The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-01-07
Salvation Army Served Nearly
100 Last Night
WAS A JOYOUS OCCASION
Youngsters Ate and Ate Until They
Were Filled and Were Then
Sen Home With Articles
of Wearing Apparel.

Barre's poor people no, Barre has no
poor people rather those who are not
quite SO fortunate ais some, were gath
Tered in By the score last night by the
Salvation Army and fed, clothed and
made happy. The Army barracks III
the second story Of the old city build.
ling were crowded with people, mostly
boys and girls, and when the last one
departed late in the evening there was
not one disappointed Fully so children
were served most bountifuily. Then
each child was given some article of
clothing and some who most needed ii
were remembered with a second gift.
Today the Army people continued their
good work by distributing baskets Of
food and clothing to the needy families
Iof the city, a dozen or more homes be-
ling frightened and helped along during
the severity Of the winter with gifts OF
articles Of clothing and things to satisfy
and sustain.
1T would have pleased the most down
cast If they could have looked in on the
happy crowd of people at the barracks
last night. A table weighted down with
good things was set the length of the
assembly room. This table viii remain
long in the memory of the youngsters
who were privileged to eat from il.
There were the more solid things and
then the things which look wen to the
lepe and which taste better, pies pies
of every description cakes OF ID many
kinds that the children couldn't enumer-
late them (if they had stopped to try)
fruits in like variety, coffee and d lot
|of other things. The eyes Of the young
Esters hulged out with anticipation when
they saw the layout prepared for them,
and the minute word was given to eat,
there was eatingsueh eating ais would
have driven dyspeptic wild. Yet the
children didn't mind it, The contents
lof the platters vanished as ii by magic,
and as often as they were cleaned they
were reiillad. There was no stintinu this
time And during ii all, eating I'D only
healthy children ean eat. they we're chat
ltering like magpies. It was a scene
worth witnessing.
The members Of tile Army attended to-
1.-THE wants of the children and served as
walters. They were kept busy. No one
held watch on the proceedings, but one
Ipufed up boy declared afterwards that
they ate for one hour and a quarter.
The older ones corroborated the state
ment. When the feeling came that they
couldn't eat any more the happy chill.
ldren amused themselves for 4 while, then
left for home, each bearing at least
Ione article which will be useful in ward
ling of the blasts Of q particularly cold
winter.
They left d happy lot OF Army people
TO clean ups the latter were happy in
having made the children happy, which
they did with full measure. Then the
baskets were made up for distribution
oday. Most Of the provisions and cloth
ling was given by people Of the city,
the call for aid having been most gen.
erously responded to. There was nearly
every conceivable kind Of wearing ap-
parel among the donations and there
were some cash gifts. The Army people
had been preparing for this banquet and
gift distribution for some time. All the
week they had been busy collecting the
things, under the direction of Ensign
and Mrs. White. The latter have been
| in charge Of the local barracks only five
weeks but have made q large number of
friends already, not alone among Army
Ipeople.
1t was two weeks after Christmas, yet
the barracks were fun Of Christmas
/ cheer last night