The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-17
Free Bread Depot Enptied
BY Rush of Hungry Men
Number of Applicants SO Far Exceeds the Expectations
That Supply Of 600 Ioaycs Is Exhausted
in Fifty Minutes.


Between the chonrless walls ~ First
street. near the bowery nt I o'clock yes
tcrday afternoon $50 miserable and needy
men stood and shivcred They danced
from foot TO foot. they blew into their
sloveless hands and \fung their arms
about their bodies in u frutless and pitt
able attempt to ward OF their bittorest
enemy, Jack Frost
II was curious and pathetic sight. that
ever increasing lire Of hungry. jobless aud
homeless men. The wilma. So inseusiblr to
human comfort. ramped down from the
nelghboring chimneNs and added TO the
misery the chill In the stone fiags crert
up through thin solcs and made II the
harder 70 hear. and no doubt the hunger
which had forced these shivering unfor-
Inmates TO gather in that lire Joined Its
cruel psngs With the bitterness of the afr
and the chill OF the stone illgs to make
the general suffering more keen and the
picture itself more pathetic
As the ensuing hour passed more and
more men walked and shufiicd and limped
from .hc Bowcry and other streets into
First street and Joined the line. At .
o'clock there we're 900 hungry and shiver-
ing men. each with his own peculiar story
OF misfortune ard sickness. standing in
double file from 'hc doc At NJ. .. Al
precisely that moment this door was
opened and the long line NJ men began
their forward march to "A free loaf OF
bread.
Fifty minutes later the depot had to he
closed The last of 500 loaves had been
given away. An attempt was made to
have more bread delivered forthwith. but
no baker could be found who could make
sucl, a delivery on such short notice. on
Tuesday. when THE SUS's free bread
depot Was opened, 800 loaves had proved
"A sufficient supply FOR the two and half
hours. from until 1880. that the place
Is advertised to remain open
Bu. Tom Merry never has seen the be-
ginning Of such n winter az this and his
calculations consequently tumbied bacl,
into happier times. II there had been
800 losves each one could have heen
given into needy hands. Tor $500 is the
humber of men who came to tho door he.
fore I 80 O'Clock. After the place was
closed Merry stationed himself outside
and told the applicants that things mad
gone wrong, but as they would go right
in the future to come again.
Some OF the men who called on the FIRST
day. though not many Of them. returned
yesterday. Turn-up Grim was one OF
them. lie came In smiling. took his loaf
OF bread, and AT an invitation from Dick
Bright. second In command, sldlei over 20
a radiator.
NO worl; yet" said he, but something
has got TO turn up soon. Walked 20 Har.
lem before daylight this morning and
walked hacN mis- afternoon. There's u
failure IN the crop OF jobs NJ there as
well as down here. Bad times for us
fnanrIcrs. hut no; near so cold"
With this Turn-up laughed outrigh.
and drew up his trouscr leg.
Warm socks. warm underwear. ! tell
you. I'm some swell to-day
lie had followed the advice OF Dick
Brieh. and gone 70 Manager Hun; OF tho
Bowery Mission. where suit OF unde"-
wear was given "a him. And right here
K may be proper to throw out hint to
the kindly disposed woman who wanted
- send some warm clothes 10 THE SuS's
bread depo; yesterday: Send them IN
stead 20 James Hunt. the Bowcry Miss on.
Hen thank You and any oih-rs similarly
disposed, as no doubt Will the poor bog
gaTs who get INTO the clothes aud march
forth on their struggle Roy existence
Donations which came 90 TIE SVE ycs-
terdsy FOR more free bread 'otali"d sij5.
This sum was made ~ from seven lndi-
vduai donors. and right here. the men not
being able to speak for themselves, TINE
SuH SAYS Thank YOU Tor tAem. They
were DR.. John +, Erdman. 800 J. -,
s.: A. Il. buchanan. $50: Henry Wolf