Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-27
ALL WITHIN HER GATES.
Turkey and Pumpkin Pie in Pro-
fusion for the Orphan Asylums.
BLIND, DEAF AND DUMB TO FEAST.
Social Pleasures and Sports Arranged for
the Occasion.
SPECIAL SERVICES IN THE CHURCHES

Ihere, Is notnlng selnsn apout I1e way
Pittsburg observes Thanksgiving Day. The
pauper in the almshouse, the beggar in the
street, the poor women and children of the
alleys, the orphan in the asylum, the deaf
mute in the institute, the blind in their
darkened school, the sick in the hospitals
all these will have their turkey. 1t is
given BY the generous, prosperous and warm
hearted artisan, merchant and capitalist OF
the Iron CITY. 1t is a substantial way for
240. 900 people to give thanks for the growth
of their city.
The Home for Protestant Orphans, on
Ridge avenue, Allegheny, will witness a
big feast to-day. Instead of turkey, how
ever. the youngsters will get chicken for
dinner. By P. NJ. yesterday as chickens
had been turned in by lady managers of the
institution, who furnish the Thanksgiving
banquet this year.
CHICKEN AND PUMPKIN PIE.
There are 10 children in the house, so
that each child and official will get a third
of chicken. The matron baked so pump
kin pies night before last. The pumpkins
came direct from the country, too. In the
morning the inmates attend the special serv-
ice at Rev. DR.. McKitterick's U. P.
Church, and they will repeat together there
the ninetieth psalm.
Thanksgiving dinner is always a big
event at the Home for Colored Orphans in
Allegheny. Not only will plenty of turkey
and cranberries and celery be furnished by
Tho l,,+ o1o+i of -
the boys and girls will send baskets of good
things this morning.
At the Deaf and Dumb Institute in
Williamsburg perhaps the most peculiar
Thanksgiving dinner of the day will be
served. There will be turkey, celery,
mashed potatoes, soup, etc. About $50
persons will sit down to the tables at once
but not a word will be heard. 1t will be
silent throughout.
A QUIET BANQUET.
The divine blessing Will be asked in the
sign language, and full sway will be given
the inmates to converse while they eat, but
that conversation will also be carried on
with the fingers. The afternoon will be al
lowed the students largely for recreation and
social intercourse.
Another striking feast will be the first
Thanksgiving dinner at the new Institution
for the Blind on Forty-second street,
Lawrenceville. There are only 15 pupils
there. and kind friends have seen that the
larder has been well filled for today. Blind
children have no trouble in eating turkey.
The bones are easily found on their plates,
and, ewes or no eyes, the boys can get at all
the meat,
The Episcopal Church Home, on Fortieth
street and Penn avenue, will be gorgeouslv
filed ont with plenty. Friends from nearly
all the Episcopal churches in the two cities
have sent chickens, turkeys and cranberries
Celery and pumpkin pies will give the
tables a silver and gold appearance and
additional interest will attach to the dinner
from responsive reading conducted after the
Episcopal forms Full liberties for out
door sports will be allowed the boys and
girls all day. The grounds surrounding
this institution are large and pleasant.
THE NEwsIEs IN THE STYLE.
Turkey will be served for dinner at the
Newsboys' Home. At the Allegheny CITY
Poor Farm, the Allegheny County Poor
Farm and the PiItsburg Poor Farm the un-
fortunate subjects of charity will he fed on
turkey, cranberry sauce and other Thanks
giving luxuries The inmates of the Re-
form School at Morganza will be similarly
provided for.
The most extensive work in the wav of
providing Thanksgiving provision will be
per ormed bv the Society for the Improve
ment of the Poor. Through the kindness of
their contributors and the public IN general
they will send turkeys, chickens. puddings
and other delicacies to at least !, 800 famI-
lies. A tremendous amount of eatables
poured into the Office OF the society yester-
day. There were about 400 turkeys in at
o'clock. Franklin street school pupils sent
three bushels of potatoes, and the Forty
third street Presbyterian Church gave no.
tice that if the society would send to its pas
tor, Rev. H. H. Stiles, the addresses of 80
families, they would fill a basket with good
things for each.
A HOLIDAY IN THE HOSPITALS.
A comparatively small amount of turkey
iB consumed at the hospitals. Few of the
sick patients can eat strong dinner like
that. There is only about one-half of the in
mates of the Homeopathic Hospital. for
instance, who will be able to eat turkey. to-
day. 1t will be furnished them in abundance.
For the convalescents there will be new
jellies, plenty of fruit, confections, etc.
The West Penn, Allegheny and South
side hospitals have all been taken care of
by their friends in the line of fine repast.
The Fruit and Flower Mission has been un-
usually active among the hospitals also for
this occasion.