New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-30
Votes for Women" Res.
taurant to Reopen for
Those Out of Work.
FREE LUNCHEON
WILL BE PROVIDED
Interchurch Committee Seeks
Best Method of Aiding Needy
Shoe Gift Worries City.

The votes for women restaurant
which Mrs. o. H. P. Belmont ran for
some time a. l3 East 4lst St, and
which was closed last year. will be re-
opened Monday. January I, as a free
soup kitchen for unemployed women
and girls. From 10 o'clock a. m. until
noon every day there will be a large
bowl Of soup. the best soup that can
be made. and two large rolls for every
woman and girl who comes.
This isn't 4 phI.anlhropic venture.
Mrs Belmont said yesterday. Il hope
TO one Will regard u as charity. Inc
object Is purely cooperative. | ana
the friends who have contributed
toward this enterprise regard ir as a
duty We owe 20 those who. through no
fault Of their own, are thrown out
Of work.
NO one regards the food and cloth
.ng and money which American citl-
-ens are sending 70 the war sufferers
abroad a. charity. Now, ] believe that
our first and most urgent duty is 70
bend our energies toward solving the
problems that confront our neigh0or5
right here
Mrs. Belmont said she hoped there
might De other enterprises of the same
sort.
we mustn't let our sympathy with
the victims in other countries pima
rs 20 the hunger and want 10 our
own" she said. while We knit SOCKS
and muflers for the foreign soldiers.
we mustn't forget that thousands OF
Americans are freezing IN lusuihclent
garments. We mustn't forget that
thousands Of families are evictsd every
month in New York because they can
nav their rent. and that the dead and
wounded on European battlehelds are
matched sometimes by the suicides be
cause of poverty right here az nome.
Plans for meeting unempl Oyment
nroblems have been formulated by the
interchurch unemployment committee
Of the New York Federation Of
Churches. which can be reached m
emergency cases. day or night, az 200
Fifth ay. Some of the suggestions
which are being sent 20 about LOO
churches and synsgogues are as iol-
lows:
Have families or individuals in the
church become personally responsible
for needy families or individuals, after
finding out the need? At every church
prayer meeting there should be a pc
Rod devoted 20 the good and welfare
Of our neighbors.' when the question
should be asked. Are any Of our neigh
bors Do distress Of any hlnd"
"Housekeepers may find jobs that are
usually postponed until spring. once
manager and employers In general
NAV take this opportunity for ade-
ouately disposIug of accumulated pa
Ders and material. There are repair
Jobs in the church itself which may
be done now"
John A. Kingsbury. Commissioner Of
Charities. made a statement yesterday
regarding a recent gift of 500 pairs
Of shoes 10 the department oy woman
who wishes her name 20 remain
secret.
III we accept this gift Of 500 pairs
Of shoes 20 the Municipal Lodging
House" the Commissioner said. I've
are thereby committing the city 20
financial policy which is entirely con
trary 20 the letter and spirit Of the
law
The department. The Commissioner
explains. is forbidden by law and by
the Board of Estimate 10 give outdoor
relief.
Need for immediate action was en-
phasized Yesterday by Dr. d. c. Potter.
Of the Associated Charities. He said
there were 100000 unemployed within
a radius OF twelve miles from City
Hall
Father Drummond, Of the S. Vim
cent de Paul Society. said that he had
never seen a time when there were so
many appeals for assistance coming
into headquarters as now.