St. Paul daily globe., 1895-11-29
THE POOR WITH Us
THEY ARE WELL REMENIBERE
BY THE CHARITABLY IN
CLINED.
MANY THANKFUL FAMILIES.
COLLECTIONS IN THE CHURCHES
FOR THE MORE UNFORTU-
NATE MILL CITIZENS.
IN THE SHADOW OF DEATH.
Inmates of the Jail Feast In the
Big Execution X.
Room. ..

Thanksgiving always brings with
it, in addition to the joy and the
happiness that marks it everywhere,
thoughts that are sad and some
times bitter. 1t is always a hollow
mockery to some. Happy tireSldeS
are not to be found everywhere.
There will ever be many who look
with hungry eyes upon the feast
that the rich in luxury partake of,
while they shiver by the ashes of
their humble home, without the
warmth and the gladness that should
make them happier. Thanksgiving
day, therefore, brings with it also
the opportunity to do much more
than to merely enjoy the bounty of
a joyful festival beside the blazing
hearth. 1t brings with it the privilege
to spread comfort and joy among
the less prosperous sons of men, to
bring food TO the hungry and cloth
ing to the poor and medicine to the
sick.
The associated charities has al
ways tried to make Thanksgiving a
day Of Thanksgiving in reality to all.
This year was not an exception.
That praiSWorthy institution spared
no efforts to spread all over the city
where there We're any poor and
needy ones the necessities of life,
food and clothing and money. Sew
eral wagons were kept busy all day
yesterday by the associated chari-
ties gathering the offerings of the
school chilren, which are made ev-
cry year at the various schools in
the city. Yesterday afternoon near
ly all of the school offerings had
been collected, and a large room at
the associated charities headquar-
ters was filled with all kinds Of
things, potatoes, cabbage, onions, all
sorts of vegetables, food, clothing
Of every description, turkeys, meat,
bread and pies, and, in fact, nearly
everything that can be thought of in
the way of food and clothing. The
entire room full of good things was
given to the poor this ThankSgiv-
ing by the little children of the pub
lie schools of the city. There is
enough on hand to keep the employees
of the institution busy for three
days to come in distributing it to
the poor of Minneapolis.
Mr.. Fay, manager of the associat-
ed charities, was busy all day yester-
day, and found very little time to
devote to himself or his own house
hold. He was overseeing the dis
tribution of food and clothing. It
is said that there have new
er been so many cases Of
deserving poor people as this
fall. Last Thanksgiving there were
less demands for help from deserv-
ing ones than this year, and, on the
other hand, more has been collected
this last year, and much more has
been distributed about the city. The
greatest efforts have been made to
get the names of every deserving
poor person in Minneapolis, and a
great many such have been cared for
in contributions of food and clothing,
wood, and also in money. No one
section or community has a claim
to the greatest number of people.
The churches yesterday received
contributions for the associated
charities, and considerable is ex-
pected from this source, although
the school offerings supply the larger
part of the contributions received by
the associated charities.