Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-01
PEOPLE OF EVERY FAITH GIVE
THANKS FOR YEARS BLESSINGS


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dresses and music in the main hall.
The music seemed to quiet the boys
somewhat, but the addresses did little
good.
where Is My Wandering Boy To-
| night and like hymns quieted the
hungry spirits and proved that music
hath charms to soothe the savage
| breast"
The boys coming out from the dinlna
room did little good by teasing the
| hungry ones with tales of that which
was In store for them. The "tolkey"
dinner proved great success with the
boys, who represented all stages and
nationalities, from the little urchn
who can barely talk TO the older ones
| whose vocabulary of slang Is truly re-
| markable. Some were evidently bur-
dened with their glad rags" as they
expressed 1t, and many were noticed to
| quietly unbutton their vests. The
boys one and all voted the Volunteers
bully good people" and said the "toi-
key dinner couldn't be beat at the Van
| Nois."
At the Union Rescue mission a far
| different crowd gathered for the
| Thanksgiving dinner. About 1850. the
majority of whom were men, many of
them gray haired, waited patiently for
| five volunteer walters. many of whom
were prominent society people. Many
| of those participating in the dinner
served by the mission showed that at
one time they had been in better cir
cumstances, the humble but tasteful
dinner taking the place OF more sump-
| tuous repasts which had once been
| factors IN their lives. In various lit
| tie ways they showed they had been
| used to good society and assisted as
best they could those who waited upon
them. The mission had been bright
| ened and made homelike by potted
plants and cut flowers. From the noon
hour until late in the afternoon the
| hungry ones found n welcome await
| ing them and hearty handshake for
all. Superintendent Will Trotter, who
| has been away on a leave of absence
necessitated by i'll health, was pres
| ent and took charge of the dinner. The
various Protestant churches, who take
an active interest in the mission, as
sisted in furnishing the provision.
The service and dinner at Bethlehem
| institutional church partook of a fam
| lily nature. The Los Angeles Fellowship
| united in the service and dinner which
| followed, young men and women of
| the latter acting as walters. service
| was held in the church, at which adj
| dresses were made by Rev. Dana w.
Bartlett. pastor of the church; Benja-
min Fay Mills, minister of the Fellow
ship; Reynold E. Blight of the Fellow
ship and o. D. Conrey of Bethlehem
| church. The service was designated as
| a fellowship" affair and proved itself
| one long to be remembered by the par
| ticipants About 400 adults were served
at long tables, while the 100 children
| present had tables to themselves.
Sisters of Poor Busy
The Little Sisters of the Poor, cor
ner Twenty-ninth and Main streets.
served a bountiful dinner to thirty old
men and women, inmates of the home.
Good Mother Superior Dominic, who
| is in charge of the local institution,
has done much to bring it to its pres
| ent state of usefulness and has insti-
| tuted a plan whereby a wagon is sent
around to the hotels of the city daily
| to receive contributions of food and
clothing for the home. Many promi-
nent citizens have become interested in
the work and are assisting the sisters.
! At the Convent of the Good Shepherd
| a Thanksgiving dinner was served the
| girls and a general holiday observed.
The little orphans of the Boyle
Heights Orphans home were made
happy by a bountiful dinner and an
| afternoons outing at Hollenbeck park.
| The sisters in charge wish to ex-
I press their thanks to the benefactorS
who made the dinner possible.
/ The service at Christ Episcopal
| church partook of an old fashioned
harvest nome service. The church was
decorated with pumpkins, red peppers
| and bright-hued foliage. Long tables
were arranged in the vestbule, where
the gifts for the poor brought by men,
bers of the congregation were placed.
Later these gifts were distributed
among the various charitable organi-
| zations. A large number attended the
service, at which Rev. Baker p. Lee
| preached the sermon.