Evening journal., 1897-11-29
CARING FOR THE POOR
Dinner Provided for los at
the Peoples Mission.
FOOD SENT TO HUNGRY CHILDREN
PREPARATIONS NOW BEING
MADE FOR ALL-NIGHT MEET
INGS, WITH LUNCH, TO KEEF
MEN OFF THE STREET,
CHRISTMAS TREE.

INGS, WITH LUNCH, TO KEEP
MEN OFF THE sTREET-A
CHRISTMAS TREE.
Rev. c. H. O'Brien, Of the Peoples
Mission, which is located at No. III
Shipley street, for the last week or so
has been a very busy man. AS yet Mr.
O'Brien has not become very well
known, but his record for the past few
weeks bids fair to make him known in
Christian circles before very long. 1t
will be remembered that he visited
several homes a day or two before
Thanksgiving, seeking friends to assist
him in his effort to give a free break
fast to the poor.
FED 165 PERSONS ON THANKS
GIVING DAY.
His labors were rewarded by seeing
165 men, women and children enjoy a
nice meal on Thanksgiving Day, and
at the close OF the days meetings Ave
young men knelt at the penitent altar.
A Journal man in an interview with
one of the workers at the mission, OBJ
tanned some facts about the work here
which may be of interest to some of
the friends and helpers in and about
the city.
WAS your Thanksgiving breakfast
for the poor a success?" was the first
question asked.
oh yes, very much so. God has
been wonderfully blessing our labors
here and the progress we have made
within the last three weeks has been
very encouraging indeed. We have
been preparing to give the poor free
breakfast. Our superintendent has la
bored earnestly in his effort to provide
for all. Brother Seargent our presi-
dent, and a number of the workers
have gone from place to place for do
nations. The private family, the Off
GERS of our public buildings and mer-
chants have all responded cheerfully.
A TURKEY FROM THE MAYOR.
"Rev. OBrien, on returning Wednes-
day afternoon from one of his trips,
came in looking very happy, and in
answer to q question as to the reason,
said: Mrs. McLear, to whom / have
just been speaking, feels sure the
mayor will send a turkey to the chill
dren, for she says he loves the little
ones A big turkey and a big bag of
cranberries was the result of that visit
Mr. and Mrs. William Beadenkopf
! who not only sent donations, but let
the help (who by the way is also a
worker at the mission) have the day
on and put off having their own
Thanksgiving dinner.
Il might go on" said the mission
Z worker, "and tell of many incidents
] in connection with our Thanksgiving
l breakfast for the poor and among
{ other names mention the names Of
Mrs. Lore, Mrs. Swift, Mrs. Wales
Miss Crawford and many Others whC
kindly assisted"
NEVER SAW SUCH EATING
did those Who came seem to be yer!
+ hungry?"
! Hungry Oh you should have seer
the dear little children eat. YCl
= would have thought they had neve
p tasted such food before and the mel
: acted just as though they had no
, broken fast for some time, and did no
4 expect to for some time to come"
a DO ! understand that it was just
N a brCakfast?"
i That was our plan originally, bu
= we found it necessary to keep it up al
day. As early as 7.30 in the mOrnini
they began to come in and kept q
coming all day. The last thing at nigh
|
81 children, were begging for somethin
- TO cat, but as our stock Of food had ru
q out We could not grant their request
r and were compelled to let them g
n away hungry"
Did you feed any who could n
Gomez"
D yes; we sent a number Of basket
> out tc places where the children coul
is not come en- account of having abso
q lutely nothing TO wear Here" hand
If ing the reporter one or two slips c
e. paper, Just read those" The reporte
n. did 50, and after reading them con
4 cluded to give the contents in conneC
ct ton with this Interview. The first on
was dated November 25, 1897. and rea
as follows:
Dear Sir: Please excuse this wOma
because she is awful poor. She need
y a little help. Her husband is in tn
hospital. She has seven children.