The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-26
The Salvation Army Furnishes a
Christmas Treat to Many Un-
fortunateS Who Had Little to
Remind Them of the Day
TABLES SPREAD
IN WASHBURN HILL
Great Quantity of Food Provided
by Generous Citizens and all
Who Came Were Served As
Much As They Could Eat-Trss
at the Barracks in the Evening

$780,. z-:x..., - +ba Salvation Ar
Key ulhlier given NY 'ii0
my in Washburn Hall yesterday pe-
tween II. 30 and 8 o'clock. At Thanks
r,,,,,,,o. +ir,,o +ba poor who are in want
sl'-"e - -as.4a of
get their dlnner through 'iie civ -
the police department but at CHRIST
mas nothing Is done outside of what
:. - -, a., ,olaiars of tho ARMY.
Is uolie ny 'iIe -.
The members OF the Army unuel AuJ''
Arthur A. Pierce have been busy for
the last two weeks collecting money
and securing donations of meat, Yege-
tables and all other articles of food
that go to make up a Christmas dinner.
Everything that goes to make up a
dinner from SOUP to pie was served.
AS each child was leaving the hall he
was presented with a bag of candy and
an orange and many oranges were Civ
en- to the older persons.
No person who applied for dinner was
refused and it was seen that each per-
son had enough and in some cases the
plates of many were filled three times
and il was a common thing to fill a
nlate twice. MANY sad cases were no.
ticed among the people who came to
the hall MANY of the children had
very little clothes outside of the scanty
covering that they had on and if it
ndQ Deen a real winter udy many VI
them would have been chilled while
they were waiting for the doors to open
Mothers with children in their arms
and others toddling along by their side
were numerous.
The children and women were the
first to sit down at the tables and af-
ter they had eaten the men had their
turn. Long before u o'clock, the time
for dinner to be served, the sidewalk
I
with men, women and children. Every
person in the uniform of the Army
who was seen approaching the hall was
met by a crowd of children all clamor-
ing for dinner ticket.
Each child had been supplied with a
ticket at the street entrance which
were taken up by William Boggs.
Very nearly 300 children We're seated
at the tables when the dinner call was
sounded on the cornet by the adjutant
Before dinner was served song was
started by John Dennis in which other
members OF the corps joined in. The
captain then stepped on the platform
ana toid the children that they could
nave all they wanted TO eat and after
they had hnlshed TO get up ana leaVe
the nan quietly so mat the tables
could be got ready Tor the olhers VINO
We're waiting
r. ne Keys had peen cooked at
! WIss. brothefS bakery on Church
street, ana We're looked after While
SIeE were cooking by George ireland.
Messrs. IWlss also donated bread for
the ulnher' All the vegetables and
S'Ie OF tne meat We're cooked IN the
hitcneh OF the nail Ihose IN charge
Oh me kllcneh We're MRS. Meme Pratt
ana MIS-; Beftha Rlyard assisted by
NE NeILle 1lll, MRS: M; X. smith,
MSS MIME Mosner' MISS Lydla MOSS
MISS Marina hIllott' George Hum-
2hreys' william Boggs and Mrs. Kate
SNOW
me turkeys ana meats were cut up
by samuel Fenton, David Moss, Fred
wilson Henry smith, benjamin Hold
ulhett ana John Dennis The tables
were looked aIter by MISS Ruth Board
man, Mrs. Nellie Humphreys, Mrs.
David Mars, Mrs. Anna kenilworthy,
MRS. John Dennis, Mrs. Nellie Burden,
MISS Lille Mars, Miss Annie Mars,
MISS Rachel Mars, Mrs. Nettie Roberts,
MRS. Jennie Forbes, Mrs. Arthur r.
Plefce, Mrs. Bertha Wolner, John
warren John Boggs, Charles H. Hall,
James Mars, Sandy Mars and Miss
Helen Kimball. The coffee was made
and looked after by Albert Ridyard,
Edwin Hams, William Whitman and
Alexander Mcdonald.
mere were seven tables, each table
seating A people and two full sittings
were required before every one was
fed. One hundred dinners deere sent
out to people who We're unable to be
present The dinners were carried
around in a wagon loaned by o. A
Kelley, who also allowed them the use
of the wagon for collecting donations
Two hundred pounds of turkey, 200
pounds of chicken, 300 pounds OF beef
100 pounds of pork, five bushels of
potatoes. two barrels of squash, one
barrel of turnips, 80 punches of celery.
two dozen cans of condensed milk. two
dozen cans of soup, bottles of catsup
cans of preserves. coffee. bread pie
and cake went to make up the dinner
The thanks of all the poor people is
due to all the contributors. among
whom were C. T. Sherer who. at the
last moment Tuesday night when he
heard that the corps was short. gave
Twiss Brothers. f. T. smith Jo6n p