New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-11-29
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THANKSGIVING Mass was celebrated in the chapel al
iafpast @ o'clock, by thr Rev. Father Drumgooe Tue
mass sung by the choir Of boys belonging to the
Home Father Drumgoole then addressed the children
and in simple language called their attention to The
duty which, when they should attain 10 manhood they
would only to God but to their country Songs
and rectatiOns followed at IL o'clock, and dinner con
ssng OF turkey vegetables and pies, served IN the
gymnasium at IL. Al the first table about $50 little TEL
lows from three years Of sat down. second
table was laid at O'Clock for the larger boys TO the
number 100. who employed in stores and Offices
The children were all neatly and comfortably clad In
uniform dress Their conduct throughout the day gave
evidence OF careful training.
The outside of st. Barnabas's House at NO 800
Muberry-st about O'Clock yesterday noisy and
one inside, around the dining tables IL was
more orderly but no less eager. while In the ruFsery
and playroons overhead the bright faces and laughing
voices of those who had already eaten their Thanks
giving dinner a gratifying sight TO those whose
kindness had provided the feast The dinner was
served in the regular dIningrOOn. where tour tables
were set TO accommodate ninety at time. The hrSt
tables filed by the regular day ana nursery chl-
persons Of the neghDorhoOd connected with the day
school or readng-roOm. The Sunday school scholars
street were admitted until the supply Of turkey
exhausted. In tins way some GOO children were sat
ished.
Promptly at p. m. yesterday, those boys whose
home is the Sixteenth Ward Lodging House. No Il
West Eighteent-s gathered around the table for their
expected dinner. They were seyenty-hye III numntr
belonging 10 the crowded bootblack and newsOoy eau.
ings. They begued the intervals OF eating with cha
ing each other. The dinner furnished by the sons
of the late Theodore Roosevelt who himself Tor many
the paticn OF this charity Each boy haa a
he wanted and every Oliver Twist who called dop
huge bowls of coffee and after the usual heavy dishes OF
Thanksgiving dinner were cleared away each had as
she's Of ictcream as he could dispose or AIer
dinner the boys gathered in the assembly room under
TIE direction of the superintendent, Mr. Mccullough
After brief speech ny Eliot Roosevelt, VINO thanked
their good attention TO the exercises they Gu
gagged III singing and dancing and playing the banjo
dinner for 1000 chi dren and the appearances at an
early hour were that this anticipation would hardly be
Under the direction OF the Rev. W. Parsons
present superintendent the ordinary exercises were
carried on by The elder children while the younger were
Thanksgiving Day as was good for them. Dr. Deems
and DR.. Bowdicn made brief addressed. .
AT the House of Reception of the New-YOrk Juvenile
Asylum, No. 81 West Tlrteenthst. the annual dinner
was given 10 lO5 BOYS between the ages OF and
fourteen. After tine dinner, which was at o'clock,
ApOllOs r. Weimore president OF the juvenile Asyium
IN One-hundredandseveniys ixth-st.. addressed the
boys telling them how much better of they there
those in the Streets and how glad he was hat ey
could enjoy so pleasant a Thanksgiving Both before
and after Inc dinner boys diverted themselves with
singing and masqucradmg.
About 500 children. from three Of the industrial schools
connected with the Home for the Frrndess had their
usual dinner yesterday at the Home, No 80 East Thll
tethst. AT $50 the children from schools No aud
gathered in the chapel after having had their dinner of
turkey. The Rev DR.. XIX offered prayer, after which
light eymnastics. Professor Coard. OF Harlem made
brief address In the evening the children OF The Horne
assembled in the chapel and went through similar eX
eTcises.
Tue 200 child inmates Of the Protestant Half Or
phan Asylum at Nos. 65 aud 67 West Tenthst partook
Of plentiful Thanksgiving dinner provided by Mrs. G.
l.. spencer according to her usual custom.
A IenteOus dinner sent IN 10 the inmates OF the
New-YOrk Infant Asylum, at Tcnh-aye. and sxty-hrs
ST. Turkey aud vegetables were served to the inmates
in the afternoon, and ice cream IN tue evening
Seventy-fve women sat down Mt the taoles.
-Four hunGTed and ty poor children In eager groups
Guardian Society. at No 1O1 ST. MaTksplace, early
ey e Iy we and Jet aa IN O beW es .
p. N, until AL applicants were satisfied A., n.
An elegant dinner for the very old adies OF the Pea
body Home was provided by The numerous friends ID
charge and by the Rev. Dr. Stephen H. Tyug ir who is
sent in by Mrs. Waller Watson Sidney Dillon. Mrs.
George II. Peabody, Miss Mathews, Of FIfth-aye Mrs.
Durand, Mrs j. B. TIlord Mrs General DIX and others
TneI In tnIs institution one ODD lady VINO IL
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. and another nlnetytwo years OF
The inmates of the Old Gentemen's Unsec;arian
with prayer by the Rev. DR.. G. II. Vaudeville, after
which Rev. Dr. G. W. Samson delivered an address.
An address and prayer were also made by the Rev. W.
Hall.
down their Thanksgiving dinner at the fashionable
hour of 1870 There were about 125 OF them, the ma
jority of whom regular residents there. Two
hundred pounds of turkey. a crate Of cranberrics
were set before the boys principally through the
liberality OF Henry e. Hawley whose gus OF TINS klnd
10 the institution have extended over seven OF tie
eleven years OF its existence. The boys had
been about their business, backing boots or
with clean faces and keen appeutes. Alter the
pause for grace no time Tor moments it
looked though there was silent but desperate strug
ge going on TO who would be the first send his
plate back for more There was 20 ceremony ana no
Happily the supply was equal to the demand LITTLE
of pudding had vanished noisy tongues started to
make up the tune lost in unaccustom silence NO one
opnroval OF THANKSGIVING Day customs. Alter the din
ner had disappeared the boys hurried upstairs to the
ment the chief OF winch was that they took part
m Il themselves There songs dances and recIta
lions gwen by members of their guild who stepped
out the audience and bowed themselves back into
into it, amid the applause OF admirers who also were
! companions and felOw-artsts. The dancing was OF
the clog pattern Such songs as the Hungry Man from
Harlem,"" Pat MaoDey's Family" and Never 60 Back
| tertanment closed with q Punch and judy snow ana
by the kinduess Of Mr. Hawey who thus rounded off his
kindness George Calder the superintendent says mat
ner the boys Will eat in their present hon,e.
| as Its early removal Is contemplated On Wed
| nesday the poor boys and girls OF the neigh
| borho0d who attend the industrial school, to the
number OF 200, furnished with an extra dinner IN
AT the Boys LOdginghOuse, No 314 East Ibirtyffth-
ST. the usual Thanksgiving dinner was served TO 100
| BOYS Tue dinner was the GIT OF Mrs WIN. f. Dodges'
ir There we've exhibition services, aud no addresses
This lodging-hOuse belongs u the estate OF the lae
Arson q. Phelps, and Is under the supervision OF H.
A. Holt. At present there egntyhye boys. ranging
from the age OF eleven 10 seventeen, who I'VE mere
These all orphans or boys who nave no homes OF
their own each boy pays hlteeh cents Gay hVr lOr
| per- All The bows are expected TO pay, but no
Is turned out because OF ms INABILITY 10 90 So III
the last year the loss TO the institution from the failure
of the boys TO pay has been only five per cent The
| lowest IL mas ever been.
| One hundred and twenty-five newsbOys and boot
blacks the majority in their shirt sleeve, enjoyed
Thauksgiv least last night at the Lodging House. NO.
700 East EleYenthst There were present 10 witness
the exercises and eating many ladies and gentleman
among whom were judge Hooper, Z. van
| Willis James the especial friend and patron OF
this charity, through whose generosity the ample
| feast Of yesterday provided Hymns and rectat0n'
by the boys formed part OF the evening exercises Tue
choir of the Seventeenth street Methodist Church was
| present ana assisted in the music. Judge Van Worst
| made a hveminue speech 10 the boys. giving them
| some wholesome advice. Dr. Downing, Mr. James ana
| other gentlemen also spoke.
On Thanksgiving Eve the Ladies' Relief Association
| distributed at the ATmOry OF the 22d Regiment IN
| Fourteenthst.. turkeys, vegetables and other pro-