Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-30
MANY THANKSGIVING DINNERS
ARE SERVED
Poor Families are Remembered by
Institutions Of Los Angeles
Newsboys CIamor for
Dinner


Thanksgiving dinner by the Volunteers
of America i'm the reading room at the
rear of the hall of the headquarters on
East First street Rev. Mr.. Barr was
endeavoring to entertain the boys.
"These hungry boys crowded into
the hail." continued Rev. Mr. Barr,
"who had been waiting their turn at
the tables, and have been simply un-
manageable at times. 1 have been try
ing, by telling stories and singing to
them, to keep them somewhere within
bounds. l even invited a little fellow
whom / noticed could sing pretty well
up beside me on the platform to help
lead his companions"
The only name the boy could give of
himself was "Himy," and his child
like voice was a great contrast to the
strong vocal strains of Rev. Mr.. Barr
in singing the familiar strains of
America"
Many Volunteer Aid
Major and Mrs. W. NJ. Hughes, at
the head of the Volunteers here, had
charge of the affair, with an abundance
of helping people who volunteered their
services.
Herbert e. Green, captain of post No.
1, and wife, who were recently con-
nected with the Union Rescue mission,
took prominent parts, assisted by other
officials and members of the post.
Among the large number of helpers
were Mr.. and Mrs. ]. P. Burgher and
A. c. A. Kuester, the latter of whom
was obliged to show much skill and
persuasion i'm the midst of the raven
Gus boys to keep them from running
over themselves and the adults who
were in charge.
At one time the boys became so un-
manageable that policeman inter-
fered, but his lusty voice and per-
suasion were useless against the wild
tumult of the urchins, who conspired
to throw paper balls at his head and
committed various other little pranks
before "de cop' decided that he pre-
ferred the more quiet prospects of his
beat on the outside.
stampede for the Tables
The long time intervening for the
boys to wait their time served to make !
them almost uncomfortable mobs as
they stampeded to the tables. They
pressed with such force against the
partition as to nearly collapse the Sec
tion.
1t was a continuous round of serving !
the little fellows from 11:30 a. m. to I
430'p M, until over 800 hungry mouths |
were satisfied with 500 pounds of turkey |
and other good things.
ReV. MT. 1dTE eAtEClStu IluSI lldl-
ural tact in keeping the boys under
the control that could not have other
wise been accomplished. He was ably
assisted by the rendition of songs and
various aids in the strenuous work be-
fore them. Mrs. S. J. Prayer of Chicago
and Miss Ida Zimmerman presided at
the piano.
When the word was given for the ta-
bles to be refilled the yelling ceased
InT
made like a band of frightened sheep.
When the tables were filled the rear
urchins were forced back into the seats
of the hail. and their faces marked keen
disappointment, and howl arose.
"Repeaters" Present
Then it was that Rev. Mr.. Barr put
forth his best efforts to pacify them
with his songs and stories, and with the
excitement of shouting, yelling and
whistling the songs with much discords
they seemed to forget their disappoint-
ment for time.
One of the boys expressed himself in
this fashion:
Gee, but 1 fought we had a big
feed last Thanksgiving here, but this
ere one is a buster and beats t'other
all holler."
There were many "repeaters" among
the boys, but it was thought advisable
to pass them without trying the eX-
pertinent of last Thanksgiving to mark
them as they passed out, which was
practically failure.
]. A. Merriam, who largely aided the
Thanksgiving by solicitation, said:
"In my work in soliciting for this
Thanksgiving dinner for the little army
of boys of this city, / found much en-
couragement from the help so freely
r,i. 70 cOC1auyhat racOmnpnSn the
hard work of the Volunteers to provid.
the boys a good Thanksgiving dinner,
for which the officers and members are
grateful and give their sincere thanks
to all who have given them aid.
'I have been here only about one
year, but | find Los Angeles and Vicin-
ity are far ahead of any eastern sec
tions in responding to the call for sub
stantial aid. The response has been
the result of the efforts of Major
and Mrs. Hughes, who are doing
great work"
Today will also be busy day for the
Volunteers in the distribution of the
remaining provisions left over from
the Thanksgiving dinner to many needy
ones.
Feed Many Hungry People
The "mulligan stew" which is the
name given by members of the Union
Rescue mission, was served to about
HOO hungry people yesterday at the
rooms of the mission from II to $3.50
o'clock.
In speaking of the dinner b. f. Pear
son. acting superintendent of the mis-
sion. said:
"The boys have named this dinner
the 'mlulligan stew 1t consists of
everything commonly prepared for
Thanksgiving excepting the turkey.
We thought It advisab BILE to supply beef
and pork instead, so that we could
give many more people good meal for
the same cost and every one seems
to be satisfied.
"The majority OF the cost Of this
dinner has been freely met by the
Christian business men of Los An
geles. for which we are all thankful.
or course it is floating class that we
serve, only about 10 per cent having re-
turned who were here last Thanks
giving.
"It may seem TO some that this way
of doing Is detrimental to the welfare
of the cause the mission is upholding.
but when we consider that through the
efforts of our mission work there has