New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-26
GOOD CHEER A-PLENTY.
BUT TURKEYS ARE FEW,
Thousands of Thanksgiving Dinners
for the Poor and Neglected.

and they enjoyed 81 TOO. II they did rub their
ears and wipe their eyes occasionally.
Thanksgiving is pre-emlnenty the day OF family
reunions and the transit facilities were unequal
10 the demand on them yesterday, particularly
toward evening New-England, the home Of the
original Thanksgiving. the mother OF Thanksgiving
turkey. mince ana 'punkn'' pies. retains her hold
on her children, the Grand Central Station
hIe6 al day with a vast. surging throng which
pushed and hustled good-naturedy. glad to be get
ting out OF the city. glad 10 see New-Englanc
again. particularly glad TO see It on Thanksgiving
Day. bore witness yesterday. All the NeW-Eng-
land trains late.
The Boston express. due 10 leave at 3 p. m.
about an hour late. Before its gate waiting pas
sengers stood patiently. too glad 10 be able TO so
AT all 10 complain because they weren't going on
time
The accumulation OF trunks and bags in the
baggage room was unusually large. while the col
lection OF bundles which the passengers carried
with them marvellous. Everything, from the
dainty box OF candy for Milady 10 the substantial
turkey, thinly disguised. there. From under
piece OF burlap flung over one mans arm came
plsntive ''AIeows" as the throng pushed him
about. Turkeys high we've got TO change
diet this trip" he laughed. and there were
many echoes OF 'EIassenpfefrer'' Every ferrybOat
was laden with its throng OF town people going
''out home for the holiday. They. too. were pre-
pared to celebrate the day in al its fulness, 70
3ucge by the packages they carried.
TURKEYS SCARCE AND DEAR
The markets Yesterday showed plainly the near
ness OF the holiday. Around each stan hurried and
swung jostling throag. intent providing for
the feast to-day. The thrifty housewives descended
on the markets early, foragfng as they came. Tur-
key. celery. cranberries. nuts and apples and
oranges-no one wanted 10 buy anything else yes
terday. There viii be many households without
the customary turkey this year. however, for deal
ers can't remember when there has been such
small supply, and withal so poor. Poultry
whole is dear but turkey-
The wet weather OF the summer. which acted dis
estrously upon many agricultural products, was
severe on the turkey crop. Formerly nearby coun-
Try farms IN New-Jersey. Long Island and New
England gave this market assurances OF fine tur-
keys. All suburban places, however. have in
creased IN population that the home market has be-
come quite as profitable q shipping Most OF
the shipments from the West are ice packed, and
this method does not give the birds an appetizing
appearance. Even the priced dry picked lots
much OF in appearance. Wholesale prices for tur-
keys IN fair order higher than the retail rates
that have ruled for many previous Thanksgiving.
In the market yesterday turkey ranged in retail
price from % cents pound 10 2s cents. and -
cents for unusually fine specimens. Duck was p
cents pound; chicken ranged from a cents to
Is cents.
bTincemest that other essential to the good old
Fashioned Thanksgiving dinner, comes nowadays
IN TN cans Its value does not huctuate. Pump
kins were almost an unknown quantity around
the markets. Pumpkin. too. comes IN tins or IN
equally hard covering direct from the bakers.
There IS no lack or cranberrfes. and apparently
this fruit finds much favor when eaten with
other poultry and meats OF ell kinds with tur-
keys
At any rate, there has been a large demand for
c-anberries since the opening % the West
ern people depend chiefly upon the East for cram
berry supplies. and began 10 call for the berries
early iu September. Hundreds Of carloads have
been forwarded TO the West and orders are now
coming FOR the Christmas market.
New-YorlI receipts this year are about one-third
larger than in 1902 amounting in round numbers
10 $4,000 bushels compared with 10000 last season
The poor and unfortunate VIII not be neglected
to-day. As in the past charitable institutions
VIII give dinners, and many wealthy persons Will
provide for the poor
DINNERS FOR THE POOR.
Dinners will be served at the following lodging
houses: Forty-fourth Street Boys Lodging House,
by Mrs. William Z. Dodge, jr; Elizabeth Street
Home for Girls. by ". Bsyard Cutting; Tompkins
Square Boys Lodging House by D Willis James:
West Side Boys Lodging House. by the estate Of
J. K. Oracle; Sixth Street Industrial School, by
Mrs. William Douglas Sloane.
At the Doycrs Street Mission there viii be
dinner for homeless men and women. and the same
organization VIII provide dinners for the children
and mothers Of the Hope Mission School the girls
who members Of the star OF Hope Club and
the poor women Of Chinatown.
Thanksgiving dinner viii be given by the Five
Points Mission 10 nearly a thousand children Of
lis o'clock. with programme Of songs. recita-
lions and other exercises
The Bowe-y Branch OF the Young Mems Christian
Association VIII give a dinner for five hundred men
II viii be served from Il,30 until O'Clock. Several
other branches of the Young Mems Christian AS
sociation viii also give dinners. The Nev-Yorlr
City Mission VIII send a great many dinners
homes
The Harlem Rescue Mission. at Third-ave. and
one-hUndred- and-twenty-fourth-st. Will feed at
least five hundred poor children. The five children
Of Mrs. Jacob Katzenberg. No So East Ffftieth-
st, VIII furnish sixty dinners 20 that number OF
poor families IN honor Of their mothers sxtieth
birthday
Mr. and Mrs. Simon Borg viii give dinner for
20 children Of the Emanuel Ssterhood OF Personal
Service al No sls East Eighty-second-st. in honor
OF their daughters wedding.
The Rev. Robert B. Kimber superintendent OF
the New-York Protestant Episcopal City Mission
Society, At no. IS Bleecker-st-, has arranged for
good cheer for the men prisoners at the Tombs
ana at the penitentia-y and workhouse on the
Island. Each prisoner Is 10 get a good cigar and
al orange IS reminders OF hanksgiving. At Gods
Providence House. in Broone-st. near the Bow
cry, one thousand turkey dinners viii be served.
and from the house three hundred turkey dinners
viii be sent 10 private families
Plentiful are Thanksgiving supplies for the pris-
oners in the various prisons and institutions OF the
city. Every inmate OF the workhouse city prison
penitentiary. jefferson Market court. West Side
Court. Tombs police court. Harlem court Essex
Market court and Morrisania court prisons will
have all that he Of turkey, chicken and
the Ike. with the grand finale Of mince ue This
IS the list OF supplies that has been stored: one
Thousand one hundred and sixty-six pounds Of tur-
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