The New York herald., 1869-11-19
Five Points House OF Industry.

The most touching and picturesque ceebration OF
the now natoDal and popular festival of Thanks
giving which gave God glory and man comtor
yesterday in tais city, came OF LII the House OF
Industry, which ls situated IN the well known and
once notorious "Flve Points, 1t was the carnival
dav OF the lit gutter children and or the founding
and the fatneress. Tor whom kind Providence has
built there q home, and home which seems to
realize fully the idea which poor Howard Payne
wished TO convey wneD an ouIcast and III the agony
of desoiation, lie sang "lHere's no place lIAe
Homer the scene IN the iaterior OF the building
would be AL adnirabie sub Io palnler, because
OF the strong aud strange contrasts 1t suggesteo-
the lights beng bright AID egen arlng, Whine the
by the benev9ience OF the 81. Nicholas uotel would
De w0rlny OF its own mahogany, and II the guests
at the st Jaes had finer turkeys they had no reason
u complain OF then commutallun fee.
The services were conlnctei III The school room In
tue morliny under the superntendence of MIR Hat
liday and Consisted OF short exnorlations and in
structons Alternating with nSmas am s1ags. souie
patneuc words were addressed W MIR. Chapin ano
tue rev. Mr. kadsback IN few ptni sentences
which wholly engaged the attention OF the les,
explained the oD ect or the lestiva and, M q mas
terry manner. Drew u touching moral from the cee-
DrauoJ. The children were cieaniy and neatly at
lrsd aud IooKeL pictures Oi happine5s-
Among the 30 CHI drcn iu the Institution there
were about n ne lnyaiids hese were In the hospi.
Ia large anu well ventilated room, and attended
~ Dy nurse. little one with pale, worn lace, evil
denty lar gone in co Sumption anu with tnln, tiny
hands caSped the cIean tel covering, wished
she had been down at the least Sna was Just sucn
All 90 ect as drew iorlh tne following snort aud
sweet letter TO the Supenntendent from chld WHO
visited tde hospital:-ali MIR. Halilday please give
the enc oSed dollar y, some SICK httlS ktl from
little MayY Sue earned u by not eating cake
Ior six weeks" The babes In the nursery looked
healthy ana iuteSestlng, one or two OF them being
Such happy, he - ess, weird creatures that would
inspire any redbieast 10 do the part Of the gallant
ROBIN tnat traditional romance whIcn VIII be ever
new, tue "DaDes IN TIE WO0J.o
Ihe scene outstIe tue building as dinner hour
approached was at once exciting, suggestive Il ID
me.ancaoly. tree dinner was gwen TO every child
who applied Tor II, and the name OF the applicalts
was Legion. All The slumS in the neignoornoOd
gave up ai ther Jugeaue squalor, and ra-s, wrcica
edness and ruJlaUisln, In vdriously moai-
ned degrees, were everywhere apparent In
tue restless OF deg aded yoang human
lty AZ 1t swayed to aid iro In front
OF the House OF industry. Young Chneso, looking
cold az Icices and yellow as sanroJ; unrIfcunlcized
greasy young Jews; juvenile Ethiopians, mo
Dimensions OF whose lips ciyiiizaton seems TO have
made no Impressions; little Duich lmps, who yaned
aiI 30 ed IKE demons. and paanacous PAS, fu OF
lun nght and irolic--tDese made up this m0tlog
crowd. Parental care aud some education would
make many of tose lads good, even II not the most
vIrtuous citizens; ouG II one 10 to Judge of TIER
future by INC pcrversit painted on tnef faces nc
vast body OF them VIII vc oDly to prey upon
and DC at once the scOurse and the Disgrace oi ciy
z2tion.