The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-19
FREE BREAD DEMAND
INCREASING RAPIDLY
Some Likely to Go Hungry Un-
less More Contributions
Are Received.
S33L.5O DONATED TO DATE

\, men and women, old and Young. in
almost every state of wretchcdness ana
misery were calling for a loaf of bread
at TuE SrSs free bread depot yesterday
afternoon it became apparent that in I
near future some of them will have {,
be refused and sent away hungry unless
NOR" money Is donated by kindly dis
posed persons Tor the purchase of more
bread
For the simple truth is that these un.
ioriuuatcs are coming in such steadily
increasing numbers that the cost OF sup
plying them all with loaf Ii mounting
ana mounting and will soon. from pres
rnt indications. far overrcach the amount
of buNiuB power Of the money in hand
Nud tins is 50 despite the kindness and
op'nhandcdnrss already displayed BY
many persons who have sent in con.
tributiuus with messages of good will
and f,licitation.
ON the FIRST day Of the bread depot,
Tuesday, there were just 500 applicants
ana just 500 loaNcs. ON tne second day
there had been ordered 500 loaves, bu,
th" news of the charity had travelled
with such unexpected rapiditv that there
tcrc some l.i"o applicants. Conse.
phentlN more than half of them had to
80 away disappointed.
on Thursday, the third day, however
there Wcrr 1000 loaVca on hand ana
Loo persons. each To take a Z away.
Yesterday similar number of loaves
WAS ordered. hut 80 Unexpectedly did the
demand jump that the depot had to close
Is doors thirty minutes before the ap-
uoiuted time. At T.. NJ instead OF 4 80.
ana several. hundred late applicants were
disappointed
SO II is apparent that a daily average
OF at least 1000 loaves must soon be
struck Possibly, IL every caller IL to BE-
given loaf, the daily average will have
to be even greater. Certain II is thai
. -.
| first Suowstoym, the number OF hungry
callers viii jump very RAPIDLY.
Tho bread costs . cents loaf which
makes 1t a very cheap means of putting
new strength and hope into hungry men
and women. But as can be plainly seen
when - many loivcs arc needed the to'al
/ mounts mp 10 considerable proportions
Two thousand lotveS a day for instance.
means $40 When tho rent of the store
. tud something over TX Included for Tom
/ Merry and Dick Bright who would like
/ 20 give their tim" for nothing, but cam
. not D. VIII be further seen that tho daily
I'\pc.~'S must soon total something in
/ 'un utiEhhorhoud of $40 IL not more
/ THt SuN started giving away bread TO
needy persons last winter when Robert
/ kamber "a New York merchant. sent his
! check FOR $1,000 FOR that purpose. Later
enough additional money was contributed
by readers OF this paper TO make II pos
shl" TO keep the depot open until mild
weather st IN. As there was then a
balance Il more than $500 left 10 the
credit Of the fund tho bread line was
opened again this winter I'm the belief that
there would be enough contributors to
maintain the daily distribution of bread
during all OF the cold months
! Yesterday, contributions amounted to
Sl23. They came from T. :. r.. So Jean
II. II. Bal. 81. Charles +. Moody 81
T. T. T, 81. II w. Ferguson. s., u. r..
81. 4. u. Lounsbery. s. James ". Sin
g.cton, $50; Henry H. Goldsmith. 81, H.
i'. l.. 81; Not t. he Acknowledged. SIS:
e =. 6, So; Charlotte W Patterson IS,
AVID MlrgArot r. g. PIuyn $