The New York herald., 1873-11-26

cynle in existence could Iot sit at a table lad en-
happy smiling faces and retain Ill humor long
Poor and iriendess indeed is the man who dines
by himself on Thanksgiving Day: subject desery-,
less IT be the lucklntS oiie Shn gets po dlpDer at
Az ali. Ile ua" VINO goes to a restaurant alone on
tm.7 Hast day Is probably the very one VINO detests
w. Key ana the fowls OF tie air generally. me
waters pounce instantly upon him and name the
very dishes he most abominates. The diner-half
angry aiready-glances over the carte and picks
out dozen dainties running. ''Not got dat to-
day sar, " Is the invariable reply. "Nce turkey
sar; roast chicken, sar," and the poor solitary fe-
low has finally TO order srloin steak, which il
sure not TO arrive until his appetite has fed which
victim TO the consciousness that every one of his
nltccnth amendment brethren regarding him
as 'mean white" who can't afford fowl on
As the year has rolicd along the wheels OF Time
many and pecusr changes IN the lives and for
tunes OF men have taken place. some OF those
VINO were living IN opuence ana ease, and who ate
their last THANKSGIVING dinner surrounded by their
relatives and admirlng and envlouS friends this
year may have TO beg meal or accept, with
grateful heart and good appetite. the
HOLIDAY FARE or PRISON.
Others who regaled themselves pork and
beans ana cohee and cakes last November Will
mahogany and their paates ticklec with the
choicest deilcacles. This ls world OF ups and
downs, = KIND OF see-saw at which children OF an
older growth delight TO play. The mighty "BoSs or
the Ring" VIII keep Thanksgiving ~ behind prison
bars while MS more acute partner in crime,
slippery Dick,n viii
SIP MosFLLE IN PRETTY CHALET
amid the snow-clad peaks or Switzerland. Many
Of the bulls OF the stock Exchange having been
unable TO bear the ughtness OF the money market
WI Keep the ieast N foreign climes. and many OF
the bears VIII prowl over the uIsavory boarding
house proyender which is all the late panic has left
them sufficient TO pay Tor.
But this stringency In the money market and tho
hard tunes which are now upon US Will afect in a
far harsher manner thousands OF those who have
taken neither part nor hand in the struggle for
easily acquired wealth that has half parayZed the
country. In this city alone there are literally
thousands OF honest persons without even the
nj md
Of their own. The aborer is willing to work for his
family the widow TO ton for her children, the
orphan girl 10 earn her daily bread honestly;
but lor these there Is no work, and consequently.
no thanksgiving dtnner unless the charitable come
10 their aid. Feons viii be well cared For on this
least day by the authorities, the inmates OF the
rious charitable institutions IN this city Will be well
| looked after by the governing committees and
those specially interested, but our citizens and
ctogennss should make 1t their especial duty to do
their utmost to relieve the necessities OF the de-
In the breast OF the impoverished members OF the
community.
THE LORD LovETH CHEERFUL GIvERn
and the sweetest sauce conducive to appetite that
can be served with the thanksgiving turkey will
| be found in the knowledge that the honest poor
have not been forgotten on the national feastday.
The managers OF the following charitable institu-
tions have issued appeals for aid to assist them
| providing cheer for tue needy and destitute on
| thanksgiving day
! The LADIES' Union Relief Association for the Care
| OF Disabled Soldiers and the Widows and orphans
| OF the war request contributions and earnestly
| hope that no soldiers widow orphan Will be
sent away empty handed rom the rooms Of the
| association, Twenty-second regiment Armory,
| Fourteenth street. AT the Five Points House or
| Industry tomorrow services Will be held in the
| chapel Irom noon until one O'Clock, when dinner
viii be served. Attwo P. NJ. the annual dinner TO
the outside poor, irrespective OF sex, color or age,
will he given. Aid III the good work is solicited by
the trustees. The children OF the sunday school,
Day Nursery and Free Reading Room, IN connec-
ton with st. Barnapas House, No. 3O4 Mulberry
street, Will be regaed with thanksgiving dinner.
under the direction OF Sister Ellen. At the Home
OF the Friendess No. 80 East Thlrteth street din
IN n M
one T. M. About
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY OLD PEOPLE
viii be treated to an excellent repast at st. 10.
seph's Home Tor the Aged No. 200 West Fifteenth
street. The little ones Of the Shelterlng Arms,
Tenth avenue and 129th street, Will be treated to
feast OF good things and made as happy possible.
fhe children OF the Protestant HaiOrphan Asy-
Church OF Il the Strangers and Afterwards oe re-
gaed with sumptuous repast. nice dinner
Training Young Girls, seventh avenue and Thir-
teenth street. AT the Midnight Mission, No. 26O
Greene street tue girls win be provided with din
Colored Orphans will provide a Thanksgiving re.
past for the children in the asylum at 143d street
Tenth avenue. At the House OF Refuge Randall'S
Island, services will be held III the chapel, and an
extra dinner OF fowls, pies, &C., will be served at
noon, after which the children will be allowed TO
amuse themselves with various sports. Dinners
WIN be given at the Home for the Aged connected
with the Protestant Episcopal Church OF the Holy
Communion, No. $50 Sixth avenue and to about
60 children OF the parish school. The day Will be
observed at the Howard Mission and
HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS
NO 40 New Bowery, with the customary festivities.
Dinner on grand scale Will be prepared FOR about
trial School, st. Marks place and avenue A, the
day will be observed in accordance with the usual
girls IN its care at their lodging house. No. 27 st.
Marks place. At the Newsboys' Lodging House,
No. 40 Park place, the lads VIII be ieasted in the
evening with iuxuries alter which addresses will
Lady patrons OF the New York Infant Asylum
will be In attendance to receive donations at the
Reception House and Iying-in Department, No. "A
Clinton place; at the Infant Asylum, Tenth avenue
Flushing, Long Island.
At st. vincents Home for homeless boys Of all
occupations, No. So Warren street. the bows will be
provided with substantial dinner, and indeed,
none OF the charitable institutions IN the city will
neglect to do their best to make the day one OF
general thanksgiving to their benenciaries.
CHURCH SERVICES.
There will be divine service in all the churches Of
the various denominations tomorrow. The Catho-
lie Union will attend high mass at the Cathedral at
hall-past ten O'Clock, at which hour there Will also
be nigh mass in all the Catholic churches in the
city.
The patients IN the hospitals will all be provided
with wholesome dinners and select entertain
ments and at Bellevue free concert will be
given.
THE MARKETS.
The annual scenes at the markets on Thanksgiv-
ing Eve Will tonight be enacted. The venders of
poultry will be in their element and tell more false
hoods about the quality OF the fowls they dispose
OF than they will be able TO atone for by q strict
course OF probity during the next II months. Mis-
cradle specimens OF hcnpecked humanity, whose
1ashionable wives compel them to 20 marketing,
VIII tamely submit tC be outrageousy robbed
rather than argue the point, and will get
terrible curtain lectures when the wives OF their
bosoms realize the fact that they scarcely tell
chicken from turkey buzzard. That terrible
old lady who keeps cheap boarding house Will he
well represented and Will attract the notice OF
pedestrians by the reckless manner in which she
bangs her heavy basket against their legs, the vol.
ubity OF ner speech when bargaining for pair Of
roosters tough enough give her boarders tetanus
ana the peculiar epthets which she hurls at the de-
voted head OF her newly imported and astonished
'help." But In bright contrast, there will be the
neatly dressed, smiling housewife, whose sole OBJ
ject and care Is to provide real nice
DINNER FOR HER HUSBAND
ana his friends on Thanksgiving. she will glide
quietly about and the venders Will vie To do her
homage, Tor she comes like q sunbeam athwart
battle held-and depend upon it, her share OF tho
spoil Will be OF the choicest. washington Market
may stl be considered to bear away the palm as a
poultry emporium; but the Metropolitan Will
doubtless do a large business among the dwellers