The age-herald., 1901-11-27
POOR ID BE MADE GLAD BY HELPING HAND OF CHARITY United Charities Receiving De- nations of Good Things for
 Thanksgiving Dinners MERCY HOME, HOSPITALS Many Institutions Soliciting Ald-Din- ner to Be Prepared for Inmates
 of the Boys Indus
 trial Farm.
MERCY HOME, HOSPITALS

Thanksgiving Day in Birmingham will emphasize that spirit of good cheer, that spirit of generosity that always charac- terizes the holidays, and the scenes to be enacted tomorrow will be like a cur tain raiser to the gladder holiday times that come to rich and poor alike.
 For at Thanksgiving and at Yuletide there is something In the atmosphere that makes the prosperous world pause and look about at the unfortunate ones that less prosperous world to which Thanksgiving seems but a name.
 There will be thousands of homes made brighter tomorrow through the efforts of many persons who realize that Thanks giving means thought for others. There will be hundreds of people who will do little acts of kindness those little indi- vidual things that may seem very small in their own eyes, but are great in the eyes of the unfortunate ones. There is always so much of private charity that the papers need not refer to this side of Thanksgiving It Is sufficient to know that from every bountifully- prepared din- ner for Thanksgiving Day there will go heavily-ladened baskets to some humble cottage.
 And for those who desire to observe Thanksgiving by responding to the ap- peals made by the United Charities, the Mercy Home and the charity hospitals, these organizations will receive dona- tions and attend to their proper distri- button.
 Receiving Donations.
 Today and Thanksgiving a committee of women will receive donations at the office of the United Charities, in Second avenue. Mrs. J. E. Torrey. the president of this society, has made an appeal for contributions of all kinds, money, cloth Ing and provisions.
 The goods things will be distributed from the headquarters of the society on Thanksgiving Day.
 Mrs. Johnson, the superintendent at the office of the United Charities, said yes terday that nearly a hundred persons were provided with a substantial dinner on last Thanksgiving day through the medium of the United Charities. In addi- ton to the donations sent by individuals, the Paul Hayne and Henley schools al- ways send contributions.
 The merchants and confectioners are always generous and through the United Charities assist in the work Of distribu- tion.
 Tt is best that many of the donations be sent to us on Wednesday," said Mrs. Johnson yesterday. There is such crowd at the office on Thanksgiving morning that we are always glad to be provided with contributions so as to pre- vent rush at the last minute.
 ''The office will remain open most of Thanksgiving Day. and a committe will be here to receive the contributions as long as they come in. We will be glad, however, if many of the donations could reach us today and we will then be prepared to fill the baskets as early as the people bring them to us.
 We do not undertake to visit the va- rious homes to where basket of good things will be sent, but the contributions are distributed as the people come to our headquarters for them.
 Work at Mercy Home.
 Mrs. Ramsey, the matron at the Mercy Home, and a committee of wom- en will receive donations today and to- morrow and Thanksgiving dinner will be provided for the women and children at the Home.
 The charity hospitals will have dona- tion day. At the free kindergartens there will be Thanksgiving celebrations and the season will be made the hap- piest Thanksgiving in Birminghams his tory,
 C. D. Griffin, superintendent of the Boys Industrial School. announces that donations for Thanksgiving dinner at the boys farm may be sent to the Bell Tel ephone Exchange not later than o'clock Wednesday afternoon.