Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-25
SCORES OF NEEDY
FAMILIES REJOICE
Volunteers of America and Saliva
ton Army Provide for
Destitute of City

Seven hundred poor families of Los
Angeles were yesterday provided with
a good, fashioned Thanksgiving
dinner through the efforts of the
Volunteers of America and the Saliva
tion army.
Seventeen hundred men, most of
them homeless, were given dinners at
the Union Rescue and Methodist mis-
sions.
In all between 450O and 5000 persons,
who otherwise would have had only
meager fare, were provided with DIM
ners worthy the season.
Four hundred big market baskets,
packed to overhowing with seasonal
provisions, were given away by the
Volunteers of America to women who
are doing their best to support faml-
lies of children and whose husbands
either have deserted them, are i'll or
for some other reason are temporarily
out of employment. With each basket
went a ten-pound sack of flour, and
in $50 Of the 400 was a liberal por-
tion of turkey, turkey enough for tiVe
persons. The remaining fifty baskets
contained chicken instead. Other pro-
visions packed in these baskets In
cluded beans, coffee, tea and sugar,
bread, potatoes, beef, canned goods.
celery and apples.
VOLUNTEERS SUPPLY CROWDS
There were more applicants than the
Volunteers could care for, and conse-
quently late comers were turned away
empty handed. The Thanksgiving
street collection made for the purpose
proved insufficient to purchase the
supplies needed and additional money
was appropriated from another fund.
Only women were supplied by the
Volunteers, the men being sent else
where. Chiefly the women were MeXi-
cans, Spanish and Russians. The
distribution was made by ticket, issued
to applicants by officials of the or
ganization after they had questioned
the women and satisfied themselves
that their cases were worthy. One
woman who applied brought with her
family of ten children, the eldest
not more than 10 years old. She was
given two baskets and two sacks of
flour.
The Salvation army made its dis
tribution Wednesday afternoon. Three
hundred baskets were given away,
containing provisions for 1900 persons.
Each basket contained a roast of beef,
vegetables, fruit, tea, coffee, sugar,
celery and bread. The distribution
was in charge of Major and Mrs. Har-
ris and was made at the army bar
racks, 431 South Hill street. Here, too,
the donations were principally to
women.
MEN DINE AT MISSIONS
The men were taken care of at the
Union Rescue mission, las North Main
street, and at the Methodist mission,
255 East Fifth street. At the former
place fully 1000 men were served with
dinner consisting of mulligan stew,
rolls, mince and pumpkin pie and
fruit. The meal was served by women
of the Ladies' Aid society, and each
man was given a flower as a souvenir.
One table was occupied by fifty boys,
each of whom was under 10 years of
age. A continuous song service was
held in the mission auditorium all day,
and in the afternoon Evangelist w. A..
Ward gave a blackboard talk on the
evils of cigarette smoking.
At the Methodist mission 700 meals
were served, 100 to children. Mostly,
however, the dinners were given to
homeless men. Here the menu in
cluded vegetable soup, boiled beef and
beans, sandwiches, celery, pie, cake,
fruit, tea and coffee. No questions
were asked at either mission, all ap-
plioants for a dinner being welcomed
and supplied.