The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-05
254 WOMEN IN LINE
TOGET FREE BREAD.
More Than 1000 Persons Fed
Nv Cutting Last Hundred
LOaycS in Two.
DONATIONS EXCEED $500

Trcr, uerc 1000 loaves Of bread or
rl.d 40 the suns free bread depot NJ
y Fir' street yesterday, and Tom Merry
and p.,k Bright made this amount feed
100 persons by cutting the last hundred
.19vrs h TWO But that isn't all the
tor, Of ye-t,rdsys bread line by any
means
"HsHo Nr Baking Company" Tom
Merry .Iuutcd over the telephone early
In tho moruin-. you know We had to
turn >ru starving men away Wednesday
pssar-r you cou'du't send us the usual
1000 'nl,. s. know it's hard times. and
high wheat. and business depression. and
lI the. F.. but n YOU can't send us 1000
'orvc- of thc Two day bread. then make
ND tn. d.n.r,u,e with brand new. fresh
n,.4d That's what our bread fund is
for To give bread to those who need 1t
tins winter And let's have 1000
leaves. whatever the cost"
Af,- Tom Merry had delivered this
body blow at that ola wretch Hard
Time. tine g.st OF the reply OF Mr.. Bak-
fIE 4 h|IIINN'lN WIS lllN' llf Nbulh W. ilAN
hist iu send the usual 1000 loaves to
the bread station 1t was done
When the doors were opened there
were ga women IN the long line that
stretched around into the Bowery and
ivIr men iu the shabby line that filled
First street and Extra Place.
Thn I..ad line WAS weaving Ia and out
- rrr little store when man who had
.aeu Sanding across the street and OBJ
serving everything there WIS to observe
entered the station tie said his name
vas Frederick G. Smith and that he used
20 write for THE SrN I'm Dana's time"
We had been an anonymous contributor
~ 'ho bread fund before. he SAID. and
war.,l 20 come down and see for him
se''" lie saw. Then he took out 81
and gave 30 TO Tom Merry for the bread
urd
Whom Merry got word OF the days
contributions 20 the bread fund he was
overcome with JOY. They amounted to
more than 5000. the biggest days dona-
lions ne had noted down In his
memorandum book in some time. The
contributions we're:
$50, r. \ Benedict New Haven.
conn. S25. Cash $50, J. l. b, $50. J..
W. Hletman. SIS. G.. IL. b.. $i1. EN-
rloyess of the j. W. Ferguson Company,
stamford conn. STU, :. VI. X. SlO, A.
y T.: so, l.. SO. \. l.. r.. slU, j.
T. r. SO, \. y. 81, Charles L. Lamb,
Woodmsre. l.. l.; 81, g. Worth; IS. c.
W j.. s.. Il. f. Miliar, Jersey City,
s.. J. /. d. e. s.. IL. r. w; SO. Mar
-aget Crawford, Lancaster, Pa. $3.50,
Mrs g. f. l.. Il. 81. a Trained Nurse ;
So j l.. Cowen; 50. A. V. c.; So, in
memory OF Francis c. H.. SIS, Frederick
g smith; 50. Alma Bonngrisee; 81, NJ
2 81, +. :. =. 81, II. $. Hamilton 50,
g. 81. II. $. So. Henry A. Stickney :
81. " IT, Terry. Springfield, Mass. 80
con,s. Anonymous 81, :. III. ". whose
contributions are beginning to become a
daily occurrence: 81. Marguerite
Nunsou. and S22 from the following per-
sons az - Leonard street-S5' c. g. +. ;
:. *. :. L. 81. ~ }. Q: g. E 4. u. :
co.. g. H. Il. 50, ]. W. so cents, j. b. ;
70 cents. j. e. 81, W. II. r.; 80 cents.
g. r r. so cents, II. V; 81, f. e.. and
cents from Newark and 10 cents from
George q. smith, Dayton, Ohio.
Checks for the bread fund should b"
made PAYABLE 20 THE SUN. Checks and
money should be sent to the main Of
Ice in THE sun Building.