The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-28
So TONS OF BREAD
GIVEN OUT AT DEPOT
Station Closes for Season
without One Cent Going
for Salaries.
DONATIONS TOTAL S5.312

They were all there yesterday-Tom
Merry. Dick Bright. Mr.. Groucher. Mr..
Tight, VIII Givus, Mr.. Goodcheer and
Messrs, Rags. Tatters and Torn-all at
q Fire. street to attend tho seasons
closing OF THE SrN's free bread depot.
II wish TO inquire began Mr..
Croucher, with Mr.. Tight beside him for
moral support, 81 wish to inquire as to
tho good which this institution has ac-
complished during the winter which has
gust"
"out OF order - shouted Tom Merry.
syou're always out of order and Dick
Bright. Merry's fellow bread distributor
a, the little shop, took up u beliiserent
position beside Tom Merry, who con-
tinued:
81 have been the boss OF this bread
line and | am the chairman. Nj. Good"
cheer has the floor
81 will merely make the statement,
began Mr.. Goodcheer, that | have been
A faithful observer Of the happenings
~ this bread station for the last three
months and a half and | have seen the
hundreds OF hungary, johless men and
women who have been Ming in here day
after day for a free loaf of bread. ]
nave seen mat pTedu start bu us way }
TO an ell pty stomach and | have seen II
do it's work OF stavins OF starvation and
making wan faces more CHEEKY, dis
heartened folks more happy.
Groucher and Tight Leave.
"When Jack Frost came calling IN
Hunger row. Unemployed street and
Misery alley. | have seen Merry and
Bright deal him powerful body blows
which sent him sinking away from the
vicinity OF these stacks OF bread. That's
all have to say
~ notice that Mr.. Groucher and NJ.
Tight nave left the meeting said Tom
Merry. resuming the floor. "l wish to
make a report, gentlemen, "a | under
etand II Ia customary for charity orgdni-
~zations To submit an annual report My
report differs from that OF some charity
reports. am given to believe, in tnat
cur expenses his season amounted to
1896, not one cent of which went Tor
salaries or stenoGraphers or mahogany
furnishings. THE sun paid the salaries
az Dick and myself.
THE amount OF money on hand De-
rember Is was s516. on that day the
bread station was opened for the winter.
Then contributors came in for s5,3l27o,
making a total OF s5ssS.70. The total
expenditures OF 1876 were made as
follows: 1855 Tor bread and $40 for
rent. Accordingly. the balance eft on
hand Is S2.152 10, which will be used 10
reopen the bread depot when next winter
comes marching down the city streets.
1yc,9OO Loaves Given Away.
"Since December Is bread has. been
distributed every week day. \ total OF
l7c,9O0 loaves OF bread has been given
away for the asking. our motto having
been to give TO the starving first. In
vestigate later For those who like
more concrete information | might say
that we nave distributed about tifty-two
tons Of bread. We gave away ll6,9O0
more loaves " bread this year than a
year ago. because the past winter has
been AN unusual one for the number of
men out of Jobs and FOR all kinds Of
suffering and misery-thats why the
bread station was conducted through a
longer period this year. That's all,
Gentlemen. the meeting Is adjourned
Therewith Merry and Bright turned
TO handing out the usual 1000 laves Of
bread. which constituted their las. days
work at the depot. Now they're out of a
Job themselves. In Dick there il a
mighty handy porter or any sort OF
heavy labor worker waiting for a jOh.
Tom Merry has been a delivery and a
receiving clerk for steamship lines for
years. His last words yesterday were {:
"You nave always been prpfuse IN
quoting mo in the public prints. You
may quote me now as saying that DICK
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