The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-03
LONG BREAD LINE
SHTVERS IN SLUDGE
Tom Merry Forced to Cut Last
100 LOaves in Two to Feed
the Hungry.
FUND SWELLED By Sill

Twelve hundred men stool shivcring,
except when they were dancing and
shaping their chilled hands. in the alley
called Extra Place. which opens iuto
First street. opposite THE SUNS free
bread station yesterday afternoon. They
were waiting for the bread line TO open.
and at the same time lss women formed
a line which stretched around into the
Bowery for the same purpose loaf Of
bread for tho asking
Rleak winds swept down on these two
lines i'm heartless. cold bloodcd fashion,
cutting and ntpping pnched faces. maxi
" z poorly clad limbs sheddCr and frecz-
Ing feet which stood in worn out shoes
In the icy sludge II took but a minute
FOR the piercing cold to penetrate the
thin clothing of those who wanted the
bread, but the piercing cold had longer
than minute TO do It's frigld work II
had nearly two hours. for the 200
men and 1856 women began to form into
line at noon.
II takes more than little while for
the busters and sweepers of the street
Cleaning Department to reach such out
Of the way places "a First street. and.
moreover. Extra Place isn't on the map
Of the department. SO the hungry men
and women found the snow and slush NJ
tho street and curbstone up to their
shoetops, or what would have been thcir
shoetops if the coverings OF their feet
had actually deserved the name shoes
Some OF the men had pieces of burlap
tied about their feet.
When the doors were opencd tho
three policemen found It Impossible to
make the bread line move into the
store and out again with anything
resembling rapidly The feet OF the
men were so chilled that all they could
do was 10 shamhle painfully In and out.
their hands We're so cold they shook as
they reached for the bread and their
lips trcmbled ms they ate IT,
II was n day as cold TO tho bread
liners as some kinds OF charity \
social worker Of the Association for
Crippled Children remarked this She
said her name was Mrs. Barbar, and
she entered the bread line b. observe
the suffering there She saw plenty OF
IT, Her eye discovered that an over.
coat in the bread line was difficult
thing to espy. III had the means"
she said I'D give a million overcoats
.,U these men
Tom Merry and Dick Bright. who
have kept a careful tab on the bread
line ever since the opening day when
hey took charge Of H. said the line was
as big ~ on the biggest rush day they
have seen vet At , y. VI ga women
and l.N27 men had received bread. a
total OF 2,ioo. and to meet thi. demand
Merry and Bright mad TO cut the last
100 loaves in two.
Merry put down in his memorandum
book yesterday a total Of Slll ~ the
days contribution TO the bread fund
The money came from: SO, 3 V. u. $40.
l.. \. c.. so. Sara r Mead $40.
H. q. c.. $40, NJ 5. r. $40. j. \.
:. $40. A. II, G.. South Orange So, g.
A. T. S., Nathalie Rawlins s.. * NJ.
Mass So, Iurtha \ Zucley; s.
Yonkers 81 Bounlc; 81. Henry Wolf
man 81 S. II. y. making a total of 81
which : IT, y has contributed; 80.
Friends In PotJ-town, Pa. 81. Working
Girl 81. Friend Of Thomas A. Slcet,
who quotes Mr.. Slicer as saying the
only purpose OF having is 10 give" 81,
=. ]. l.. 81, NJ, and 81. w. l. $
Checks for tho bread fund should he
made payable to THE SUN Checks and
money should be sent TO the main office
In THE SIN Building.