New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-26
BIG TIM ABSENT, BUT
HUNGRY HUNDREDS EAT
Sullivan Raadquar terS Take
Care of $50 an Hour from
Il O'clock Till 4.
GET TICKETS FOR SHOES
As Each Squad Is Seated Hall
Rings with Cheers for Lead
or, Who, They Hear,
Will Soon Be Back.

rho Eowerv friends Of Big Tim" Sulii-
van the boys Of De old Told" ate
christmas dinner boy the hundreds yes
,.rlav ~ Big Tins" expense IN the
,oor,s Of the Timothy d. sullivan Assoc
,iation at 40 3.9 Bowery. Some came o."
.r..t,Ic,. one came with a broken neck.
tu, they came Big Tim" wasn't there.
~. is I'm a sauatorium His friends We're
assured by his secretary that the Big
Fellow" was better and wished them
Merry christmas.
They were fed at the rate of about %.u
sn hour at three long. oiiclotn-coveret
tables From II in the morning until &
o'clock In the afternoon the feeding wen;
an without a halt From o'clock until
,I, last crowd was admitted the lu"
reached around Riviueton street on u"
north and into Delaney street on thu
soith. Police were on hand 10 see that
the men We're orderly There was little
for the police 10 do. II was am orderly.
hungry crowd.
The men. some OF whom were old
timers ON the Bowery, and some OF
whom Judging by their clothes and APP
uearance were workingmen temporarily
in hard luck. lined up at the tables and
ehovelled down turkey. potato salad, bread
and apple and mince pie. As fast as the
bie mugs were emptied walters passed
along the line shouting: Coffee Hot
co4eei Beer 1t didn't take long FOR
one OF the old hands 10 empty d mug
either.
All Get Shoe Tickets.
As the diners passed out Fred Schwann
handed 10 each one a pipe and a paper
Of tobacco. and Harry Applebaum. Big
Tins secretary. gave to each one an
order emitting him 10 a pair Of shoes and
pair of socks Before each batch OF
diners left the room they listened 10 q
short speech by William Dopf. clerk Of
tho city Court who told them that Big
Tim" wished each OF them a merry
Christmas and prosperous new year.
Ten times M Dopf made that speech,
end each time it was greeted with APP
plauSe and cheers.
Some Of those I'm line were crippies,
some We're on crutches. one OF them.
leather harness which kept his head.
neck and back rigid. He broke his neck
two years ago and was fixed up al ST
Lukes Hospital He gets around TO Big
Tins" dinners just as we'll as he ever
did however. and averred yesterday that
DO would he eating them ten years hence
one old fellow with white hair and beard
shook hands heartily with Mr.. Applebaum
and Mr.. Schwanu as he took his pipe
aud the order for shoes. "Thirty-two
years ON the Bowery.' ne cackled. AN
mover missed one Of the Big Felows's'
dinners
line ON the street who had no ticket Of
admission and who was recognized az a
professional "panhaudler" He was thrown
ont neck and crop There was many a
ono. however. who ate dinner and got
an order for shoes. too. without any
ticket one man was halted az he was
reaching for his order
Second offence for you said the man
al tine stairs
Not on your life boss" was the ear
nest reply
he got his order. although the guardian
Of tho stairs assured Mr.. Applebaum that
the man had been there once before.
"WcU let poor devil repeat here if he
can get away with it, said Big Tins
secretary.