New-York tribune., 1909-01-01
VIEW YEARS BASKETS
Produce Erchange Members Gre
lfore than 1000 to the Poor.

d.. - -,,. -erar7ents in Trinity Parish. out ot
,,s -oo- homes visited by the Salvation Army ah4
tte sl,,r7s that lie in the shadow Of the great 'i
huildingS around Bowling Green they came '''' :
thar, q thousand children. and hu'ld;edS 'l '''''
- - sec the entertainment and 20 receive
tne rasze7s provided fer them every year on ''
,ss- dg,- Of thu vear. hy members of t!e f''o'
z-,,77epe. Long refcrc O'Clock yesterday ts
- ze+ -l7e,- r7ohaed the doors Of the big req
h,ii4fng in Whitehall street. The t1lTty-hFe p'Ii'"
rzAn detailed under Captain Hogan, of Inc -
-. ., aae, e,der. had their work cut out fer
,h.rs II wasn't fashionable gathering MOS u
,ba -,-or7efl dispensed with heaGgear. ana neI11
.h,,,5e~s saaraed faces and knotted hands Nere
,hA Tlle with theu1. one whit. haired "'d "''i'e
f,-,ea along win one foot j,iTust in an cid oarpef
simmer SToler 10 twice its natural size : sT1aa
srl carried 4 child still smaller. and from the la'-
Te-s little hand tangled a tiny Cruteh- 'A'l'e
,,atbers- and little fathers we're the9e galore
- me- al hal their charges along with them
Parting struggling anxious eyed. ciutehlng the oil
RI ngstebeard vithc,l which there wouldn't he any
,r.a, fer them they got Up the steps and into the
graf i.I Of the Produce Exchange Inc ponce
rosp and the twenty-five members Of the exchange
VINO served as committee with L. A. Morey as
chairman got The children ranged in big ring on
.re 6oor Then the vaudeville artists got busy IN
n. centre of the ring. How the children shouted
when the acrobat who appeared as an old woman
undresscd gracefully poised in midair. revealed
himself as glitterng vision in spanglel ugftS nld
.u kinds II stunts On the tight rope and finally lay
down still on the rope and went 70 sleep! Ho"
they laughed when the giraffe-whch vas really
two men and scnle drapery-got tangled up with
Itself and fell down,
But the baskets we're what they had come for,
sfter all No- sne ~ The sharp little brains behind
the sharp little tenement faces forgot those baskets
rdled up in the rear. As for the lnotheTs' lohg
before The hour Of distribution arrived they drifted
-S-1 lila and
baskets where the police had much ado TO keep
them in line
That tightrope danein' IL fine. sure. but what
In after" said one wisp OF a woman, candidly.
sh- SHIFTED her baby from che arm 10 the other
'.s son3ethn' 10 Put IN stuTnmicks.
There we're ;hree classes Of baskets-fan!ly bas-
kets baskets for girls and baskets for boys. Each
family besket contained four pounds ~ sirloln
beef canned vegetables and fruit, coffee, tea, sugar
candy oranges and apples. In each boys basket
TeE pair Of roller skates, penknife- nuts candy
and fruit and tire girls baskets were the same
except that instead ~ penkaife there was doll.
Ihe tickets for tie baskets had been given OUT
through Trinity sundsy school. the Salvation Army
and various organizations. Gentle and Jew, Cath
ole ems Protestant.
OF course there we're the children who lost their
tickets and tire women vino hadn't been able 10
rst Any and there we're the children who lost their
mothers in- the Jam and altogether the peTspiring
h-eksrs Eho managed the thing and gave out the
baskeis didn't kncF whether they stood on their
assss thAl- feet. IN, II went of -ery veil and
oniy che policeman really parted with his temper,
Al :: onet. though. the baskets gave out when
mere were still people who had tickets. The brok-
efs Fent into excited executiTe session. and de
o1eo that some one must have got tickets printed
Lee t1ese issued hv the Produce Exchange.
It's the only way explain &. q mem
t e the committee told Tribune reporter, for
e provided surplus of baskets for the tickets we
gave or
Ahsl' aAsn contributed hy members of the eT-
r2shge. vss spent in this New Years treat The
Pfetnest and the ssdd=st feature came ~ the last
ne neys and girls from the Free School for Grip
pee chiidren in Henry street were hosted on the
pa'forn by strong ARMED brokers and given each
one package O. toys and goodies. while the band
payeo America" Lirnping after the Deople who
Doopec 1oyously away with baskets went an old
woman, empty handed. She had ticket, but she
hsonf been able to get any basket.
Aad 1 haven't that much food at home" she
SAC measuring Of bit of her finger, the tears
coming into her eyes
'heh big broker her and gave her dollar.