The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-25
FEAST FOR NEWSBOYS
TT WAS TENDERED YESTERDAY
HI THE PALACE CLOTH
ING COMPANY
HALF A THOUSAND WERE FED
TheY Had Royal Dinnes in the
Ryan Annex, and They Were Not
Adverse to Demonstrating Their
Satisfaction With the Spread
That Was Set Before Them by
q Generous Hoat,


q Generous Host.
Without doubt the most hilarious
thanksgiving dinner IN the city yes
terday was eaten IN the store of the
Palace Clothing company, corner Of
Robert and Seventh streets. In the
vacant store next door to the store of
the Palace Clothing company, and now
the property of that company, to be
opened In few days as a clothing de-
partnent Tor boys and children. 45O
neWSboys seated themselves yesterday
TO sumptuous Thanksgiving dinner.
provided by the Palace Clothing COM
pany. Inc purveYor was Manager G.
H. hIope, OF the Merchants hotel, who
had commission from the company
10 save no expense to have everything
Men got up ana Mr. kibbe provided to
Ine hearts satisfaction of the boys.
LIE dinner hour was Il o'clock, and
as the boys focked in crowds Of citf-
z9ns began to gather around the door
ana press the policemen to get look in
on the lions as they fed. Six rows of
tables were drawn from end to end of
the room, neatly covered with the
olshes and Vtands arranged as they
would be in a family mansion. The
! heWspoys were somewhat obstreperous
secure a place at the front set of ia
| bles, and broke through the ordinary
rules or sitting down at a dinner table
70 the extent of jumping over the ia
PIE IN some cases, but the equanimity
Oh the more sedate guests among the
neWsooys did not seem to be offended
/ by so small breach Of table decorum
| The boys were fattered by the pres
ence of Mrs. McDavitt, Mrs. Fulton,
| Mrs. L. {. Jones, Mrs. L. G. Hoffman,.
Mrs. Booth, Mrs. Moss and other
ladies, who moved about among them
and whispered in their ears from time
to time some kind and useful things. 1t
was amazing with what rapidity the
turkey and pie and the other good
things disappeared Cries for more
supplies arose, butgMr. Kibbe was equal
TO the occasion and had ample supplies
on hand to assuage the most capacious
appetites.
Rev. John Sinclair, First Presby-
terrain church, had been asked to give
thanks and say "a word to the boys.
| The reverend gentleman got I'D on a
seat for the purpose, but it took him
and Manager L. G. Hoffman, several
minutes before they got the buzz of
noise quoted in such degree that he
! could be heard. After thanks he said
few words to the boys on the sub
! ject of Thanksgiving gratitude for all
| the Lords gifts and then called for
| thanks to the Palace Clothing company
for the turkey dinner. The boys sprang
to their feet and gave several yells and
! hand clippings that could be heard for
blocks distant
Only about 800 could be seated at the
/ first tables and the policemen on duty
/ at the door had a lively time with the
! other $50 while the first set were being
{ served. The second set had seemingly
! a-b
! siderable extent before they got in, for
! 1t was an easy thing then for the
| clergyman to get the last Corners called
! TO order and listen to what he had to
! say. RydeT's mandolin orchestra, too,
j got a hearing after that.
/ Patrolrnen Mccormick and Fillingim
4 had been detailed 10 preserve order at
{ the affair, and to assist them Detec-
( tives Wells and DAILY were added as
/ precautionary measure
When the doors were opened there
/ was mad rush such as only occurs
at events of this kind, and the police
/ were swept aside like box of matches
/ in cyclone.
! Into1the dining hall the boys swept
with shouts. The theory of the serv-
! ing of the dinner was that the boys
/ would partalze of the spread in courses
| The menu, as arranged, was like this:
/ Raw Oysters.
| Oyster Soup
| Roast Turkey. Cranberry Sauce.
| Potatoes. Celery. Turnips.
| Mince Pie. Coffee. Fruit.
! In order to facilitate the serving Of
| the dinner the raw oysters, pie and
! fruit had been placed at each plate, the
| pTogra ANNE having been arranged so
| that after the oysters had been disposed
/ of soup was to be served and then the
! other courses.
| The boys changed ALI the plans in a.
moment after reaching the dinner ia
! bles. Each one of the diners as quickly
as he could reach a chair at the table
! seized and ate his piece of pie and then
reached for the fruit. The DESSERT part
| of the dinner being disposed of and
the wooden pie plattsFs scaled around
| the hall, the guests turned to the raw
/ oysters, and then as fast as ten walters
! could supply them finished the soup,
I turkey and vegetables and coffee.
| Ryder's mandolin orchestra had been
/ secured to discourse music during the
dinner. The musicians did their best
! but only those within a foot of the Or
! chestra could hear the music and then
{ CulB at intervals. The boys cheered
/ for the Palace Clothing company, then
they cheered for the music, then for the
nlince pie, ard between the cheers they
cheered 70 hear themselves cheer.
The breaking Of wishbones was a
! signal that dinner was over. There
{ were clear marks Of gratitude to the
: Palace Clothing company stamped on
the happy faces of the boys as they
! left, some singing, some whistllng and
some, at the pitch.of their voices, Shout
, ing: "HuFrah for the turkey"
! The treasurer of the Palace Clothing
J company. Mr.. d. Simon, was present
all the time, and entered, like boy,
into the spirit of the gathering. Il was
/ once a poor boy myself he said. land
can have a fellow feeling with those
boys. Our company are going to open
I this room, as soon as we can get the
workmen out, as a department. for the
sale of boys clothing, and the COM
pany thought that the room could not
be dedicated to its work in a better
way than by gathering together the
new boys of st. Paul, most Of whom do
not have a good dinner every day, and
making them happy on Thanksgiving
day by a turkey feast. The ST. Paul
+ people have been passing kind to us in
+ their patronage in the few weeks we
have been here, and we wish to show,
/ in the beginning of our career, cur de-
( sire, as a firm, to cooperate with all
! the good people in every good and char
/ table work that We may find going on
at all times in the city"
Merchants hoteLz Chef Gus Smith and
a CORPS of ten walters from the hotel
/ dispensed the viandssa
The boys made away with twenty
gallons Of oysters, twenty-five gallons
I OF oyster soup, thirty underground
/ turkeys. $50 raince pies, fifty gallons Of
coffee, 500 apples and, oranges, to say
nothing of the bread, Celery. dill pickles
! and vegetables y