The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-13
BREAD LINE WILL
START TOMORROW
Free Distributing Station This
Year Will BE at BOwery
and Prince street.
Is TO BE OPEN DAILY

Every day there are deaths and births
crimes. new politics, new debutantes. al
most everything new. in fact. but II
Is only once In a while that the people
who read the newspapers are taken down
the Bowery.
This morning, however, TIL T. Is
Offering a free excursion right straight
down this column. which II you o at
the sign post you'll discover to he the
Bowery, through all OF the misery. priva-
ton and wretchedness always to be
found there. to Prince street.
But at Prince street the excursion
ends. for right around the corner at No.
: tsouth side Of the street) there liz a
shop which of all shops In Manhattan IL
the most interesting to the Bowery this
morning. A newly painted sign pro-
claims the reason why:
Free bread. free bread. daily from .
+. NJ, distributed by THE sun. begin
ming to-morrow.'
Nearly two years ago. or to he exact
In February. 1914. the weather in these
parts was very cruel. poverty was very
prevalent and the number OF unemployed
was alarmingly great. In this state OF
tIlstlTS ~ view 10TH r0tTCIttlt, ItDDtTt
m by name. wrote IL letter to
The Sun about bread lines. Enclosed
was Mr.. Kambcr's check for $1,000.
some Oppose Bread Lines.
Everybody knows that some charity
organizations believe "A free bread line
to be a menace n thing which after all
can be seen only a. a huge human pues-
ton mark, determining no problem. do
ing no permanent good. in short a thing
much to be discouraged.
But there are many who do believe
that a hungry man should be fed with
out Investigations. that IL a loaf of bread
can put a little new hope into his heart
It is money we'll spent. In short. there
are many who think that n bread line ts
not a menace hut "A lucky thing for a
great city where there are necessarily
many luckless individuals. Mr.. Kamber
belonged TO these.
1t was not. however. until a shop for
free distribution of bread had been
opened at $50 Elizabeth street on March
., 1914. that II became apparent how
many other readers OF THE L agreed
with Mr.. Kamber Immediately addi-
| tional checks for more bread began to
arrive. Each day they came In increas-
ing numbers and each day the mum
bVi VI alIAiNhhNS = e',V ~ hfN~
proportion.
on the first day Of the free bread
depot about 200 loaves were given away
On the second day 500 were given away
And then by leaps of 200 daily the mum.
Der increased until 1000 were handed
out each day until the end Of April
when spring set in. And meanwhile the
readers of THE Sun continued to con-
tribute more funds for a work that ap-
pealed to them. SO hat when the bread
depot was closed there was a surplus OF
1916.
/ second Bureau L. Opened.
With this money on December Is a
year ago another free bread shop was
! opened at ? First street. The his
tory OF that shop differed from the his
tory Of the one in Elizabeth street only
in two respects. The demand was as
populous, hut the shop was kept oper
for four months instead of two and the
amount of none contributed was IA
greater.
This winter. with a balance o. S2.l5t
from last winters contribution. the new
shop is to be opened at . Prince street
II Is not likely h "A there will be as grea'
a demand as last year, but Il is certain
that there will be a demand and a de
serving one. Ilbnl lWll4I 'fs iiidut al III
various charitable institutions along tn
Bowery II appears that the number o
unemployed men seeking aid at presen
IS about so per cent, less than 1t was
year ago. But Manager Hunt OF tn
Bowery Mission says that while this i
true respecting the numbers he hal
found the men and families general.
to he in a more destitute condition.
So beginning tomorrow a loaf o
bread will he given daily at . Prime
street TO any one and every one WHIT
asks for II. The depot will he kept opei
as long as the money on hand lasts
THE SUN does no, solicit contribution
for this work. but If any of its reader
wish TO have their money put into brea'
and the bread put into hungry stomach
i, will be gladly received and put to tina
purpose