New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-26
PRICE FOUR CENTS.
THE NATIONS FEAST DAY.


classes OF people. The snow and cold
without only added to the comfort
and satisfaction which reigned in many
dinarily are wretched and unhappy be-
cause of poverty, or misfortune,
or crime, yesterday found some comfort
in good meal. The charitable institn-
tions of this city. both public and
private. provided literally for the poor
dependent upon their aid. Not only
were the children gathered around
warm fires and fed, but generous gifts
were sent 10 the chiidrens homes,
SO that the parents should not suffer. The
churches were well filed in the morning, and
places of amusement were crowded in the
afternoon and evening
GENERAL OBSERVANCE OF THE DAY.
EFFECT OF THE sYow-CLoUDs AND COLDS WITH
OUT. But MUCH HAPPINESS IN MANY HOMES
| ATTENDANCE AT THE CHUgcnRs--MERRY-MAK-
| ING AND GOOD DINNERS
| 1t was an old-fashioned Thanksgiving Day. Every
man, New-Eng gland-born at least. he looked from
| his window yesterday morning and saw the light
snow resting unmelted on pavements and trees and
chimney tops the sOmbre clouds that told of more
snow and colder winds, must have recalled other
| Thanksgiving Days of his younger years. He must
have been reminded of the when the winters
seemed TO come early, when skating coasting on
Thanksgiving Day was the acme OF the school-boys
anticipation and enjoyment, and when be and the
rest who went to the family gathering at the old
! homestead dashed up to the door in sleighs and
| through deep snowdrifts.
| The storm seemed 10 give a country stiffness 70
! the city. To who was upon the streets at any
hour except just before and after church service.
and before and after matin6-s. they seemed mora
deserted and quiet than on Sunday. That the day
was almost universally observed time of good
cheer and social reunion was plain. Unusually large
quantities of the materials that go to make up good
dinners were sold by the marketmen. And the
feastng evidently not confined to the well-to-
| do classes The ordinary work man unfortunate
indeed if his family did not SIT down TO a dinner
to which it was not accustomed. This general OBJ
servauce of the day in merry king by the poorer
classes was doubtless due in large measure TO the
| general business activity which has given them
more to spend and more 10 be thankful for.
Tae storm seemed to have little effect upon church.
goers. The congregations, generally speaking, were
| large and in instances the churches
| thronged. Only in few Of them were there
! usual musical performances, aud fewer flowers
adorned the pulpits and affairs than is sometimes the
case After church service the streets became
!
| the theatres. There good audiences at the
matinee performances. Amid all these festivities
the poor and the homeless not forgotten. The
many charitable institutions which for little
| children gave abundant dinners TO many hundreds;
all the great benevolent institutions of the city,
| well as the prisons, well supplied with good
! dinners Ii must indeed have been Z sorry wretch
who was 1T out in tue cold. and who not able,
by hook or by crook to eat Thanksgiving dinner
THE POOR ASD NEEDY NOT FORGOTTEN
SCENES AT THE WILSON MISUNDERSTANDING OP
! SEwsBOYS MADE HAPPY-RAvAGEs on FOOD
| AT THE FIVE POINTS MIssIONs-FEsTvIIY At
| ST. BARSABAss HoME-PgIsOYERS AND CAP
TIyEs CARsD FOR.
| The little children and the older ones at the
Industrial scnoo Girls OF The Wilson MIssIon st.
Marks Place ami Avenue A. to the number o $50
lnane happy "a usual yesterday by dBner with all tho
Thauksgiyiug-Ay accomplnments. Samuel Sloan pres-
ident o; the Delaware Lackswanna and Western Rail
! road supplied ths turaeys-2J0 pounds Brief
| marks were made by OF the visitors. On
| wednesday might 12j baskets of foo
distributed from the Mission 10 poor families In tho
neighborhool. Each basket contained turkey, loaf
| of bread package OF coffee AMI some vegetables To
the visitors WHO called the Mission yesterday Miss
| Huntington explained tie method OF training the
! children in household duties; and the bright,
| happy faces OF the inmates formed sight
worth going through the storm TO see.
| Dinner was not served at the AewshOys' Lodging
| House. at New Chambers and Duane-sts., until y. m.
The allurements Of certain target companies Lad at
traced many Of the boys OF town, aud In Difference
20 this previous engagement the meal served after
the days sport The washroom was visited by
several boys before going into dinner. and these
prised their comrades by unwOntcd appearance OF
cleanliness. The majority, however made straight FOR
the centre Of atractiona table loaded with good things
The superlnten,eut and the friends Of the institution
noticed the anxey of the boys 10 get to work and their
fears that speech would be inflicted upon them were
gcoundss Ouly advice they received being to make
! a sauare" meal out OF the abundant materials before
them No urging needed and 900 knives and forks
soon made great the turkey aud pastry. The
approval OF the dinner general and unqualified One
newsboy was Of opinion that It the "bulcs free
lunch racket he had struck" and bootblack
ually remarked: This here sort o thing amt
| no snide affair." you can bet your boots."
The boys sang Marching through Georgia otner
popular airs by request OF the superintendent, and .
work of Their enthusiasm some VINO necessary
money visited the BOwey theatres TO crafty their taste
The children of the Howard Hls.sn and Home for
| in answering the call TO dinner They marched from
the man hall to the dining room in single e and were
soon enjoying liberal repast strangers TO turkey %
an article daily food. they os time IN scrapng
intimate acquaintance with the fowl. Their appetites
| Things on tue table finally caused them TO suecumb
and yield tncr places 10 their comraies, whose
| hunger had by means been appeased
| by waiting Dluner served during afternoon
and IN tne evening late o'clock. nearly 1900
persons being served. Not only the children who are
ihe recipients OF the missions charity were e: but
their parents also. and large numbers OF the outdoor
poor. Many visitors called during the day aud WATCHED
with interest the eagerness OF tue diners and tseir
evident sat with the Thanksgiving meal Songs
we're suug by the pupils. and several reea,oas were
skilfully given Remarks made by President A g.
Haich Treasurer H. r. Tompkins, aud O. X. Black AZ.
There could nave been few more interesting sights IN
the city Yesterday than that presented Peter ers
restaurant No l7S Sout-st, opposite the Roosevelt
Street Ferry whee rDanksgyfng dinner Was PROVIDED
| lor the poor under the supervision OF DE- joan w.
| KennOn. A contract had been made oy DR. Aeniion
W the proprietor OF ihe restaurant WHO Iufnisbed all
| thar came with dnrer OF roast turkey or chicken