New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-30


Thanksgiving dinner was given to the forty-hvc
members Of the Girls Lodging House. No % ST. Marks
place who receive instruction in drcssmalung type
writing sewing machine and laundry WORK. In the
evening entertainment given.
At the Home for Colorcd People. First ave. and
Sixty fnh-st yesterday afternoon 200 asod
men and assembled TO hear programme OF
songs and Rotations provided by visitors and friends
thomas Sproul made genial president, and amonG
others present the Rev. Horatfo NJ Hardy, MI
and Mrs Anderson, Miss Thirds Qady missionary to
the Homc, Miss Pilgrim (matron d the Convalescent
IIomc) and William +. Dodd. The entertainments
which was preceded by tho customary Thanksgiving
dinner comprising twenty-five items, but By far
the most striking. and in one sense picturesque,
portion OF the afternoons work was the singing OF
various negro plantation hymns and songs by tac
inmates.
The large dinng-han Of the Chdrcns Home. at
20 65 West Tonthst., presented animated appear
ance yesterday when the children sat down to their
Thanksgiving dinner. Miss l.. d. Wheeler, one OF
the managers, the giver of score OF turkeys
and other good things that given the children.
and she was amply rewarded by the happiness tho
orphans displayed Mrs. G. d. Phelps, the Misses
Bradley and Mrs John b. Hall were the other patrons
Of the Institution who helped the little enjoy the
feast.
Tho Rev. Dr. Tute, of ST. Luke's. the principal
visitor at the Home for Aged People. at No 457
Hudson-st After the old men and women had
enjoyed a hearty meal Of turkey, etc. with Ice
cream for the females and tobacco for the men, the
Doctor delivered interesting address. Forty-one
people, including a few visitors, sat down to the
dinner
over two hundred children enjoyed their Thanks
giving dinner in the workfngmen's Schools at NO. 100
West Fifty fourthst. The dinner was provided py
the Society for Ethical Culture. Professor IeliX
Adler, Mrs. Segman and Others Interested IN the
schools attended to the requirements of the children
MRS. FRANK LESLIE HELPS OUT TURKEY
The HEADQUARTERS of the St Andrews Coffee Stands,
at No. 2l5 Madisonst., the centre of attraction
for Thousand poor people yesterday MIS-
j. NJ. Lamadrid, who founded these stands about TWO
years ago, hand, busy, sympathetic and cheery
as ever as she directed about dozen assistants while
Mrs Frank Leslie in big white apron again helped
turkey and had pleasant word and smile for
each The tables accommodated a'!ut one n,naieI
time and as fast as one company wa; lei, anu
the tables could be set again. another company Was
admitted and the work was carried on sieally
The bill of fare was elaborate as well bountlful:
and there plenty for all Each man par'ooh OIL
cabbage and onions. and for dessert he received hmCS
pie and cheese with coffee aud either apples or oian
and more than once was the remark It's Kind hearts
that yes have" made with heart fun OF gratitude
women were in the crowd waiting to be fed; but This
largely due 10 the fact that dinners had Dceh
sent to the 600 SIX RO oss in the which
were founded by Mrs. Lamadrid and Of which Mrs;
sent charged for az dp R Of 1 fart ws IN
aided to obtain good good. Thanks l,anSs giving dinner
At the Christian Home for lnebriates in Madison
ave. eighty-two male inmates celebrated Ihahisg
Day Charles C. Bunting; the MANAGE conducted The
presence of the Rev. F. Stewart Dodge, DR. Monzo >,
Ball and others. the inmates were trea'ed 10 ,he
usual dinner. In the afternoon and evening add-
tional services were held. ,,.., o.a
feasted Yesterday at the Catholic Orphanage. in Mad
isonave., under the directing hands Oh the o'''crS
, Of Mercy attached to the Institution.
TIGHTENING PRISONERS SORROWS.
An door of roast fowl pervaded Ludlow Street Jail
Yesterday and all the prisoners feasted on Thanks
giving Day bill Of fare. AT Essex Market and Jefer-
son Market Jails the prisoners supplied by the
Department of Charities and Correction with turkey
and chicken and a second and third plate was served
when the prisoners asked for more Commissioner
Porter visited Bellevue Hospital and made the rounds
Of the city prisons during the afternoon At Bellevue
all the patients who we'll enough to eat had their
choice Of chicken turkey, which was served with
other dellcacies that were not given to prisoners III
the other Institutions In the afternoon special
musical service given at Bellevue under the
direction of the chaplain. $500 80
At the Tombs, after the dinner In which 800
chickens and turkeys eaten by the 800 prisoners
a concert given them by Mrs Arthur t. Taylor
Ida Harrng. sopIano Wber Gum and John H.
Boynton. tcnors Dcusev Robinson basso. and victor
ID. Little. elocutionlst. several short sketches
The was gsH from bdF s hs sa Ene d i b
prisoners Of the programme and they listened quietly
from within their cells giving indications Of their IN
tercst from time TO time by outbursts of applause
Reich who IS awaiting sentence for the murder OF
are also sentenced TO be hanged. hearty meals.
others awaiting trial this winter On charges
VI on Waits and Blackwe's Islands the inmates of
al the institutions participated in a hearly liant aS
the bin Of fare was prepared with especial care and
s g gon have M had for Years In the evening Dr.
Macdonald prepared concert and theatrical per
formance for the inmates of the asylum on Wards
Island
FED BIZ THE CHILDREN's AID SOCIETY.
The Children's Aid Society flung its benevolent
tentacles all the city yesterday and set Thanks
giving feast before each one of the $500 charges
whom 1t shelters and watches At six Of the
principal lodgnghouses, out Of the twenty two
Establishments under the socIety's management, there
was a merry clattcr Of knives and forks welded by
children who knew that their benefactors expected
~ often en' twice and three times over Aftewar
there usual entertainments of some sort, and
making the well-fllcd young uIchins laugh.
Thirty dfth-st. the O'Clock dinner which was pro
vided by Mrs william + Dodge was preceded d by
appeared More than 100 newsboys, bootblacks and
School which is maintained in connection
with the institution, received ice-cream, CAKES ana
At the Gouverneur Street Lodging House, No. o87
East Broadway two hundred boys were placed al
the tables loaded with roast turkey and cranberry
sauce In the evening they carried through the
programme OF an entertainment thew had OBVIOUSLY
arranged in which ACCORDION playing banjo playing
and clog dancing played prominent part Henry
L. Hawley furnished the dinner
At the West Side Lodging House. seventh-svo and
Thirty second St, lis boys attacked The vands gwen
them by James X. Oracle and Emlen k3oscveit; -
At the lodging house No. 1877 Avenue-B, the LOO
boys who down at the tables did so as The guests
OF u Wills James In the eteding they hah a gOou
time singing in the school room - ~, -
The forty five girls in the lodging house NO q
St. Marks place. started the Observance OF mo udy
with dinner at noon and made things hVeiy a"'ohI
themselves until bed Time. , ..
The children I'm the Hebrew orphan Asylum, a.
Onehundred and fhrty-sixh-st and 1enth-aVc VII
treated good dinner and then maishacd m mr. anu
presented with aghe Gift of the Misses cara FREQ
land and Blanch Moses both OF Washington Hclehls
Colonel John II. Fellows made the presentation speech
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