New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-11-30

BOUNTIFCL DINNERS FOR THE POOR, Young AND
OlD-PRIsoNERs AND PATIENTS II CITY INsr1-
TUTONs REMEMBERED.
At the Five Points Mission the day was
given up 20 the children In the chapel they sang and
detained 700 in all, though not all at once and tie
crowded auditors enjoyed that part thoroughly as the
children enjoyed the dinner that followed. The tables
were loaded and beautifully ornmenod tie ladies Of
each church interested in the Mission having wed with
each other in ornamenng their respective tables. We
never were more h0untimliy supplied said an Old
whitehalred gentleman, ethan this year; look
al the tar'es and yet our wagons from the
uptown hotels have not yet come in" Mrs. j. A Wright
the senior drectIess, said notwithstanding the hard
times they not in debt; they aimed 70 bring mp
honest. selfrespectng solfsupuortng and women.
This their twenty seventh anniversary, and they had
with them those that had grown up with them They
had $50 children in their day-schoo and 700 ia their
suuday-,chooi They managed o. get two suits Of clothes
year tleir children, besides great many articles
given FROM time to time, and aid Tor their parents They
did not throw open their the poor but what
left after the chdrens feast woud be distributed
serving people Hitherto the Lord has helped as she
added; ave have given 2JO pair Of shoes,
not yet all paid Tor, bat provided FOR. The Rev.
J. Campbell the librarian. CHE Mission has free
library with average Of sixty readers day. says the
shoes VIII be paid for 10y the Shoe Club 10 which all
welcome members at 81 each. Our superintendent Is
G ;. Brown We have distributed 10000 articles
OF clothing % 900 loavcs OF bread and 900
pounds Of other provisions, besides coffee, tea ana
various things The Rev. j. n. SAdfcr. thirteen years
superintendent. was back with US today, and
were glad 10 see MIN"
The Howard Mission celebrated ts seventeenth
sgymg Day with the usual dinner the children
it has collected within It's Sunday schools giving some
what wide latitude TO the definition OF Sunday school
children. We expect 10 feed IA AL" said the supcrin
tenGcnt e 600 children aad over. All the little ones
and the mothers OF the infant class fed by and BY"
When viii be the fathers time srf" said poor man
near. BY and by wait a little" was the answer
Yes" he resumed 20 the reporter, latter the children
arc satisfied the mothers aud fathers OF those whom our
missionary has reported deserving will have their
turn" An INSPECTION OF the dining room showed that
there little danger OF any going away hungry
for that da8 at least Meanwhile IN the chapel tleIe
had been brief addresses by A. 5 Hatch the president
and others, and singing by the children. Tie Mis-
sion has COO children IN It's sunday-.choo with an
average attendance OF 800 and reports 500 families coz
nected with IL.
Outside of the Five Points Honse OF Industry very
miserable ragged, foron and dirty crowd waiting
IL the cold drzzng rain. for opportunity 10 reach the
hosmtable tables OF the House. Women and men, Old
aud young were there, having only two things com
mon rags and want Inside, the neatly clothed children
were marked contrast. After dinner the children en-
Gagged in casthenic exercises, IN which, sometimes the
whole school joined. Then there was little opereta,
little RDelkug Dl ile cLluIch Noht
1--WE give the outdoor poor the CHIEF chance to-day
said the superintendent We expect 10 feed 300 We
fed 900 last year We have 800 children in the house
aud $50 more the school roll, al supported by US
This dinner "a entirely from voluntary Contributions,
which have been very generous tnis year"
sIt IA always the same" said Charles OCOnOr, Tor
wears the superintendent OF the News Boys
Iodlne House rising with difficulty, on account OF his
rheumatism We have. you see, noisy set OF bOJ =
but they good order and good boys Iue{ must
let OF their supeIfuOus energy, but they mnd Wheh
they are told We have about 300 tonight iOf whom
there plenty o. turkey and pies and cakes 1ut our own
inmates are only about go We give the dinner IN the
evening You for yourself whether they enjoy
themselves" And the boys did seem TO De Thoroughly
ENJOYING themselves, unt1 repetOn stopped the move
mfuts Of their teeth. but not or their tongues.
AT the Boys Lodging House, on Fast Ihirty-hfthst'
about 200 toys given, yesterday, an Old
fashioned Thanksgiving dinner. Nearly MY turkeys
we're eaten and three barrels OF apples Inc Dene
dciaries Of this institution are mainly newsbCSs ana
bootbacks VINO pay five cents night Tor their LOOKING
fteen hundred boys have been provided for at This III
Stituton during the year, being 53I more than applied
for shelter during 1878 The boys have been led 10 take
much interest n temperance, ana number OF the nave
ssgned the pledge 10 supply these children with 1ood'
dnruO fbe year the institution nearly S3OOO
In the front paror oi the Home ioI the fehdesS' on