The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-30
THE WAR ON TURKEY
Thanksgiving Day 0bserv-
anCes Throughout Jer-
sey City.
BOY BRIGADE PARADES
Charitable People Make Happy
the Inmates of the Homes
and County Institutions.
Entertainments and Dances Usher
in a Day of General Merry
Making-Seryices in the
Churches.
BOY BRIGADE PARADES

day, and all the features Wnlcn make
Thanksgiving Day memorable were
strictly observed. There were the balls
and receptions almost without number,
held in the various halls throughout the
city Wednesday evening. Services were
held in the churches, and the inmates
of the various charitable institutions
were remembered and given substantial
dinners. The ubiquitous small boy was
out in force. Every urchin who could
secure mask, old skirt and bonnet and
tin horn was around as usual with his
stuffed club looking for stray pennies.
The weather was delightful and lured
many out of doors. The number of peo-
pie who left town was unusually large,
and the traffic on the Pennsylvania
Railroad was SO great that extra trains
had to be run. The greater number OF
these people went to Philadelphia to wit
ness the great football match.
MAYOR WANSER'S DAY.
Mayor Wanser spent the day in the
city yesterday. In the morning he went
to see the damage done by the fire at
Mcknight, Chidester & Cos, and in the
afternoon he was at the Sussex street
fire. In the evening he spent a few
hours at the Wanser Club reception, and
on his way home stopped in ST. Johns
Hall to shake hands with a number of
his Polish acquaintances who were hay-
ing a dance at ST. Johns Hall on Gergory
street.
a high mass of requiem was celebrated
in ST. Patricl1's Church at nine A. NJ
yesterday, for deceased comrades of Sc
curity Council No. 119, Catholic Benevo-
lent Legion.
The Rev. Father Sheehan, Chaplain of
the Council, officiated. The attendance
of comrades and friends was quite large.
Sixty comrades assembled in the base
ment of the chapel at $50 and proceeded
to the church in body. It is an es-
tablished custom of Security Council to
have an annual requiem mass celebrated
on Thanksgiving Day for the repose of
the souls OF departed comrades.
Their was a Thanksgiving supper and
grand turkey feast at Salem (colored)
Baptist Church last night. After the
supper which was served from s. to s
O'Clock, there was an entertainment and
reception that lasted until an early hour
in the morning.
AT THE Y. NJ. C. A. PARLORS.
There was an excellent Thanksgiving
entertainment at the 7. NJ C. A. parlors
last evening. Mr.. Henry H. Kahlert
sang a solo, accompanied by the guitar
E. T. Welch sang comic solo. Then a
either solo, given by Mr. Linderberger
who was encored. Mr.. Walter McGran-
die gave violin solo, followed by rec
itation by Mr.. W. Graham; Mr.. James
P. Butler sang (by requesD What the
Parrot Said" Then Mr.. Welch sang
again, "True Till Death After this
part of the programme was over re-
freshments were served by the ladies'
then college songs were sung.
AT THE CHILDREN'S HOMES.
At this period of the year when every
one is looking up his causes for thank
fulness it is natural to think of those
who are not so fortunate and to try and
make the day one of Thanksgiving to
them also. This year more seems to
have been done by the public than ever
before for the charities of this city.
The schools of the city interested them
selves in behalf of the Homes and in
consequence barrels of provisions and
sums of money were sent to the Chill
dren's Home, Home for the Homeless,
Newman Mission and St. Joseph's Home
by the students of the public schools and
Hasbrouck Institute.
At the Children's Home on Glenwood
avenue three days vacation had been
granted and the children started We'd
nesday afternoon to enjoy it. They had
their Thanksgiving dinner in the mid
die of the day to give them plenty of
time to recover from the effects. AT
the two long tables were seated forty
seven happy, healthy children. On the
faces of two or three of the boys, and
even one or two girls, was that express
sion which seems to say, I'm going
to eat some of everything if I'm sick
all day tomorrow"
The day was uneyentful for the Home
for Aged Women. The inmates spent
their time as usual with the exception
of an unusually good dinner; but as,
last year, the plurn-pudding which
crowned the dinner made all the ladies
i'll for days, after plum pudding was
barred out yesterday, and good health
prevailed
Sixty bright faced boys and girls sat
down to the Thanksgiving dinner at the
Home for the Homeless. The three ta-
bles were loaded with good things and
more than one child was convinced of
the impossibility of eating everything.
The children were allowed to please
themselves for the day. and If noise
gauges the enjoyment there were sixty
children who thoroughly enjoyed every
minute They ate six turkeys and four
chickens They were looked after by
]. W. Dusenberry, Mrs. John Anness,
Z Mrs. Joseph Dear. Mrs. s. A. Chamber
lain, Mrs. Z. A. Day, Rev. and Mrs.
Eakins and Mrs Welsh. Miss Cecilia
Patterson. the matron, has the children
well trained.
AT THE A1MSHOUSE.
There was touching scene in the
Alnlshorse at Snake Hill yesterday
morning. Twenty women whose lus-
bands are confined In the poorhouse
same up to visit them on the morning
rain from Hobokens Accompanying
hem were about an equal number OF
mothers whose boys are IN the same in
jtitntion The reunion was particularly
lffecting, and the kind hearted Warden