New-York tribune., 1905-11-30
YANKEE FEAST DAY HERE
POOR FED And HELPED.
sReEgiouS Exercises and Sports to
Maintain Ancient Traditions.

; The Thanksgiving Day programme for TINS ci'y
; la possibly more extended than ever DeIoie- =,
unusually large number of religious 1neetlles - ~
BE- held. There Will be numerous dinners "Leie
the poor may eat their fill of turkey and mlhce
pie. The lovers OF athletic sports viii have an op-
rortun;tv TO witness football games, cross-couhlIy
running and various other contests Inc "edtAe-
prophecy is for fair day, but decidedly coideI'
one of the largest meetings of the day will be at
Carnegie Hall this afternoon, when there VIII Dc q
celebration OF the 250th anniversary OF the settls
of the Jews in the United States Among me
many speakers will be ex-President Grover CleNe
Io,6 Governor Higgins Mayor Mcclellan and
Bishop Coadjutor Greer. The musical programme
viii be under the direction of Frank Damrosoh.
There viii be many union church services out
probably the largest viii be that at the Presby-
tsrisn Church Of the Puritans where there will be
= union service of ten of the largest churches n
Harlem. The sermon will be preached by the Rev.
Charles J. Young
The Central Labor Union Of BROOKLYN VIII attend
IN body the services in the Arlington avenue
PRESBYTERIAN Church. Brooklyn. Instead Of ser
mon nv the pastor Michael J. Flaherty Coroner
and sherih-elect. and Charles Frederick Adams.
secretary-elect Of the borough, viii be in charge
Of the exercises.
~ the Hebrew Orphan Asylum. Amsterdam-ave
and 136th-st there wifi be elaborate programIne
including dress parade by the inmates Of the in
stitution in the morning.
The Rev. Merle st Croix Wright will deliver
lecture on The Social Teachings of John Rushin,
AZ
15th-st.. at $50 ,. m
The Spanish war veterans will have big re-
union at the Palm Garden. 5sth-st near Lexington
ave, this evening. Nearly all the local military
organizations viii be present Il. y =. ...-
There is no reason why any one should 90 hungry
to-day. for many organizations have made ar
rangeRents to furnish a liberal supply of turkey
TO all applicants. The Salvation Army will give
its usual dinners at many places At the Five
Points Mission, No. g Park-st the ntty-nIlh
annual dinner viii be served.
The sailor men have not been forgotten, for the
See mems Christian Association, No. 399 West
et. has made preparations TO serve out rations
to four hundred salts" and it viii not be gov
ernment whack." either.
Even the latest arrivals in the United States will
taste Of Americas Thanksgiving Day hospitality,
for big dinner will be served at the United States
immigration station at Ellis Island
The usual turkey dinners viii be given to the
newshoys at o'clock tonight at the Newsboys'
Lodging House. No. Il New-Chambers-st Super
intendent Heig said last night that he expected
- fteen hlnd5ed would be FED Five hundred pounds
! Lha1asglVlng @ q dinner provided for the newsboyS
kept up since her death by her husband, who,
7ho1gh living abroad. continues the custom 2
At the I,udlow-st. Jail snerif Erlanger will en-
fSsL dir5er piLsr ~ 81 Li ne second I9ankSg1vlns
9IInptuous affair and the only regret of sherif
vii not be able TO serve glass of wine to each
Four thousand persons in this city will receive
their dinner to-day from the Episcopal City Mission
Society. Five hundred bags. each containing a
turkey and the conventional accompaniments
were sent out yesterday. The principal scene of
the City Missions activity viii be at Gods Provi-
dence House, Nc $50 Broome-st., where in the
afternoon 1.a0 homeless men and women will en-
JOY as good dinner did any of those who start
ed the custom The Bowery Mission will dis
tribute, usual, boUnteous supply of good things
10 the poor Of the East Side. -r--a.
The ragamuffin parade of the children to-day will
probably be greater and more varied than ever be-
fore. This peculiar local custom has to a large
extent heretofore been confined to the children who
hon ar11aI Ia
dealers in masquerade costumes say the home
made get up" is beginning be a thing of the
past. Thew say that they have only sold an
unusual number Of childrens costumes, but have
sold many TO grown ups particularly IN tho
various thicIly settled German districts.