Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-01
HAVE FOOD AND CLOTHES
And Subscription Fund Has Fiji
teen Dollars In It.
FATHER STILL NEEDS WORN
Would Like to Be q Waterman Un-
til His Burns Heal-Family
Is Grateful.

The gaunt wolf of hunger and distress
has been driven from the door Of the
humble home OF Martin Moran.
The wolf hunters were some of the
charitable people for whose good work in
just such emergencies that described
in The Star yesterday Washington is
noted and blessed.
The story OF the suffering OF the wife
and children of Martin Moran. tin
smith, who resides at 9ll eth
street. was told without exaggeration or
colOring. 1t was another case of misery
and want in the midst of twentieth CEN
fury Christianity. prosperity and prog
reSs
A little bit of the famine OF India or
the starvation in drought ridden China
was transplanted 10 the heart of the
highly cultured and picturesque capital
of big free nation.
Martin Moran. badly burned in an ac-
cident and unable to toll; his wife
crowded from the field of labor by a
corporation which could work more
chedply with its machines and cOntriv-
hands. and five dependent children
hungry. lily clad and blue with cold, that
is the story in n nutshell.
Haste to Relieve Want.
Some of those who read the details in
The Star yesterday afternoon made
haste to carry cheer and comfort to the
Moran home. They went to the habi-
tation of want in carriages automobiles
and on foot. They were out on a wolf
hunt and they found the desperate ami
NAL and routed him.
They carried to the Moran home gro
ceries. meats, fruits bedding and other
needed things To the Morans their
coming was glorious Halloween sur
prise party.
A philanthropic lady who went there TO
carry good cheer and, incidentally, to see
how the father, mother and five little
ones were faring. called at The Star of
flee later in the evening. She declared
enough food had been taken to the house
to last the family for a long time. and
that the careworn expressions on the
faces Of the members of the family had
been exchanged for smiles of satisfaction
and gratitude.
This lady said clothing for the children
and mother and warm bedding were still
needed.
Many charitable persons called The
Star on the telephone to inquire about
the stricken family. Others came to the
Office in person. A man whose sympathy
was stirred by the account of the suffer
ing of the Morans started cash subscrip-
ton for their relief with a contribution
of So. He simply gave the designation
of Friend" Four others contributed 81
each to the fund, increasing it in short
while to SO.
After that there were more contribu-
tons. They were these: f. A. Sebring.
81; C. E. Berry, 81; C. A. Eckstein. 81 /:
Charles Jacobson. 81; Cliff Long. 81; Maj.
E. III. Newmeyer. 81, and $15 is in the
fund.
Morans Are Grateful.
A reporter for The Star visited the
Moran home last night. The residence
is down close to the gas works. Its
front was as dark and forbidding as the
exterior OF a morgue.
A heavy odor OF boiling coffee pervaded
the house. The tables and chairs in the
front room were piled high with boxes
and bundles. 1t was ascertained that
orders for food for the Morans had been
left by several persons at nearby grocery
and provision stores.
Mrs. Moran, small woman, clad in
garments that were not at all suitable
for this chilly season. greeted the news
man.
I'VE have plenty now she said, wav-
ing her hand toward the boxes and
bundles in the front room. We can
never express fully our gratitude to The
Star for what 1t has done for US In max
ing our condition known to the good peo-
pie of this city,
She was profuse in thanks. AS the
reporter was leaving the little house she
said:
There is just one thing that would
make our cup of happiness full. That
is. If Martin. my husbanG could get a
job. He cannot work with his hands
because of the awful burns he received
in the accident. But if he could get en-
ployment as a Waterman or something
like that il would be a Godsend."