New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-30

In arT IvceIn in Myrte-st AN industrial exhibition
opened in order TO raise mGnTy 10 pay on nd I the
various trades represented IN The AnaIs ala'S1 e
Unions sent articles Tor exhibition aud se 1co W.
n Lac attendance and the exhibition was formally
opeurd by a speech by Alexander Jonas "e1- AAo""
Socialist.
CHARITABLE DINNERS TO THE POOR.
The ~. $50 protGgGs of the Commissioners OF
Charities aud Correction were given their ahnua
Thanksgiving dinner yesterday Sixteen thousand pounds
OF poultry forty barrels Of pork and plenty OF poa
toes and onions formed the groundwork Of the feast
while the Injuries the shape OF apples nuts, grapes
plum pudding and cake, IN bouutifin supply. The
prisoners the Penitenary and the patients IN the los
pals and asyluns allowed all the liberty consistent
with safety aud If IL had not been for the sight OF the
GRIM gray walls of the public buildings and the uniforms
OF keepers and inmates they would have imagined them
selves free men, The poultry served In the shape OF
frcassce and the quantity served was limited only by
the capacity OF the prisoners TO eat. Al lO
o'clock in the morning Monslgnor Capel preached
to the inmates Of the Penitentary. He
was listened to with attention than could have been
expected although the convcts were thinking more OF
the dinner which was TO be served than they were OF
what the preacher saying, as one OF the keepers
said After the services Monsgnor Capel, in company
with Commissioner Brennan paid visit 10 the other in
situations Backwelrs Island. Dinner was served In
all the institutions at o'clock, In the evening the In
mates of the Pententiary. Charity Hospital and unatc
asylum gave a musical and literary entertainment
In Ludlow Street Jail aud the Tobs prison, the prison
ers were served with bountful dinner, which they
thoroughly enjoyed. The fare at the TOmbs included
pumpkin pie not, however, from the vines in Warden
Firms garden.
About 500 destitute men, women and children be-
seged the doors Of St. Barnabas Home, in MubeTyst.
The services of two policemen required to keep the
crowd order BOuutul provision for dinner had been
made the Home Tables with seats for ninety persons
Were filled five tunes before the poor people were salts
fled Mi1SM
minee pies She had sent also pIouslon OF fruits and
key aud chicken sent TO sevenyhye needy families
in the neighborhOOd The chapel adjoining the Home
decorated with fruits and flowers Tor the morning service
LOOKING AFTER THE AGED AND THE TEMPERATE.
At o'clock in the afternoon line of had formed
extending from the ROoseyest ferryhouse to the
pier above awaiting the dinner TO be given 10 the poor
of the neighborhood by the Cleft Mission. under the
charge Of Dr. John WlbeIfOrce Kennon. rough board
table and benches placed in the of the
fery-house, and provisions consisting Of
bread, turkey, pie and coffee were spread
before each place. A number Of ladies and gen
tlemen had gathered at the head Of the room. DR..
KennOn distributed the tickets to the impatient crowd
outside recognizing all who had signed the pledge
were connected with the mission. Tue men supplied
with tickets were admitted IN groups OF thirty and after
vigorously Several selections from the Scripture
read and hymns sung by the visitors.
The BOwery Branch Of the Young Mems Christian AS
ISOLATION at No. 243 BOwery, gave dinner at O'Clock
~ ali connected with The ASSOCIATION IN that part of the
CITY One hundred entertained III the dining
hall Tnanksglving services were held In the lecture,
room of the Branch evening conducted by the Rev.
At the samaritan Home for the Aged, No. Ali West
TwelltysecOndst, dinner served at u O'Clock. IL
was furnished by the managers and consisted OF turkey
with cranberreS and vegetables, and dessert OF pics,
cakes and iee-cream or those who sat al the table
twenty we're men and twenty-one women. The oldest
member OF the Home, superintendent X b. Dean, is
eRhtyix, and the youngest Is sky-seven years Of age
Mrs. Rlchafd Irwin, jr, Miss Beach aud Mrs. James
Hurry, OF the Board OF Managers, were present
Al ST. JOseph's Home for the Aged, al No. 209 West
FitteenthsL there formal observance OF the day
In the afternoon the so inmates SAT down 10 dinner OF
roast turkey vegetables, hull ana pumpkin pies, Whch
had been provided for them.
At the Sailors Home, No 100 Cherry-st, Civ
ing dinner served at halpast II o'clock 10 ninety
persons. No outside people were fed there.
DESTITUTE GIRLS CARED FOR.
the Free Home for Destitute Girls, at No. 200 West
Foureenth-st, celebrated Thanksgiving Day by feast
OF turkey, with vegetable nuts, pies and fruit Young
women from twelve to twenty-five years of age
eeiyed and work and home provided for them in
tue country. The institution is under the supervision of
different Christian churches In the city, and purely
Ladies VINO form The Board of Managers There are
twenty-One girls now In the hOme and. owing 10 the
The Girls Lodging House in st. Malk's-pace cee-
brated its twenty second Thanksgiving festival din
provided at o'clock OF turkey mince pies and
fruits, by the kindness OF Mis- j. j. AstOr and par
taken of by iorty-hye girls, who are at present
house. In the evening reunion took pace,
which number OF former inmates of the Institution
were present by invitation Refreshments OF
aud CAKE were provided. Young women are received
this institution and taught dressmakng other trades
married women under twenty-fye years OF II they
without means and friends There is accommodation
ia the institution FOR nytwo girls and The house is
often full
The children in the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum
were happy. In the boys building facing the Wander
bit mansion In tifthave., about 400 boys appeased
hearty appetes chickens mashed potatoes Yegeta-
bles aud dessert In the afternoon they allowed
themselves IN the large playground. About $50
girls the building IN Madbon-aye between Eirtyrst
and had dinner similar that given
the They were also relieved tTOm study and tuey
spent the afternoon IN play.
TArulgh the hOeEahy OF Miss Lille Bernbeiiner the
girls OF the Industrial SCnOOl connected win tue United
Hebrew CHARITIES gwen dinner tine afternoon at
No 5S ST. Marks-place. substantial dinner consisting
OF roast turkey VITA the usual embellishments, set
in the large sCoOlroOn, OF which The grs mum
Der OF 100 p2rtook with unfeisned pleasure.
ORPHANS AND BABIES ENJOYING THEMSELVES.
At the Protestant Episcopal Orphan Asylum In East
Forty -ninthst near Lexingtonave., l49 children
loved the pleasures OF n Thanksgiving dinner One
hundred OF them went In the morning TO the Church OF
ST. John the Baptist, In Lexingon-ave. OF which the
Raw Dr. Duie is rector The children sang ut the
vices and In the afternoon they given holiday.
The institution the said supported In part by
the income OF permanent fund.- the deficit being sup
piled by the managers. Children received there be-
tween the ages and eight years and arc kept
IL they Twelve or thirteen years OLD
Thanksgiving Day vigorously observed by the little