The sun., 1908-06-06
CRY FOR BREAD IN STREETS
RELIEF COMMITTEE BESIEGED
AS THEY GO THEIR ROUNDS.
Food Furnished Yesterday to lO3 Families
Eight Working Girls Help with
Money and Start Out to Investigate on
Their Own HOOk-Dinner Kitchen.

Money and Start Out to Investigate on
Their Own HO0k-Dinner Kitchen.
Yesterday being a Jewish holiday the jew
ish children did not 60 to school and we're
not expected at school, 80 those among
whom the distress Of hunger is most no
ticeable on the lower East Side were less
in evidence than had been the case Of late
in the public schools. The work of the
relief committee. however. went on yester-
day, although the dinner kitchen at 1H
Division street will not be in operation
until next Tuesday. The committee felt
that it was necessary to get to work just
the same with house to house visits, 80
they held a meeting on Thursday evening.
which lasted until midnight. and began the
distribution Of food yesterday morning and
kept it up until well post noon.
DR.. Herbst. Mrs. Feltenstein and Philip
Sachs undertook the work Of distributing
supplies by wagon direct to the homes Of
the hungry who had been reported TO them.
and on their rounds they discovered other
genuine cases OF suffering, Mrs. Feltenstein
said yesterday afternoon. The committee
started with supplies in wagon. and on
the streets children and women came up
to the wagon and begged bread.
"Only give us bread" they said, Just
bread. that's all; just give us bread"
mo one who was not absolutely hungry
would come up to a wagon and ask in that
way Just for bread" said Mrs. Fetenstein.
"but in several instances we went up stairs
and investigated cases 80 reported to us
by the wayside, and we found some cases
of real privation and want Of food. Some
of these we relieved. although we had not
intended to go beyond those that had been
previously reported and verified as needy
cases.
Altogether we gave food to 1903 families.
We gave usually three loaves Of bread. three
quarts Of milk and six eggs. although if we
found only one child in a family we gave
only two loaves of bread. while if we found
that there were eight or nine children in a
family we gave more than the stipulated
supply. -
more than Miss Whitney's gift Of $500 1t
was q letter containing SlS sent in by girls
who are at work and have hard time sup
porting themselves. They had read about
by it that they Immediately set out TO do
something And although they can i'll
spare Ave cents, eight Of them. with their
employer. sent in SlS.
The girls work In the millinery snOp OF
Mrs Schnabe at IA Manhattan avenue,
Brooklyn. They sent in So to the general
fund direct and the other $l2 they want
used to help some worthy families direct.
gave them the names Of some and a COM
mittee Of the girls started out to look them
up. They found one to-day where the
father would be able to go out with pedA
ler's cart with very little help and think
they intend to start him out. These girls
did not stop with the giving OF their mite;
they came over to-day to do the work Of
investigation themselves for the reason
that this being a holiday they could do
this personal service and on no other day
could they do it.
Here are their names: Miss Lillian
Rothschld. Miss Lily Furman. Miss Kate
Lindenbaum. Miss Nellie Stone Miss Mahr
Miss Skele. Miss Swan. Miss Mendelssohn
and Mrs. Schnabel To make up the money
they decided that il necessary they would
give up waist or some other thing which
they had intended to buy for themelves."
Other contributions were received by the
committee yesterday and there came also
an offer from J. II. Scheir OF rs West Fort y
second street Of a vacant store at 23T Cherry
street for use as kitchen.
On account OF it's being holiday the
United Hebrew Charities headquarters was
closed Yesterday.