The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-20
NONE TO BUY BABY,
BUT MOTHER is GLAD
LRich People in an Automobile"
DO Not Come, but Food
and Money DO.
CHARITIES WOMAN ANGRY
Cones TO Tell Annie She Cannot
Help Her Because at Was
in the Papers,"

None Of the "rich people in an auto
mobile that young Mrs Annie Zabela on
Thursday had hoped would drive up to
the passagcway which leads to Annie's
tenement rooms at the rear Of II Allen
,treet came there yesterday to buy An
MES two nonths-old baby. Millie. offered
FOR sale by Annie. as THE Sun told yes
,crday. 20 that Mile would get good
caro- and Annie and her other children
might buy food and clothing.
But before nightfall the young Italian
mother was glad that no purchaser had
come along to take up her offer to sell
Mile. In the two rooms on the third
floor Of tho rear tenement. where the day
before THE SuN reporter had found that
the ouly food in sight was the heel of
loaf Of bread, yesterday there were
canned soups. loavcs of bread and fresh
vegetables.
"a rich lady did come in an automo-
bile" Annie said, when the reporter
brought her $40 that had been sent In by
syN readers who had read OF Annics
troubles she was swell dressed
woman and she came In an automobile.
Ny boy Tony saw the automobile out
IN Allen street. and that's how ! know.
here with her. He had a big basket
with all these soups and the bread and
meas and things in IL. She talked with
me, and when she was going she gave
me $40.
"Charities Woman" Angry.
"Thcn another woman came In. She
vas from charity society, she said.
what did YOU want to put it In the
papers that there was misery here she
saya | told her I had to put u In the
papers, like people do who advertise
when they have something to sell, be-
cause the only thing I could think to do
was to sell my baby and get 1t a good
home that way. with maybe something
for me and Tony and Josie my other
children, To buy clothes and something to
eat
"well.' she says to me. we could
have put your baby in a home she says.
but now that you put II In the pa
psrs Instead of coming to us first we
can't take your baby told her
wouldn't let Mile go to a charity homo
n some nice people would take her into
their house. She said. Very well, we
, can't take your baby now anyway. as
long as YOU put II in the papers and she
went out.
But before she went told her the
newspaper was helping me enough and
that the charities must have lots OF peo-
pie 10 look after with nobody to help
them like I am being helped by the news
paper reporters. with everybody so good
10 me to-day I'm glad ! amt a strain on
the charities, they being so crowded with
cases that haven't been helped by the
newspapers"
Annie. you see. held no resentment
against the charities lady" who SEEM
ingiy had called solely to reprove Annie
for telling her troubles to reporter and
20 add that the organization the caller
yeprt resented could do nothing for her.
Money Comes In Letters.
Six dollars came TO Annie in letters yes
terday afternoon. This with the money
given to her by the woman who had
brought the basket of food swelled her
fortune to SIG before THE SuS man
brought her $50 more at dinner time.
Nov if those "rlch people with farm or
something would take Annie to the
country, where doctors say she must go,
her cup Of JOY would be brimming. But
she was so happy over the sudden riches
Yesterday that she never so much as men,
toned, as she had on the dark day be-
fore her longing to go to the green
fields some place"
- member OF the New York curb sent
" UP from BTOdu ana W AL stTetts " hh
Sun early yesterday afternoon Ito pay
for one months rent for Mrs. Zabela."
"A B." sent his check for 50. wv. c.
W" sent another check for So from .
New Jersey town. "E. s." and ct. A.
r." and "F." sent in a dollar each.
The best letter Annie got had no money
in il al ALL II came to her In the after
noon mail and when she opened II there
was merely a short note and the business
card OF man whose office is in lower
Church street. But the note said that the
writer, realizing there doubtless would be
SOM immediate response to TIRE SUNS
efforts TO help her. would wait until the
money sent in by newspaper readers was
used up.
''Then," said the Church street man, in
eject. write TO me to the address on the
inclosed card and ] shall be glad to help
YOU"
Throughout all the glories OF the first
happy day Annie has had for long time,
however. there was one thing she thought
more beautiful than everything else. She
didn't have to sell Mile.