The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-04-10
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
II RCING CROWD IN EAST BROAD
WAY TO GET THEN.

Nus, Driving, Away the Impostors.
4 brisk and businessliks young woman
s,ooI IN the top step Of the United Hebrew
~,ommuuity's headquarters, at 1888 East
Roadway, yesterday afternoon bossing
rbe distribution OF matzOths and wine
among the poor. With ono hand she
,,assoi back garrulous and impatient old
women while with the other she Tipped
.yer the pages Of a thick book 10 zee that
sgpar, did not impose upon the com
runity. Four policemen toSk orders from
,Ee alert young woman, separating the
goats from the sheep at her short sharp
commands,
I, wasn't a troublesome crowd for the
police 10 handle, but the dead weight Of II
vas enough to tie up car traffic occasionally
and awaken the ordinarily sleepy drivers
#, evil language. Most Of the people were
,d very old women who wore frayed
wigs Of reddish or jet black hair over their
OWL white and gray polls, Some'Of them
carried babies wrapped in brilliant red
srsvI.. babies that we're cold and lamented
sharply,
here were DltulN VI bAh ilEn III DulAHINn
nD hats who waited patiently in line,
pulling at their long boards and Willing
, away the time by reading aloud from the
Yiddish newspapers Of the quarter. There
,ere very few young people in the crowd
il vas left for the old to apply for the free
food that will be very acceptable during
The Passover, The young men and women
we're away at work, and there was no time
FOR them to stand in line hour after hour,
INT hundreds Of children oircled around
me crowd, lodging in and out occasionally
only 10 be plucked forth by the iron hand
4 a big policeman or be rebuked scorn-
flIv by the young woman on the EtOOp
VINO appeared to know not only their names
lu' certain of their pecoadilloes.
-Out Of here, Isaac Silverstein!" she cried
hardy, when one y%oungster had managed
g., vriggle eellike into the very front Of the
me- Take shame TO yourself There is
/, 'oad in your house. Why do you step
upon the feet Of the old and show such lack
g., respect for your elders' A thief has
better manners
An old woman whose face was wrinkled
nast helief, a spider web Of thin lines and
wrinkles, who looked very hungry and
whose clothes we're open to the cold and
rpry ragged, came in time 20 the top step,
rushing confidently into the doorway. She
as stopped by a firm hand on her bent
shoulder.
Why do you come here, Rebeocaf' de-
handed the mistress OF the stOop. "Do
Won think to make a fool Of me and these
good men who are helping the starvingi
lou are a rich woman, Rebecca. but you
IRE a miser. You would take this good
.aat1oth and sell it for money, Go away,
ur will have this policeman ARE I yOu!'
The old woman turned away whimpeTing
,nd Wormed her way through the press,
.rlIoved as she went by the laughter and
he jests OF the Jews who Wouldn't have
uinGed al all If she had succeeded in her
Grand, but who were pleased at tue smart
ness OF the young m in detecting her
a. AZ impostor.
see what il is." said the young woman
running the job; "for every deserving one
,ro comes here thore are ten who are
.akers. / know them all. | have been
nhre eleven years. they would take this
.Iud and wine and wlE'eyer else they could
cot lust because h is free, not hecause they
are hungry themselves or have stsrving
children. The people who really need help
do not come here al all, Mostly they are
ashamed. ileIt Is u Cdre' ANU hllo iodu
rom her book:
We are sick and unskilml 10 earn any
thing. We are a fan lily Of seven. We
are sad
This family will be helped 10y the COM
munity. and so will hundreds Of other fami-
ies that have felt the pinch OF hard times
on the East Side. That the pinch has been
pretty severe all the shopkeepers know,
Ice Goldberg, who runs q big liquor store
r.. n...l-,W and vuhn waa AiaNrihtN-
ing baskets Of food yesterday afternoon
Tor the Hungry Relief Fund at 1903 Division
street, explained how 1t was.
"Of course" SAID Mr.. Goldberg, III you
stood in the street anywhere In the East
side and oferedto give away empty baskets
or calendars or postal cards, anything In
fact. you would have an enormous crowd
around you in a minute. The fact that
there is jam in front Of the United Hebrew
hing particular. But the fact Is, there
ara more people out Of work right now in
his section ~ town than there have been
'or some years. The Fast Side always
feels industrial depression first. TailOIs
and cutters and fnishers and all sorts OF
employees are laid on and 1t makes short
rations in the homes
The United Hebrew Community has
distributed already 10000 pounds Of mat
ENlnh-llf MAUI uAhr Civ = W |
nelp the poor during the Passover, which
hegins next Wednesday and lasts eight
iays, Jewish and Christian bankers have
contributed money 10 the charity and the
merchants have helped out a good deal.
Last year only 1900 pounds Of matzoths
we're handed out. a fact which indicates,
apparently, the greater degree Of need
his year.
Yesterday every family that was really
in need received from 10 to 40 pounds Of
matzoths, according to the number OF
persons in the family. Usually 9 little
vine went with the unleavened bread,
aud in some cases meat and vegetables !
we're distributed. Despite the si0e OF the
crowd the distribution wAs carried on
80 fast that often work had 10 stop TO await
the arrival Of w~agonloads Of bread from
The little Yiddish bakeshop in Ludlow street
which turns II out.
The drivers would unload 1000 pounds
NJ matsoths at q time, and Whenever q
wagon drove up there would b a small
sized panic because the crowd wanted
% sTab right and left. The quartet Of
cops under the marshAhng Of Miss Miriam
Berlin, the capable young woman In com.
MAnd, had 70 hustle TO protect the food
supply from the ravenous attacks OF the
I'D women. but in no case was anything
necessary except q gruf word or . quick
shove.
The distribution. which is being carried
10 not only by the United Hebrew Com.
nunity and the Hungry Relief Fund but
by A dozen other Jewish organizations
81 the East Side, will continue for several
Gays more,
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