New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-30
SPIRIT OF THANKSGIVING.
BASKET DINNERS TO MAKE HAPPY
THE POOR.
THOUSANDS OF POUNDS OF TURKEY AND
CHICKEN TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO-DAY
TO MAKE LIVES SUNNY
AND GLAD"


Much Of the spirit Of that first Thanksgiving
celebrated in the Indian summer Of 1921 the
bleak shores of Massa chusetts Bay holds good TO
this day. The Puritans had reaped their hrst mar
vest on American soil. and for this bounty OF the
fields they give thanks II was washington
who first suggested continuance OF day or
Thanksgiving but 1t President Lincoln in 1865
who converted what had been with few excep-
lions a purely New-England institution into Ma
tional festival Of rejoicing.
The city does not forget 10 bestow gracious good
cheer upon its pensioners. The Department OF
Charities will distribute to-day among Its nfteen
Institutions 3s1O pounds Of chicken. 772 pounds OF
turkey Z barrels OF apples SIS mince pies and "
quarts Of cranberries among the penal institutions
in New-York County. Similar places In Kings Will
get 600 pounds Of chicken 22 pounds OF turkey and
?O5 pies.
other large institutions that will provide Thanks
giving JOY are the Home for Crippled Children the
American Female Guardian Society, the Children's
Aid Society the Roman Catholic Protectory. the
Juvenile Asylum and the Mission Of the Immaculate
Virgin. on Staten Island.
In later years the spirit Of the day has come to
mean more than Just the expression OF thankful
ness for mercies received. People have learned
that
The best thing that hearts that are thankful
Cor iyes that are grateful and sunny and glad
To carry their sunshine to hearts that are sad
Philanthropic institutions open WIDE their ooors
.to feed the hungry and cothe the naked: people
OF wealth give freely OF their abundance to make
glad the hearts of the poor and needy.
SOME THANKSGIVING PREPARATIONS.
The Charity Organization Society will not hold
public dinner but each of its district branches has
taken up a special subscription and arranged for
the distribution OF basket dinners" TO the needy
families of the district. The Salvation Army will
try the same plan.
Among the Institutions that Will give dinners are
the Five Points House of Industry and the Chill
drens Aid Society which In addition TO the special
fare for its own charges gives dinner at each OF
its FIVE lodging houses.
The Horace Day Club Of the boys OF the Fourth
Avenue Presbyterian Church has provided dinners
for sixty destitute families. and the st. Andrews
Society will feed two thousand poor persons at NO.
a Grove ST.
Even the strangers at the gates will not be for
gotten during the season of general rejoicing. I'm
released immigrants Will be treated by the bureau
with Thanksgiving Day dinner on the steamer
Narragansett lying at the Ellis Island pier. There
will probably be thousand persons to feed.
The American Female Guardian Society and
Home for the Friendess will give its Thanksgiving
dinner to-day to the children under its care at
ercises in the chapel will be participated In by the
children
Mrs Frederick w Vanderbilt will give her usual
THANKSGIVING dinner to-day TO hundreds of news
boys bootblacks and other poor boys at New
port, Y. l.