SOLDIER Et0eJ a. Elia door and w8sh ire
pkHen-e - Tob sTusad OF fns insss.'~7,.
Tns unbtfier ware cianorous. Thev
wanted 20 - in IT,
fu fhr sv0ninS a srpAt messing - Sal