The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-28
THANKSGIVING TALES.
Lots of Them Right Here in
Topeka.
HOW THE DAY IS GOING.

Some Sad Little Stories Picked Up
Around Town which Show Fiat All
the Money for Charity is Not Being
Wasted ON the Heather Far Away
This is Thanksgiving Day and it is al
most an ideal one. The regulation
Thanksgiving Day weather is here aud
the poorer people have reason to be
thankful that is is not SO very cold All
| Thanksgiving days are cloudy aud slushy
and wet, it seems. Il is good foot ball
weather. Perhaps that's why
| Peace reigns and on earth, there is good
! will to all men as on Christmas, except
ing possibly in Armenia, Venezuela, the
! Crawford circuit and Cuba.
! Topeka is perhaps little more peace
! full and thankful today than usual, and
| everybody is celebrating the day. This
! morning there were services in but four
| churches, the rest of them laying demon
national feeling-what little there is in
! Topeka-asde for the day and joining
! with them in song and prayer and words
of praise to Him who doeth all things
we'll
People are out on the streets this after
noon in their best dresses enjoying the
blessing of this London weather, or gos-
/ side cheering fires Tbs turkey has
! been largely disposed of and most of the
cranberry sauce is gone. There will be
no supper for the tired housewife TO get
today and she has at least that to be
thankful for, for there was enough left
for the evening lunch
The most numerous person on the
street today and everywhere IN fact 10
the chrysanthemum young man. with the
cane aud colors of the foot ball teams
that play at Athletic park this after
noon.
A large number of-the foot ball enthu-
siasts of Topeka wen. 10 Kansas City
this morning on the Thanksgiving spec
ial to see the universities of Kansas and
Missouri meet on the gridiron this after
noon.
At the First Methodist church at II
o'clock there was union meeting of the
First congregational church. the First
Presbyterian church. the First Baptist
church aud the English Lutheran
church Rev. A. E Waggener, Lutheran,
preached an impressive sermon
The churches of the western part OF
the city held their union meeting at the
Central Congreg ational church and the
sermon was by Rev, J. A. SlavelF.
Rev, Charles Anterior preached
Thanksgiving sermon at the Third
Pres byterian church in Parkdale and
WAS listened to by members of all the
congregations on the east side.
The North side wor5hippers met at
the North Topeka Christian church and
were addressed at eleven O'Clock hy Rev.
Mir Glendeauing of the North Topeka
Presbyterian church.
Mrs. Thorpe, the police matron and
general head of the charity work in 10
peka. has had her hands full fer several
days arranging things fox poor people to
be thankful for with the aid OF charitd-
bly, disposed persons, and was so busy
that she did not have time to enjoy her
| own hanks giving dinner.
For several days poor people have
been to her almost in swarms with stO-
ries of poverty and sickness and hunger
and she las been pre- pairing for them the
best she could.
Last year the Associated Charities took
charge of the poor on Than giving Day
and all the DOOR families IL the city were
provided with Thanksgiving Dag com
forts This year Mrs, Thorpe and the
friends of the poor have been doing it
alone. The Charities" Will come to the
!, rescue when there is big work 10 be
done.
Upstairs, in Mrs. Thorpe's home at
SO Van buren, street, room was we'll
!, filled with baskets aud bundles of cloth
, ing and provisions for distribution to the
poor today. Vegetables were largely in
the majority. and lots of apples were
there to give away.
The Potwin Place people responded
as generously as usual with goods
enough to fill the patrol wagon SO full
; that Captain Gardiner had to sit on the
rear step or run along behind.
: There were great many private do
nations also.
The Palace Clothing company gave
awav great many turkeys
At the corner of Seventh and Lake
streets the Parkdale Methodist church
gave dinner today to raise money for
+ the church. A great many people bought
tickets and sent them to Mrs. Thorpe for
distribution among the poor.
At 524 Mrs Garvin gave free dinner
to fifteen little ragged boys who had no
, dinners of their own.
Mrs Thorpe's calls for help yesterday
reached nearly 100 and they were nearly
all deserving
A very poor woman and her husband
called on Mrs. Thorpe Yesterday to beg
for something to eat. They live in Park
dale. The husband sells cobs when he
! can Tuesday he cleared forty cents on
a load of cobs and bought
a thirty-fiv cent sack of -four and
a chunk of coal with it. Last evening
Mrs. Thorpe was given dollar by Pot
win Place young man and another dollar
by a we'll known woman to expend for
: the family, and when she arrived at the
miserable home four small children
: capered around her, half starved and
wild with joy.
On south Van Buren, street there lives
/ a man who has gone blind, and his young
t wife. They have four small children
and the woman has been supporting the
family as best she can. Mrs Thorpe
says they are deserving, and she took
t them u nice dinner today.
A North Topeka family also applied
J for help and will have a good Thanks
giving dinner today. The husband has
been sick and unable to work. The fam
lily is one that has seen better DAYS in