New-York tribune., 1908-06-04
RELIEF OF THE HUNGRY
EAST SIDE WORK BEGINS.
Starring School Children TO Be FED
from Free Kitchens.

The first steps for the early relief of the hunger
suffering school children of the East Side were
taken yesterday at a meeting held at Public Schooi
SIS, in Eldridge street by the local school poaros
of the I'd and Sd districts and the special COM
mittees appointed. At this meeting S150 was con-
tributed which with 500 sent by two per-
in sympathy with the movement for the al
deviation of the pitable condition OF the children
the Ghetto will be used a nucleus Tor the
establishment of more free kitchens. Mem
bers of one Of the committees chosen at the meet
ing looking last night for a suitable place
for the first OF these Kitchens and by Monday, IL
was expected, the distribution of food would De
well under way, although the actual work OF rehei
probably will begin to-day.
Several charitable organizations, including the
Association for Improving the Condition OF the
Poor and the Charity Organization society OF
fered yesterday to cooperate in the work, Whlie
Abraham s. Stern member OF the Board or fou-
cation and chairman of the Elementary Schools
Committee said that the committee would be glad
to set aside classroom in school as distrlp-
utng point if proof shown CT the responsibility
of the persons undertaking the work
The Hebrew Charity Organization, its operations
rendered partly impotent by lack of funds serlt
a representative to the meeting yesterday with the
request not to interfere with its sphere or work
in administering charity, but the request went uh-
Needed and few minutes later the need for &C
ton forcbly and pathetically demonstrated
George Williams. a truant officer. appeared Win
Jennie Goldberg fourteen years old, who had beea
absent from school since May %. and her mother
Mrs. sarah Goldberg of No IA Ludlow street, who
carried six months old baby. The woman has
four other children, the oldest girl OF eighteen
who is married. Her husband, who is tailor, has
been out Of work for seeral months, and the fam
lily has been practically starving. While Miss Julia
Richman. the district school superintendent, was
speaking to Mrs. Goldberg she fell to the floor in
faint. Little Jennie picked up the baby as her
mother lay the floor. Il guess mamma is
h1.v1c sclaa1 1,Nad
been revived the woman tainted again. and an am
bulance summoned from Gouverneur Hospital.
Mrs. Goldberg told DR.. Abernathy that she had
not eaten since the night before when another poor
neghbor gave her and her children some tea and
bread The truant officer took Mrs. Goldberg to
her home Before she left the school collection
was taken up and a of money given to her
Max Schwartz, proprietor of Little Hungary, at
No. 257 East Houston street, announced last night
that, beginning Monday, he would throw open
the doors Of his restaurant and hall at noon every
day for an indefinite period to accommodate at
free luncheon many school children as could be
fed in the hour. He places this number at
between 800 and 1000
The Children's Relief Society was the name
taken for the movement that formally organ
lied yesterday. At the close of the meeting this
statement given out:
the Chldrens Relief Society, permanent, with the
object in view of relieving those hungry children
whose parents are unemployed. with the pos
sibiIity of extending the work to include all chill
meals so as to make no class distinction among
the worthy poor and the moderately comfortaDle.
It is the intention of the society to supply later
on luncheon consisting Of milk, soup. an egg,
crackers butter and sterilized milk for the supply
of which arrangements will be made with Nathan
Straus.
The officers of the society Isidor NJ. Levy.
president Mrs Sadonia Feltenstein, epresident;
DR. Max Herbst. secretary. and Professor James
H. Hamilton. treasurer. Committees Of ways and
means investigation and kitchen and food supplies
appointed
The plan viii be to instruct principals and teach
ers in the schools inform the investigating COM
mittee at once of any children who need food.
Tickets for food will be distributed to the prin-
cpals of the schools. 1t is purposed to give sim
pie diet of most nourfShng food.
The Association for Improving the Condition of
the Poor special letters yesterday to all the
public school principals of the city, urging them to
report at once TO the association any cases of ILL
fed children. The association will send to the chill
drens homes visitors who Will supply whatever food
is needed.
In the cases of Jewish children the visitor from
the association will render whatever emergency
assistance is needed and will report the case to
the United Hebrew Charities. II that organization
is unable to continue the relief work the association
will resume it's attentions.
w Frank Persons. superintendent of the Charity
Organization Society, said the society sent letters
during the winter to public schools, .churcheS and
social settlements pointing out that probably many
sefrespecting families that would apply for relief
only in the last extremity might be in really des-
titute circumstances. The school principals and
the other agencies asked to send in the names
of such families. He said that, as requested by
the United Hebrew Charities. Jewish families were
referred to that agency for attention, except in
emergencies when they were supplied by the
Charity Organization Society.
MERRY WIDOW LOCKED UP.