The Washington bee., 1909-07-03
A Thousand Men Are Fed
EYerv Night.
THE BOWERY MISSION
st this Place and at FIeischmaun's
May BE Found the 3Ieu in Actual
Need-It is tae Aim OF Thlse
Places to sea1 Away 30 hungry
Person.

tle two a-. wrs
STANDING a- ...r c. aI
stress .rr ea-
ea t.eu ... -- .-a ..ey
sea WAS aaa.. G.. ..-er-..t -aair
c-uFe- -=eg.n. al--..- bur q
I-aaa.. -.... I. ea.t i L15 b1r-
40 "a IaF ... ..e-.-E WAS none toe
Luck, aua Che odd shoes wore were
Let Waterproof If my at5ect pow
eIty Has assumed. I felt q saublaace
OF the real thing. for I was cold and
tired after tr-upi1g up and down the
muddy streets for an hour.
Where Eiu q teller git a cup Q
coffee r a handout?" I asked.
One of the Olcers smiled aGabIy.
Two doors up, he said. indicating
one OF the numerous five and ten
cent feeding places, Of which thero
ars one or two I'm every block in unIs
neighborhood.
II didn't mean that kind" I re-
piled. I've got to 6nJ g place
where there amt a price on the
grub
'I guess the bread line at FIeiseh-
mann's or the Bowerv ETiszion's
the only place, then. jack said the
officer as he turned mis- back on me.
So slOuched aIenE 10 81 Bowary,
where a sign in the window. reading,
'BOwery Mission Services Every
Evening, indicated that / had found
the right place. looked ia the door,.
The big room, flied with chairs, was
dimly lighted, and on the platform
at the far end. man was moving
some chairs around.
'Nothin doin' ret. bo. said
T0ugh-l0Okiug fellow. They don't
give ye no grub until / O'Clock"
This was di5beartening. or would
have been, had / really needed the
food, for It was only a little after
eleven. I'm gOiu' up ter the bak-
cry the tramp -onunued. "ye sit
your at y sharp I'D there
g we amble5 up the H0we-y to
Eighth street, and from there to
Tenth street and Fourth avenue. AL
ready the waiting line extended FROM
tn rear door Of the bakery around
the corner to the entrance of Grace
church, I dropped into the process
sion which in a few moments reached
up Broadway To Twelfth street. I
had been in the line but a short time
when a clock nearby sounded for
midnight. The line began to move
along and the waiting mon cu either
side Of me Cheered up bit. There
was very little conversation. however.
Now and then some OF them uuttered
curses, and 7nce when q sightseeing
automobile stopped at the corner the
curses .sCama quua suGlhla-
After the line of waiting me1-
over 600 in number rs I a~certained
had had their bread and coffee,
most Of them dispersed. though q few
repeated" in orTor to SET q second
helping. A nuuaer of them hang
around until they could set q chance
to ask the manager Of the ~estaa-rnt
for work. But there was 10 chance
for any one. though the refusal was
not made unplaasaull-.
From the bakery I went back TO
the BoWery Mission
4 thousand men are fed every
night at the Bowery Mission
times more. It is the aim at bath
this place and at Flcischmanu' TO
send no one away hungry. but JUST
now the demand is much In excess of
that usual at this time OF year.
One sees at these two places the
men who are ln actual need Of food
and drink. The street begEars are
in nine cases out OF ten unworthy IF
notice But TIE nam or wcuaG #h0
doubts the distress real need Of
food among the daemq.oye
spend a couple o. hours at the two
places have described. and he or
she viii be convinced that there is
no lack Of opportunity for the onces
of the Good Samaritan. and no ex-
cessiye CrOwding En- the ranks Of
helpers Of unfortunate humanity.
RODERIC G. PEEEIELD.