New-York tribune., 1901-11-28
HOW THE DAY WILL GO.
rHTRCH SERVICE. FOOTBALL. SPORTS
AND DINNERS AMONG THE WAYS
OF CELEBRATING THANKSGIVING.

OF CELEBRATING THANKSGIVING.
Bountiful dinners rest and recreation in count
less homes good cheer thousands of homeless
eonle o., -anv institutions the general closing of
business houses exchanges, schools and public DE-
partments. services in many churches ana a'tehc-
upon participation in outdoor sports VIII pe
some OF the observances of Thanksgiving Day IN
this city Probably the vast majority of people IN
NeW-York will spend tire day in quiet enjoyment
home. As usual. many will spend the DAY at oo
honesteads in New-England- There Will be INDOOR
amusements in plenty for those who remain IN the
city. the theatres give special maainees ana VIII
be open as usual in the evening.
The Department Of Charities has provided i,'ee
pounds Of chicken and many pounds of turkey for
Thanksgiving dinners Of which some hundreds Of
pounds of turkey and 1,l5e pounds of chicken nave
been set apart for Bellevue Hospital alone One
thousand pounds of turkey will go 10 the City Lodg-
irc House 500 pounds OF turkey and 1000 pounds
% chicken 10 the City Hospital. and $500 pounds
OF chicken and 1856 pounds of turkey TO the Aims
house. go pounds Of chicken and $50 pounds of
turkey the Metropolitan Hospital and l92S
pounds Of chicken and 40 pounds of turkey TO the
institutions Randalls Island With the poultry
viii he ali the rest OF the ingredients Of 4
good Thanksgiving Ginner Including cranberry
sauce fruit and pastry.
In the Department Of Correction there will he
provided 935 pounds of turkey. 1920 pounds of
chicken and / $50 pounds Of salt pork. There will
also be provided sixty-one quarts of cranberres,
fifteen barrels Of apples and $40 mince pies Kings
County prisons and the prisons in the other hor-
ouehs will have their share of good things. There
will be entertainments at the Kings County Peni-
tentiary the penitentiary Blackwells Island and
In the Tombs.
Several of the charitable institutions Of the city
viii have special services. well as Thanksgiving
dinners. for the inmates to-day Among them is
the Five Points House of Industry, in North-St-
The children there Will have musical service,
drills and plays. beginning at p. m.
Among the church services will be union
Thanksgiving service in the morning at the Madi-
Avenue Presbyterian Church in which the
Madison Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church. the
First Reformed Episcopal Church and the Epiph-
any Baptist Church Will participate. The sermon
there will be preached by the Rev. DR.. Howard L.
JoneS.
In the Old First Church. Fifth-ave. and Tenth
ST. the services viii include the reading OF
original poem by Rossiter Johnson. the president OF
the board OF trustees and an address the char
4cter and work Of President Mckinley by General
Stewart l. Woodford- Professor Carl has arranged
In an old fashioned THANKSGIVING service at
the music will be taken mainly from the oratoTio
At the Collegiate Church Twenty -1linth-st and
Fitth-ave there viii be union service IT II a m
iesifIe LII ChIrcI az ana m III Zi
Three West Side churches are to combine in a
service at the Park Presbyterian Church. AmsteT-
dam-ave. and I1iShty-sixth-st.
Avenue Reformed Church, and the Rev Dr.
A E SChaufficr will preach
The service at St Johns chapel OF TRINITY ,, par
sh is 10 be at lo:5o a m and the Key fhlip A
II. Brown viii preach
Thanksgiving services will be held at the Harlem
Baptist Church. One-hundred-an -tTenty-t -third-st.
between Second and Third at II d m The
RGy " A s iasca the PaStor will Pre- pTeac4i 3iica+
2 Christ Church.
National and Civic Blessings will be the topic
Of the Rev. Or. George r. Van De Water in ST.
Andrews Church. Harlem, the service being at
1880 a. m. instead OF II d. m -
attention Of many New-Yorkers to-day are the fol-
lowing:
FOoTBALI-Carlisle Columbia Polo Grounds: Cornell
~ Ttig-ci-1 = T5.stee,er IS1cI9ester: T,ennsvl-
rania Buffalo. Buffalo. Dickinson vs Ilafay-
Brooklyn High School Polytechnic Preparatory
school
soIF-I-aleyood open Van Cortland finals
cap: ozIIard cut handicap; Hsrbor IIil rnized four
han3icap: Flushing. rounds for Captains CUP:
!nnis Arden. club handicap Jersey oiiE nHSl , 1Ya.
Dyker Neaco~. club laiidiii =. 80 -,
handicap: taltusrol club handicaP; Morris
for men and and driving competition: Fox
Hills Championship for Armstrong medal crescent
lair club handicape FOR and women: Richmond
Hin four hall foIrSonle; ATdsiey. mixed foursomes
NIINfAJ Ms@a2S e. NeT 5I2 Boon lt nr 10 a. m: hunt
breakfast Heathcote, country sea; u MT. aeon
2:3o ?. m
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Yesterday two thousand turkeys were given away
10 the uoor Of East Side the milk depot OF
Nathan StraYs at No. u Avenue c The hour Tor
the distribution vas fixed at j. n but long ne
ore noon A thousand men. women and chldcen fidu
formed in line and waited for the doors az the milk
7auot TO be swung open. The agents OF MI o1rdnN.
No have heer dealing with the poor OF the East
side for many wears had given blue tickets to those
ertfled to a turkey But the afternoon wore on
seI-e-aI Thousand persons who had no tickets
formed in line and pushed and fought TO get nearer
The denof II was not long before the police of the
iior Va~ler station were informed and the
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