New-York tribune., 1902-12-21

shunned no contact and listened with interest to
every one who desired TO speak with him
whether am elected not he said one night
after he had returned TO his home in Hudson Ter
race overlooking the river and the Palisades
beyond II going TO do something Tor those poor
people. feel that It is my duty.
It was only month after the election last year
that the defeated candidate sitting in the
office Of his factory, in Palisades save when a
man who gave his name as Eugene C. Small asked
TO see him Mr. Andrus recognized the name I'M
mediately as that of the barber of the Getty
House and asked him 20 come in
II am getting up subscription for ChrlslIhas'
said aEr Small You know there are lot of poor
in this place. Yonl1ers is a great manufacturing
centre and the laboring class is large Cah SOU
mt your name down for something
Mr. Small then said that he had gone ABOUT ioi
,,a-sl wears inst before Christmas time and col
Iec+ed money for the poor. After he had hnisheo
the man whom he had called upon sprans from
his chair and, shaking his hand Vigorously eA-
claimed: D..
small. YOU are the man I'm looking for. Put
-a 5ov-, for enough TO furnish Christmas dinner
n every poor family in Yonkers II you II get '4e
names III furnish the money -
Letters were sent out TO the ciefsH Hieti' -
health authorities the police matron the SaI'atioil
-. 49,, Iyo,,ng, women'g Institute and 10 other
,ndiyiduaIs and organizations engaged IN chdIi'Die
work TO procure the name OF every He0' =
deserving family in Yonkers- "lei nv .5r,,s
,,i,e hundred had been oDtalheo' M s.,,,-
b5s fFl4
investigated the list, to avoid ou'Nca1 ,,red
-,or+,,re The day before Christmas SIX ea
families received baskets containing con-
vegetables soup cake. PIE ans ano az dinner Not one
ellueLSs ,laa "a maj he was deserving We s said
away without full quota d0G to obtain food
~ fo- one who is worthy TO go VIII Wl.Ii IN of their
tSl IN To- .,es of the poor have poured III baan the
Ine naInSS nam t,3s -ear so widespread mas peen mn
news Of the charity when Nad; &C which are TO
plates Many SUI u1}ii the baskets are opened foad
snail viii sllperintend the distrloonoii "a ~
as ne seryations oIe which Mr. Andrus maze mace 10 fo ali
0' the rich because made by ,aIr hs
wealth, and 10 the poor sviewing the results
Of his Investigations into the aI'ses which
ery Mr. AndTps ase sets sunGamentai fSnem sTaa.
''AfismaTag cement. Of course Is aeterday vse For
OF paLpelsg, gond 90 many more instances OF mon }
Inisspent than OF no money 10 on saturday morn
ns Would pay s for pair DfhP Gf Pasea1 spend &
Practically thrown away - & OF ms iInlnne-bslf Food
6Tp m fne so6pb The children need wareT sSe IS
The wife has worn the San same ~ her maldenhood;
bUt for these necessaries the family goe es too
Here is another dra1 al work and thus save his
good clothes Instead OF haplis hians an and for sun
dsTs he wears his one hat until ii looks uii"f'
oaSep &c she cause of more misery than ang
thing else that money is PAID ioT. tIs @ the So
fer put III SaNA11S
p1iS ao- csee would be only one-third as ai -
The nrevslence OF extravaganza In cuiuSAatiss na
5riDE lahir is observable IN both foreign anu ia
tive born citizens. 49, factor NJ poverty.
Lack of education IS another Itl Iacol ~ ippconnpe-
The head OF many farniIy u o. "a rs heen accus-
tent to better its interests. He mas DSei nd ba 9
toned to poverty in MS o" indeed / believe that
the church and the schools are ine oniA The church
solving the so-caiied social problems probleds and woman
aids 10 build up Christian MANHOOD d anu .r,aTd the
hood and the school TO show the WY '"
higher ideals - f-.-,ed man with
rnddy connIerton and white hair ana -. s;s
Thougt renerous In his charity he is s.[ict 81 his
cpl,narfan with himself. His Once @ cns the Zane
city Office at No Harrison-st is minus =, &C. oond
In its hack but as II serves Its purPose 1900
enough for him. Another illustIatason, ,an, His SON
of waste is 10 he seen in this incident
and his manager each lately bought % a Dpi"e Of
the subject of compound interest lle lp.eS p,.eS -
the book was 81 o. When his son naPp.heU "
tell HIS father about the purchases ne bs,ness
Il am sure that was a foolish piece Si -,
One bool< would have done for both OF you.