New-York tribune., 1907-11-29

of laughter with his funny stories 1t may be
an incentive to crime but it must be chronicled
that each Of the prisoners in the Essex Market
nrIson had half chicken in addition TO all the
''fxings" and cigars and candy.
Thousands of turkeys and tons OF other sorOS
of food were consumed by the inmates or the
Manhattan State Hospital. on Wards Island'
in the House Of Refuge on RandaHs IsIahu'
and at the various institutions IN lhe CITY
under the control OF the state and municipality
7, tba alnnshouse twenty-sx hundred men and
women were made to think OF the better days
when they had money and friends One old
mans mind ran back to his youth. This makes
ma thinl, Of the days when I was kid on the
farm" he said, when father and I had finished
the chores and sat down TO one or mother ,
good Thanksgiving dinners
FEEDING C1TY's POOR.
A. tbs Citv Lodging House 900 men were fed.
--ha Eq,,a Points House of Industry had 3Oo
children at its tables and distributed dinners Io
over one thousand men from the Bowery lodslhg
houses Eight hundred children and 8oV women
were fed at the Five Points Mission. To-Day
baskets Of food will be sent to 300 families. Al
though the Salvation Army and the volunteers
of America make Christmas the great DAY Tot
distribution of dinners. they gave sandwiches
and coffee at their various rooms yesterday 80
branch of the Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton served a fine turkey dinner for five cents,
recurring that modest amount that the diners
might not think themselves the objects Of charity
although the full course dinner would have cost
81 at the average restaurant.
W. Emlen Roosevelt furnished a dinner for
one hundred boys in the West Side Lodging
House OF the Childrens Aid Society. For the
boys in the Tompkins Square home OF the So
ciety, A c. Kenyon. tho superintendent not
only furnished heavy dinner at noon. but a
srlpper with ice cream and cake and fruit.
Mrs. William Earl Dodge furnished the dinner
for the boys in the East 44th street home The
dinner at the Elizabeth Home for Girls. in East
18th street, was given by w. Bayard Cutting
Entertainments had been arranged at most OF
the homes for the evening. Several trustees OF
the Chldrens Aid Society dropped in on the
children and 4ade short talks.
Fifteen hundred boys. in relays OF two hun
drod had a bountifu dinner at the Newsboys
Home, No. II Chambers street, at the expense
of the William Waldorf Astor estate last night.
Warden Frost signaIized his first Thanksgiv-
ing as warden Of Sing Sing Prison by furnishing
an especially elaborate Thanksgiving "break-
fast" as they call it there, which was followed
by vaudeville entertainment. in which the
prisoners furnished the entire bill,
FIRST THANKSGIVING DAY.
Immigrants detained Ellis Island got their
first idea Of typcally American institution
special Thanksgiving dinner served while
missionaries went among the diners explaining
the meaning of the day. Harry Balfe, the com
missary, had provided a surprise by distributing
500 in gold pieces in the individual cakes given
to each diner Those fortunate enough to find
gold piece in the cake must have thought the
stories about picking up gold in this wonderful
country were true.
Among the organizations that furnished din
ners TO the poor and unfortunate of the streets
Yesterday were the Rescue Society, at its Doyers
street mission: the ST. Andrews one cent coffee
stands. the Bowery Mission, No. SO Bowery, and
the Florence Crittenton Mission. No. 21 Beecker
street Some of the institutions that added an
extra note of Joy and thankfuness for their in
mates in addition TO those already named, were
the Home for the Friendless in WoOdycrest ave-
nue. near 161st street; the Hebrew Orphan Asy
lum, Amsterdam avenue and 18th street; the
Catholic Protectory, in West Farms Road; the
Institution for the instruction of the Deaf and
Dumb, at Broadway and 163d street; the Monte
fore Home for Chronic Invalids the Hebrew
Sheltering Guardian Society. at Broadway and
15Oth street, and the Chaplin Home for the Aged
and Infirm. No 151 East Goth street