The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-12
MORE WOMEN IN
FREE BREAD LINE
Tom and Dick Open Doors Ahead
Of Time TO Care for 700
Of Them.
1900 MEN GET L0ANES

Morning. Tom Merry :" shouted the
driver OF the bread wagon, as he drew
his load Of eliStenng loaves NJ TO ThE
SUNS free bread station AT First street
yesterday. ~ hear the bakery's going TO
bake only cent bread II the price Of
wheat keeps going up"
Makes no difference" replied Tom
Merry custodian or the bread depot
We're going to give bread away here
as long a our money holds out. s cents
or no cents and the way the moneys
coming IN shows IT'S not going TO give
out. so just unload that there bread for
there'l he a mob hore-for II in a jifry."
And Tom Merry smiled and looked all
the world like Santa Claus, especially
since he possessed, in common with that
parsonage, a certain portion OF his ro-
business which SHOOK when he laughed
like a bowlful Of jelly"
Certain it Is that when Tom Merry
and Dick Bright looked out of the shop
window early in the afternoon the mob
was there, a maelstrom of struggling
women, an endless line of weary. hungry
men. a chaos OF humanity. filling the
narrow street from dirty brick wall 20
dirty brick wall waiting for the bread
station to open.
There were 700 women and 1900 men
choking up the NAV of the street. The
three big policemen on duty finally ad-
but with such a mob of women they could
do nothing to keep them in line and
what with the sightseers and every
thing would Tom Merry and Dick Bright
just as soon open up the doors ahead OF
time and let the women in.
Tom and Dick saw that IT was a prob
lem. too so they let the stream of women
flow into the store. each to receive her
loaf or two OF bread.
"If this keeps up" said Dick Bright,
handing out the loavcs as fast as ne
could. 'ther'll soon be more women than
men in this bread line"
After 500 women had received bread
their line was cut short. and then the
800 men filed In, many OF them wear
ing white collars and immaculate shirts--
certainly not tho type known as bum.
but the man who has been forced TO 20
TO bread line because of no work
for the first time In his life. After the
men had obtained their bread zoo more
women got II. and tho demand for the
day had been appeased.
Dick Bright singled out OF the crowd
OF breadlners a man of 36 who didn't
seem TO At in with his surroundings. lie
got his loaf OF bread and said that he
was out Of work for the first time
Come up to the Bowery Mission to-
night" advised Dick. There's a man who
II going TO give away 1900 sandwiches
and 900 pies at / O'Clock IN tho morn
ing besides coffee with milk and sugar
In II. You can MI yourself up nicely"
mot me. my boy" replied tho man.
TITS not food for myself I'm after. bu,
for the wife and two kids In Brooklyn "
"Tlren come hero earlier tomorrow and
I'll wrap you up two nice leaves OF
bread"
I'm do that" replied tho man. land
willingly"
Then Tom and Dick closed up shop
for tho day and noted down In their
memorandum book that the days con-
tributions to tho bread fund were as
follows Mrs. z. Z. JeSsop. Stamford
Conn. si0 Mrs Ethel c. Vollmer. Gar
den City. L. l., $40; Mrs Louise s. Smith,
Elizabethtown, y. J.. IS: F. II. Soper. s.
NJ A. c.. 81, and Boonton. N. j.. 81.