Soup Kitchen (1831) & Bread Line

[Kathleen E. Miller]

CORRECTION: That should read Sept 25, 1904, and sorry for the typos I was
trying to get it typed and sent before 6:00pm. So the stroke was in
1902ish. My Bad.

Katy


At 05:58 PM 10/16/02 -0400, you wrote:
>This is not the first for "bread line" AND Fleischmann in the New York
>Times- and strangely the first hit is from February  2, 1901 and already -
>seemingly - has killed Mr. Fleischmann off, probably because he had a
>"paralytic stroke" in 1899ish - but he was still kicking in September. He
>dies in 1904.
>
>The New York Times, Sept. 25, 1901 "Louis Fleischmann, Philanthropist,
>Low." "Baker and Friend of Hungry May be Beyond Recovery." ESTABLISHED
>"BREAD LINE" ...
>
>... "Mr. Fleischmann emigrated to this country in 1874. His brothers has
>been successful in the business of making compressed yeast, and in
>connection with this the idea of establishing a bakery, although he knew
>nothing of baking, came to him. He made his first venture in this direction
>at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia where he established the
>"Vienna Model Bakery, " and captured high awards at the Fair for the
>excellence of his bread and rolls. Then he moved the business to New York,
>although he still maintains bakeries in Philadelphia and many others of the
>large cities. .... the bakery now covers a large area at East End Avenue
>and Eighty-first street.
>        "The bread line is perhaps the most picturesque and one of the
> best-known
>charities in the world. The idea of the establishment came to Mr.
>Fleischmann when he noticed a crowd of hungry tramps standing over the
>grating  at the bakery at Tenth Street and Broadway, scenting the hot
>loaves that were being turned out in the basement. Mr. Fleischmann offered
>to feed one of the men, and soon a line formed. It was then that he
>determined to give bread to every hungry man who would come for it. This
>was more than ten years ago, and a long time went until Mr. Fleischmann's
>family knew anything of the unique charity.
>The bread line grew until at night as many as 500 loaves were handed out to
>the hungry men."  ....
>
>
>The piece has lots of cool historical info but too much to type right now -
>I can email the article to anyone who wants it at a private email. ADS-list
>will not accept the attachment.
>
>The Obit, on October 2, 1904 seems to have even more info and says, "little
>known facts about it's origin." And offers info on the introduction of
>coffee in winter, and jam on rolls if a whole loaf of bread wasn't available.
>
>Katy
>
>
>Kathleen E. Miller
>Research Assistant to William Safire
>The New York Times