THE RELIEF WORK,

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12507, 21 May 1906, Page 8

THE RELIEF WORK,

HOW THE CROWDS WERE FED

A despatch from Sim Franci>co to tho Vancouver "World," dated April 21st, stated:—

Although every effort of the various icliei' committees on Friday was bent to appease tha gnawing hunger of tho destitute thousands, elloits that wore in a large measure entirely there won; hist night in this city many pel sous either without euih'cient i'ocd or entirely without it. Tho Government olliuialo took charge of every groevry .store in the part of the city still .''-Hiding, and gave out foodstuffs to all tho-e. wiio nviv hungry. Bread lines were c.-ndjlished «.t iMllinceo and Turk street*, lit Golden Gato Park and at tho Protiidio, and every peison who .-rood in line w.1.-, given a whole leaf of hread. Th;> him nt Fill more and Turk streets was iv;iir blocks long all yesterday afternoon, .Hiil at ih<; parks were own longer. A laigi* supply of milk came yettcrduy, and thin was distributed u> women and children wherwer they were fwind in need. A great devil of this milk was used for the exhausted uoiu.ii who ariived at tho terry throughout the day, and proved a great boon to them. lhe Invad lints at tho parks ftinu-.iied striking in>t;inoe-s <:t tho r.b.solute patience and fortitude that iia..> marked the behaviour of the jncple tiirougiiout their trying experience. There were no di-orders when rhe. hungry thousands were toi<l to form in line ami receive their broi<l and canned

;_;o;;<Js. All iviti; cvuiti'nt to wait their turn. Silk-hatted uvjn of affairs followed good-naturedly ixOmid Chinrso and took their ioaf irom the same hand. Soup kitchens wore established in the stn.vts, and many hungry person.-; wore led here, lircad and such other feed stuffs as may bo at hand will distributed twice a day. At the ferry s::irion there were some pat hot ie among the hungry ]>eople. When tin; beat caino in in;::i Stockton with U;n> ot sunplie-i a number cf small children were the iir~t to spy a largo box of sandwiches, with ciio-> of delight. They in a do a BUSH FOR THE FOOD, tscized as ni'icJi a.s they could hold, and rushed to their mothers with shoui.s of "Oh. Lamina, look at the .sandwiches." Suited aroursd the terry wers; liii!i<irttls cf ]XH)jilo mucking canmyl rruius from tin-. Soiri , were diinking civaiii, nn<\ others wen- ■ iioii.v to have saidim-j or eluH's-; , . At .s'jvt'ral {ilac.--. idoni; .Market gire»'i secies of men wt-iv with tJieir hiiiuU among tho Mill -nicking debris of

somo large grocery house for canned goode. When they found it, which they did without molestation from anybody, they broke the tins and devoured the contents.