hungry people who can't buy food because they have no money will receive a fine dinner free by going to madison square garden to-night before 8.30. fourth avenue entrance.
no matter how you came to be hungry and penniless; no matter what your life has been or what your religion now is; no matter what your habits are or what your political opinions may be, without regard to your jail record, disease, state of mind, or favorite newspaper, if you are hungry and have no money, come and eat!
to the public: come and see them eat your tickets!
under the auspices of the society of american sandwich artists.
H. R.,
Sec.
sponsors: the men who have made new york what it is!
Then followed three hundred and seventeen famous names.
"What I have to say," H. R. modestly told the reporters, "I have stated in my advertisement. However, if you wish to ask any questions, or if you think the public is interested in any particular point—"
"It is! We do!" exclaimed the reporters. "Tell us about the ten thousand dollars!"
"It is very simple and very easy," said H. R., with the deadly earnestness of a man who knows he will not be believed when he speaks the truth in New York. "As each person passes the ticket-taker he will go, coupon in hand, into the superintendent's office. There he will be asked one question. It is not a catch question. No puns permitted. No double meaning. No particularly deep or recondite significance. It is a plain question, vital to the welfare of all New-Yorkers, affecting the destiny of the American nation. The answer is perfectly obvious. The Mayor has been invited to be present, and he will see to it that no fraud is perpetrated on the thousands of people who have bought tickets in good faith—"