New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-25
A WARM THANKSGIVING.
TEMPERATURE 4 RECORD.
Ho7c the Day Vas Observcd-TSco
Kinds Of TkankfuIncss.

With four years Of Mckinney Roosevelt p-os-
perity behind. aad four Years OF Roosevelt PROS
psrity ahecG, brand Eew subway which. lad
ads" or good fair air foul is an unmIstaS-
able blessing. pc-fect weather, crystal clea- and
cool not cold the average Thau6ssiyi1s reie-
h'aut yesterday felt thlJ il was cood 10 be an
American citizen Hviag in Ne,,-iorI. In ac-
cord;inre With custom. wauv devoted the day
20 outdoor sports. and thousands Of children
masquerddcd IN the streets, footing horus and
soliciting pennies.
70 was .ose oc tae varIn>st TIA l'tsciyins DAYS
that New York has seen IT, severed years. The
average teruuera tu~e vos 50 q. E-crs. against
- IN I.t.,.
Many persons had Ief. sew overnight 20 share
i'm snug country house p-r les. The various
trarSrorratto.. lines carry ,nS record numHes
cf 'r.sseEgels Fer jhcsr ,vno reIHs'uc5 there
Uarc special sc;t.s,s in the chCrcees Of U-tv'y
all denominations with el.,hora;~ musical pro-
fr;,lu,neS IN addition 90 holding shore services.
maay charitabIf' institutions entertained chs
children OF the poor. and, what was more 70 he
point served thousands Of free dinners to ras
needy So. too did various jajis and hos-
pitfalls 81 the greater city.
Ellis Island was closed to frDuigr7rtS and IS
2 result more than 10000 wouid-he ciJizeas gave
thanks the regulation steamship fare
While restaurant orches-ras and aIl theatres
| watch gave specia! us9Jtuees for tEe occasion
played 10 bumper audiences. and thousands
shared in the athletic sports. every household
seemed TO shelter It's maximum membership OF
kirh and kin. ana countless happy reunions
were to be Witnessed over the Thanksgiving
board.
But when it is announced that so many
pounds of turkey were distributed. so many
pereunialIy hungry mouths were for once fed.
however excellent the custom and the prompts
| ing spirit, were all things thereoy saidc
is Uncle sam carving a gobbler." asked ths
inquiring spirit. "the best device available for
the escutcheou of the dayc"
Are safety and physical conteutment- IL
quired the captious one, the real toucastones ot
progressive prosperity. and the best earnest ot
it's future hopes"
There is a thauksgjver," he explained, who
with pair Of jewel plastered thumbs locked
tight across a generous bosomed shirt. comedies
with grudging reluctance that he is the owner
of an elegant, unrnortGaged house. Of n safe flu
of gilt edged securities. get hopes for nothing.
fears for nothing; but like the Pharisee of Old.
thanks his God that he is not like other men.
There is another kfn5 that. badled and beaten
or hungry maybe. and houseIess and cold. with
A free lunch below his gullet and black cigar
| between his teeth gives fun throated thanks
that he is alive and that there is ever a fighting
chance anead.
knowing that the discomfort % safety IS %
| the basest sort. the sympathies Of The farsight
ed range themselves rather or the side of the
second thanksgiver. If he knows the glorious
eageruess of pursuit. and how far actual pos
session falls short OF it, for him there IS st.I
much hope, but for the sleek. satisfied cynfc no1s
at all
II is safe TO assert then. that Thanksgiving
expresses itself only in terms of the thanks-
gtver. NonetheIess. the eternal SruutIirG hat.
be conditions never So prosperous is i0vdria-
bly, heard at Thanksgiving should NOT be inter-
preted as any criterion of discomfort Wta
many-with, alas! the majority perh7ps-sruai-
bling is a lawful prerogative. to be INDUCED
III especially by those who have best cause for
thanks 1t is mere wind a-bloWi1S IN the tree
tops, and has no whit more significance
1t is an interesting fact that amOuE the newly
arrived immigrants who would appear 90 havs
small reason for cougratUlatio-. except the
golden avenues now opened to their effort. this
discomfort IS nOticeabiy absent It may have
been Oriental philosophy, bur certain II was
that the Turk slipped his arrack and dreamed
dreams in the smoke Of MS hUbbie-bubble yes
terday. untroubled by shadow HlS case was
typical
There was one variety Of grumbling on the
part of the foreign born. however. that many
citizens found il difficult 10 refer to with calm
pulseS Reference 3 here made To the fairly
se+tIed roraf,-n r7aIcorteut and 20 his shame 10
it said. he is generally of European birth He
was one of those Who perpetuaHy beUaI 20
friend and foe alike of better days across
the sea. 1t might be true. as he said. that
he had fOrsworO the velvet OF nobHlty y
might be true ne led YOU 20 infer. that IN
cousentinS 10 become an American citizen hs
had conferred q prif-iNSS favor on tne lana q
his adoption a favor that could never be repaid
Instances were not wanting. however, that
s1IcT g one had formerly earned livelihood aS
n ..e,aT+1er,aE,'s centIeIua2' or even by deIvius
painfully with a shovel IN the sand In any
case i'm view Of the 1udISputaole faCt that IA
Vas now 4 prosperous merchant, the tempta-
t,oT y, suggest that SO only, even less.
would enable him to sail to his own again was