New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-26
EXERCISES OF THE DAY.
MANY THANKSGIVING oBsERyANCEs.
SERVICES IN THE CONTEMPLATING FOR
THE PooR-sPoRTs AND AMUsEMENTS
OF VARIOUS KINDS. w


OF VARIOUS KINDS.
The PILGRIM Fathers, through their Joy over the
great harvest In the year following their landing at
Plymouth, have much TO answer for. Their services
OF thanksgiving at that time were tho beginning OF
what may be called the Thanksgiving habit. The
movement Vas strengthened by the colony that had
the unconscious merit Of suffering from starvation In
the city of Charleston in 1881. Their merit of course
lay not In the starvation. OF which they were profound
~ conscious but In the fact that they followed the ex-
ample Of the Pilgrim Fathers. That their solemn services
would have developed three centuries later into
mixture Of little church with great deal Of world
with the turkey uncrowned king and football
eleven the heroes Of the day, did not enter into
their thoughts and they are Of course not responsoe
for It, Nor can the present idea OF proper form for
Thanksgiving Day be charged TO the New-Engand
Fathers, who made the festival regular feature and
nurtIred 1t into necessity. Down through
the Revolution and the years OF the
establishment OF the Republic, when thanks
giving prucamations issued only at times OF
great Importance and for years after Yorks first
Thanksgiving Day in 1877 the festival maintained the
thoroughly and essentially serious character that its
origin mad impaired to 1t.
Since President Lncoln's Administration there has
been an annual proclamation setting aside day for
National thanksgiving The regulation way OF OBJ
serving it by devout attendance at church service.
with an after substantial manifestation Of the abund
ance Of the good things Of life, is perhaps no less In
vogue now than in earlier times. That it seems less
general due to the increased attention paid to other
things. The great city charities are busiest to-day,
a years athletic sports find their climax, amusemen's
numerous, country homes are brighter chill
dren happier and business less troublesome than
at any other season, Christmas only excepted
1t goes without saying that the falePrnceton
football came will receive the lions share OF attention
here. The Thanksgiving Day game is becoming as
National almost as the holiday itself. Certain II Is
that nothing else arouses the interest and en-
thnsasm throughout the country, or possesses any
thing like as great drawing power As for this city
ITSELF everything is blue and orange and black. No
other color is SEEM or least most people have eyes
for other
This morning doubtless a large proportion OF New
York's citizens will be found at church. In many OF
the churches the music will be an especial feature.
Among these are Grace Church, at Broadway ana
feminist: ST. Thomass at Fifth-ave and Fifty third
st. st. Georges in Rutherford Place; st. lgnatluss,
in Fortiethst between Fifth and Sixth aves: Irnuy
at Broadway and Wall-st; st. Marys, In fory-nIth-
st. near Seventhave. the West Presbyterian, In Forty
second-st between Fifth and Sixth ayes; the Madison
Square Presbyterian. at Madison-ave. and twenty
fourth-st. the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian at FHty-
lfth-st the Broadway Tabernacle, at sixth-ave and
Thirty fourth ST. the Church OF the Covenant at PARK
ave. and Thirty fifth ST. the Collegiate Reformed Duteh
Church. in Harlem: the Madison Avenue Presbyterian
Church at Fiftyt hrdst and the Brick Presby terrain
Church, at Flfth-ave. and Thlrty-seventh-st.
The Methodist churches of the city will hold union
services on the west side nine congregations will
come together in the Perry Street Church. They are
the franklin Street the Jane Street the Duane street.
the Bedford Street, the Twenty fourth Street, the
Eighteenth Street, the Washington Square, the Perry
street and the Asbury churches. \ union service OF
the Harlem Methodist churches will be held at the
Second Church. at One hundred ana
Lenox-ave. Services will also be held at ST. Andrews
Methodist Episcopal Church. ut which the following
churches will combine: The Thrtieh Street, the Thirty
fifth Street st. Lule's the Fortythird Street. the
fourth Street, st. JOnns the Fftysixth street
St. Andrews and Grace Methodist Church. In INC
evening Sunday-school entertainment VIII be gwen
at the Thirty Street Church. and representa-
ton Of District School in the Far west Fifty Tears
AGO, at the Thrtieth Street Church
The general prosperity of the people and
their charitable tendencies shown by the
stream OF groceries, poultry ana farm produce
generally which has been flowing INTO the
store-rooms of the various missions IN this
CITY for the last few days. reporter who called at
the Five Points Mission yesterday evening saw the
large storerooms of the institution They were crowded
TO fhc full A. Requa, the financial agent OF the or
ganization said The gifts to the mission TINS year are
fully % per cent than those OF last year. Ihere
is pile containing 900 bushels of potatoes we
have 900 bushels OF apples, besides urnips. carrots
cranberres. dried and timed fruits. condensed milk
cheese butter and groceries generally. The readers OF
The Tribune will be interested Of course In our annual
dinner at which $50 mission pupils Will be entertained
The children will assemble in the chapel ut O'Clock TO-
morrow afternoon, where they will listen TO snort ad
dresses by Bishop Andrews, the Rev. Dr. Palmer'
the Rev DR.. Judson and others. The an
ner will be served at o'clock sharp,
and will be as good one as money can fur-
nish The merchants and vanous dealers OF
this city have sent us twenty barrels Of nour'
900 turkeys besides ducks, chickens ana
geese Pies cakes, bread crackers and cookies are
coming in by the box and barrel The tables will be
spread in the large schcoroom and in the dlnngro
on the third floor. and will present beautiful sight
We can only seat about 500 children at once but there
will be more than enough for ALL The food that Is
left over will be carefully preserved and will be given TO
those parents Of our pupils who are deserving
At the Five Points House OF Industry No 1oo |
Worth-st the Thanksgiving dinner grows TO greater
dimensions with each succeeding year. The instit'i-
ton is one for homeless children, where those Of the
poorest class are sheltered aud cared for 1t has day
school a training school and hospital. In the thirty
wears since It's establishment $4,000 children have been
cared for within its walls. 1t has 400 Children row,
and they will their Thanksgiving dinner at O'Clock
today At O'Clock there will be dinner for chill |
dren from the outside, and it is expected that 1000 OF
these will be entertained Aterward songs, Rotations
and caIisthenlcs will be given by the children.
Nor will the poor and the criminal classes in city
institutions be forgotten. Bellevue Hospital has re-
ceived neatly 1.5O0 pounds of turkey and chickens;
the Tombs, 900 pounds Jefferson Market Prison, 80
pounds Essex Market and Ffy-seventh st. prisons,
80 pounds each Blackwers Island coo pounds. and |
Wards Island $500 pounds. The dinners in all the
city institutions will be given at nOon An entertain
ment was given for the prisoners at Ludlow Street
Jail last night and dinner will be served to-day.
At the Home fer the Fricndiess. No. 80 East Thr-
tetst dinner will be served for 200 children at noon,
and an entertainment will be given in the chapel at
80 D. m. Besides he home, the society sustahs
twelve industrial schools with sixty teachers and 1882
registered pupils, in the most destitute portions OF the
city.
Entertainments and games OF miscellaneous CHAR
actor the CITY to-day will be almost num-