The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-07-03
Holders Of News Tickets Given
Large Sized Pieces.
Icomen Were Courteous and Policemen
He|pfu|--Many Homes Made Happier
by the Enterprise Of the News.
News free ice delivery made a

The News free ice delivery made a
good start yesterday.
1t would be wrong to say that thou
sands, or even hundreds q children,
presented tickets for ice.
But 1t is safe to state that fully 100
did so. at both distributing stations in
OIneyville and Randall squares.
And that may be called an exception
ally good start, for. of all the tickets
in the hands of the police. but a COM
parative few have reached those for
whom they are intended.
That is due to several reasons.
In the first place IL is hard to sift
out the truly deserving. Many in ac-
tual want will not make their wants
known. Others known to be in need
are too proud to accept anything free.
Still others. who would gladly accept
the News generous offer. have not
heard of it.
Again. the,police. who have so kind
ly agreed to help the News. have other
duties which must be performed and
can spare but brief time each day to
search for deserving cases.
ENCOURAGING BEGINNING.
But. taking II all in all, yesterday 9
beginning was most encouraging. and
It may safely be assumed that when
the Ice wagons arrive in OlneyviIle and
Randall square at .. m. tomorrow
there will be hundreds Of children on
hand. eagerly awaiting the icemen.
Yesterdays experience demonstrated
one fact very clearly--the children of
the poor show fewer signs of suffering
and distress than are to be met with in
most large cities.
The groups OF children who surround
ed Earl Carpenter & Sons wagons.
bearing the News sign. in Olneyville
and Randall squares at 4 O'Clock yes-
terday afternoon furnished an inter-
esting study.
They were Of varying sizes and ages
and embraced both sexes.
A few there were with countenances
Of older people but for the most part
they were little faces that should have
been handsome. IL they were properly
environed and dirt and freckles had
been absent.
II Was noticeable tnat there were no
vicious-faced children among them,
albeit most OF them looked as IL they
were allowed to run wild in the streets
without shoes or stockings.
In fact, more were barefooted than
otherwise, and. where the skin could be
seen through the dirt. it was tanned a
beautiful brown.
The little girls, although not clad In
dainty raIment. were neatly attired,
even II their frocks were somewhat
worn. ThN boys-but. then, what's the
use OF saying anything about them
Boy nature is the same the world over.
A QUEER COMBINATION.
But the articles the children brought
20 carry the ice home in formed queer
combination. There was procession
Of miniature express wagons, each
drawn by a laughing boy, that monop-
olixed the sidewalk for many yards
away. The girls came with all sorts OF
tin pans and wooden pals. while other
children came empty y-handed. with the
exception Of the red ticket tightly
clutched.
At Randall square a careworn mother
came with her baby in baby carriage.
The baby practically niled the carriags.
but BY some unaccountable means,
known only to mothers. room was found
IN the vehicle for generous sized piece
Of frozen water.
Speaking OF the size OF the cakes OF
zee given away. Il must be remarked
that they were ample. 1t should be
further stated that Il was ice Of the
dret vster--clesr az a crystal clean
ond free from every defect