The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-11-26
CHARITY IS SHOWN
DESERVING POOR
Volunteers of America and
Salvation Army Provide
Thanksgiving Cheer.
PROVISIONS FOR FAMILIES
MANY HOMES FRIGHTENED BY
FOOD AND FUEL.

Following a short devout service of
Thanksgiving at the little Commercial
street chapel at IL o'clock yesterday
morning, 100 men, all unemployed, some
crippled. some broken in spirit and
body. but all wearing something of a
Thanksgiving smile, filed past Mrs.
Captain Tom Mackey and received tick
cts emitting them to seats at the BAN
quet board prepared by Mother Bond"
at the Bond restaurant in East First
South street. Before leaving the chapel,
Captain Tom Mackey addressed the men
in his characteristic style, telling them
they could use the ticket to eat with or
could throw il IN the gutter, and that
they could use Christ for salvation or
throw themselves in the gutter. A hun
dred tickets were passed out, and a
hundred were taken in at the door of
the restaurant.
1T was the most sumptuous banquet
and tie best conducted one in all my
many years of work among the unem-
ployed and outcast classes. said Tom
Mackey yesterday. Everything went
drst rate, and Mother Bond" is the
best hostess for feeding such men that
/ have ever met"
Gee, it must be great to be a million
aiTe every day in the year." was the
satisfied remark of one of the men, as
he hObbled from the restaurant at the
Snd of the meal, welding a toothpick
with the hand that was not needed for
the crutch. Everybody was happy in
she same degree, and the little band of
ivangelists who have worked and
llanned for this for weeks i'm advance,
we're the happiest of the lot.
You can't drive Christs spirit into
HE heart of a hungry man." says Tom
Nackey, and judging from the jam
ming crowd that filed his little chapel
last night for evening services, the same
rule works both ways.
Besides the 100 men who were fed by
The contributions of the employed mem
5ers of Volunteers congregation, Tom
Mackey went down clear to the bottom
Of his pockets and paid for the feeding
IF half a dozen on the side. The kind
fearted little evangelist was in his glory
ri day long. Numerous little waits of
the tenderloin slept in real beds, with
full stomachs, last night. because of his
generosity.
Work of Salvation Army.
Four hundred and seventy baskets Of
food were distributed to the worthy
poor of Salt Lake by the Salvation
Army corps between Wednesday noon
l.
these were passed out at the hall in
Second South street. and 100 were de-
iivered to destitutes and Cripples VINO
were unable 20 call for them. A dozen
or so tons of coal were also taken to
homes that have been damp and chilly
TOR lack OF fuel these cold days.
The men who accompanied the heavi-
ly-lOaded wagon on its rounds among
the poor have many pathetic tales to
tell of tears and gratitude from those
who received the sumptuOus baskets In
most cases the baskets came as COM
plete surprises, and the true spirit of
Thanksgiving reigned in the little bar
rem homes made happy, at least for the
Cay.
The baskets contained young chicken,
roast meat, all manner of vegetables,
and some few little dainties Turkey
was lacking, the price being prohibitive
for such a wholesale distribution. Many
bushels Of potatoes We're given away.
I'm fact, this article was the only thing
that held out during the days rush.
Along i'm the afternoon when all the
meat and better things had been ex-
haustcd, q hollOw-eyed, slim little wom-
an, carrying an empty basket on her
arm, came 10 the door of the hall and
stood for many minutes looking visit
FULLY in where the men were clearing
up the scraps. Finally she was noticed
and invited in, and in lack OF other
things the last of the potatoes were
piled into her basket and she went away
crying, because of the kindness.
No banquet beard was spread by the
Salvation Army this. as in other years
the management believing that more
good could be accomplished by concen-
tratiEg their efforts on the basket dis
tTibutiOn.