New-York tribune., 1906-11-30
lLI,HAPPY BUT TURKEY
BIRDS DEATH RATE HUGE
R1ght, Crisp Weather Whets
Thanksgiving Appetites.

.,s5 with real enjoyment by hundreds or
.,erds of New YoriSers yesterday by getting
l,o the glorious sunlight that flooded the
oat dev and battling with the stiT and biting
..s II was one OF the coldest days of the fall.
Wv ~ the finest for people who wanted to
>. o,en air exercise. feel their blood tingle and
e.. malaria blown out OF their systems.
rho dsy dawned with a clustering gale and
,-.-;rg cold that slammed the shutters and
.as aarlv risers step lively. There was per-
-.,hIa falling Of the temperature after the sun
.iob and the gale abated somewhat but no.
:, toun5 winter overcoats and heavy wraps
so--abIe out Of doors. The wind was still
- on6 cold when the calm full moon re-
rIsced the sun.
,rbsnksgiving services in many city churches
,-o well attended in the morning, and thou
.,5s who were tempted TO taste of the enjoy
D.I, weather by going 10 the services took long
rss on the way home. There was a particu-
,,,,v large attendance at the crypt of the Ca
..s-aI Of St John the Divine. where Bishop
,o.,Ar conducted the annual corporate commun-
- ~ The New York Local Assembly of the
r-,,be-.ood of St Andrew. Bishop Potter
-rs,s,sd by Bishop Greer and the clergy of the
cathedral,
a. CT Patrick's Cathedral there was large
attendance az each of two services The SER
o, 81 the 10 o'clock service preached by
,,,,s,enor James H. Mclean. His subject was
Christian charity
Mr.. HUGHES AT HEBREW ASYLUM.
-o,e-nor-elect and Mrs. Hughes took an auto
obile ride in the forenoon TO the Hebrew Or
,bsn ASYLUM, AT Amsterdam avenue and 136th
s-,set where they were entertained witnessing
drir Of the cadet regiment of the institution
snS inspecting the place. Thousands of other
ysw Workers were out in automobiles and car
-sges an endless procession Of which passed
s,onr the Riverside Drive and through Central
Park all day.
In the early hours of the forenoon all trains
leaving the city were crowded with New York
ers who going TO country places up the
state into New England TO distant parts OF
New Jersey to eat Thanksgiving dinners at
family homesteads. The departing thousands
we're not missed by the remaining multitudes,
who found real enjoyment of the holiday in the
city.
Ths practice Of making Thanksgiving Day a
tine Of home enjoyment has been increasing
rather than diminishing in the city There were
comparatively few homes in town yesterday in
which feaxting not in order. Even New
Tonkers Of foreign birth have taken kindly to
turkey and pumpkin pie as fitting aids to OBJ
serving the holiday
There has been yearly increase also of the
p-actice Of making the holiday one of generous
giving TO the poor. More well-to-do people
every year learn that no enjoyment is keener or
better than that Of making other people happy,
and they get It at Thanksgiving by providing
The means Of feasting and other comforts for
the poor. Much Of the giving at THANKSGIVING
s In secret, however and thousands of yester-
oays generous gifts will never be known to
the public
STREET PARADES FEWER
There seemed to be decrease Yesterday Of
The parading by children in masks and fantastic
oress In the streets. This was particularly true
IL me best residence parts Of the city. The
'shss Of the various bands of rangers" who
io'nerly procured police permits for parades
IN NE streets at Thanksgiving have been thinned
IN recent years, and yesterday few such parades
were observed
ABOUT seven thousand persons in the citys
institutions had Thanksgiving dinners served to
mem yesterday IN keeping with the we'll estab-
'sheo custom. The jority of them were in
lne aimshouse and the Metropolitan Hospital. on
DlHck"elIs Island A little extra tobacco and
huhe extra tea were served with the turkey
sld hxings' 70 the old men and women in the
anshouse. while at the hospital the diet was
MADE as bountful as the doctors permitted
~ the Tonbs turkey dinners and pie regaIed
'He regular prisoner. Harry K. Thaw's dinner
" supplied by an outside caterer The Bar
'sS oe Massey" accused of Staying Broad
"a' merchant, had 10 be satisfied with the fare
s e-'eo 70 the other prisoners, as no friend sent
dainties TO her
a. the Manhattan State Hospital on Wards
asho the insane patients ate bountiful turkey
efs and were permitted TO receive visits
tneir relatives. AT all the hospitals in the
10y ue day was made one of feasting for the
so iar as was possible with safety.
DINNERS FOR POOR FAMILIES
IRON their headquarters in Cooper Square
folunteers Of America sent Thanksgiving
e1s 10 about five hundred poor families
o.nner was ready for eating and sufficient
1anlliy OF I'VE persons A chicken and
"eeh other articles of food were placed in
Dag sent from the headquarters and the
We're instructed to see that all the din
-. reached the families TO be fed not merely
's't al houses
eight hundred poor persons had free
st.. s' he Municipal Lodging House, In 23d
near First avenue. At the Bowery Mis-
noa. nearly One thousand dinners were given to
s people who We're willing to take the din
=. ~ heir homes and eat them there
N' He Five Points House of Industry dinners
- gwen 10 about one thousand homeless
p,U - VINO Went there and remained IN line
tsr.s could be served in relays. All the
ulv hao to be eaten on the premises, and
He hundred persons could be admitted at
Ii, 90 me line OF ragged. shivering men OH
tsnoo at one time stretched TO the dis
:" block from the institution
oo ~. IA dinner was given to strangers who
Il. p,e nave the price of a meal yesterday at
cb,,s,,-' sloe branch OF the Young Mans
tbs - association, IN West 9th street In
PUBLIC. was a concert free TO the