The evening world., 1921-01-15
Welfare League Forced to Ask
for Funds to Great Shame
of New York.
HANS ENTERTAINMENT.
Official Dereliction Is Charged
Against the School
Board.
By Sophie Irene Loeb.

~ NAgIlb utbu Vi luICueb IN
schools, which was long ago developed
by the campaign carried through this
newspaper. but which work has been
retarded by members Of the present
School Board, is being met in a meas
ure by the School Chlldren's Welfare
League, who are planning a benefit
7 performance to aid the movement.
The proceeds Of this entertainment
are to go for the work of this organi-
Zation. which feeds the sick, needy
and crippled school children in the
various public schools in the city.
Mrs. Jacob Kramer appeals to The
Evening World TO aid the cause, stat
ing; you have been so wonderfully
kind to us in supporting our move
ment Of the school lunch, that l am
going to ask one more favor, and l
do hope you will be able to grant IT,"
She simply wants The Evening
World readers to know about tins i'm
'portant affair to aid the kiddies. Here
- is:
"In Onder to obtain funds to carry
on the important work OF feeding and
supplying milk to the undernourished,
cardiac and crippled school children,
the School Children's Welfare League
will hold a monster benefit perform
ance at the Cohan & Harris Theatre
on Sunday evening, Jan. Is The fol-
lowing headliners have promised to
! appear for this most worthy cause:
Eddie Cantor, Bert Levy, Bert Kali
mer and Harry Ruby and the Farber
Sisters, Savoy & Brennan and Myers
& HanSford of the Greenwich Vii
lage Follies" and courtesy of the Bo-
hemian, Inc; Sy Layman and Helen
King, whirlwind dancers from
Mary" by courtesy of George NJ. Co
han; Dorothy Dickson and Carl Hy-
SOn, Dorothy Herman and all feature
acts from B. l.. Keith's circuit
''Enongh cannot be said in the GEN
erous way the performers are coming
forward to aid the poor and under
nonrished hddies 50 that the organi-
zation can provide the little ones with
necessary milk and lunches. Last sea-
son the School Children's Welfare
League supplied 1900 quarts OF milk
20 the anaemiC, cardiac and crippled
children, besides the hot lunches in
the schools.
When, oh when, will this crying need
be answered in the way that will meet
the conditions of the hungry, underfed
INand ill-nourished children in the pub
~ y schools function distinctly OF
Nhe public school authorities, and a
4 function that the city has assumed
and for which the principle has been
laid down?
The work. however, has been re-
tarded since the advent of Mrs. Emma
L. Murray of the School Board.
There was $4,000 appropriated by
the city and by the dilly -dallying ef-
forts of Mrs. Murray's committee the
work of school feeding has been de-
layed and put off.
1t is now necessary for private or
ganizations, as the one mentioned
above, in some neighborhoods, to til
the gap made by the neglect OF the
School Board on this most important
question.
The Evening World in its investiga'
tions in 1914 found over $1,000 chill
dren suffering from manututiOn on
account of lack OF food and from
eating improper food.
DR.. Copeland, Health Commissioners
reports similar conditions to-day. The
Evening World, realizing the grea
benefits to be derived by the children
urged a wider use Of the schoo
building for this purpose,
In 1914 the Board OF Aldermen, aftel
another thorough investigation, saw
the wisdom Of the plan and provided
equipment in many schools to help th'
private organizations.
In 1916 over 100 schools were served
with lunches. To-day there are ap
proximately twenty-seven doing ina
work in Greater New York.
The Evening World readers, by pub
i3c subscription, esta ablished equipmen
in public Schools Nos. 50, 40, A, 80 anC
1sO and succeeded in having a who'll
building turned over for this purpose
A central kitchen at Public Schoo
No. 98, at Delaney Street seryln nl
$4,000 children, was also estaDlls leS
through the efforts Of this newspaper
Also. thousands OF especially weal
Children, for three years, have beei
B.. Served with milk and crackers b.
public subscription.
During the school term OF 1918
I249,4S9 portions of food were sole
nj a penny a portion, and even az TINS
how figure UneIe was oIly d hSt uStici
of $4,000. Now all this fine work hai
been practically abandoned.
n the $4,000 appropriated had beer
used at the time it was appropriated
INV the city, and not held up so loni
bV Mrs. Murray's committee, an en-
fire lunch system could have oeei
launched and the city might be prou'
OF the achievement to-day, especiall
in view of the present Industrial de
preston, where suffering among tn
poor families is bound to rule
To-day hundreds of children arr
unable TO get proper food. Principal
of schools plead for enough milk an'
egFs 10 at least nourish per cent, o
their children. Teachers and princi
nails, in many cases, go down lnt'
their own pocketbooks TO give lunches
10 the children who they see are b
tbis condition. Hundreds OF families
having children appeal to charity tina
never did - before. The only wa