The times., 1899-01-05
TO DANISH STARVATION
Many Good Souls Hasten to
Relieve Mrs. Evans.
GIFTS SHOWERED ON HER
Excuses Made by n Charity Official
Money Raised in the Navy Yard-A
supply of Fuel and Provisions
Cash Contributions Acknowledged.

And the greatest of these is charity"
When the issue CT The Times containing
the news of the case of the aged starving
woman, Mrs. Jane Evans, appeared upon
the streets yesterday morning Mrs. Evans
was freezing, starving. i'll and hopeless.
Last night when the readers Of The Times
had learned Of her sad condition and ex-
pressed their humanity, Mrs. Evans was
happy. had quantities Of groceries, plenty
Of fuel and neat sum Of money.
II was but an example OF the power of
the press to do good Yesterday over one
hundred men and women who had read
OF the case in The Times called at the
home Of Mrs. Evans, ar No. 316 Mechanic
Place southeast, and after satisfying
themselves that the case was a deserving
one in every particular, stated in The
Times, they left baskets or groceries, box
es Of eatables, clothing, money and fuel.
Charitable Procession.
1t was. indeed, glorious day in the
Evans household. Had the heart broken
woman came into possession OF Aladdin's
wonderful lamp and obtained the aid of
the genii the house could scarcely contain
more substantial good things than were
in it last night.
All day long kind-hearted people poured
into the bare little home and departed
with the grand. good light of charity in
their eyes. They came from Northeast,
from Southeast, from Northwest, from
Southwest. from Georgeto vn and from
Blade ensburg. They came, they saw and
they gave. Not one of the callers but in
yestigated the cases and was melted into
compassion by the glaring condition of des-
titution and starvation.
A., Official Visitor
Among those who appeared during the
morning was charity official. who seemed
much surprised that Mrs. Evans had an
ancient garment with which 10 cover her
nakedness. He also found much pros
perity in the fact that portion of rag
carpet lay on the floor near the small,
ramshackle stove and he told Mrs. Evans
that she did not look like a woman who
was starving Mrs. Evans replied that two
months ago she weighed 215 pounds and
had been reduced by starvation to l65
pounds. a woman who had come from
Bladensburg for the purpose Of investiga-
ting the case. became so angry that she
told the charity official what she thought
of him and the Associated Charities She
made this so strong that the official lost
no time in making his exit. Before going,
he stated that when Mrs. Evans had made
her application for aid her name had been
taken and it has been decided that her
son ought to be able TO support her.
Her Son Was Ill.
At that time, however, her son was i'll
and out of work, but no investigation was
made to discover these facts.
Over cne hundred people did investigate
the case personally yesterday. and so fully
were they convinced Of the crying need OF
immediate aid that many Of them, after
! leaving money or groceries which they
had brought, went cut and ordered coal
and groceries to be sent TO the house.
Tbs Tbs gen g9ife 9sf1 5se Tho n has the beat
! after satisfying himself that the case wss
a deserving cne, ordered ton OF coke to
! be sent to Mrs. Evans's house. The moral
! OF this is that when an experienced po-
lceman. hardened to little things like mis-
cry, is so well satisfied that the case is de-
serving, certain organizations which exist
must indeed be calloused WHEN they can
| find no occasion for giving aid.
Criticised the Charities.
! Mrs. Evans stated last night that nearly
every enc Of the callers had criticised the
| Associated Charities. and stated that they
had ccme personally 10 make sure that
she received the aid they wished to grant
! her.
The aged woman was so surprised and
| delighted at the gcdsend that she could
4 hardly thank The Times reporter who
called. With tears Of gratitude in her
! eyes, she said that she had never dreamed
that there we're SO many kind people in
! the world.
They were sc good" she said, that
I q 1 -
! And they would not even give me their
| names II it had not been for The Times
l would have starved TO death, for these
| good people said that it was n shame that
| their attention had not been called to my
case before.
Navy Yard Contribution.
''The boys in the navy yard sent me
over 50 which they had raised this after
noon, and a conductor on the Georgetown
cars came TO see me and gave me 81. Ev-
eryone who is good must read The Times.
/ for l certainly have been blessed this
! day
| Mrs Evans's SON who had been out Of
| employment for nearly two months has re-
ceived offers OF employment from four dit-
ferent people who had read Of the case in
| The Times. 4 never was so happy in my
| life said the Old woman. Charley will
! have work and l have enough now to keep
me for over a month"
Mrs. Evans has son who is marine
and who until month ago had always
sent her enough to pay her rent out Of
! his SIC per month. but he has been on
! the sick list since he returned from Guam
tanamo. Cuba, and has been unable to do
I anything during that time He is now
stationed ST League Island Pa.
Suhscrfufiuus H.c.fxcd
The following donations have been re-
ceived at this Office for Mrs. Evans and
/ have been turned over to her:
! c. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. %
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