New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-23
PEOPLES KITCHEN
SUCCESS AT START
More Buyers than Sup.
plies When Doors Open
for First Time.
ROOSEVELT TO VISIT
BROOKLYN SHOPS
SiehtseerS at Knickerbocker
Bread Line Scatter When
Collection Is Threatened.

Demand exceeded supply yesterday
A. the opening Of the Peoples Kitchen,
q, the southeast corner Of Tenth Ave
nue. and Twenty seventh Street. il was
The first kitchen where cooked food ls
70 be sold al cost. and was brought
into reality by the generosity and
Efforts OF Mrs William X. Vanderbilt,
II Mrs. James A. Burden. jr., Miss
Charlotte Barnes, Miss Beatrice Bend,
Mrs Ernesto Fabbri, Miss Marion Hol-
Inns. Mrs. Ralph Pulitzer, Miss Ruth
Tnomhly and Mrs. James Webb. Mrs.
BURDEN Is the chairman OF the commit
tee. Mrs Burden and Mrs. Vanderbilt
actually started the kitchen going by
opening the doors 10 o long line OF
people Of the neighborhood.
Long before the time for opening
there was a crowd lined up, with kettles
and other household utensils, with
which 20 carry away their choice, which
included vegetable soup, beef stew,
baked beans, rice pudding, stewed
reaches, coffee or cocoa. The soup was
three cents, stew four, beans three,
rice three, peaches three and the coffee
or cocoa two cents,
"The unexpected crowd Of purchasers
~ the opening Mrs. Burden said. rs
. manifestation OF the pride and STURDY
Independence Of the fine folk in this
district, who feel that they are self
respecting purchasers. and not the
recipients OF q dole. No food st the
kitchen is given away. There Is no
relief o. any kind connected with the
kitehen. u IL not only an effort 70 tide
over the families Of lsborers who are
the domestic victims Of foreign strife
INT also determined movement 20
raise the food standard and habits OF
the people OF the West Side"
Mrs. Vanderbilt, In commenting on
+he enterprise. said: 1T is most crafty
ing 10 me 70 see the splendid response
which comes from the neighborhood
y merely shows that these good home
folk are badly in need Of place where
they can get good food without paying
prices for il which are above their
means. For the benefit Of the work
men on the docks and others who must
be at their work early, beginning this
morning st s o'clock, breakfast will be
served, consisting OF cereal, rolls and
coffee, which will cost cents
The kitchen is an effort 10 aid
families with limited incomes A sur.
vey Of the district by the committee
disclosed the fact that there were many
mothers who work outside their homes
They have no time 20 prepare meals
a. home, and II was 70 help them and
their families that the kitchen was
opened.
A substantial amount was realized
for the workshop fund Of the Mayors
Committee on Unemployment yester.
day from the benefit performance OF
The Clever Ones" at the Punch anc
Judy Theatre. Henry c. Prick sent q
check for 800 Mr.. Frick said he could
not use any tickets himself, and the
money was used 20 buy seats for fifty
blind persons from Miss Winifred
Hollis Lighthouse No. I.
Among the patrons we're Mr.. and
Mrs. John Purroy Mitchell. Mr.. and
Mrs. Vincent Aston, M and Mrs. James
S. Speyer, Ebert H. Gary, M and Mrs.
George ". Perkins, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
lam Hsmlin Childs, Mr.. and Mrs. Cor
nelius n, Bliss, jr, Mrs. William Grant
Brown, Mrs A. ". Palmer, Mr.. and
Mrs r. H. Outerbridge, Mrs. Csrrie
Chapman Gait, Mrs. Thomas J. Vivian,
Mr. and Mrs Henry Bruere. Miss Mary
Garrett Hay, Mr.. and Mrs. John II.
Griesel, Mr.. and Mrs. Otto 7. Barnard,
Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. Horowitz and
Mrs. Robert s. Cartwright,
Colonel Roosevelt will make a tour
Of workshops for the unemployed in
Brooklyn this afternoon. Accompanied
by William Hamlin Childs, one Of the
active members OF Mayor Mitehels