Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-25
NATIVE SONS Do
SAMARITAN WORK
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asked to assist in the work of human
ity. The presidents of the different
womens clubs in the city were called
upon. The latter at once called spe-
cial meetings and the work of prepar-
ing the thousands of lunches was well
under way.
An idea of what this meant may be
had from the fact that up to yesterday
afternoon more than 100000 lunches
had been shipped from Los Angeles to
San Francisco since April 20.
Thousands of Lunches Sent
AS these lunches came in to the head
quarters of the Native Sons of the
Golden West, they were unpacked, re-
wrapped in oiled paper, packed in shoe
boxes, put up in cases and shipped to
San Francisco. These 100000 lunches
have filled twenty-five cars, all of
which have been delivered to the starv-
ing thousands in San Francisco
Besides this enormous amount of
cooked foodo that has been sent north,
five cars of clothing have been shipped
away and two cars more will leave
this morning. This clothing was sorted,
and the dirty materials laundered
The first day these were sent out by
special Welsh Fargo service and by
freight: the second day by the steamer
Leggett, with four men aboard to take
charge and see that it was safely de-
livered. These men were: George
Beebe, Harry Lelande. Martin Nolte
and w. J. Durm.
Forget Hunger in Gratitude
The scene at the Folsom street wharf
when this clothing arrived can hardly
be described. The hundreds that were
almost dead from exposure cheered
wildly for the Native Sons and Los
Angeles. In their moment Ct gratitude
their suffering from both hunger and
exposure was forgotten. 1t was the
work of the Native Sons and the citi-
zens of Los Angeles that was upper
most in their minds.
Cheers for Los Angeles
Shortly after the arrival of the
steamer Leggett in San Francisco
headquarters were established at S03
Van Ness avenue. AS the goods were
being taken from the wharf to this
place the wagons were follow ed by
thousands of persons, many of them
clad only in their undergarments and
night robes. When the word spread
around that the poorly dressed were
not only to be given clothes, but clean
clothes, the expressions of thankfulness
were vociferous. Amid the blasting of
homes that was going on by the fire.
men endeavorihg to abate the fury of
the flames the cheers for Los Angeles
and the Native Sons of the Golden
West arose and could be heard for
many blocks. 1t was a tribute never
to be forgotten by those four men.
Install Clothing Department
When the prayers for clothing for the
hundreds of babies reached the Native
Sons in Los Angeles, a babies clothing
department was at once established.
The basement of Kramer's hall
was secured and twenty-five sewing
installed Seventy-five women
sewing machine operators at once took
charge of the room and the Native Sons
installed another department for max
ing women's clothing. One hundred
operators we're employed. An old
clothes department was also installed
and seventy-flve more operators were
employed to repair clothing.
Establish Large Bakery
Following the installation of the |
departments bakery was
opened at 55S South Broadway. An
average of $50 loaves of bread per day |
has been baked there since this was
started. The number of biscuits has
averaged daily several thousand.
On Sunday morning when the. refu-
gees commenced pouring into Los An
geles, the Native Sons established sta
Lions at the different depots. AS the
arrivals left the trains they were fed
and registered. Not one arrival was
overlooked.
Given New Outfits
Those who had little clothing on them
were conducted to the department store
that has been established on North
Spring street and given entirely new
Dutfits. One of the women who came
to Los Angeles early Sunday morning
was dressed In only a t1ightgown and
! ctAvehette. When she came out Of