The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-28
FEWER FOR CHARITY TO FEED.
PROSPERITY'S EFFECT SEEN AT
THE THANKSGIVING DINNERS.
Larger Portions for Those Who Did Come
Turkey and Other Good Things for
Ever, body, and n Any Went Hungry
twas Not the Fault Ut the CHARITABLE.

New York fed it, poor, It's sick and its
prisoners with it's customary iberality yes
terday. Beginning early IN the morning
good meals for the hoinel,-, were dispensed
at most Of the charitable institutions, aud
if a perSon went without his MI Of turkey,
cranberry sauce and the other plain hut
subSts tial food of the usual charity
Thanksgiving dinner h- he'd nobody to
blame but himself
While at some of the places where the
poor are fed free on Thanksgiving Day
about th. same number Of diners were re-
ported yesterday "a on former occasions,
others reported "A slight dimnution in the
number Of applicants. Al the Five Points
House of Industry, for example, where
nearly 400 homeless men have been fed
regularly in years past not quite thou
sand filed into the dining room Yesterday
afternoon TO eat the turkey. potatoes. tur-
nips aud pies that had been provided. The
line in waiting seldom extended over IA
block, whereas in some years il has street clled
two and three blocks
1T kind of looks as though some Of our
old visitors were getting square meals at
home this year" said one Of he managers
Last year We had al! We could handle Ii
must be prosperity. We've laid in about
the same amount of turkey, / .OOO pounds,
SO we're handing it out in larger port ions "
A lot of men. after they had eaten one
dinner at the House of Industry joined
the end of the line again later and got
another meal. There was no oh iect ion to
this yesterday, although there has been
some in years past. Besides feeding the
homeless mon as usual, the $50 children
who regularly live in the home had their
regular Thanksgiving dinner and an en-
tertainment aiterward Across the street
at the Five Points Mission nearly 800 chii-
dren and mothers were fed
At the Bowery Mission il was said that
the number of Thanksgiving dinner guests
seemed to be about the same, with possibly
a few more In other years.
The feeding of the multitude began az
the mission as early as 3 A. NJ, when the
mission threw open its doors to all those
who wanted breakfast About 5000 men
responded TO this invitation and il was
after o'clock before the last man had
finished his coffee and rolls At s O'Clock
in the evening the mission gave its regular
dinner To the homeless of the Bowery and
about Gao We're accommodated
Mrs. Bird. or Mother Bird" a. she il
called. who has been giving Sunday
night dinner at the mission for the last
ten years, gave the dinner in coniunct ION
with DR.. Louis klopsch Of the Christian
Hordld. The mission also distributed
twenty-five baskets Of good things, enough
to last week 10 that number of worthy
families.
The Bowery branch Of the Y. NJ G.. A. fed
yesterday about $40 men. 800 of whom are
temporarily living al the branch. Out
sidere had to get ticket and then Join he
line outside, which waited until the regular
boardcrs were fed Supt Honeyman eaid
that this year a decrease had been noted
in the number Of "hoboes" wanting to be
fed but that there was a large increase Of
respectable men.
Nearly every one OF them, said he, "ha va
told me that they ate their Thanks giving
dinner at home last year and these homes
have been IN little places all over the coun-
try. Within the Last year there has been
terrible influx here Of men Of a respect able
stamp who have been led here by the pages
of want" advertisements in our papers
and have given up situations aging s. a
week in factory towns. We give these men
the preference and | try to see every one
of them before they leave and tell them to
90 back home again.
Every diner at the Bowery branch re-
ccived a pound Of turkey with the other
good things. There was nothing To hinder
them getting another dinner down at the
mission in tho evening.
The regular dinner for the "newses Of
the city was provided 10y William Waldorf
Aston at the New-boys' Lodging House in
Duane street last nigh, nearly 2 so boys and
men were served, not to mention ten little
nIT u pl ,t Iii,
In TO secure their share of turkey, mnce
pies and all tho other good things that
60 to make up Thanksgiving dinner.
RandolphG uggenhcimer opened the fe-tiv-
tiles with n short speech promising To give
to each diner par OF warm gloves on New
retired, amid voci ferrous applause, small
boy, CRASHING long section Of gobbler
in his grimy hand, shouted: Say, you'se
fellers. give tree cheers fer our next Mayor"
The School for Crippled Children. at 4S4
West Fifty-seventh street, had a dinner
provided by Mr., Guggenheimer.
Dinner for about 100 young men who
couldn't get to their out-of-town homes
or had no homes to go to was served at
noon at the Madison Square Church Mission
House. Third avenue and Thir,ieth street.
The Rev. Dr. Parkhurst of the Madison
square PRESBYTERIAN Church asked the bless
ing and the young women of his church
acted as mattresses.
Seven hundred employees and CON
valescent patients at Bellevue Hospital
enjoyed the annual Thanksgiving dinner.
The guests had cause for rejoicing, be-
cause there were one hundred less TO feed
than last year and they hoped for larger
portions. They were not disappointed.
The hospital authorities provided JO3
pounds of turkey, ,ljOp pounds Of chicken, 200
pounds of pork. $40 pounds Of CRANBERRY US,
~ pounds of currants, 1875 pounds Of raisns,
POO punches Of celery, Is barrels of sweet
potatoes, n barrels Of apples, 8I barrels
Of parsnips, 10 barrels Of onions, A? barrels
OF carrots and lSS quarts of Ice cream.
Similar dinners were served AT Harlem,
Foreman, Go'lvernfur and Emergency
hospitals and at the City Lodging House.
The prisoners in the Tunls had cause
for Thank sgiving. too. Besides turkey,
chicken, IN nce pie and many other assert ed
features Of Thanksgiving dinner an exc
Cellent vaudeville performance was given
by volunteers OF consequence In the theat-
rical world
DINNER was served to the prisoners in
their cells and shortly after 2 O'Clock the
performance took place. All Of the pris-
oners. with the exception of the women.
children and "trusttos," remained In their
cells. The entcrta iners carried out tho
Programme on the bridge connecting The
tiers. Archibald Mckcnny. secretary to
commissioner Hyncs, was master of cere-
monies, and Mr., Hynes and Warden Van
de Carr witnessed the performance
Al the Montefore Home. l3sth street and
Broadway, an elaborate dinner was served
to the 2t5 patients in the institution. Pc
fore the dinner about $50 of the patients as
seinbled in the synagogue and listened To
"a hpr nd lNt hn Il, l..