New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-30
THE TURKEYS GREAT DAY.
HOW THANKSGIVING WILL BE CELEBRATED
IN THIS CITY.
.orxr,rr1 PROVISION FOR THE SICK POOR
ANN INMATES OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE IN
,,-,, oxs-cEowDs LEAVE FOR CoUN-
TRY HOMES, AND AS MANY MORE
COME TO THE CITY TO SEE
THE FOOTBALL MATCH.


COME TO THE CITY TO SEE
THE FOOTBALL MATCH.
roaov 10 day Of thanksglvine 'u'nr -,
...au To the staid and sober citizen man
a,.,,g nav is q day of thanksgiving. Inc 49,
So So, ton believe that the only purpose Oh nam
giving Is to eat turkey and gorge 10
s,es,ion while the football enthusiast Voon. co.
Ssc,ares Thanksgiving Day was intended so',' 49,,
49, ono and only game. known as ioo'pa''' uu
.h,cb under other circumstances. wouiu NC 49,
h,ga nrze-ftht, and would come uhueI ''''
o,,is,on Of the law which refers TO unia"iu d"
semblaSes .,o. ,,,,r,n and
.u,cv turkeys have been "sacrihced 10 'n"h'
Yankee holiday" The markets last evening
oned N their limit with eager. good-natureu s"op
ners. all intent getting the largest pau
the smallest amount of money. IL IS uo"o, ,
whether a large majority of these in'en' s''nS
,hanks for the blessings they have enjoyed .''o"S"
the last year: II any prayers of thankssiV'"s ".s
offered they will be for the repeai oil '"e ''N'
purchasing clause of the Sherman law
Washington Market, as usual presenter 'as' vse"
ing a splendid array of fat fowl sone
On the flower of their youth, ana o'iei' pc
hars somewhat older but still eyed wistfuliy py
those in the passing throng VINO nave -"
o,,ncbed'' I'm the late financial stringehcy' Inc
o,,antty of vegetables in the market anu !" INC
surrounding streets would feed armies.
A sight of the thousands of crates OF crahperres'
tons of ~N~~~'N~~'~
deIicacies whets the appetite. The streets ad)oh-
ing Washington Market were often Impossible on
account of huge loads of provender that encumpered
them. ,, -.,..
In the churches as usual. Thanksgiving services
will be held, and in some OF them hhe ii'usi'a'
programmes and pretty decorations are plui'iseu
The citys poor and sick will receive extra ThanKs-
,;,,;rg ra,ions while the criminals will have at
least one good square meal
To those who will spend the day IN the city
fhe theatres offer their best amusement magnets
The narades of the "only original Hound Guards
and kindred organizations will add to the amuse-
nent of NETWORKS downtown population
II the day is a fine one Fifth-ave. and the ParK
will doubtless contain many promenaders; the
drives of Riverside Park will no doubt hold their
usual number Of holiday bicyclers while the roads
leading TO Kingsbridge and the pleasant banks or
the Harlem will attract those who prefer to take
exercise instead of sitting on bench with thon-
sands of Others. contracting pneumonia and kindred
Ills. while watching the football match.
The usual Thanksgiving dinners to the children
Of public institutions will be had to-day. AT the
Five Points Mission, No. GO Park-st.. 800 little
ones will have bountiful dinner. Bishop Andrews
will preside Gifts of money. food and clothing VIII
be welcomed.
The boys at the Brace Memorial Lodging House
in Duane-st. will eat their Thanksgiving dinner
at o'clock. Mrs. Aston as usual, provides the
dinner. Large quantities of turkey and other
fowl, apples, pies ana vegetables nave Deel
A union Thanksgiving service will be held IN the
Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, Madison
ave. and Fifty-third-st., to-day at IL a. m. Inc
Rev. W. T. Sabine will preach The churches TAX
ing part In the service are the Madison Avenue
Presbyterian Church. the Madison Avenue Method-
fst Church the Sxty-frst Street Methodist Church,
the Reformed Episcopal Church and Phillips Me-
mortal Presbyterian Church.
Thanksgiving services will be held this morning,
at II o'clock. at the Temple of the Congregation
B'nai. Jeshurun. Madison-ave. and sixty-ffth-st
AS many Christians would no doubt desire 10 VIII
ness Jewish service, all are welcome.
At the Brick Presbyterian Church the Rev. DR..
Henry van Dyke, the pastor who has been absent
on account of Ill health. and who is now much I'M
proved. Will conduct the Thanksgiving service ana
make an address TO the congregation The sermon
win be preached by the Rev. Dr. j. H. Mcllyane.
the Church of the Covenant uniting with the BrcK
Church. as is customary, on Thanksgiving Day
dinner az the SCHOOL Of the United
brew Charities, No s. St Marks Place ;,sad at no0n
Ps ssS cSsrc S s heS in a sns
rWelfth-st this morning at ii O'clock The choir win
sing Barnbys Lord of the Harvest ana me nora
viii deliver an address upon 1.-The Homestead"
The public is cordially invited ,,s... .,.o,,,-s.
sxthay MsSAg; n% MS % P gcrss
IN Rec Recent on American Pocs The ' platform win
be decorated and will have upon frq Which i
TURKEYS FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES.
An old-time custom Of the Carter's Little Liver
Pill Company of presenting turkeys to their en-
ployes on Thanksgiving Day was renewed yester-
day. Sixty-three girls wobbled home last evening
with the bird Of to-day. Some of the girls were
only little larger than the turkeys which they
carried
A Thanksgiving Day service will be held to-day at
noon at the Fulton Street Daily Noon Prayer
Meeting, No 1l3 Futon-st.
The Hungaria Ladies' Aid Society will have its
Thanksgiving pound package party and reception
this evening at Arlington Hail. No. IS St. Marks
Place There will be music by the Romany Band.
A special musical programme will be given this
morning at the Church of the Holy Trinity Madi-
son-ave. and Forty-second-st.
From St Barnabas House. In Mulberry-st., yes
terday were sent complete Thanksgiving dinners
for seventy five poor families. Each dnper was In
barrel and was uncooked. consisting OF turkey
and vegetables of several kinds The managers
expect to give nearly 1000 free Thanksgiving din
ners to poor children and homeless men and women
at the house to-day. The children will have their
dinners there before noon and the others will be
admitted after p. m.
Thirty permits for parades to-day have been
issued at Police Headquarters. The parading or
PLANTATIONS are mostly composed OF boys, and in
clude a number of rangers" the Battery Musket-
GERS the Baptist Boys Brigade. the Sleekvle
Sledder Foot Army, The Ham Town Warriors and
q number of guards.