The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-26
Salvation ArmySpreads Bown-
tifuI Board for Poor.
Five Long Tables Loaded With
Good Things.
REMEMBERED ORPHANS
William Sells Looks Out for
Homeless Little Ones.
How the Day Was Observed at
Charity INSTITUTIONS.


turkey, chicken, rabbits, spareribs, corn.
cabbage, potatoes, tomatoes, pickles,
| cheese, celery, cake, bananas, oranges,
apples and canned fruit of all descrip-
tions, bread and butter, and finally cof-
fee to top off with and the finishing
touch of 20 pretty Salvation Army las
sizes acting in the capacity of mattresses,
would arouse even the jaded appetite
of an epicure.
And when the guests invited to par
take of the bountiful spread are not
epicures but hungry men, women and
children to whom the hand of fullness
is extended but seldom, you can imagine
what happened to that spread which the
| Salvation Army gave today from the
hours of IL this morning until way into
the afternoon.
1t was bleak and gloomy outside but
in the dining room improvised by the
Army at the Salvation Army hall it was
all warmth and cheerfulness. Waitress
es were scurrying about with trays la
den to the brim treading on each 9TH
er's heels in the endeavor to supply the
insiStent demands of the crowds seated
at the five long tables extending across
the reach OF the room. Back of the
scenes, as it were, in the kitchen large
bustling housewifely women were how
ering over the pots and keetleS prOdding
to see of the turkey was completely
Drowned or the potatoes sufficiently
cooked Everything was on large
scale. The potatoes were cooked in
large metal wash tubs, the meat in
great pans that looked ample enough
to take care of an army of people.
1t was an army to that was being fed
for provision was made for 1000 guests
and before the first call to dinner was
announced several hundred had crowd
ed into the dining room watching with
impatient eyes the tables with which
were receiving the finishing touches.
The little amenities were not forgotten
in the rush. napery of the whitest
covered the rough pine boards and the
plates and other dishes were arranged
with as much care as If the guest were
the most honored in the land.
1t was a motley crowd that asked ad-
mtttance, the old and young were there.
The griZzled face of care and the mis-
chievous face of the street gannin. over
against the stove, which was in the CEN
ter of the room, a young mother upon
whom the hand of poverty had rested
heavily was endeavoring to quiet
nervous child which cried with insiStent
voice. She was bent premat turely with
the cares of motherhood, the romance
of life had taken wings. Still it was
cheerful crowd in the main and what
had been their lot was evidently taken
phiioSOphically.
The money for the dinner was collect
ed all over town, the passerby on the
streets and the housewife had been so
y
amount collected represented in the
neighborhood of $400. Everything, al
most without exception, was pail for
and the dona tions of food We're The ex-
ception. Eight turkeys, 25 pounds of
spare ribs, 200 pounds of roast beef, 100
chickens and 125 pounds of rabbits made
up the meat bill. The other amounts,
Captain Stinnet in charge stated, he had
no definite idea were represented by
what figures. The dinner was thrown
free to anyone who cared to come and
no questions were asked. Tickets had
been given out for the past week to
those who asked. to the frequenters at
the meetings of the army and to those
who presented themselves at the doors
in the morning.
REMEMBERED THE ORPHANS.
Christmas at the Orphans Home was
a great treat for the children. AS usual
William Sells the show man, proved
himself to be the chief donor. He was
out of the city and sent a telegram to
the president, Mrs. ]. F. Daniels, to
give the children a good time at his ex-
pense. So a big dinner was prepared
for the eighteen waits at the home, and
some articles of clothing provided for
each one of them. Enough provisions
remained over to last the youngsters a
week. The other outside contributions
were not as large this year as last.
At Crittenton's Home, the inmates
were the recipients of a gift of provis
ions and fruit from Rev. Lees church