Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-15

Mrs. McNichael of the Central Union Mis-
sion There are five children and the
mother is ILL., They received three loaves
bread, tw5 32ds Of Hour, one piece bacon,
two packages coffee. two packages sugar
two boxes Quaker oats. two packages
beans. one can clam chowder, one bar soap.
one can condensed milk.
Not much perhaps looked at by people
whose closets are filed to overflowing, but
If you had too little to eat for days and
weeks there is plenty of strength and COM
fort and hope to be found in the articles
enumerated. Below is given another list
handed to a volunteer to take a seam
stress family Of four on X street south
east: Two loaves bread. = thirty-seconds of
four 1 can salmon. 1 package coffee,
pounds sugar, boxes Quaker oats. l can
soup, l package dried apples, 1 package
beans, 1 package rice.
Here's another bill of fare sent to an
aged white woman on Virginia avenue
southeast: One loaf bread. package buck
vi eat. 2 packages rice can corned beef,
package tea. package sugar, 1 package
crackers package beans 1 can corn, half
pound butter.
These Will keep the wolf from her door
for two or three days and then, well, the
Christian must add: The Lord will pro-
vide"
One more typical case of bills of fare. 1t
il that of man with four children. He
received - Ioaves bread. thirty-seconds
flour 2 cans salmon, 1 package coffee and
tea, . pounds sugar, . boxes Quaker oats.
. packages beans, ? cans condensed milk.
1 package crackers. l package prunes j
can clam chowder. I peck meal.
Coal and Clothing.
In, I'll
coal they were given orders for coal and
wood upon the tens contributed by Messrs
Darneile and Wolcott yesterday and upon
four tons bestowed by II. Fulton the pawn
broker The first mentioned supply is stor-
ed with V Baldwin Johnson and the Fulton
tons given out by VIM J. Zeh of 18th
street When clothing or bedding were
needed the applicant was ushered into a
back room, where a lady volunteer inquired
IS TO TIE need. and then proceeded to sup
niy with al the patience and skill of
cloak model
The greater number of applicants were
ceiored, and nineteen out of twenty of these
were women. Occasionally these were men.
and more frequently boys. There We're
many white persons in the throng. and but
Few were men and boys. They came from
the alleys. the far northwest the distant
southeast, the country beyond Anacostia-
indeed from every direction From a house
on + street just around the corner of 18th.
came appeals for at6 and one aged German
woman was found almost starved and fro
zen Truly, the firing line" IS near at
hand They brought great rope sacks, mar
ket baskets, paper sacks, boxes and all
manner of articles for the pounds they
hoped to receive Very many colore1 girls
had only their aprons as receptacles. and
they went away Staggering under their
loads One girl got as far as The Star cor
her and then save out. She waited a while
and then tried to get her package back on
her should IT She failed. \ white lady was
passing, stopped hut her strength was too
feeble. Then she spoke to several men for
help. None Needed her. A jaunty colored
man approached her, and she said to him:
dle?'' MI Jun
No indeed won't ma'am." he replied.
and ken1 on his way.
A white gentleman heard the words and
silently picked up the bundle put 1t on the
girls ShoV}'er. gave her car fare ard ba de
her ride home. As he walked away he
Well. I asked "A back man TO help a
hliek girl and he refused. but white man
wash too proud TO do IT.
Some Cases.
One Of the early Corners was a middle
aged colored woman. She hung back half
hssitatinsly, hut came forward upon invf-
tauon- When questioued concerning her
condition she said:
I am "A laundress, sir and never begged
near about ruined me. though. and there
was nothing else to do but steal, ard
won't do that. 1 could not get any coal
the water pipes were frozen up. and 7 could
not get any water. and the people for
whom l wash could not send the soil
clothes to me Ny food ran out Sunday.
an am telling you the truth. sir, have
not tasted food since O'Clock that day
Tits grand basket fun Of provisions You
nave given me will last until the Gather
gives me a chance To work God bless The
star and the good people of the city who
heiped on the pound party"
In the nrst rush for food there was n lit
a. eEi' surely not over seven years of age
Wen dress was thin and she shivered from
me cold She appeared anxious, but stood
Aens on the edge Of the crowd A dis
tF-butGr noticed her. and calling her TO him
sought 10 learn her history. She told in a
sualshttnrward way how her mother and
Etue brother had no food. and how her
mother had sent her TO The Stars pound
ptTty' as she was ashamed TO come Tn.
little one was given all she could carry ana
iEvited 10 come again.
From near BrightwOod a white man
uDaged al the way through the snow 20
attend The Stars pound party. H. had
never begged before. ne said but the ia ri
weather had driven him to it. He was 90
ing 10 work on the streets cleaning snow,
as soon as n carried some provisions homo
70 his wife and two children. When oues-
toned closely he said he had had little tn
cat Tor two days. When he left he carried
With him a warm blanket and provisions
erough to last weak at least
A little coal black fellow poked his head
over the counter today.
Theres only two of US. Me and me
grandmother She's a hundred an seven
years old
He told the truth. it was found. And this
lad, Of nine linked by relationship TO the
woman more than century old went back
70 her laden with the bacon and the beans
and the tea she loves.
Another urchin. this one white. dirty.
faced, but ''shiny-eyed clamored at the
counter to have his application filed
Me name is Johnny" said he the family
Aatae being pUrposely omitted in this story
Me family has seven in It,
A laugh went up from few of the
younger ones in the crowd.