Show HBLP1W THE NEEDY sii HUJfDRUD FED AT TILE SOUP ixc YESERA The Wants ot the Unemployed All Supplied Employment Cnsrdu Will Be Issued Today Soup A steaming hissing cauldron of soup 1 soupSup that served under jnoe aristocratic aris-tocratic conditions would soot the wants of an epicure A bowl for one A bowl for two A bowl for 600 which latter figure represents then umber of unemployed who partook of Zions charities down at < the free soup inn yesterday At 7 oclock the stream of unemployed humanity hu-manity began to pour into the chamber cham-ber that was filled with the appetizing I incense which rose from the seething tank What grotesque column it was < o In it and crowding their way to the front were men who have experienced I exper-ienced l better days but whose tiny crafts have been tossed about upon the merciless cataracts of adversity I until they were compelled to seek charity char-ity to keep body and soul from separating separ-ating Men there were whose credentials creden-tials as honest men were engrossed upon the palms Women too who had toiled and sweated over scrubbing brushes Children whose shriveled and shrunken faces revealed the awful legend le-gend of want And in the vast whirlpool whirl-pool too might have been seen the professional pro-fessional Idler But no one objected I to this Even his industry had been rocked by the hurricane of hard times and the twelve waiters who presided smiled a benignantly upon him a upon up-on the man who had stepped from his harvester At night when the doors were closed and the waif adult and I youth coe the wind that almost blew a gale the register showed that the actual number who had been saved from want consuming want was 609 Some of this vast army in the vernacular ver-nacular of one of the waiters had rushed the grawler Children with pinched faces thinly clad and with shivering forms had presented vessels of various description and departed with their steaming contents This was the bucket brigade as a good Samaritan characterized it and from which many a mouth derived temporary tempor-ary relief Evidences of Zions hospitality continue con-tinue t come into headquarters hourly and should present conditions continue it is very likely that the board of managers will find themselves driven I to a more commodious depot for the distribution of itheir chaJrltiea At present twelve waiters are employed Land L-and the energies of none in the city are more severely taxd Its a pleasant duty however they profess and although al-though tired when night comes it is with a consciousness that they have done something for their fellow men L that they may seek their couch While this is being done to keep I body and soul together at the soup II house the Relief Committee of which ExGovernor Thomas is the indefatigable indefatig-able chairman is doing all in its power to put body and soul to work Upbn I the east and west Fide boulevards in I City Creek > can on over 100 willing souls are employed at present and that the full corps of 200 authorized by the city council has not been admitted to active service is due says the committee tee and due alone to lack of tools This deficiency has now been overcome however how-ever and on Thursday morning at which time the first change of shifts will occur the full 200 will be put to work This will give the committee i is said more than Is required to cover the field which has been placed under their tupei vision so that some may be transferred and distributed among the various city departments Tomorrow the shift employed upon the grounds of the joint city and county building will be changed for the first time under the alternating policy of paHcy the board At the office of Mr Bambcrger today employment cards will be distributed by the joint committee and committee of laboring men and by Thursday 400 men and fifty teams will have been provided with employmnet |