Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-03-09
CRUSH MARKS
BUNDLE DAY"
DISTRIBUTIONS
Men, Women and Children Be-
siege Headquarters in Guest
of Clothing.
BABIES LOST IN CROWD
ADD TO DIN OF TUMULT
Many Pathetic Cases Disclosed
as Applicants Tell Stories
of Their Wants.

Men, women and children at the
| rate of about ten per minute are
leaving Bundle Day" headquarters.
So Market street, today after being
supplied with clothing contributed by
F, the citizens of Newark. The first gen.
eral distributing period began this
morning, and several thousand per-
sons lined up at the Campbell street
entrance, pushing and swaying their
way to the door to secure wraps.
Supervisor William j. .Hagan had
six patrolmen from the First pre-
| cinct detailed to the scene to prevent
accidents. It Is not believed that the
supply Of mems clothing will meet the
demand. On the other hand there Is
thought to be ample women's wearing
apparel to supply the requests.
When the doors OF the place were
thrown open to the public at 9 O'Clock
men In want, women with Infants in
their arms and others tugging at
their dresses. children almost bare
footed and old women and men
scarcely able to walk constituted the
surging mass. The old women and
mothers with babes were the first adj
mitted.
The committee was on hand early,
as were several dozen women and
young girl volunteers. Persons were
| admitted through the Campbell street
entrance. AS soon as 4 party was
inside headquarters, one OF the work.
ers would act as an escort III til the
desired clothing was obtained. After
| this was done, the front door was
used as an exit.
Lost Babies Add to Trsubles.
The work of the committee was
somewhat hampered by tho number
| of babes and small children In the
crowd. The children would edge
their way to the doors and then get
| by the committee. Once inside they
| would realize that they. were alone
! Crying would commence and this
added to the tumuIt.
| In many cases small children
wedged in the crowd wers nearly
] kraDpled on, and the .patr,lrnen were
~. ced to hand them over the heads
on the Hbabies' waiting list" When
! mothers realized that their children
! were missing they. too,A became
| alarmed and began to cry.
| The work of distributing the cloth
| ing continued this afternoon without
abatement. Rev Michael p. Cor
coran, Mrs. r. Manners Laird and
other members of the Bundle Day"
committee took part In helping the
men and women to select the clothing
they were In need of. AS the men,
bers of the committee became accus-
| toned to the work each party of ap:
; pIicants was accommodated with
more speed, and others waiting out :.
side were admitted to the headquar-
ters.
The crowd at the Campbell street
entrance enlarged with time. 1t is
believed that headquarters will be
open for at least two more days be-
| fore the demand Is met. Packages
are still pouring In.
| Already about $4,000. men, women
and children have been clothed be-
fore the general distribution was
hele Private cases, Investigated by
Mr.. Hagan or members Of the COM
mittee, were attended to az well as
all of the needy scholars OF the pub
lie and parochial schools.
Movement AccompIishes Good.
"Never before in the history of my
| life have seen go much actual work
done for the poor than was accom-
plished In this movement" said Su-
pervisor Hagan. "The citizens OF
] Newark may well feel proud OF what
has been done to take care Of the
poor. Only deserving cases have been
given aid"
Mr.. Hagan tells of one instance
where a man who at one time was
prominent athlete. suffered an acci-
dent, with the result that his legs
are now crossed, and physicians can
not separate them. His wife worked
'ast week, and made only seventy
J five cents. Three children make up
the household The mother is now
! Ill. The case was Investigated, and
the committee sent bountiful supply
of clothing and groceries.
This is only an example of what
this Bundle Day has accomplished"
said Mr.. Hagan. Thousands of men
have been made happy. They are
now wearing warm clothing and look
respectable In applying for work"
In several instances clothing and
shoes for small babies could not be
supplied. Then collection was taken
up among the workers and new cloth
ing purchased.
So successful was the Bundle Day.
that Mayor Raymond is seriously
considering making 1t an annual
affair. M
An aged woman, who visited the
| headquarters during the morning, be.
came caught in the struggling crowd
| and almost tainted. A policeman.
who noticed her plight, led her out.
| She returned this afternoon and again
| joined the throng of applicants for
| hsiudIeS